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Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research

In research, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,956 of 6,208 worldwide), Ecology (#951 of 1,512 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#17,015 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 13.7× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#22,640
of 28,054 · #20,780 all time
Rank in Australia
#362
of 391
Research works
465
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
39.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Environmental ScienceField #1,956 of 6,208 33.0%330
EcologySubfield #951 of 1,512 31.9%137
Physical SciencesDomain #17,015 of 21,541 32.6%345

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 13.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 45.3 works14×
← less than its size predictsmore →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.71× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 13.67× its world share, 45 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.99× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 13.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Clive Minton, John D. Koehn and Danny I. Rogers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research.

  1. 1 Clive Minton Australia · #574,960 worldwide 77 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 John D. Koehn Australia · #846,975 worldwide 46 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Danny I. Rogers Australia · #885,864 worldwide 71 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Peter Menkhorst Australia · #1,083,908 worldwide 70 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Richard Loyn Australia · #1,271,706 worldwide 55 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 F. I. Norman Australia · #1,495,382 worldwide 35 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Christopher S. Jones Australia · #1,586,258 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Steve J. Sinclair Australia · #1,619,986 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research

Which keywords describe research at Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Fisheries Sustainability and Trophic Cascades.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change26▲ 15×42 topics
  2. Invasive Species17▲ 59×13 topics
  3. Biodiversity14▲ 29×14 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation11▲ 77×4 topics
  5. Conservation11▲ 37×12 topics
  6. Population Dynamics10▲ 57×9 topics
  7. Fisheries Sustainability7▲ 116×2 topics
  8. Trophic Cascades7▲ 104×2 topics
  9. Habitat Selection6▲ 132×2 topics
  10. Ecosystem6▲ 89×3 topics
  11. Conservation Biology6▲ 89×4 topics
  12. Freshwater Biodiversity6▲ 147×2 topics
  13. Conservation Challenges6▲ 178×1 topic
  14. Flow Regulation6▲ 178×1 topic
  15. Model Evaluation6▲ 66×2 topics
  16. Animal Movement5▲ 152×1 topic
  17. Occupancy Rates5▲ 152×1 topic
  18. Global Change5▲ 31×4 topics
  19. Species Richness4▲ 105×2 topics
  20. Ecological Niche4▲ 115×1 topic
  21. Species Distribution Modeling4▲ 115×1 topic
  22. Biological Invasions4▲ 72×2 topics
  23. Community Ecology4▲ 76×2 topics
  24. Functional Diversity4▲ 115×1 topic
  25. Genetic Diversity4▲ 12×7 topics
  26. Sediment Transport4▲ 34×3 topics
  27. Biodiversity Loss3▲ 93×3 topics
  28. Ecosystem Services3▲ 12×8 topics
  29. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 15×6 topics
  30. Biogeography3▲ 17×6 topics
  31. Geomorphological Effects3▲ 116×2 topics
  32. River Restoration3▲ 104×2 topics
  33. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 28×4 topics
  34. Conservation Genetics3▲ 105×2 topics
  35. Ecosystem Engineering3▲ 140×2 topics
  36. Fluvial Processes3▲ 138×1 topic
  37. Riparian Vegetation3▲ 138×1 topic
  38. Environmental Impacts2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Aquatic Invasions2▲ 185×1 topic
  40. Land Use Change2▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 5 works
  3. 3 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 4 works
  4. 4 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 3 works
  6. 6 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 2 works
  7. 7 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.7%domestic only75.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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