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Biodiversity Research Institute

In research, Biodiversity Research Institute stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,143 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#14,848 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology and Environmental Science (Ecology is 28.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,594
of 22,385 · #24,587 all time
Rank in United States
#3,198
of 3,332
Research works
262
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
21.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
63%
world 18%
Biodiversity Research Institute

What is Biodiversity Research Institute 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 #2,143 of 5,407 12.2%137
Physical SciencesDomain #14,848 of 17,446 11.8%156

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Biodiversity Research Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Biodiversity Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Biodiversity Research Institute is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (49%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (19%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 54 fractional works · 58.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 46 fractional works · 49.5% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 22.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 8.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 33.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 19.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBiodiversityResearch…93fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences58%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science4649.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences44.0%
    3. Engineering21.7%
    4. Computer Science11.4%
    5. Mathematics10.6%
    6. Materials Science10.6%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1819.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1212.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine33.6%
    2. Veterinary10.7%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Health Professions00.1%
    1. Social Sciences11.4%
    2. Psychology10.9%
    3. Decision Sciences10.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Biodiversity Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 28.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 20.4 works28×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 46.0 works10.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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: 4.06× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.36× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.54× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.96× its world share, 46 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.09× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science9.96×46 works
  2. Veterinary5.09×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.06×18 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.54×4 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.36×12 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.83×2 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.72×1 works
  8. Mathematics0.53×1 works
  9. Nursing0.31×0 works
  10. Psychology0.28×1 works
  11. Medicine0.19×3 works
  12. Computer Science0.18×1 works
  13. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.17×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.16×0 works
  16. Engineering0.11×2 works
  17. Social Sciences0.11×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.05×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.03×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Biodiversity Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, M. Wing Goodale, David C. Evers and Christopher R. DeSorbo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Biodiversity Research Institute.

  1. 1 M. Wing Goodale United States · #751,479 worldwide 1.2k citations · 17 works
  2. 2 David C. Evers United States · #816,677 worldwide 9.2k citations · 184 works
  3. 3 Christopher R. DeSorbo United States · #1,128,601 worldwide 857 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Kathryn A. Williams United States · #1,457,532 worldwide 938 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Timothy J. Divoll United States · #1,969,467 worldwide 478 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Mark E. H. Burton United States · #2,410,291 worldwide 327 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Evan M. Adams United States · #2,415,739 worldwide 1.6k citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Iain J. Stenhouse United States · #2,627,539 worldwide 1.7k citations · 75 works
  9. 9 Amy K. Sauer United States · #2,926,614 worldwide 427 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 David G. Buck United States · #3,022,146 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Biodiversity Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Biodiversity Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Biodiversity Research Institute is "Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change" (Matthew W. Jones, John T. Abatzoglou, Sander Veraverbeke et al., 2022), with 1,321 citations. Next come "Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities" (741) and "Mercury Contamination in Forest and Freshwater Ecosystems in the Northeastern United States" (575).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change Matthew W. Jones, John T. Abatzoglou, Sander Veraverbeke et al. · Reviews of Geophysics Open access 11 Apr 2022 1,321
2 Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities Helge Bruelheide et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution Open access105 authors 31 Oct 2018 741
3 Mercury Contamination in Forest and Freshwater Ecosystems in the Northeastern United States Charles T. Driscoll, Young-Ji Han, Celia Y. Chen et al. · BioScience 2007 575
4 Predicting distributions of known and unknown reptile species in Madagascar Christopher J. Raxworthy, Enrique Martínez‐Meyer, Ned Horning et al. · Nature Open access Dec 2003 565
5 Adverse effects from environmental mercury loads on breeding common loons David C. Evers, Lucas J. Savoy, Christopher R. DeSorbo et al. · Ecotoxicology Oct 2007 398
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Biodiversity Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Invasive Species, Conservation, Conservation Biology, Habitat Fragmentation and Habitat Selection.

▲ 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-now 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▲ 10×43 topics
  2. Biodiversity17▲ 24×21 topics
  3. Population Dynamics14▲ 60×9 topics
  4. Invasive Species14▲ 35×16 topics
  5. Conservation11▲ 27×16 topics
  6. Conservation Biology10▲ 100×4 topics
  7. Habitat Fragmentation8▲ 41×5 topics
  8. Habitat Selection7▲ 107×2 topics
  9. Global Change7▲ 27×6 topics
  10. Ecological Niche5▲ 96×1 topic
  11. Species Distribution Modeling5▲ 96×1 topic
  12. Phylogenetic Analysis5▲ 18×10 topics
  13. Predator-Prey Interactions5▲ 71×2 topics
  14. Trophic Cascades5▲ 60×2 topics
  15. Ecosystem5▲ 47×4 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services5▲ 13×8 topics
  17. Animal Movement4▲ 95×1 topic
  18. Occupancy Rates4▲ 95×1 topic
  19. Biological Invasions4▲ 52×3 topics
  20. Biogeography4▲ 17×15 topics
  21. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.7×14 topics
  22. Species Richness4▲ 69×2 topics
  23. Community Ecology4▲ 49×2 topics
  24. Remote Sensing4▲ 3.3×11 topics
  25. Adaptive Evolution4▲ 68×2 topics
  26. Acoustic Communication3▲ 71×2 topics
  27. Functional Diversity3▲ 66×1 topic
  28. Genetic Diversity3▲ 8.4×7 topics
  29. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 17×7 topics
  30. DNA Barcoding3▲ 18×7 topics
  31. Molecular Phylogeny3▲ 19×8 topics
  32. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 20×5 topics
  33. Avian Ecology3▲ 134×1 topic
  34. Island Ecosystems3▲ 89×1 topic
  35. Migration Patterns3▲ 112×1 topic
  36. Rodent Eradication3▲ 145×1 topic
  37. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 7.5×12 topics
  38. Anthropogenic Noise2▲ 96×1 topic
  39. Marine Mammals2▲ 96×1 topic
  40. Genetic Structure2▲ 35×3 topics

Which research topics does Biodiversity Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Species Distribution and Climate Change: 5 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…3Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behav…3Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 3 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 3 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 2 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…2Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 2 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 2 fractional works
Ecological ModelingEcologyNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 5 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  4. 4 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 3 works
  5. 5 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 3 works
  6. 6 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 2 works
  7. 7 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  9. 9 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 2 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 available61.9%not open38.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.0%domestic only37.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Biodiversity Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Biodiversity Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Biodiversity Research Institute0.00045% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Biodiversity Research Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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