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Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences

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World rank, all time
#31,221
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,677
of 8,685
Research works
202
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

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: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.99× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.30× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.66× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.32× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael Heads and A. R. Grote lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences.

  1. 1 Michael Heads United States · #760,081 worldwide 52 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 A. R. Grote United States · #973,123 worldwide 2 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Cultural Heritage, Molecular Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Angiosperm Phylogeny, Flowering Plants, Patrimonio Cultural and Tourism.

▲ 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 9 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 9 words, with their numbers
  1. Biogeography3▲ 53×5 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage2▲ 16×3 topics
  3. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 55×3 topics
  4. Climate Change1▲ 2.2×9 topics
  5. Taxonomy1▲ 42×2 topics
  6. Angiosperm Phylogeny1▲ 191×1 topic
  7. Flowering Plants1▲ 191×1 topic
  8. Patrimonio Cultural1▲ 560×1 topic
  9. Tourism1▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Plant Diversity and Evolution: 1 fractional worksArchaeology and Cultural Heritage: 1 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 1 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 1 fractional worksScarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography: 0 fractional worksMedieval European Histor…0Medieval European History and Architecture: 0 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and Applications: 0 fractional worksArtistic and Creative Research: 0 fractional worksFluorine in Organic Chemistry: 0 fractional worksForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsCultural StudiesMolecular BiologyPaleontology4 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Cultural Studies 1 works
  3. 3 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 1 works
  5. 5 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography Paleontology 0 works
  6. 6 Medieval European History and Architecture Archeology 0 works
  7. 7 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Artistic and Creative Research Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  9. 9 Fluorine in Organic Chemistry Pharmaceutical Science 0 works
  10. 10 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 0 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 available33.8%not open66.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.8%domestic only90.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% lower 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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