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Butterfly Conservation

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World rank, all time
#26,429
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,409
of 1,844
Research works
158
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.2k
51.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Butterfly Conservation

Which fields of science does Butterfly Conservation work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Butterfly Conservation is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (32%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (19%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 43.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 31.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 30.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 19.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 10.0% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 20.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKButterflyConservation43fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences43%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences20%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1431.8%
    2. Computer Science23.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.5%
    4. Engineering13.2%
    5. Mathematics01.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences819.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology49.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.3%
    1. Social Sciences49.9%
    2. Psychology25.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Medicine24.7%
    2. Health Professions11.2%
    3. Nursing00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.86× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.41× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science6.41×14 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.06×8 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.23×2 works
  4. Psychology1.87×2 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.86×4 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.33×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.21×1 works
  8. Mathematics0.89×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.78×4 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×1 works
  11. Nursing0.48×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.46×2 works
  13. Health Professions0.46×0 works
  14. Medicine0.24×2 works
  15. Engineering0.22×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Butterfly Conservation?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard Fox, TOM M. BRERETON and M. S. Warren lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Butterfly Conservation.

  1. 1 Richard Fox United Kingdom · #16,503 worldwide 16k citations · 147 works
  2. 2 TOM M. BRERETON United Kingdom · #88,347 worldwide 9.4k citations · 129 works
  3. 3 M. S. Warren United Kingdom · #243,083 worldwide 9.3k citations · 88 works
  4. 4 Nigel A. D. Bourn United Kingdom · #453,334 worldwide 2.8k citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Mark S. Parsons United Kingdom · #777,360 worldwide 2.3k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Sam Ellis United Kingdom · #841,784 worldwide 3.6k citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Emily B. Dennis United Kingdom · #863,240 worldwide 1.1k citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Caroline R. Bulman United Kingdom · #943,288 worldwide 909 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Ian Middlebrook United Kingdom · #956,081 worldwide 786 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Jim Asher United Kingdom · #1,324,355 worldwide 3.5k citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Butterfly Conservation

What are the most cited papers from Butterfly Conservation?

The most cited paper from Butterfly Conservation is "Poleward shifts in geographical ranges of butterfly species associated with regional warming" (Camille Parmesan, Nils Ryrholm, Constantí Stefanescu et al., 1999), with 2,302 citations. Next come "The distributions of a wide range of taxonomic groups are expanding polewards" (1,588) and "Rapid responses of British butterflies to opposing forces of climate and habitat change" (1,347).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Poleward shifts in geographical ranges of butterfly species associated with regional warming Camille Parmesan, Nils Ryrholm, Constantí Stefanescu et al. · Nature Open access Jun 1999 2,302
2 The distributions of a wide range of taxonomic groups are expanding polewards R. A. O. Hickling, David B. Roy, Jane K. Hill et al. · Global Change Biology Mar 2006 1,588
3 Rapid responses of British butterflies to opposing forces of climate and habitat change M. S. Warren, Jane K. Hill, Jeremy A. Thomas et al. · Nature Open access Nov 2001 1,347
4 Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels Stephen J. Thackeray et al. · Nature Open access 29 Jun 2016 1,047
5 DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF CLIMATE AND HABITAT FACTORS ON BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY Rosa Menéndez, Adela González‐Megías, Yvonne C. Collingham et al. · Ecology Mar 2007 1,018
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Which keywords describe research at Butterfly Conservation?

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

▲ 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. Biodiversity16▲ 49×14 topics
  2. Climate Change11▲ 9.3×22 topics
  3. Invasive Species9▲ 51×14 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation7▲ 73×4 topics
  5. Global Change7▲ 59×4 topics
  6. Conservation6▲ 34×11 topics
  7. Conservation Biology5▲ 100×3 topics
  8. Citizen Science4▲ 94×2 topics
  9. Ecological Niche4▲ 158×1 topic
  10. Ecosystem Services4▲ 24×3 topics
  11. Model Evaluation4▲ 74×2 topics
  12. Species Distribution Modeling4▲ 158×1 topic
  13. Biological Invasions4▲ 97×3 topics
  14. Species Richness3▲ 122×2 topics
  15. Ecosystem3▲ 70×2 topics
  16. Plant-Animal Interactions3▲ 96×1 topic
  17. Pollinator Decline3▲ 96×1 topic
  18. Community Ecology3▲ 85×1 topic
  19. Evolution3▲ 27×4 topics
  20. Functional Diversity3▲ 132×1 topic
  21. Population Dynamics3▲ 27×7 topics
  22. Phylogeny3▲ 37×3 topics
  23. Taxonomy3▲ 43×3 topics
  24. DNA Barcoding2▲ 34×6 topics
  25. Lepidoptera2▲ 271×1 topic
  26. Molecular Phylogenetics2▲ 271×1 topic
  27. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 12×7 topics
  28. Biogeography2▲ 15×7 topics
  29. Ethical Considerations2▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Habitat Selection2▲ 48×2 topics
  31. Animal Movement1▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Attitudes1▲ 73×1 topic
  33. Endemism1▲ 169×2 topics
  34. Flagship Species1▲ 117×1 topic
  35. Occupancy Rates1▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 9.9×3 topics
  37. Cladistic Analysis1▲ 274×1 topic
  38. Compound Eyes1▲ 285×1 topic
  39. Freeform Optics1▲ 285×1 topic
  40. Literacy Education1▲ 156×1 topic

Which research topics does Butterfly Conservation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy.

Species Distribution and…4Species Distribution and Climate Change: 4 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 3 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 2 fractional worksAnimal and Plant Science Education: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…1Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksAdvanced optical system design: 1 fractional worksScarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography: 1 fractional worksLiteracy and Educational Practices: 1 fractional worksInnovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems: 1 fractional works
Ecological ModelingEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationGenetics6 others

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

  1. 1 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 4 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  4. 4 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced optical system design Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography Paleontology 1 works
  9. 9 Literacy and Educational Practices Education 1 works
  10. 10 Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems Sociology and Political 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 available54.2%not open45.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.1%domestic only68.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Butterfly Conservation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Butterfly Conservation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Butterfly Conservation0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Butterfly Conservation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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