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Nonprofit · Wareham · United Kingdom

Butterfly Conservation

butterfly-conservation.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#33,704
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,807
of 2,253
Research works
158
▲ 63% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.2k
51.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
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: 4.60× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.06× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.47× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.81× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Butterfly Conservation?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard Fox, R. L. Hobson and Tom Brereton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Butterfly Conservation.

  1. 1 Richard Fox United Kingdom · #382,675 worldwide 158 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 R. L. Hobson United Kingdom · #390,007 worldwide 15 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Tom Brereton United Kingdom · #450,256 worldwide 182 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 M. S. Warren United Kingdom · #607,750 worldwide 120 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Butterfly Conservation

Which keywords describe research at Butterfly Conservation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Biodiversity14▲ 53×13 topics
  2. Climate Change10▲ 9.6×18 topics
  3. Invasive Species9▲ 57×14 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation6▲ 79×4 topics
  5. Global Change6▲ 64×3 topics
  6. Conservation6▲ 37×11 topics
  7. Conservation Biology4▲ 115×3 topics
  8. Citizen Science4▲ 106×2 topics
  9. Ecological Niche4▲ 176×1 topic
  10. Ecosystem Services4▲ 27×3 topics
  11. Model Evaluation4▲ 82×2 topics
  12. Species Distribution Modeling4▲ 176×1 topic
  13. Biological Invasions3▲ 105×3 topics
  14. Plant-Animal Interactions3▲ 102×1 topic
  15. Pollinator Decline3▲ 102×1 topic
  16. Population Dynamics3▲ 32×7 topics
  17. Species Richness3▲ 126×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem3▲ 72×2 topics
  19. Evolution3▲ 32×4 topics
  20. Community Ecology3▲ 89×1 topic
  21. Functional Diversity3▲ 136×1 topic
  22. Phylogeny2▲ 45×3 topics
  23. Taxonomy2▲ 52×3 topics
  24. DNA Barcoding2▲ 38×5 topics
  25. Lepidoptera2▲ 293×1 topic
  26. Molecular Phylogenetics2▲ 293×1 topic
  27. Biogeography2▲ 19×7 topics
  28. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 12×6 topics
  29. Ethical Considerations2▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Habitat Selection2▲ 54×2 topics
  31. Animal Movement1▲ 64×1 topic
  32. Attitudes1▲ 84×1 topic
  33. Endemism1▲ 211×2 topics
  34. Flagship Species1▲ 132×1 topic
  35. Occupancy Rates1▲ 64×1 topic
  36. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Cladistic Analysis1▲ 358×1 topic
  38. Compound Eyes1▲ 335×1 topic
  39. Freeform Optics1▲ 335×1 topic
  40. Literacy Education1▲ 170×1 topic

Which research topics does Butterfly Conservation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksScarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography: 1 fractional worksLiteracy and Educational Practices: 1 fractional worksAdvanced optical system design: 1 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 1 fractional works
Ecological ModelingEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationGenetics5 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 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography Paleontology 1 works
  8. 8 Literacy and Educational Practices Education 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced optical system design Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Butterfly Conservation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% 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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