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Canadian Forest Service

In research, Canadian Forest Service stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,063 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,755 of 12,888 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,820 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science and Global and Planetary Change — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 40.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,671
of 28,054 · #5,519 all time
Rank in Canada
#129
of 403
Research works
3.4k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
111k
32.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Canadian Forest Service known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Environmental ScienceField #1,063 of 3,551 23.9%151 #554
Physical SciencesDomain #4,755 of 12,888 23.8%179 #3655
Life SciencesDomain #6,820 of 7,800 20.1%67 #6877

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Canadian Forest Service 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Environmental Science#554 #1,063
  2. Physical Sciences#3,655 #4,755
  3. Life Sciences#6,877 #6,820
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Canadian Forest Service specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 40.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 24.7 works41×
  2. Insect ScienceSubfield · 22.0 works30×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 55.3 works28×
  4. EcologySubfield · 42.1 works21×
  5. Environmental ScienceField · 151.0 works12×
← 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: 4.31× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.48× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.88× its world share, 151 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× 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, 11.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Canadian Forest Service?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael A. Wulder, A. J. Thomson and Joanne C. White lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Canadian Forest Service.

  1. 1 Michael A. Wulder Canada · #33,561 worldwide 1.7k citations · 124 works
  2. 2 A. J. Thomson Canada · #45,512 worldwide 863 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Joanne C. White Canada · #81,021 worldwide 841 citations · 73 works
  4. 4 B. J. Stocks Canada · #89,600 worldwide 271 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Mike Flannigan Canada · #105,736 worldwide 408 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Jacques Régnière Canada · #108,032 worldwide 337 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 André Beaudoin Canada · #113,893 worldwide 308 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Marc‐André Parisien Canada · #162,924 worldwide 297 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Ian D. Thompson Canada · #187,763 worldwide 136 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Abdul Samad Canada · #218,606 worldwide 221 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Canadian Forest Service

Which keywords describe research at Canadian Forest Service?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Ecosystem Resilience, Invasive Species, Soil Properties, Forest Fires, Wildfire Activity and Biomass Estimation.

▲ 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 Change103▲ 15×50 topics
  2. Remote Sensing44▲ 14×19 topics
  3. Ecosystem Resilience44▲ 116×5 topics
  4. Invasive Species41▲ 37×17 topics
  5. Soil Properties32▲ 73×4 topics
  6. Forest Fires30▲ 263×1 topic
  7. Wildfire Activity30▲ 263×1 topic
  8. Biomass Estimation27▲ 70×3 topics
  9. Biodiversity26▲ 13×16 topics
  10. Biological Invasions25▲ 112×2 topics
  11. Global Warming24▲ 23×8 topics
  12. Biodiversity Conservation23▲ 24×8 topics
  13. Aboveground Biomass22▲ 95×2 topics
  14. Global Change18▲ 27×7 topics
  15. Conservation17▲ 15×12 topics
  16. Economic Impacts16▲ 92×2 topics
  17. Bark Beetles16▲ 314×1 topic
  18. Forest Pests16▲ 314×1 topic
  19. Ecosystem Functioning15▲ 31×5 topics
  20. Ecosystem14▲ 52×4 topics
  21. Habitat Fragmentation14▲ 25×5 topics
  22. Climate Change Impact12▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Forest Management12▲ 80×3 topics
  24. Tropical Forests12▲ 133×2 topics
  25. Allometric Models12▲ 93×1 topic
  26. Carbon Stocks12▲ 169×1 topic
  27. Dead Wood10▲ 234×1 topic
  28. Saproxylic Beetles10▲ 234×1 topic
  29. Climate Change Impacts10▲ 34×4 topics
  30. Phylogenetic Analysis10▲ 13×9 topics
  31. Terrestrial Laser Scanning10▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Forest Carbon Stocks10▲ 62×1 topic
  33. Lidar Remote Sensing10▲ 62×1 topic
  34. Forest Carbon Sequestration10▲ 176×1 topic
  35. Species Richness10▲ 58×2 topics
  36. Sustainable Forest Management10▲ 176×1 topic
  37. Community Ecology9▲ 44×2 topics
  38. Functional Diversity9▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Biological Control9▲ 24×9 topics
  40. Drought9▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Canadian Forest Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fire effects on ecosystems, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Forest ecology and management and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

Fire effects on ecosystems30Fire effects on ecosystems: 30 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology an…16Forest Insect Ecology and Management: 16 fractional worksForest ecology and manag…12Forest ecology and management: 12 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 10 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 10 fractional worksForest Management and Po…10Forest Management and Policy: 10 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 9 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 8 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 5 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 5 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyNature and Landscape ConservationInsect Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 30 works
  2. 2 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 16 works
  3. 3 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
  4. 4 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 10 works
  5. 5 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  7. 7 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 9 works
  8. 8 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 5 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 5 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 available35.6%not open64.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Canadian Forest Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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