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Canterbury Museum

In research, Canterbury Museum stands highest in Physical Sciences (#20,699 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#38,723
of 42,892
Rank in New Zealand
#115
of 117
Research works
239
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Canterbury Museum 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
Physical SciencesDomain #20,699 of 21,541 17.4%130

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Canterbury Museum 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).

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: 2.58× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13.29× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.42× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Canterbury Museum?

Ranked on the composite score, R. Paul Scofield and Vanesa L. De Pietri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Canterbury Museum.

  1. 1 R. Paul Scofield New Zealand · #782,536 worldwide 101 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Vanesa L. De Pietri New Zealand · #1,603,853 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Canterbury Museum

Which keywords describe research at Canterbury Museum?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Biogeography, Molecular Phylogeny, Conservation and Phylogenetic Analysis.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change57▲ 8.9×30 topics
  2. Invasive Species34▲ 25×21 topics
  3. Biodiversity31▲ 17×17 topics
  4. Population Dynamics29▲ 40×10 topics
  5. Biogeography28▲ 35×19 topics
  6. Molecular Phylogeny22▲ 46×10 topics
  7. Conservation22▲ 19×17 topics
  8. Phylogenetic Analysis22▲ 24×12 topics
  9. Habitat Selection21▲ 93×2 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity19▲ 16×7 topics
  11. Phylogeny19▲ 44×15 topics
  12. Evolution19▲ 27×12 topics
  13. Island Ecosystems18▲ 159×2 topics
  14. DNA Barcoding17▲ 46×9 topics
  15. Habitat Fragmentation15▲ 22×5 topics
  16. Taxonomy15▲ 42×11 topics
  17. Avian Ecology14▲ 181×1 topic
  18. Migration Patterns14▲ 158×1 topic
  19. Environmental Impact14▲ 4.4×7 topics
  20. Archaeology14▲ 38×3 topics
  21. Conservation Biology14▲ 50×3 topics
  22. Cultural History13▲ 39×3 topics
  23. Pacific Islands13▲ 350×1 topic
  24. settlement13▲ 350×1 topic
  25. Morphology13▲ 27×6 topics
  26. Species Delimitation12▲ 89×3 topics
  27. Cretaceous12▲ 203×2 topics
  28. Ecology12▲ 24×7 topics
  29. Dinosaur10▲ 295×1 topic
  30. Paleontology10▲ 295×1 topic
  31. Predator-Prey Interactions10▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Adaptive Radiation9▲ 95×2 topics
  33. Genetic Structure9▲ 48×4 topics
  34. Trophic Cascades9▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Mammal Evolution9▲ 131×1 topic
  36. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis9▲ 131×1 topic
  37. Ecosystem Functioning9▲ 18×5 topics
  38. Global Change9▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Cryptic Diversity9▲ 222×2 topics
  40. Freshwater Biodiversity9▲ 42×2 topics

Which research topics does Canterbury Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Plant and animal studies and Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

  1. 1 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 1 works
  2. 2 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 1 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  4. 4 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  6. 6 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 0 works
  7. 7 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 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 available26.6%not open73.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Canterbury Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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