Question 1

What is Canterbury Museum known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Canterbury Museum stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,813 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

Question 2

How does Canterbury Museum rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Canterbury Museum ranks #30,729 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #99 of 104 in New Zealand.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Canterbury Museum?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, R. Paul Scofield, A. W. B. Powell and Julius Haast lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Canterbury Museum.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Canterbury Museum?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Canterbury Museum is "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds" (Erich D. Jarvis et al., 2014), with 2,061 citations. Next come "AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds" (1,261) and "The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils" (647).

Question 5

Which research topics does Canterbury Museum publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Canterbury Museum?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Canterbury Museum work in?

Accepted Answer

In all years, 54% of research at Canterbury Museum is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (34%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (17%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Canterbury Museum's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% lower than in 2018-2021.