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Chester Zoo

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World rank, all time
#31,610
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,702
of 1,844
Research works
169
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
22.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Chester Zoo

Which fields of science does Chester Zoo work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research at Chester Zoo is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (32%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 33.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 32.0% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 21.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 32.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 16.0% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 10.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 23.3% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 11.9% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEquine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 8.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKChester Zoo39fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences33%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences10%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1332.0%
    2. Computer Science00.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    4. Chemistry00.2%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology616.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences513.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    1. Veterinary511.9%
    2. Medicine410.6%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    4. Health Professions00.1%
    1. Psychology49.7%
    2. Social Sciences00.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.2%
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: 2.81× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.00× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.83× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.45× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 1.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 87.37× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 3.17× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 87.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary87.37×5 works
  2. Environmental Science6.45×13 works
  3. Psychology3.17×4 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.00×6 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.83×1 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.81×5 works
  7. Nursing1.41×0 works
  8. Medicine0.55×4 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.25×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.08×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.05×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.04×0 works
  18. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Chester Zoo?

Ranked on the quality score, Susan L. Walker, Stuart E. Nixon and Andrew Moss lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chester Zoo.

  1. 1 Susan L. Walker United Kingdom · #728,041 worldwide 7.2k citations · 114 works
  2. 2 Stuart E. Nixon United Kingdom · #744,805 worldwide 1k citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Andrew Moss United Kingdom · #805,959 worldwide 1.2k citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Leah J. Williams United Kingdom · #1,542,444 worldwide 747 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Veronica B. Cowl United Kingdom · #1,854,798 worldwide 151 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Stephanie Sanderson United Kingdom · #2,336,436 worldwide 436 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Nick Davis United Kingdom · #2,402,923 worldwide 461 citations · 72 works
  8. 8 Andrea Fidgett United Kingdom · #2,486,936 worldwide 579 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Katie L. Edwards United Kingdom · #2,734,053 worldwide 968 citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Simon D. Dowell United Kingdom · #3,024,192 worldwide 348 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Chester Zoo

What are the most cited papers from Chester Zoo?

The most cited paper from Chester Zoo is "The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates" (Michael P. Hoffmann et al., 2010), with 1,548 citations. Next come "Human-felid conflict: a review of patterns and priorities worldwide" (827) and "Four Decades of Forest Persistence, Clearance and Logging on Borneo" (485).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates Michael P. Hoffmann et al. · Science Open access174 authors 26 Oct 2010 1,548
2 Human-felid conflict: a review of patterns and priorities worldwide Chloe Inskip, Alexandra Zimmermann · Oryx Open access 2009 827
3 Four Decades of Forest Persistence, Clearance and Logging on Borneo David Gaveau, Sean Sloan, Elis Molidena et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 16 Jul 2014 485
4 An interdisciplinary review of current and future approaches to improving human–predator relations Simon Pooley, Maan Barua, William Beinart et al. · Conservation Biology Open access 26 Oct 2016 364
5 Global Conservation Status of Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines) Anders G. J. Rhodin et al. · Chelonian Conservation and Biology Open access 18 Dec 2018 273
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Chester Zoo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Population Dynamics, Climate Change, Habitat Selection, Animal Movement, Occupancy Rates, Biodiversity, Conservation and Animal Welfare.

▲ 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. Population Dynamics8▲ 76×6 topics
  2. Climate Change7▲ 6.4×16 topics
  3. Habitat Selection6▲ 200×2 topics
  4. Animal Movement5▲ 240×1 topic
  5. Occupancy Rates5▲ 240×1 topic
  6. Biodiversity4▲ 14×8 topics
  7. Conservation4▲ 24×7 topics
  8. Animal Welfare4▲ 100×4 topics
  9. Emotional State3▲ 261×1 topic
  10. Stress Indicators3▲ 261×1 topic
  11. Conservation Biology3▲ 66×3 topics
  12. Epidemiology3▲ 1.82×14 topics
  13. Genetic Structure3▲ 92×4 topics
  14. Acoustic Communication3▲ 130×2 topics
  15. Evolution2▲ 24×4 topics
  16. Genomic Analysis2▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Adaptive Evolution2▲ 98×2 topics
  18. Animal-Assisted Therapy2▲ 234×1 topic
  19. Dog Domestication2▲ 234×1 topic
  20. Invasive Species2▲ 13×8 topics
  21. Social Cognition2▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Altruism2▲ 60×2 topics
  23. Cooperation2▲ 79×2 topics
  24. Predator-Prey Interactions2▲ 66×2 topics
  25. Primates2▲ 260×1 topic
  26. Social Behavior2▲ 86×1 topic
  27. Genetic Variation2▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Natural Selection2▲ 84×1 topic
  29. Phenotypic Plasticity2▲ 172×1 topic
  30. Ecological Niche2▲ 72×1 topic
  31. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 72×1 topic
  32. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 20×4 topics
  33. Ethical Considerations2▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Genetic Diversity2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  35. Attitudes1▲ 87×1 topic
  36. Avian Vocal Communication1▲ 211×1 topic
  37. Birdsong1▲ 211×1 topic
  38. Flagship Species1▲ 140×1 topic
  39. Anthropogenic Noise1▲ 116×1 topic
  40. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 20×4 topics

Which research topics does Chester Zoo publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Human-Animal Interaction Studies and Primate Behavior and Ecology.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…5Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 5 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 3 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 2 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 2 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksAnimal and Plant Science…1Animal and Plant Science Education: 1 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 1 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 1 fractional works
EcologySmall AnimalsGeneticsSocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 5 works
  2. 2 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 3 works
  3. 3 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  7. 7 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Avian ecology and behavior 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.4%domestic only67.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Chester Zoo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Chester Zoo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Chester Zoo0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Chester Zoo over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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