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Conservation International

In research, Conservation International stands highest in Environmental Science (#879 of 5,407 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,222 of 17,446 worldwide) and Global and Planetary Change (#467 of 1,176 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 10.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,424
of 22,385 · #6,704 all time
Rank in United States
#2,552
of 3,332
Research works
789
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
65k
82.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Conservation International

What is Conservation International 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
Environmental ScienceField #879 of 5,407 20.9%419
Physical SciencesDomain #4,222 of 17,446 19.9%489
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #467 of 1,176 23.4%123
EcologySubfield #562 of 1,384 19.4%122
Life SciencesDomain #4,662 of 11,023 19.6%140
Social SciencesDomain #8,689 of 14,833 14.1%133

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Conservation International 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Conservation International work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Conservation International is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (54%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 64 fractional works · 61.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 56 fractional works · 54.3% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 15.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 15.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 8.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 17.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 15.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKConservationInternational103fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences15%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science5654.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences33.3%
    3. Engineering32.5%
    4. Computer Science10.8%
    5. Mathematics10.8%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1110.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology65.7%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences76.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities32.7%
    4. Psychology11.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine43.6%
    2. Health Professions21.6%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Conservation International specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 56.0 works11×
← 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: 2.28× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.92× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.92×56 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.28×11 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.08×3 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.34×3 works
  5. Veterinary1.27×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.07×6 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.94×3 works
  8. Mathematics0.64×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.61×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.55×7 works
  11. Psychology0.47×2 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.31×0 works
  14. Nursing0.30×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.24×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×0 works
  18. Medicine0.19×4 works
  19. Engineering0.16×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  21. Energy0.11×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.10×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Conservation International?

Ranked on the quality score, Timothy J. Killeen, Simon N. Stuart and Michael B. Mascia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Conservation International.

  1. 1 Timothy J. Killeen United States · #7,866 worldwide 17k citations · 197 works
  2. 2 Simon N. Stuart United States · #23,160 worldwide 35k citations · 137 works
  3. 3 Michael B. Mascia United States · #27,943 worldwide 8.8k citations · 108 works
  4. 4 John N. Kittinger United States · #51,295 worldwide 7.2k citations · 105 works
  5. 5 Patrick R. Roehrdanz United States · #56,935 worldwide 4.9k citations · 92 works
  6. 6 Lee Hannah United States · #67,261 worldwide 23k citations · 271 works
  7. 7 David G. Hole United States · #68,091 worldwide 6.5k citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca United States · #76,874 worldwide 57k citations · 130 works
  9. 9 Russell A. Mittermeier United States · #79,196 worldwide 60k citations · 394 works
  10. 10 Jorge Ahumada United States · #92,780 worldwide 7.1k citations · 117 works
All ranked researchers at Conservation International

What are the most cited papers from Conservation International?

The most cited paper from Conservation International is "Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities" (Norman Myers, Russell A. Mittermeier, Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier et al., 2000), with 31,783 citations. Next come "Extinction risk from climate change" (7,757) and "Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines" (4,942).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities Norman Myers, Russell A. Mittermeier, Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier et al. · Nature Feb 2000 31,783
2 Extinction risk from climate change Chris D. Thomas, Alison Cameron, Rhys E. Green et al. · Nature Open access 2004 7,757
3 Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines Stuart H. M. Butchart et al. · Science Open access 29 Apr 2010 4,942
4 Status and Trends of Amphibian Declines and Extinctions Worldwide Simon N. Stuart, Janice S. Chanson, Neil A. Cox et al. · Science 15 Oct 2004 4,537
5 Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being GT Pecl et al. · Science Open access 30 Mar 2017 3,714
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Conservation International?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation, Land Use Change, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics and Ecosystem Services.

▲ 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. Climate Change33▲ 12×51 topics
  2. Biodiversity14▲ 17×18 topics
  3. Biodiversity Conservation11▲ 28×12 topics
  4. Sustainability9▲ 3.6×24 topics
  5. Conservation8▲ 19×16 topics
  6. Land Use Change8▲ 27×6 topics
  7. Invasive Species8▲ 18×17 topics
  8. Population Dynamics8▲ 30×9 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services7▲ 18×9 topics
  10. Conservation Biology6▲ 53×4 topics
  11. Model Evaluation5▲ 37×2 topics
  12. Habitat Selection5▲ 62×2 topics
  13. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 21×4 topics
  14. Trophic Cascades5▲ 48×2 topics
  15. Phylogeny4▲ 26×9 topics
  16. Environmental Services4▲ 123×1 topic
  17. Tropical Deforestation4▲ 123×1 topic
  18. Remote Sensing4▲ 3.3×12 topics
  19. Global Change4▲ 15×5 topics
  20. Sea-Level Rise4▲ 33×5 topics
  21. Ecological Niche4▲ 63×1 topic
  22. Marine Ecosystems4▲ 68×2 topics
  23. Species Distribution Modeling4▲ 63×1 topic
  24. Climate Change Impacts4▲ 29×5 topics
  25. DNA Barcoding4▲ 20×7 topics
  26. Adaptation4▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Vulnerability4▲ 15×7 topics
  28. Social-Ecological Systems3▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Environmental Policy3▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Migration3▲ 8.5×3 topics
  31. Ocean Acidification3▲ 39×3 topics
  32. Animal Movement3▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Global Warming3▲ 6.6×11 topics
  34. Occupancy Rates3▲ 56×1 topic
  35. Biogeography3▲ 9.7×9 topics
  36. Evolution3▲ 10×7 topics
  37. Taxonomy3▲ 19×6 topics
  38. Biomass Estimation3▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Biological Invasions2▲ 27×3 topics
  40. Ecosystem2▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Conservation International publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Forest Management and Policy.

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 4 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 4 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…3Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 3 fractional worksForest Management and Po…2Forest Management and Policy: 2 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 2 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…2Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 2 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 2 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcological ModelingEcologyNature and Landscape Conservation1 others

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

  1. 1 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 4 works
  3. 3 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 3 works
  4. 4 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  8. 8 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  10. 10 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 2 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 available46.8%not open53.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.5%domestic only56.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Conservation International's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Conservation International as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Conservation International0.00045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Conservation International over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Conservation International15.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 33.5% in 2012.

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