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Cooperative Research Units

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Research works
21
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.4k
114.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Cooperative Research Units is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 15.48× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 25.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinary1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 25.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Cooperative Research Units?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Habitat Selection, Sustainability, Trophic Cascades and Animal Movement.

▲ 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 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change8▲ 15×26 topics
  2. Biodiversity3▲ 21×8 topics
  3. Invasive Species3▲ 25×8 topics
  4. Population Dynamics3▲ 47×6 topics
  5. Sustainability3▲ 7.4×8 topics
  6. Habitat Selection3▲ 138×2 topics
  7. Trophic Cascades2▲ 91×2 topics
  8. Animal Movement2▲ 161×1 topic
  9. Conservation2▲ 20×7 topics
  10. Occupancy Rates2▲ 161×1 topic
  11. System Dynamics2▲ 133×2 topics
  12. Conservation Biology2▲ 77×4 topics
  13. Ecosystem2▲ 56×3 topics
  14. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 27×4 topics
  15. Water Resources2▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 25×5 topics
  17. Model Evaluation1▲ 61×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 40×5 topics
  19. Global Change1▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Urbanization1▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 38×3 topics
  22. Conjoint Analysis1▲ 46×1 topic
  23. Discrete Choice Models1▲ 145×1 topic
  24. Ecological Niche1▲ 104×1 topic
  25. Reservoir Operation1▲ 153×1 topic
  26. Species Distribution Modeling1▲ 104×1 topic
  27. Water Demand1▲ 153×1 topic

Which research topics does Cooperative Research Units publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies and Rangeland and Wildlife Management.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…1Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…0Species Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behav…0Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 0 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 0 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 0 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…0Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 0 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 0 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 0 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 0 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 0 fractional works
EcologyEcological ModelingGlobal and Planetary ChangeSmall Animals3 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  3. 3 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 0 works
  4. 4 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 0 works
  5. 5 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  6. 6 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 0 works
  7. 7 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  9. 9 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 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 available50.8%not open49.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.4%domestic only96.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cooperative Research Units's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher 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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