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Department of Environment and Conservation

In research, Department of Environment and Conservation stands highest in Environmental Science (#3,978 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#19,567 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,060
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#556
of 896
Research works
329
▼ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.3k
25.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Department of Environment and Conservation 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 #3,978 of 6,208 23.4%157
Physical SciencesDomain #19,567 of 21,541 22.8%181

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Department of Environment and Conservation 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: 2.04× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.42× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 12.09× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 2.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 12.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Department of Environment and Conservation?

Ranked on the composite score, Terry Desmond Macfarlane and G. J. Keighery lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Department of Environment and Conservation.

  1. 1 Terry Desmond Macfarlane Canada · #963,057 worldwide 30 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 G. J. Keighery Canada · #1,086,599 worldwide 41 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Department of Environment and Conservation

Which keywords describe research at Department of Environment and Conservation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Remote Sensing, Ecosystem Resilience and Predator-Prey Interactions.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change9▲ 14×34 topics
  2. Conservation3▲ 35×12 topics
  3. Population Dynamics3▲ 51×7 topics
  4. Biodiversity2▲ 14×13 topics
  5. Remote Sensing2▲ 6.7×9 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 21×7 topics
  7. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 52×4 topics
  8. Acoustic Communication2▲ 138×2 topics
  9. Predator-Prey Interactions2▲ 89×2 topics
  10. Anthropogenic Noise2▲ 230×1 topic
  11. Invasive Species2▲ 16×8 topics
  12. Marine Mammals2▲ 230×1 topic
  13. Trophic Cascades1▲ 65×2 topics
  14. Environmental Impact1▲ 3.0×9 topics
  15. Land Use Change1▲ 16×4 topics
  16. Sea-Level Rise1▲ 42×4 topics
  17. Soil Properties1▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Forest Fires1▲ 105×1 topic
  19. Wildfire Activity1▲ 105×1 topic

Which research topics does Department of Environment and Conservation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine animal studies overview, Fire effects on ecosystems, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management and Marine and fisheries research.

Marine animal studies ov…2Marine animal studies overview: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversi…1Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…1Marine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosyste…1Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 0 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 0 fractional works
EcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcological Modeling1 others

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

  1. 1 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 2 works
  2. 2 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  3. 3 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  9. 9 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.8%domestic only36.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Department of Environment and Conservation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% 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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