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Department of Forestry

In research, Department of Forestry stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#701 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,436 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,265 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change and Ecology — Global and Planetary Change is 11.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,355
of 28,054 · #12,234 all time
Rank in Malawi
#2
of 11
Research works
1.3k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Department of Forestry known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #701 of 3,409 11.5%82 #1379
Life SciencesDomain #4,436 of 7,800 11.0%97 #6510
Physical SciencesDomain #8,265 of 12,888 12.6%121 #10821
Environmental ScienceField #2,802 of 3,551 12.0%87 #2358

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Department of Forestry 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,379 #701
  2. Life Sciences#6,510 #4,436
  3. Physical Sciences#10,821 #8,265
  4. Environmental Science#2,358 #2,802
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Department of Forestry specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 11.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 23.1 works12×
  2. EcologySubfield · 23.3 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: 6.63× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.72× its world share, 87 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Department of Forestry?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Environmental Impact, Ecosystem Services, Sustainability, Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture.

▲ 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 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 Change50▲ 7.1×67 topics
  2. Biodiversity30▲ 15×26 topics
  3. Biodiversity Conservation27▲ 28×13 topics
  4. Sustainability24▲ 3.8×39 topics
  5. Environmental Impact23▲ 5.1×36 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services17▲ 17×12 topics
  7. Conservation15▲ 13×17 topics
  8. Remote Sensing14▲ 4.4×24 topics
  9. Sustainable Agriculture14▲ 17×11 topics
  10. Invasive Species14▲ 13×19 topics
  11. Land Use Change13▲ 16×7 topics
  12. Agroforestry13▲ 76×4 topics
  13. Sustainable Development12▲ 2.9×29 topics
  14. Biomass Estimation12▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Aboveground Biomass10▲ 41×2 topics
  16. Smallholder Farmers9▲ 15×5 topics
  17. Climate Change Impact8▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Allometric Models8▲ 57×2 topics
  19. Climate Change Impacts7▲ 24×6 topics
  20. Medicinal Plants7▲ 6.9×12 topics
  21. Tropical Forests7▲ 77×2 topics
  22. Carbon Stocks7▲ 97×1 topic
  23. Climate Resilience7▲ 44×3 topics
  24. Tree Allometry7▲ 97×1 topic
  25. Social Capital7▲ 4.9×10 topics
  26. Global Change7▲ 9.9×5 topics
  27. Ecosystem6▲ 23×4 topics
  28. Soil Properties6▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Population Dynamics6▲ 9.6×9 topics
  30. Silvoarable Systems6▲ 154×1 topic
  31. Temperate Region6▲ 154×1 topic
  32. Forest Management6▲ 38×4 topics
  33. Biomass6▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Habitat Fragmentation6▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Environmental Services6▲ 64×1 topic
  36. Tropical Deforestation6▲ 64×1 topic
  37. Biogeography6▲ 8.0×12 topics
  38. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Consumer Perception5▲ 9.2×3 topics
  40. Livestock Farming5▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Department of Forestry publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forest ecology and management, Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management and Forest Management and Policy.

Forest ecology and manag…7Forest ecology and management: 7 fractional worksAgroforestry and silvopa…6Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 6 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversi…6Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 6 fractional worksForest Management and Po…5Forest Management and Policy: 5 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agriculture: 4 fractional worksForest Biomass Utilizati…4Forest Biomass Utilization and Management: 4 fractional worksForest Ecology and Conservation: 3 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 3 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…3African Botany and Ecology Studies: 3 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationForestryGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology2 others

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

  1. 1 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 7 works
  2. 2 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 6 works
  3. 3 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  4. 4 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  6. 6 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 4 works
  7. 7 Forest Biomass Utilization and Management Mechanics of Materials 4 works
  8. 8 Forest Ecology and Conservation Forestry 3 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  10. 10 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 3 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 available55.4%not open44.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors61.8%domestic only38.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Department of Forestry's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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