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Desert Research Foundation of Namibia

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Research works
70
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
27.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Desert Research Foundation of Namibia 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: 3.98× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.80× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.37× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× 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, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Desert Research Foundation of Namibia?

Ranked on the composite score, Mary Seely lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Desert Research Foundation of Namibia.

  1. 1 Mary Seely Namibia · #248,070 worldwide 162 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Desert Research Foundation of Namibia

Which keywords describe research at Desert Research Foundation of Namibia?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Invasive Species, Conservation, Adaptation, Global Change and Livelihoods.

▲ 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 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 Change18▲ 9.7×30 topics
  2. Sustainability7▲ 5.9×12 topics
  3. Biodiversity7▲ 12×10 topics
  4. Invasive Species6▲ 14×10 topics
  5. Conservation6▲ 17×8 topics
  6. Adaptation5▲ 26×4 topics
  7. Global Change5▲ 24×3 topics
  8. Livelihoods5▲ 216×2 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 23×4 topics
  10. Pastoralists4▲ 255×1 topic
  11. Rangeland Degradation4▲ 255×1 topic
  12. Land Use Change4▲ 21×4 topics
  13. Population Dynamics4▲ 19×7 topics
  14. Ecosystem4▲ 37×2 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 19×4 topics
  16. Biological Invasions3▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Biogeography3▲ 12×9 topics
  18. Community Ecology3▲ 39×1 topic
  19. Functional Diversity3▲ 62×1 topic
  20. Trophic Cascades3▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Habitat Selection3▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Indigenous Knowledge3▲ 52×2 topics
  23. Sediment Transport3▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Animal Movement2▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Occupancy Rates2▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Genetic Diversity2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  27. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Rural Development2▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Global Carbon Budget2▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Archaeology2▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Environmental Services2▲ 101×1 topic
  32. Land Tenure2▲ 72×2 topics
  33. Southern Africa2▲ 456×1 topic
  34. Tropical Deforestation2▲ 101×1 topic
  35. Agricultural Sustainability2▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Desertification2▲ 69×2 topics
  37. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Gender Inequality2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Sediment Transport Models2▲ 69×1 topic
  40. Soil Erosion2▲ 69×1 topic

Which research topics does Desert Research Foundation of Namibia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Marine and fisheries research, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.

Crop Yield and Soil Fert…0Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 0 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…0Marine and fisheries research: 0 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 0 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 0 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…0Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksHearing Impairment and Communication: 0 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 0 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…0Marine animal studies overview: 0 fractional worksMedieval and Early Modern Justice: 0 fractional worksCephalopods and Marine Biology: 0 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawHistory and Philosophy of Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  2. 2 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  6. 6 Hearing Impairment and Communication Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  8. 8 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 0 works
  9. 9 Medieval and Early Modern Justice Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Cephalopods and Marine Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available21.7%not open78.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.3%domestic only49.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Desert Research Foundation of Namibia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017.

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