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Dutch Butterfly Conservation

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Research works
67
▼ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
58.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
Dutch Butterfly Conservation

Not ranked overall: Dutch Butterfly Conservation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Dutch Butterfly Conservation work in?

In all years, 52% of research at Dutch Butterfly Conservation is in Physical Sciences, 40% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (50%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (29%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 52.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 33 fractional works · 50.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 18.1% of its workEcological Modeling: 7 fractional works · 10.7% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 39.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 28.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 7.3% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 8.8% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDutch ButterflyConservation67fractional works, all years
Life Sciences40%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3350.0%
    2. Energy11.1%
    3. Engineering00.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1928.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology69.3%
    3. Neuroscience11.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Social Sciences23.0%
    2. Psychology11.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine11.5%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 7.29× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.87× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.09× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 5.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.09×5 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.29×3 works
  3. Veterinary5.22×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.87×1 works
  5. Psychology0.86×0 works
  6. Neuroscience0.71×0 works
  7. Engineering0.03×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works
  9. Medicine0.01×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Dutch Butterfly Conservation?

Ranked on the quality score, Chris van Swaay, Michiel F. WallisDeVries and Irma Wynhoff lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dutch Butterfly Conservation.

  1. 1 Chris van Swaay Netherlands · #90,674 worldwide 8.2k citations · 148 works
  2. 2 Michiel F. WallisDeVries Netherlands · #152,724 worldwide 7.5k citations · 94 works
  3. 3 Irma Wynhoff Netherlands · #994,217 worldwide 3k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Tim Termaat Netherlands · #1,834,544 worldwide 832 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Roy van Grunsven Netherlands · #2,385,594 worldwide 88 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Dutch Butterfly Conservation

What are the most cited papers from Dutch Butterfly Conservation?

The most cited paper from Dutch Butterfly Conservation is "Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale" (Vincent Devictor et al., 2012), with 802 citations. Next come "The historical and socioeconomic perspective of calcareous grasslands—lessons from the distant and recent past" (668) and "Matching type of livestock to desired biodiversity outcomes in pastures – a review" (532).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale Vincent Devictor et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 6 Jan 2012 802
2 The historical and socioeconomic perspective of calcareous grasslands—lessons from the distant and recent past Peter Poschlod, Michiel F. WallisDeVries · Biological Conservation Apr 2002 668
3 Matching type of livestock to desired biodiversity outcomes in pastures – a review Andrew J. Rook, Bertrand Dumont, J. Isselstein et al. · Biological Conservation Open access 2 Jan 2004 532
4 The decline of butterflies in Europe: Problems, significance, and possible solutions M. S. Warren, Dirk Maes, Chris van Swaay et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 11 Jan 2021 446
5 Opportunistic citizen science data of animal species produce reliable estimates of distribution trends if analysed with occupancy models Arco J. Van Strien, Chris van Swaay, Tim Termaat · Journal of Applied Ecology 26 Jul 2013 433
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dutch Butterfly Conservation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation, Biological Invasions and Ecosystem.

▲ 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. Biodiversity36▲ 71×11 topics
  2. Invasive Species26▲ 67×11 topics
  3. Climate Change23▲ 13×22 topics
  4. Global Change20▲ 99×3 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation20▲ 103×2 topics
  6. Conservation17▲ 54×8 topics
  7. Biological Invasions12▲ 168×2 topics
  8. Ecosystem12▲ 129×3 topics
  9. Species Richness12▲ 230×2 topics
  10. Community Ecology12▲ 161×1 topic
  11. Functional Diversity12▲ 256×1 topic
  12. Ecosystem Services11▲ 46×6 topics
  13. Plant-Animal Interactions8▲ 110×1 topic
  14. Pollinator Decline8▲ 110×1 topic
  15. Conservation Biology8▲ 101×2 topics
  16. Ecological Niche7▲ 221×1 topic
  17. Species Distribution Modeling7▲ 221×1 topic
  18. Taxonomy5▲ 51×7 topics
  19. Phylogeny5▲ 41×6 topics
  20. Evolution4▲ 22×4 topics
  21. DNA Barcoding4▲ 39×4 topics
  22. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 21×7 topics
  23. Cryptic Species4▲ 248×2 topics
  24. Lepidoptera4▲ 307×1 topic
  25. Molecular Phylogenetics4▲ 307×1 topic
  26. Ecology3▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Flora3▲ 76×1 topic
  28. Vascular Plants3▲ 76×1 topic
  29. Remote Sensing3▲ 3.6×4 topics
  30. Population Dynamics2▲ 12×6 topics
  31. Biodiversity Offsets2▲ 365×1 topic
  32. No Net Loss2▲ 365×1 topic
  33. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Genomics2▲ 6.9×1 topic
  36. Land Use Change2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  37. Social Insects2▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Nighttime Light Data1▲ 97×1 topic
  40. Social-Ecological Systems1▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Dutch Butterfly Conservation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant and animal studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Plant and animal studies2Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…1Species Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…1Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 0 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 0 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 0 fractional worksInsect Pheromone Research and Control: 0 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 0 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 0 fractional worksFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcological ModelingNature and Landscape ConservationGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  4. 4 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 0 works
  5. 5 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  6. 6 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 0 works
  7. 7 Insect Pheromone Research and Control Insect Science 0 works
  8. 8 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 0 works
  9. 9 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 0 works
  10. 10 Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology 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 available59.0%not open41.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.8%domestic only50.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dutch Butterfly Conservation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Dutch Butterfly Conservation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000046% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Dutch Butterfly Conservation0.000029% in 2025200020102020

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

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