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Nonprofit · Abingdon · United Kingdom

Earth Trust

earthtrust.org.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
92
▲ 146% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
Earth Trust

Not ranked overall: Earth Trust 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 Earth Trust work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Earth Trust is in Physical Sciences, 38% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (28%), Environmental Science (20%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 47.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 20.1% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 8.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 12.9% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 11.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 37.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 28.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 22.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 8.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEarth Trust39fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences38%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science820.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences512.9%
    3. Computer Science38.1%
    4. Engineering24.3%
    5. Materials Science11.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1128.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology38.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Social Sciences37.6%
    2. Decision Sciences00.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    6. Psychology00.3%
    1. Medicine13.7%
    2. Nursing00.8%
    3. Health Professions00.6%
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: 5.90× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.25× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.05× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.25×5 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.90×11 works
  3. Environmental Science4.05×8 works
  4. Nursing1.73×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.64×3 works
  6. Computer Science1.05×3 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.88×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.60×3 works
  9. Neuroscience0.52×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.49×1 works
  11. Engineering0.28×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.23×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×0 works
  14. Medicine0.19×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.15×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×0 works
  17. Psychology0.09×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Earth Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, Jo Clark, Audrey Litterick and Ethelbert Horne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Earth Trust.

  1. 1 Jo Clark United Kingdom · #867,667 worldwide 1.1k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Audrey Litterick United Kingdom · #2,006,964 worldwide 1.1k citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Ethelbert Horne United Kingdom · #2,396,026 worldwide 6 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Anand Shukla United Kingdom · #3,128,114 worldwide 162 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Dom Illtyd Trethowan United Kingdom · #3,835,652 worldwide 11 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Anselm Brumwell United Kingdom · #5,434,691 worldwide 0 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Illtyd Trethowan United Kingdom · #7,130,364 worldwide 183 citations · 210 works
All ranked researchers at Earth Trust

What are the most cited papers from Earth Trust?

The most cited paper from Earth Trust is "A plant trait analysis of responses to grazing in a long‐term experiment" (Borges Zuleica M., Joe Franklin, Stevenson Mark J. et al., 2001), with 340 citations. Next come "Genome sequence and genetic diversity of European ash trees" (240) and "Changes in the arable flora of central southern England since the 1960s" (198).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A plant trait analysis of responses to grazing in a long‐term experiment Borges Zuleica M., Joe Franklin, Stevenson Mark J. et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology Apr 2001 340
2 Genome sequence and genetic diversity of European ash trees Elizabeth Sollars et al. · Nature Open access 24 Dec 2016 240
3 Changes in the arable flora of central southern England since the 1960s Odette L. Sutcliffe, Q. O. N. Kay · Biological Conservation Apr 2000 198
4 Applications of the crown diameter–stem diameter relationship for different species of broadleaved trees G. E. Hemery, P. Savill, Simon Pryor · Forest Ecology and Management 17 Jun 2005 198
5 Climate Sensitivity on Geological Timescales Controlled by Nonlinear Feedbacks and Ocean Circulation Alex Farnsworth, Daniel John Lunt, Charlotte L. O’Brien et al. · Geophysical Research Letters Open access 29 Jul 2019 171
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Earth Trust?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Evolution, Phylogeny, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Taxonomy, Speciation, Conservation and Ecology.

▲ 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-now 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. Evolution10▲ 99×6 topics
  2. Phylogeny8▲ 125×6 topics
  3. Biodiversity8▲ 26×10 topics
  4. Biogeography7▲ 68×6 topics
  5. Taxonomy7▲ 129×5 topics
  6. Speciation5▲ 306×2 topics
  7. Conservation5▲ 30×8 topics
  8. Ecology4▲ 67×2 topics
  9. Phylogeography4▲ 304×2 topics
  10. Acoustic Communication4▲ 203×3 topics
  11. Orthoptera4▲ 1432×1 topic
  12. grasshoppers4▲ 1432×1 topic
  13. Adaptation4▲ 31×2 topics
  14. DNA Barcoding4▲ 53×6 topics
  15. Machine Learning4▲ 2.8×8 topics
  16. Cavefish3▲ 435×1 topic
  17. Subterranean3▲ 435×1 topic
  18. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 23×9 topics
  19. Molecular Phylogeny3▲ 42×5 topics
  20. Morphology3▲ 36×4 topics
  21. Coleoptera2▲ 196×2 topics
  22. Population Dynamics2▲ 18×6 topics
  23. Fisheries2▲ 107×2 topics
  24. Cretaceous2▲ 173×2 topics
  25. River Restoration2▲ 97×2 topics
  26. Educational Data Mining2▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Learning Analytics2▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 65×2 topics
  29. Neotropical Region2▲ 213×2 topics
  30. Freshwater1▲ 72×2 topics
  31. Amber Fossils1▲ 325×1 topic
  32. Diversification1▲ 76×1 topic
  33. Insect Evolution1▲ 325×1 topic
  34. Land Use1▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Stream Ecosystems1▲ 220×1 topic
  36. beetles1▲ 203×1 topic
  37. Aquaculture1▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Rays1▲ 134×1 topic
  39. Sharks1▲ 134×1 topic
  40. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Earth Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Online Learning and Analytics and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology.

Orthoptera Research and …4Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy: 4 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 3 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology: 1 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 1 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber: 1 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 1 fractional worksCrustacean biology and ecology: 1 fractional worksHistorical Geography and Cartography: 1 fractional worksAquatic life and conservation: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPaleontologyComputer Science ApplicationsEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  2. 2 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 3 works
  3. 3 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  4. 4 Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  6. 6 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  7. 7 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  8. 8 Crustacean biology and ecology Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Historical Geography and Cartography Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  10. 10 Aquatic life and conservation Aquatic Science 1 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.9%domestic only54.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Earth Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 146% higher 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 Earth Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000048% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Earth Trust0.000095% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Earth Trust over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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