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Ecosystem Sciences

In research, Ecosystem Sciences stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#790 of 3,409 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,243 of 3,551 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,664 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Science — Ecology is 13.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,076
of 28,054 · #4,765 all time
Rank in Australia
#99
of 391
Research works
1.9k
▼ 63% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
35.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Ecosystem Sciences 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 #790 of 3,409 36.1%102 #308
Environmental ScienceField #1,243 of 3,551 27.9%135 #660
Life SciencesDomain #3,664 of 7,800 34.2%134 #2656
Physical SciencesDomain #6,218 of 12,888 25.9%176 #6052

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ecosystem Sciences 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#308 #790
  2. Environmental Science#660 #1,243
  3. Life Sciences#2,656 #3,664
  4. Physical Sciences#6,052 #6,218
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 Ecosystem Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 38.5 works13×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 34.4 works12×
  3. Environmental ScienceField · 134.5 works7.4×
← 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: 5.89× its world share, 102 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.57× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.40× its world share, 134 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 3.84× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.79× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ecosystem Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Benjamin D. Hoffmann, Anita G. J. Buma and Ian Watson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ecosystem Sciences.

  1. 1 Benjamin D. Hoffmann · #495,465 worldwide 79 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Anita G. J. Buma · #599,575 worldwide 157 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Ian Watson · #911,009 worldwide 36 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 D. B. Coates · #1,221,891 worldwide 29 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Monaliza Catalina Sirbescu · #1,227,050 worldwide 46 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Alex S. Kutt · #1,414,055 worldwide 51 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Ecosystem Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Ecosystem Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Remote Sensing, Ecosystem Services, Conservation, Biodiversity Conservation and Global Change.

▲ 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 Change89▲ 9.0×71 topics
  2. Biodiversity33▲ 12×25 topics
  3. Remote Sensing25▲ 5.5×25 topics
  4. Invasive Species24▲ 16×18 topics
  5. Sustainability21▲ 2.4×42 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services20▲ 14×11 topics
  7. Conservation20▲ 13×17 topics
  8. Biodiversity Conservation18▲ 13×15 topics
  9. Environmental Impact17▲ 2.8×37 topics
  10. Ecosystem Resilience17▲ 32×5 topics
  11. Global Change17▲ 18×7 topics
  12. Habitat Fragmentation16▲ 20×5 topics
  13. Ecosystem14▲ 35×4 topics
  14. Land Use Change12▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Soil Properties12▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Population Dynamics12▲ 13×9 topics
  17. Ecosystem Functioning11▲ 16×7 topics
  18. Antioxidant Activity11▲ 4.7×17 topics
  19. Food Security11▲ 5.3×14 topics
  20. Forest Fires10▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Wildfire Activity10▲ 62×1 topic
  22. Biological Invasions10▲ 30×3 topics
  23. Microbial Communities10▲ 6.1×6 topics
  24. Species Richness9▲ 40×2 topics
  25. Conservation Biology9▲ 25×4 topics
  26. Community Ecology9▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Trophic Cascades9▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Model Evaluation9▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Antioxidants9▲ 5.4×9 topics
  30. Functional Diversity9▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Water Quality8▲ 5.7×12 topics
  32. Habitat Selection8▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Citizen Science8▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Polyphenols7▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Soil Carbon Sequestration7▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Soil Fertility7▲ 8.4×4 topics
  37. Ecological Niche7▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Nutrient Limitation7▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Species Distribution Modeling7▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Cancer Prevention7▲ 7.1×8 topics

Which research topics does Ecosystem Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fire effects on ecosystems, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Fire effects on ecosystems: 10 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 9 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…7Species Distribution and Climate Change: 7 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…6Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 6 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 6 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 5 fractional worksUrban Green Space and He…4Urban Green Space and Health: 4 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 4 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 4 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 4 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcological ModelingEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystemsGlobal and Planetary Change 10 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesNature and Landscape Conservation 9 works
  3. 3 Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEcological Modeling 7 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology 6 works
  5. 5 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil Science 6 works
  6. 6 Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesGlobal and Planetary Change 5 works
  7. 7 Urban Green Space and HealthHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  8. 8 Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementEcology 4 works
  9. 9 Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsGlobal and Planetary Change 4 works
  10. 10 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesBiochemistry 4 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 available44.6%not open55.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.6%domestic only56.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ecosystem Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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