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Essex Wildlife Trust

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Research works
4
▲ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
23
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Essex Wildlife Trust

Not ranked overall: Essex Wildlife Trust is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Essex Wildlife Trust work in?

In all years, 52% of research at Essex Wildlife Trust is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (48%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%).

Physical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 52.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 47.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 31.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 22.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 9.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 6.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workALL ITS WORKEssex WildlifeTrust4fractional works, all years
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 8 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science247.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences04.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology122.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences09.1%
    1. Medicine06.8%
    2. Health Professions04.5%
    1. Arts and Humanities02.3%
    2. Social Sciences02.3%
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: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.41× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 6.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.41×1 works
  2. Environmental Science6.19×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.73×0 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.73×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.67×0 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.35×0 works
  8. Medicine0.34×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.08×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Essex Wildlife Trust?

The most cited paper from Essex Wildlife Trust is "Mapping differences in mammalian distributions and diversity using environmental DNA from rivers" (Holly A. Broadhurst, Luke M. Gregory, Emma K. Bleakley et al., 2021), with 61 citations. Next come "Strongholds of Ostrea edulis populations in estuaries in Essex, SE England and their association with traditional oyster aquaculture: evidence to support a MPA designation" (18) and "Current status of American mink Neovison vison in Great Britain: a review of the evidence for a population decline" (12).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mapping differences in mammalian distributions and diversity using environmental DNA from rivers Holly A. Broadhurst, Luke M. Gregory, Emma K. Bleakley et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 18 Aug 2021 61
2 Strongholds of Ostrea edulis populations in estuaries in Essex, SE England and their association with traditional oyster aquaculture: evidence to support a MPA designation Sarah Allison, Malcolm Hardy, Kate Hayward et al. · Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Open access 9 Dec 2019 18
3 Current status of American mink Neovison vison in Great Britain: a review of the evidence for a population decline Lauren A. Harrington, Johnny Birks, Paul Chanin et al. · Mammal Review 26 Feb 2020 12
4 Meta‐analysis of predator identity in nest‐camera studies in the British Islands Madeleine G. Barton et al. · Ibis 21 Aug 2025 7
5 A vision for the future conservation evidence landscape Mark O’Connell et al. · Ecological Solutions and Evidence Open access Oct 2024 7
All 10 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Essex Wildlife Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Urban Green Space and Health, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases.

Human-Animal Interaction…0Human-Animal Interaction Studies: 0 fractional worksUrban Green Space and He…0Urban Green Space and Health: 0 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 0 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 0 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…0Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 0 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 0 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 0 fractional worksLandscape and Cultural Studies: 0 fractional worksUrban Development and Cultural Heritage: 0 fractional works
GeneticsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEcologyCell Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 0 works
  2. 2 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  3. 3 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 0 works
  4. 4 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  7. 7 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  9. 9 Landscape and Cultural Studies Archeology 0 works
  10. 10 Urban Development and Cultural Heritage Urban Studies 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 available43.8%not open56.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.7%domestic only61.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Essex Wildlife Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% higher than in 2018-2021.

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