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Fauna and Flora International

In research, Fauna and Flora International stands highest in Environmental Science (#3,210 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#14,755 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,981
of 22,385 · #19,192 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#682
of 862
Research works
454
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.4k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
75%
world 40%
International
43%
world 18%
Fauna and Flora International

What is Fauna and Flora International known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Environmental ScienceField #3,210 of 5,407 10.2%179
Physical SciencesDomain #14,755 of 17,446 9.8%215

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fauna and Flora International 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Fauna and Flora International work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Fauna and Flora International is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (40%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 52 fractional works · 48.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 43 fractional works · 40.2% of its workEcology: 18 fractional works · 17.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 7.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 21.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 20.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.5% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFauna and FloraInternational107fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences21%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science4340.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences43.8%
    3. Engineering43.3%
    4. Computer Science10.8%
    5. Mathematics10.6%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1514.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology76.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Social Sciences109.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities54.7%
    3. Psychology32.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    6. Decision Sciences11.1%
    1. Health Professions54.3%
    2. Medicine43.5%
    3. Veterinary10.5%
    4. Nursing00.2%
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: 2.97× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.45× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.09× its world share, 43 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.01× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.63× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.09×43 works
  2. Veterinary4.01×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.97×15 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.45×4 works
  5. Health Professions1.64×5 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.63×5 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×7 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.13×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.09×1 works
  10. Psychology0.94×3 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×2 works
  12. Social Sciences0.72×10 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.52×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.49×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×1 works
  16. Nursing0.32×0 works
  17. Engineering0.22×4 works
  18. Medicine0.18×4 works
  19. Computer Science0.10×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.05×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  22. Energy0.03×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fauna and Flora International?

Ranked on the quality score, Abigail C. Entwistle, Mark Infield and Pablo Sinovas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fauna and Flora International.

  1. 1 Abigail C. Entwistle United Kingdom · #488,703 worldwide 4.4k citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Mark Infield United Kingdom · #1,136,864 worldwide 1.3k citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Pablo Sinovas United Kingdom · #1,263,051 worldwide 461 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 José Urteaga United Kingdom · #1,379,827 worldwide 666 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Pippa Howard United Kingdom · #1,762,404 worldwide 328 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Jennifer C. Daltry United Kingdom · #1,978,608 worldwide 2.5k citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Tony Whitten United Kingdom · #2,187,756 worldwide 2.4k citations · 95 works
  8. 8 Evan Bowen-Jones United Kingdom · #2,696,121 worldwide 657 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Simon P. Mickleburgh United Kingdom · #2,718,791 worldwide 1.2k citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Laura Benítez United Kingdom · #3,714,556 worldwide 71 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Fauna and Flora International

What are the most cited papers from Fauna and Flora International?

The most cited paper from Fauna and Flora International is "Habitat Loss and Extinction in the Hotspots of Biodiversity" (Thomas M. Brooks, Russell A. Mittermeier, Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier et al., 2002), with 2,069 citations. Next come "The Status of the World's Land and Marine Mammals: Diversity, Threat, and Knowledge" (1,553) and "Biodiversity Conservation and the Eradication of Poverty" (1,362).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Habitat Loss and Extinction in the Hotspots of Biodiversity Thomas M. Brooks, Russell A. Mittermeier, Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier et al. · Conservation Biology Aug 2002 2,069
2 The Status of the World's Land and Marine Mammals: Diversity, Threat, and Knowledge Jan Schipper et al. · Science 130 authors 10 Oct 2008 1,553
3 Biodiversity Conservation and the Eradication of Poverty William M. Adams, Ros Aveling, Dan Brockington et al. · Science 11 Nov 2004 1,362
4 ecospat: an R package to support spatial analyses and modeling of species niches and distributions Valeria Di Cola, Olivier Broennimann, Blaise Petitpierre et al. · Ecography 22 Nov 2016 1,322
5 Biodiversity Conservation: Challenges Beyond 2010 Michael R. W. Rands, William M. Adams, Leon Bennun et al. · Science Open access 9 Sep 2010 1,177
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fauna and Flora International?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Invasive Species, Conservation, Habitat Selection, Trophic Cascades and Animal Movement.

▲ 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. Climate Change21▲ 7.4×39 topics
  2. Biodiversity14▲ 17×25 topics
  3. Population Dynamics12▲ 42×10 topics
  4. Invasive Species11▲ 25×16 topics
  5. Conservation10▲ 22×17 topics
  6. Habitat Selection7▲ 95×2 topics
  7. Environmental Impact7▲ 3.8×17 topics
  8. Sustainability7▲ 2.7×20 topics
  9. Trophic Cascades7▲ 69×2 topics
  10. Animal Movement7▲ 121×1 topic
  11. Occupancy Rates7▲ 121×1 topic
  12. Conservation Biology6▲ 52×4 topics
  13. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 13×14 topics
  14. Food Security5▲ 8.7×8 topics
  15. Vulnerability5▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Biogeography5▲ 17×14 topics
  17. Phylogenetic Analysis5▲ 15×10 topics
  18. Traditional Knowledge5▲ 102×4 topics
  19. Ecological Knowledge4▲ 91×2 topics
  20. Arctic Indigenous Peoples4▲ 208×1 topic
  21. Nutrition Transition4▲ 114×2 topics
  22. community-based monitoring4▲ 208×1 topic
  23. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 22×7 topics
  24. Genetic Structure4▲ 44×4 topics
  25. DNA Barcoding3▲ 18×8 topics
  26. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Ecological Niche3▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Species Distribution Modeling3▲ 52×1 topic
  29. Illegal Wildlife Trade3▲ 201×1 topic
  30. Parrot Poaching3▲ 201×1 topic
  31. Taxonomy3▲ 17×8 topics
  32. Evolution3▲ 9.2×7 topics
  33. Species Richness3▲ 37×2 topics
  34. Policy2▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 18×6 topics
  36. Metabolic Rate2▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Phylogeny2▲ 13×8 topics
  38. Acoustic Communication2▲ 37×3 topics
  39. Bats2▲ 59×2 topics
  40. Ecosystem Health2▲ 41×2 topics

Which research topics does Fauna and Flora International publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Indigenous Studies and Ecology, Species Distribution and Climate Change and Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…7Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 7 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 4 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 3 fractional worksWildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses: 3 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 2 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology …2Bat Biology and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 2 fractional worksCommunity Development and Social Impact: 2 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional works
EcologyGeneral Health ProfessionsEcological ModelingNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 7 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 3 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  5. 5 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  7. 7 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  8. 8 Community Development and Social Impact Finance 2 works
  9. 9 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available74.7%not open25.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.0%domestic only57.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fauna and Flora International's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fauna and Flora International as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Fauna and Flora International0.00033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fauna and Flora International over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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