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Fiji Museum

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Research works
28
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
130
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Fiji Museum

Not ranked overall: Fiji Museum 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 Fiji Museum work in?

In all years, 46% of research at Fiji Museum is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (36%), Social Sciences (25%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 46.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 36.2% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 28.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 27.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 25.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 5 fractional works · 16.8% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 21.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFiji Museum28fractional works, all years
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences28%

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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1036.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences15.2%
    3. Engineering13.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy01.2%
    1. Social Sciences725.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities01.7%
    3. Psychology01.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences414.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology26.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.2%
    1. Health Professions13.2%
    2. Veterinary01.2%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Fiji Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Sepeti Matararaba and Fergus Clunie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fiji Museum.

  1. 1 Sepeti Matararaba Fiji · #4,465,137 worldwide 258 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Fergus Clunie Fiji · #4,805,158 worldwide 92 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Fiji Museum

What are the most cited papers from Fiji Museum?

The most cited paper from Fiji Museum is "Value of traditional oral narratives in building climate-change resilience: insights from rural communities in Fiji" (Shaiza Z. Janif, Patrick D. Nunn, Paul Geraghty et al., 2016), with 151 citations. Next come "Traditional knowledge for climate resilience in the Pacific Islands" (58) and "Early Lapita settlement site at Bourewa, southwest Viti Levu Island, Fiji" (44).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Value of traditional oral narratives in building climate-change resilience: insights from rural communities in Fiji Shaiza Z. Janif, Patrick D. Nunn, Paul Geraghty et al. · Ecology and Society Open access 2016 151
2 Traditional knowledge for climate resilience in the Pacific Islands Patrick D. Nunn et al. · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change Open access 8 Mar 2024 58
3 Early Lapita settlement site at Bourewa, southwest Viti Levu Island, Fiji Patrick D. Nunn, Roselyn Kumar, Sepeti Matararaba et al. · Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania Oct 2004 44
4 Priority Forests for Conservation in Fiji: landscapes, hotspots and ecological processes David Mark Olson, Linda S. Farley, Alex Patrick et al. · Oryx Open access 19 Nov 2009 33
5 Further Investigations at the Naigani Lapita site (VL 21/5), Fiji: Excavation, Radiocarbon Dating and Palaeofaunal Extinction Geoffrey J. Irwin, Trevor H. Worthy, Simon Best et al. · Journal of Pacific Archaeology Open access 6 Jul 2011 32
All 52 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fiji Museum?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Island Ecosystems, Habitat Selection, Environmental Impact, Genetic Diversity, Pacific Islands, settlement and Avian 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 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 34 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change8▲ 11×11 topics
  2. Island Ecosystems6▲ 437×2 topics
  3. Habitat Selection6▲ 210×2 topics
  4. Environmental Impact5▲ 14×2 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity5▲ 36×2 topics
  6. Pacific Islands5▲ 1090×1 topic
  7. settlement5▲ 1090×1 topic
  8. Avian Ecology4▲ 395×1 topic
  9. Migration Patterns4▲ 345×1 topic
  10. Population Dynamics4▲ 40×3 topics
  11. Invasive Species3▲ 19×6 topics
  12. Biodiversity3▲ 14×6 topics
  13. Conservation Biology2▲ 79×3 topics
  14. Vulnerability2▲ 50×3 topics
  15. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 38×3 topics
  16. Resilience2▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Islands2▲ 478×1 topic
  18. Small States2▲ 478×1 topic
  19. Animal Movement2▲ 109×1 topic
  20. Occupancy Rates2▲ 109×1 topic
  21. Avian Malaria2▲ 403×1 topic
  22. Conservation2▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Haemosporidian Parasites2▲ 403×1 topic
  24. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Species Richness1▲ 59×2 topics
  26. Holocene1▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Airborne Wind Energy1▲ 336×1 topic
  28. Beaver Dams1▲ 321×1 topic
  29. Dormancy1▲ 78×1 topic
  30. Ecosystem Engineering1▲ 97×1 topic
  31. Fruit Trees1▲ 78×1 topic
  32. High Altitude Wind Power1▲ 336×1 topic
  33. Mast Seeding1▲ 114×1 topic
  34. Rodent Eradication1▲ 114×1 topic

Which research topics does Fiji Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Island Studies and Pacific Affairs and Maritime and Coastal Archaeology.

Pacific and Southeast As…0Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 0 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …0Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 0 fractional worksIsland Studies and Pacific Affairs: 0 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 0 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 0 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentGeneral Health ProfessionsDemographyArcheology2 others

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

  1. 1 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  2. 2 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 0 works
  3. 3 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 0 works
  4. 4 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 0 works
  5. 5 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 0 works
  6. 6 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 0 works
  7. 7 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 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 available14.8%not open85.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.9%domestic only74.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fiji Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% 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 Fiji Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00000090% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Fiji Museum0.000016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fiji Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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