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Forest Research

In research, Forest Research stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,070 of 3,409 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,313 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,895 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 33.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,400
of 28,054 · #7,628 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#247
of 1,094
Research works
3.3k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
66k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Forest Research 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 #1,070 of 3,409 16.2%139 #988
Environmental ScienceField #1,313 of 3,551 17.8%160 #953
Physical SciencesDomain #4,895 of 12,888 15.9%218 #7099
Life SciencesDomain #4,837 of 7,800 16.3%179 #4907
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,169 of 1,395 16.0%62 #1381

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Forest Research 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#988 #1,070
  2. Environmental Science#953 #1,313
  3. Physical Sciences#7,099 #4,895
  4. Life Sciences#4,907 #4,837
  5. Plant Science#1,381 #1,169
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 Forest Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 33.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 35.5 works34×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 52.5 works16×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 24.5 works12×
  4. EcologySubfield · 36.8 works11×
← 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: 6.60× its world share, 139 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.58× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.27× its world share, 160 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 1.62× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Forest Research?

Ranked on the composite score, C. M. Brasier, Liz O’Brien and Joan Webber lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Forest Research.

  1. 1 C. M. Brasier · #55,007 worldwide 404 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Liz O’Brien · #195,112 worldwide 157 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Joan Webber · #212,301 worldwide 139 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Joan Cottrell · #222,975 worldwide 170 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Christopher P. Quine · #267,865 worldwide 192 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Nadia Barsoum · #290,810 worldwide 73 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Andrew Peace · #320,513 worldwide 217 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 R. Harmer · #354,234 worldwide 98 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Mariella Marzano · #440,118 worldwide 86 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Andy Moffat · #464,835 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Forest Research

Which keywords describe research at Forest Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Biomass Estimation, Conservation, Aboveground Biomass and Forest Management.

▲ 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 Change109▲ 9.1×78 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation51▲ 31×16 topics
  3. Invasive Species46▲ 24×18 topics
  4. Biodiversity43▲ 13×24 topics
  5. Sustainability28▲ 2.6×44 topics
  6. Biomass Estimation28▲ 41×3 topics
  7. Conservation27▲ 14×18 topics
  8. Aboveground Biomass24▲ 60×2 topics
  9. Forest Management24▲ 90×4 topics
  10. Remote Sensing24▲ 4.3×25 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services22▲ 13×12 topics
  12. Global Change22▲ 19×5 topics
  13. Biological Invasions21▲ 54×2 topics
  14. Ecosystem Resilience21▲ 33×5 topics
  15. Phylogenetic Analysis21▲ 16×12 topics
  16. Ecosystem Functioning21▲ 25×5 topics
  17. Allometric Models20▲ 91×2 topics
  18. Habitat Fragmentation20▲ 20×5 topics
  19. Tropical Forests20▲ 126×2 topics
  20. Climate Change Impact20▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Carbon Stocks19▲ 157×1 topic
  22. Tree Allometry19▲ 157×1 topic
  23. Biogeography18▲ 16×18 topics
  24. Global Warming17▲ 9.4×11 topics
  25. Land Use Change16▲ 12×7 topics
  26. Ecosystem16▲ 33×3 topics
  27. Vegetation15▲ 32×4 topics
  28. Climate Change Impacts15▲ 29×6 topics
  29. Soil Properties15▲ 19×6 topics
  30. Forest Carbon Sequestration15▲ 156×1 topic
  31. Sustainable Forest Management15▲ 156×1 topic
  32. Taxonomy13▲ 23×13 topics
  33. Population Dynamics13▲ 12×11 topics
  34. Species Richness13▲ 45×2 topics
  35. Sustainable Agriculture13▲ 9.0×10 topics
  36. Fungal Pathogens12▲ 20×4 topics
  37. Biological Control12▲ 18×9 topics
  38. Community Ecology12▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Functional Diversity12▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Phylogeny11▲ 16×14 topics

Which research topics does Forest Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forest ecology and management, Forest Management and Policy, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

Forest ecology and management: 19 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 15 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 12 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 10 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 10 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 10 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems8Fire effects on ecosystems: 8 fractional worksTree Root and Stability Studies: 8 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 8 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversi…8Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 8 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeInsect ScienceEcology2 others

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

  1. 1 Forest ecology and managementNature and Landscape Conservation 19 works
  2. 2 Forest Management and PolicyGlobal and Planetary Change 15 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesNature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
  4. 4 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesInsect Science 10 works
  5. 5 Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEcology 10 works
  6. 6 Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsGlobal and Planetary Change 10 works
  7. 7 Fire effects on ecosystemsGlobal and Planetary Change 8 works
  8. 8 Tree Root and Stability StudiesMechanical Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesCell Biology 8 works
  10. 10 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementGlobal and Planetary Change 8 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 available52.6%not open47.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.2%domestic only54.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Forest Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher 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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