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ForestGEO

forestgeo.si.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#19,603
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,243
of 8,685
Research works
125
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.1k
48.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

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: 4.06× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.64× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.91× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at ForestGEO?

Ranked on the composite score, Stuart J. Davies, David Kenfack and Gifford Pinchot lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ForestGEO.

  1. 1 Stuart J. Davies United States · #113,579 worldwide 396 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 David Kenfack United States · #390,460 worldwide 171 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Gifford Pinchot United States · #1,091,225 worldwide 3 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at ForestGEO

Which keywords describe research at ForestGEO?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation, Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem.

▲ 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 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 Change29▲ 8.8×42 topics
  2. Biodiversity29▲ 30×16 topics
  3. Invasive Species23▲ 32×10 topics
  4. Global Change19▲ 50×5 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation18▲ 50×2 topics
  6. Conservation17▲ 28×10 topics
  7. Biodiversity Conservation16▲ 48×10 topics
  8. Ecosystem15▲ 84×4 topics
  9. Biological Invasions13▲ 94×2 topics
  10. Community Ecology13▲ 92×2 topics
  11. Species Richness13▲ 127×2 topics
  12. Functional Diversity13▲ 146×1 topic
  13. Biomass Estimation12▲ 86×3 topics
  14. Aboveground Biomass11▲ 128×2 topics
  15. Allometric Models11▲ 181×2 topics
  16. Carbon Stocks10▲ 256×1 topic
  17. Tropical Forests10▲ 203×1 topic
  18. Ecosystem Services10▲ 22×7 topics
  19. Sustainability7▲ 3.3×22 topics
  20. Land Use Change7▲ 19×5 topics
  21. Climate Change Impacts7▲ 40×3 topics
  22. Forest Carbon Sequestration6▲ 196×1 topic
  23. Sustainable Forest Management6▲ 196×1 topic
  24. Ecosystem Resilience6▲ 31×4 topics
  25. Plant-Animal Interactions6▲ 40×1 topic
  26. Pollinator Decline6▲ 40×1 topic
  27. Conservation Biology5▲ 39×3 topics
  28. Biogeography5▲ 12×9 topics
  29. Model Evaluation5▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 13×7 topics
  31. Population Dynamics4▲ 11×7 topics
  32. Drought4▲ 36×2 topics
  33. Ecological Niche4▲ 65×1 topic
  34. Species Distribution Modeling4▲ 65×1 topic
  35. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Agroforestry4▲ 64×4 topics
  37. Evapotranspiration4▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Tree Mortality4▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Environmental Services4▲ 104×1 topic
  40. Tropical Deforestation4▲ 104×1 topic

Which research topics does ForestGEO publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest ecology and management, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management.

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 1 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…1Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 1 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversi…1Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 1 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 1 fractional worksScarabaeidae Beetle Taxo…1Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksTree-ring climate responses: 0 fractional worksPlant and animal studies0Plant and animal studies: 0 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeSocial PsychologyPaleontology3 others

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

  1. 1 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  2. 2 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  3. 3 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  5. 5 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography Paleontology 1 works
  8. 8 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  9. 9 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 0 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available54.3%not open45.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.8%domestic only48.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has ForestGEO's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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