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Forestry Commission

In research, Forestry Commission stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#4,214 of 5,126 worldwide), Life Sciences (#9,197 of 11,023 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#13,315 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,520
of 34,923
Rank in Zimbabwe
#15
of 23
Research works
764
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.51×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Forestry Commission

What is Forestry Commission 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4,214 of 5,126 6.4%184
Life SciencesDomain #9,197 of 11,023 6.5%227
Social SciencesDomain #13,315 of 14,833 5.7%129
Physical SciencesDomain #15,799 of 17,446 4.3%374
Environmental ScienceField #4,942 of 5,407 4.7%207

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Forestry Commission 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 Forestry Commission work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Forestry Commission is in Life Sciences, 43% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (42%), Environmental Science (36%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 31 fractional works · 47.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 28 fractional works · 42.0% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 8.1% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 43.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 35.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 12.5% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKForestryCommission66fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences48%Physical Sciences43%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences6%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2842.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Environmental Science2335.7%
    2. Engineering23.7%
    3. Materials Science12.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.6%
    5. Chemistry00.3%
    6. Energy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences34.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    4. Psychology00.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine12.3%
    2. Nursing00.3%
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: 8.85× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.20× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8.85×28 works
  2. Environmental Science7.20×23 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.99×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×3 works
  5. Nursing0.69×0 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×0 works
  7. Materials Science0.56×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.31×3 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×1 works
  11. Energy0.25×0 works
  12. Engineering0.25×2 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.18×0 works
  14. Psychology0.17×0 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  17. Medicine0.12×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Forestry Commission?

Ranked on the quality score, William Ling Taylor, C.S. Kleinman and CS Cees Kleinman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Forestry Commission.

  1. 1 William Ling Taylor Zimbabwe · #3,732,774 worldwide 53 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 C.S. Kleinman Zimbabwe · #4,803,462 worldwide 52 citations · 17 works
  3. 2 CS Cees Kleinman Zimbabwe · #4,803,462 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 DA Dick Hordijk Zimbabwe · #4,856,152 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 M. L. Anderson Zimbabwe · #5,001,338 worldwide 45 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Drw Dirk Martens Zimbabwe · #5,281,613 worldwide 22 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 AT Ad Vermeltfoort Zimbabwe · #6,026,155 worldwide 120 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Forestry Commission

What are the most cited papers from Forestry Commission?

The most cited paper from Forestry Commission is "Challenges to Proponents of Common Property Recource Systems: Despairing Voices from the Social Forests of Zimbabwe" (Bruce Campbell, Alois Mandondo, N. Nemarundwe et al., 2001), with 206 citations. Next come "Heartwood, its function and formation" (159) and "The Southern Africa Fire Network (SAFNet) regional burned‐area product‐validation protocol" (126).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Challenges to Proponents of Common Property Recource Systems: Despairing Voices from the Social Forests of Zimbabwe Bruce Campbell, Alois Mandondo, N. Nemarundwe et al. · World Development Apr 2001 206
2 Heartwood, its function and formation R. K. Bamber · Wood Science and Technology 1976 159
3 The Southern Africa Fire Network (SAFNet) regional burned‐area product‐validation protocol David P. Roy, Peter G.H. Frost, C. O. Justice et al. · International Journal of Remote Sensing 10 Oct 2005 126
4 Compound farms of southeastern Nigeria: J. C. Okafor, Erick C.M. Fernandes · Agroforestry Systems 1987 114
5 The role of shelter in Australia for protecting soils, plants and livestock PR Bird, David Bicknell, Peter Bulman et al. · Agroforestry Systems Nov 1992 106
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Which keywords describe research at Forestry Commission?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Agriculture, Adaptation, Smallholder Farmers, Biodiversity and Land Use Change.

▲ 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 Change20▲ 11×43 topics
  2. Sustainability10▲ 6.3×20 topics
  3. Biodiversity Conservation8▲ 35×11 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 30×7 topics
  5. Adaptation6▲ 30×3 topics
  6. Smallholder Farmers6▲ 41×4 topics
  7. Biodiversity5▲ 9.6×14 topics
  8. Land Use Change4▲ 20×6 topics
  9. Agroforestry4▲ 87×3 topics
  10. Remote Sensing4▲ 4.6×15 topics
  11. Invasive Species3▲ 12×10 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services3▲ 12×9 topics
  13. Agroecology3▲ 32×3 topics
  14. Global Warming3▲ 11×8 topics
  15. Pastoralists3▲ 179×1 topic
  16. Rangeland Degradation3▲ 179×1 topic
  17. Nutritional Value3▲ 37×3 topics
  18. Environmental Services3▲ 116×1 topic
  19. Tropical Deforestation3▲ 116×1 topic
  20. Diversity2▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Livestock Farming2▲ 63×2 topics
  22. Climate Resilience2▲ 62×2 topics
  23. Agricultural Development2▲ 23×1 topic
  24. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Indigenous Fruits2▲ 151×1 topic
  26. Tree Domestication2▲ 151×1 topic
  27. Work Organization2▲ 90×1 topic
  28. Gut Microbiota2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  29. Probiotics2▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Amino Acids2▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Antibiotic Alternatives2▲ 60×1 topic
  32. Conservation2▲ 7.0×8 topics
  33. Forest Management2▲ 50×4 topics
  34. Biogeography2▲ 11×7 topics
  35. Soil Carbon Sequestration2▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Global Change2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  38. Soil Fertility2▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Biodiversity Loss2▲ 44×3 topics
  40. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Forestry Commission publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and African Botany and Ecology Studies.

Rangeland Management and…3Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversi…3Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 3 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…2Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…2African Botany and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 2 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 2 fractional worksAgroforestry and silvopa…1Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 1 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 1 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 1 fractional worksBamboo properties and applications: 1 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsForestry4 others

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

  1. 1 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  2. 2 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  3. 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  4. 4 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 2 works
  5. 5 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  6. 6 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 1 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 1 works
  10. 10 Bamboo properties and applications Plant Science 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 available18.9%not open81.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Forestry Commission's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% 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 Forestry Commission as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Forestry Commission0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

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