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Forestry Tasmania

In research, Forestry Tasmania stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,478 of 11,023 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,387 of 5,126 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,601 of 5,407 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,720
of 34,923
Rank in Australia
#270
of 476
Research works
604
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
33.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Forestry Tasmania

What is Forestry Tasmania 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
Life SciencesDomain #4,478 of 11,023 8.6%221
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,387 of 5,126 8.7%167
Environmental ScienceField #2,601 of 5,407 7.3%243
Physical SciencesDomain #11,873 of 17,446 7.7%327

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

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Forestry Tasmania is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (32%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 51.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 31.7% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 11.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 21.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.1% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workALL ITS WORKForestry Tasmania29fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences51%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences11%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science931.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences310.4%
    3. Engineering27.2%
    4. Chemistry01.5%
    5. Computer Science00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences413.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology26.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.0%
    1. Medicine39.0%
    2. Health Professions27.1%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences13.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting13.0%
    3. Psychology12.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities01.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.0%
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: 2.76× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.64× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.39× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.69× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.64×3 works
  2. Environmental Science6.39×9 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.76×4 works
  4. Health Professions2.69×2 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.01×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.14×2 works
  7. Chemistry0.97×0 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.93×1 works
  9. Psychology0.65×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.59×0 works
  11. Engineering0.48×2 works
  12. Medicine0.47×3 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.30×1 works
  15. Nursing0.19×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Forestry Tasmania?

Ranked on the quality score, Christopher L. Beadle, Tim J. Wardlaw and Geoffrey M. Downes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Forestry Tasmania.

  1. 1 Christopher L. Beadle Australia · #1,626,882 worldwide 1.8k citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Tim J. Wardlaw Australia · #1,916,940 worldwide 3.2k citations · 133 works
  3. 3 Geoffrey M. Downes Australia · #2,798,568 worldwide 4k citations · 117 works
  4. 4 DW de Little Australia · #2,873,565 worldwide 83 citations · 109 works
  5. 5 J. L. Medhurst Australia · #2,903,526 worldwide 949 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Kevin J. Bonham Australia · #3,130,403 worldwide 648 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Simon McArthur Australia · #3,453,227 worldwide 229 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Linda M. Ballard Australia · #3,503,283 worldwide 308 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Ross L. Dickson Australia · #3,670,542 worldwide 398 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Antonin Proust Australia · #3,743,463 worldwide 11 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Forestry Tasmania

What are the most cited papers from Forestry Tasmania?

The most cited paper from Forestry Tasmania is "A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: from genes to ecosystems" (Thomas G. Whitham, Joseph K. Bailey, Jennifer A. Schweitzer et al., 2006), with 1,149 citations. Next come "Saproxylic Insect Ecology and the Sustainable Management of Forests" (813) and "The case for data-less marine resource management: examples from tropical nearshore finfisheries" (722).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: from genes to ecosystems Thomas G. Whitham, Joseph K. Bailey, Jennifer A. Schweitzer et al. · Nature Reviews Genetics ReviewOpen access 16 Jun 2006 1,149
2 Saproxylic Insect Ecology and the Sustainable Management of Forests Simon J. Grove · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics Nov 2002 813
3 The case for data-less marine resource management: examples from tropical nearshore finfisheries R. E. Johannes · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Review Jun 1998 722
4 The Renaissance of Community-Based Marine Resource Management in Oceania R. E. Johannes · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics Nov 2002 554
5 Global decomposition experiment shows soil animal impacts on decomposition are climate‐dependent Diana H. Wall et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 19 Jun 2008 550
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Forestry Tasmania?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Habitat Fragmentation, Global Change, Species Richness, Habitat Selection and Ecosystem Resilience.

▲ 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change5▲ 6.1×21 topics
  2. Biodiversity3▲ 13×10 topics
  3. Invasive Species3▲ 21×8 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 25×3 topics
  5. Global Change2▲ 20×3 topics
  6. Habitat Selection2▲ 70×2 topics
  7. Species Richness2▲ 82×2 topics
  8. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 32×4 topics
  9. Epidemiology1▲ 1.16×8 topics
  10. Primary Care1▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Biological Invasions1▲ 47×2 topics
  12. Population Dynamics1▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Remote Sensing1▲ 3.3×7 topics
  14. Animal Movement1▲ 71×1 topic
  15. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Community Ecology1▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Conservation1▲ 8.6×1 topic
  18. Ecosystem1▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.2×5 topics
  20. Functional Diversity1▲ 68×1 topic
  21. Occupancy Rates1▲ 71×1 topic
  22. Quality Improvement1▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Ecosystem Services1▲ 9.0×5 topics

Which research topics does Forestry Tasmania publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Forest ecology and management.

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …1Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksForest ecology and manag…1Forest ecology and management: 1 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 1 fractional worksTree Root and Stability Studies: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…0Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 0 fractional worksWood Treatment and Prope…0Wood Treatment and Properties: 0 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant…0Marine and coastal plant biology: 0 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactio…0Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 0 fractional works
EcologyNature and Landscape ConservationGeneral Health ProfessionsGlobal and Planetary Change4 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  3. 3 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  5. 5 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Tree Root and Stability Studies Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 0 works
  8. 8 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 0 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 0 works
  10. 10 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 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 available42.4%not open57.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Forestry Tasmania's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Forestry Tasmania as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000086% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Forestry Tasmania0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Forestry Tasmania over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2012Forestry Tasmania7.9% in 201220002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.6% in 2002.

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