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Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,565
of 28,054 · #11,272 all time
Rank in ??
#77
of 692
Research works
133
▲ 142% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
57.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
62.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What does Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 31.5 works10×
← 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, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.53× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.30× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ecosystem Functioning, Ecosystem Resilience, Global Change, Microbial Communities, Biodiversity, Soil Carbon Sequestration and Nutrient Limitation.

▲ 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 Change27▲ 16×44 topics
  2. Ecosystem Functioning8▲ 72×6 topics
  3. Ecosystem Resilience8▲ 85×5 topics
  4. Global Change7▲ 44×5 topics
  5. Microbial Communities7▲ 27×3 topics
  6. Biodiversity7▲ 15×13 topics
  7. Nutrient Limitation6▲ 99×2 topics
  8. Soil Carbon Sequestration6▲ 137×2 topics
  9. Soil Fertility6▲ 45×2 topics
  10. Biochar Application6▲ 96×1 topic
  11. Nitrogen Cycle6▲ 160×1 topic
  12. Invasive Species5▲ 20×8 topics
  13. Drought5▲ 89×3 topics
  14. Evapotranspiration5▲ 105×2 topics
  15. Carbon Balance5▲ 167×1 topic
  16. Tree Mortality5▲ 167×1 topic
  17. Remote Sensing5▲ 6.2×19 topics
  18. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 34×4 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services4▲ 17×8 topics
  20. Ecosystem4▲ 59×3 topics
  21. Conservation4▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Biomass Estimation4▲ 37×3 topics
  23. Biological Invasions3▲ 62×2 topics
  24. Community Ecology3▲ 63×1 topic
  25. Functional Diversity3▲ 97×1 topic
  26. Water Quality3▲ 13×6 topics
  27. Global Warming3▲ 12×8 topics
  28. Hydrology3▲ 37×3 topics
  29. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 12×5 topics
  30. Methane Emissions3▲ 80×2 topics
  31. Extreme Events2▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Climate2▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Global Carbon Budget2▲ 51×2 topics
  34. Nutrient Cycling2▲ 54×2 topics
  35. Land Use Change2▲ 12×6 topics
  36. Microbial Processes2▲ 62×2 topics
  37. Paleoclimatology2▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Phenology2▲ 56×1 topic
  39. Vegetation Monitoring2▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Wetlands2▲ 108×2 topics

Which research topics does Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Remote Sensing in Agriculture.

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen…6Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 6 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 5 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 2 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 2 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 2 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 2 fractional worksTree-ring climate responses: 2 fractional worksSoil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 2 fractional worksPlant responses to elevated CO2: 1 fractional works
Soil ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 6 works
  2. 2 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  4. 4 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 2 works
  5. 5 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 2 works
  7. 7 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 2 works
  9. 9 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Plant responses to elevated CO2 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 available78.9%not open21.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors84.5%domestic only15.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 142% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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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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