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Gobabeb Namib Research Institute

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Research works
102
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Gobabeb Namib Research Institute is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 4.69× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.02× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.18× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gobabeb Namib Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Eugène Marais lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gobabeb Namib Research Institute.

  1. 1 Eugène Marais Namibia · #865,736 worldwide 84 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Gobabeb Namib Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Gobabeb Namib Research Institute?

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

▲ 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 Change26▲ 9.5×36 topics
  2. Biodiversity14▲ 19×11 topics
  3. Invasive Species14▲ 24×14 topics
  4. Population Dynamics13▲ 41×9 topics
  5. Global Change11▲ 34×5 topics
  6. Conservation10▲ 21×10 topics
  7. Habitat Fragmentation9▲ 32×4 topics
  8. Species Richness7▲ 81×2 topics
  9. Biogeography6▲ 18×16 topics
  10. Habitat Selection6▲ 63×2 topics
  11. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 26×6 topics
  12. Conservation Biology5▲ 48×3 topics
  13. Ecosystem5▲ 36×3 topics
  14. Biological Invasions5▲ 45×2 topics
  15. Community Ecology5▲ 44×2 topics
  16. Functional Diversity5▲ 69×1 topic
  17. Animal Movement5▲ 77×1 topic
  18. Occupancy Rates5▲ 77×1 topic
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 11×9 topics
  20. Sediment Transport4▲ 26×4 topics
  21. Evolution4▲ 14×7 topics
  22. Symbiosis4▲ 33×3 topics
  23. Microbiota4▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 19×9 topics
  25. Phylogeny4▲ 21×9 topics
  26. Cyanobacteria4▲ 68×2 topics
  27. DNA Barcoding4▲ 23×5 topics
  28. Desertification4▲ 100×2 topics
  29. Aeolian Processes4▲ 155×1 topic
  30. Wind Erosion4▲ 155×1 topic
  31. Adaptive Evolution4▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Biological Soil Crusts4▲ 193×1 topic
  33. UV Protection4▲ 193×1 topic
  34. Genomics3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  35. Predator-Prey Interactions3▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Reproductive Strategies3▲ 51×2 topics
  37. Taxonomy3▲ 21×7 topics
  38. Evolutionary Dynamics3▲ 53×1 topic
  39. Natural Selection3▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Phenotypic Plasticity3▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Gobabeb Namib Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Aeolian processes and effects and Ecosystem dynamics and resilience.

Biocrusts and Microbial …1Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology: 1 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecol…1Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 1 fractional worksAeolian processes and ef…1Aeolian processes and effects: 1 fractional worksEcosystem dynamics and r…1Ecosystem dynamics and resilience: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 0 fractional worksGeographies of human-ani…0Geographies of human-animal interactions: 0 fractional worksDigital Games and Media0Digital Games and Media: 0 fractional worksNematode management and …0Nematode management and characterization studies: 0 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…0Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGeneticsEarth-Surface ProcessesGlobal and Planetary Change4 others

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

  1. 1 Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  2. 2 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 1 works
  3. 3 Aeolian processes and effects Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  4. 4 Ecosystem dynamics and resilience Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  7. 7 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  8. 8 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 0 works
  10. 10 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.2%domestic only39.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gobabeb Namib Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.