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Gorilla Doctors

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Research works
2
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
47
21.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
94%
world 40%
International
56%
world 18%
Gorilla Doctors

Not ranked overall: Gorilla Doctors is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Gorilla Doctors work in?

In all years, 50% of research at Gorilla Doctors is in Social Sciences, 36% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (50%), Medicine (36%), Environmental Science (9%).

Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 50.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 50.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 36.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 36.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 9.1% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workALL ITS WORKGorilla Doctors2fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences50%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 4 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences150.0%
    1. Medicine136.4%
    1. Environmental Science09.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences04.5%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Gorilla Doctors?

The most cited paper from Gorilla Doctors is "Assessing the risks of SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife" (Richard John Delahay, José de la Fuente, Graham Smith et al., 2021), with 133 citations. Next come "Reproduction of East-African bats may guide risk mitigation for coronavirus spillover" (50) and "Coronaviruses Detected in Bats in Close Contact with Humans in Rwanda" (40).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Assessing the risks of SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife Richard John Delahay, José de la Fuente, Graham Smith et al. · One Health Outlook Open access 6 Apr 2021 133
2 Reproduction of East-African bats may guide risk mitigation for coronavirus spillover Diego Montecino‐Latorre, Tracey Goldstein, Kirsten V. K. Gilardi et al. · One Health Outlook Open access 7 Feb 2020 50
3 Coronaviruses Detected in Bats in Close Contact with Humans in Rwanda Julius Nziza, Tracey Goldstein, Mike R. Cranfield et al. · EcoHealth Open access 6 Dec 2019 40
4 Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Detected in Mountain Gorilla Respiratory Outbreaks Jonna A. K. Mazet, Brooke N. Genovese, Laurie A. Harris et al. · EcoHealth Open access Dec 2020 37
5 Great ape health watch: Enhancing surveillance for emerging infectious diseases in great apes Dawn M. Zimmerman, Stephanie Mitchell, Tiffany M. Wolf et al. · American Journal of Primatology 7 Apr 2022 25
All 9 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Gorilla Doctors publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact, Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses and Rabies epidemiology and control.

Environmental Toxicology…0Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology: 0 fractional worksHydropower, Displacement…0Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact: 0 fractional worksWildlife Conservation an…0Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses: 0 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSociology and Political ScienceNature and Landscape Conservation

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

  1. 1 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  2. 2 Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  4. 4 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 0 works
  5. 5 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  6. 6 Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research Genetics 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 available93.7%not open6.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.0%domestic only44.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gorilla Doctors's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% lower than in 2018-2021.

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