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Guanacaste Conservation Area

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,875
of 28,054 · #28,013 all time
Rank in Costa Rica
#23
of 26
Research works
238
▲ 66% vs 2013–17
Citations
3k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

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: 6.59× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.52× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.32× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at Guanacaste Conservation Area?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Invasive Species, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Evolution, Education and Food Security.

▲ 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. Biodiversity10▲ 21×18 topics
  2. Climate Change10▲ 5.4×24 topics
  3. Invasive Species6▲ 22×15 topics
  4. Conservation6▲ 22×13 topics
  5. Population Dynamics6▲ 36×9 topics
  6. Education5▲ 4.7×11 topics
  7. Evolution5▲ 31×5 topics
  8. Environmental Impact5▲ 4.0×9 topics
  9. Innovation4▲ 5.9×6 topics
  10. Sustainability4▲ 2.5×9 topics
  11. Food Security4▲ 10×5 topics
  12. DNA Barcoding4▲ 34×7 topics
  13. E-Learning4▲ 5.4×4 topics
  14. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 18×8 topics
  15. Taxonomy4▲ 41×6 topics
  16. Phylogeny3▲ 29×7 topics
  17. Social Impact3▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Molecular Phylogeny3▲ 28×7 topics
  19. Digital Marketing3▲ 9.4×2 topics
  20. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Phylogenetic Relationships2▲ 53×2 topics
  23. Cycads2▲ 897×1 topic
  24. Plant-derived Neurotoxins2▲ 897×1 topic
  25. Conservation Biology2▲ 33×3 topics
  26. Technology2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  27. Biological Control2▲ 22×5 topics
  28. Ecosystem Services2▲ 8.3×6 topics
  29. Knowledge Management2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  30. Small and Medium Enterprises2▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Agroecology2▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Global Change2▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Pedagogy2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  34. Distance Learning2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  35. Genetic Structure2▲ 41×3 topics
  36. Organic Farming2▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Soil Management2▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Biogeography2▲ 9.5×8 topics
  39. Lepidoptera2▲ 121×1 topic
  40. Molecular Phylogenetics2▲ 121×1 topic

Which research topics does Guanacaste Conservation Area publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean, Plant and soil sciences, Educational Innovations and Technology and E-Learning and Knowledge Management.

Botany and Geology in La…2Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean: 2 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences2Plant and soil sciences: 2 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 2 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 2 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksInsect Utilization and E…1Insect Utilization and Effects: 1 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 1 fractional worksKnowledge Societies in the 21st Century: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesInformation SystemsComputer Science Applications5 others

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

  1. 1 Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  2. 2 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  3. 3 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 2 works
  5. 5 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  7. 7 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  8. 8 Insect Utilization and Effects Insect Science 1 works
  9. 9 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century Demography 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 available74.3%not open25.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.1%domestic only67.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Guanacaste Conservation Area's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 66% higher 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.

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