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Institute of the Environment

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World rank, all time
#18,490
of 42,892
Rank in ??
#269
of 1,041
Research works
164
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
51.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
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: 6.11× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.92× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× 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: Environmental Science, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institute of the Environment?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Adaptation, Biodiversity Conservation, Smallholder Farmers, Ecosystem Services, Agricultural Development and Livestock Farming.

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

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change5▲ 7.2×27 topics
  2. Sustainability5▲ 7.5×10 topics
  3. Adaptation3▲ 33×4 topics
  4. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 25×8 topics
  5. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 42×3 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services2▲ 19×7 topics
  7. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.6×8 topics
  8. Agricultural Development2▲ 34×1 topic
  9. Livestock Farming2▲ 91×1 topic
  10. Public Health1▲ 3.6×5 topics
  11. Vulnerability1▲ 22×4 topics
  12. Environmental Impacts1▲ 18×2 topics
  13. Food Security1▲ 8.4×5 topics
  14. Genetic Diversity1▲ 11×8 topics
  15. Remote Sensing1▲ 3.8×6 topics
  16. Agroforestry1▲ 66×2 topics
  17. Biodiversity1▲ 6.1×8 topics
  18. Global Warming1▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Nutritional Value1▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Recycling1▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Renewable Energy1▲ 3.1×6 topics
  22. Epidemiology1◆ 1.00×9 topics
  23. Life Cycle Assessment1▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Mortality1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  25. Waste Management1▲ 10×2 topics
  26. E-Waste1▲ 40×1 topic
  27. Global Value Chains1▲ 194×1 topic
  28. Infectious Diseases1▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Metal Recovery1▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Production Networks1▲ 194×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute of the Environment publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Global trade, sustainability, and social impact, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques and Impact of Light on Environment and Health.

Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impact: 1 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…1Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksImpact of Light on Envir…1Impact of Light on Environment and Health: 1 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…1Climate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 0 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 0 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsStrategy and ManagementIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringGlobal and Planetary Change5 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  2. 2 Global trade, sustainability, and social impact Strategy and Management 1 works
  3. 3 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Impact of Light on Environment and Health Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  5. 5 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 1 works
  6. 6 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  7. 7 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  8. 8 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  10. 10 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available57.9%not open42.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of the Environment's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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.

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