International Union for Conservation of Nature

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where International Union for Conservation of Nature sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 24.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

1. EcologySubfield · 33.2 works24×

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

• Environmental Science 10.3×
• Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4.2×
• Veterinary 2.4×
• Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.6×
• Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.2×
• Psychology 1.0×
• Immunology and Microbiology 0.8×
• Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.7×
• Dentistry 0.5×
• Nursing 0.4×
• Social Sciences 0.4×
• Energy 0.3×
• Arts and Humanities 0.3×
• Decision Sciences 0.3×
• Medicine 0.2×
• Business, Management and Accounting 0.2×
• Health Professions 0.2×
• Neuroscience 0.1×
• Chemical Engineering 0.1×
• Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.1×
• Materials Science 0.1×
• Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
• Mathematics 0.1×
• Chemistry 0.1×
• Engineering 0.1×
• Computer Science 0.0×

Ranked on the composite score, M. W. Holdgate, Dan Laffoley and Jeffrey Sayer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Union for Conservation of Nature.

1. 1 🇨🇭 M. W. Holdgate Switzerland · #100,728 worldwide 123 citations · 31 works
2. 2 🇨🇭 Dan Laffoley Switzerland · #191,026 worldwide 261 citations · 19 works
3. 3 🇨🇭 Jeffrey Sayer Switzerland · #271,870 worldwide 263 citations · 65 works
4. 4 🇨🇭 Jeffrey A. McNeely Switzerland · #364,111 worldwide 155 citations · 54 works
5. 5 🇨🇭 Kathy MacKinnon Switzerland · #457,391 worldwide 101 citations · 18 works
6. 6 🇨🇭 John Matthews Switzerland · #559,690 worldwide 76 citations · 18 works
7. 7 🇨🇭 Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo Switzerland · #599,586 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
8. 8 🇨🇭 James Dalton Switzerland · #943,765 worldwide 66 citations · 15 works

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 12 works
2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 10 works
3. 3 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 6 works
4. 4 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
5. 5 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 3 works
6. 6 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 3 works
7. 7 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 3 works
8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
9. 9 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
10. 10 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 3 works

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.

Output in 2018–2022 was 105% higher than in 2013–2017.

• Luc Hoffmann Institute
• World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
• Mava Foundation