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International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States)

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Research works
116
▲ 127% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.8k
41.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States) 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: 1.75× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.44× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.83× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× 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, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Kristina M. Gjerde and Glenn Plumb lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States).

  1. 1 Kristina M. Gjerde United States · #115,983 worldwide 167 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Glenn Plumb United States · #990,820 worldwide 76 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States)

Which keywords describe research at International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States)?

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

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

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change7▲ 11×36 topics
  2. Biodiversity4▲ 20×14 topics
  3. Population Dynamics3▲ 50×8 topics
  4. Conservation2▲ 24×10 topics
  5. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 25×7 topics
  6. Invasive Species2▲ 21×11 topics
  7. Trophic Cascades2▲ 87×2 topics
  8. Conservation Biology2▲ 73×4 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services2▲ 20×6 topics
  10. Habitat Selection2▲ 99×2 topics
  11. Animal Movement2▲ 134×1 topic
  12. Occupancy Rates2▲ 134×1 topic
  13. Sustainability2▲ 2.9×14 topics
  14. Ecological Niche1▲ 84×1 topic
  15. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.8×13 topics
  16. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 22×4 topics
  17. Public Health1▲ 3.2×6 topics
  18. Species Distribution Modeling1▲ 84×1 topic

Which research topics does International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Land Use and Ecosystem Services and Coastal and Marine Management.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…2Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 1 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 1 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Environmental Valuation: 0 fractional worksAnimal and Plant Science Education: 0 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental law and policy: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Conservation and Management: 0 fractional works
EcologyEcological ModelingGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law4 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  3. 3 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  5. 5 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 0 works
  6. 6 Economic and Environmental Valuation Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  9. 9 Environmental law and policy Law 0 works
  10. 10 Environmental Conservation and Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available47.4%not open52.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.0%domestic only53.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 127% 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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