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Joint Nature Conservation Committee

In research, Joint Nature Conservation Committee stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,897 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#14,587 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,156
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,520
of 1,844
Research works
238
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.6k
27.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Joint Nature Conservation Committee

What is Joint Nature Conservation Committee known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Environmental ScienceField #1,897 of 5,407 10.0%143
Physical SciencesDomain #14,587 of 17,446 11.1%167

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Joint Nature Conservation Committee 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Joint Nature Conservation Committee work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Joint Nature Conservation Committee is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (61%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 77.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 60.7% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 25.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 9.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 15.4% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 14.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKJoint NatureConservation…26fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1660.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences415.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy01.3%
    4. Engineering00.3%
    5. Computer Science00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences26.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Social Sciences13.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities01.4%
    3. Psychology01.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Nursing12.6%
    2. Health Professions00.7%
    3. Medicine00.7%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.85× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 12.23× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 5.28× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× 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, 12.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science12.23×16 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences9.85×4 works
  3. Nursing5.28×1 works
  4. Veterinary1.59×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.37×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×1 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.58×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.47×0 works
  9. Psychology0.40×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.29×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.26×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  15. Medicine0.03×0 works
  16. Engineering0.02×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Joint Nature Conservation Committee?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul Woodcock, Mark L. Tasker and David A. Stroud lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

  1. 1 Paul Woodcock United Kingdom · #306,834 worldwide 3.5k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Mark L. Tasker United Kingdom · #1,405,925 worldwide 4.3k citations · 87 works
  3. 3 David A. Stroud United Kingdom · #1,520,915 worldwide 2.3k citations · 82 works
  4. 4 J. Pat Doody United Kingdom · #1,882,695 worldwide 919 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Eleonora Manca United Kingdom · #1,940,252 worldwide 814 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 E. P. Mountford United Kingdom · #2,207,403 worldwide 983 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Julie Black United Kingdom · #2,502,327 worldwide 558 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Ian F. G. McLean United Kingdom · #2,743,057 worldwide 452 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Susan H. O’Brien United Kingdom · #3,807,966 worldwide 358 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Jens Nyeland Kristiansen United Kingdom · #4,554,328 worldwide 186 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Joint Nature Conservation Committee

What are the most cited papers from Joint Nature Conservation Committee?

The most cited paper from Joint Nature Conservation Committee is "Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions" (Tom Henry Oliver, Matthew S. Heard, Nick J. B. Isaac et al., 2015), with 1,578 citations. Next come "The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity" (1,082) and "Nature-based Solutions: New Influence for Environmental Management and Research in Europe" (680).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions Tom Henry Oliver, Matthew S. Heard, Nick J. B. Isaac et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution ReviewOpen access 3 Oct 2015 1,578
2 The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity Ward Appeltans et al. · Current Biology Open access121 authors 15 Nov 2012 1,082
3 Nature-based Solutions: New Influence for Environmental Management and Research in Europe Hilde Eggermont, Estelle V. Balian, José M. N. Azevedo et al. · GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society Open access 2015 680
4 One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological Diversity William J. Sutherland et al. · Conservation Biology 22 Apr 2009 594
5 BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene María Dornelas et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography Open access270 authors Jul 2018 457
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Which keywords describe research at Joint Nature Conservation Committee?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Conservation, Acoustic Communication, Biodiversity, Predator-Prey Interactions, Trophic Cascades and Anthropogenic Noise.

▲ 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-now 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. Climate Change10▲ 15×30 topics
  2. Population Dynamics4▲ 54×7 topics
  3. Conservation3▲ 31×10 topics
  4. Acoustic Communication3▲ 203×2 topics
  5. Biodiversity3▲ 14×13 topics
  6. Predator-Prey Interactions2▲ 117×2 topics
  7. Trophic Cascades2▲ 98×2 topics
  8. Anthropogenic Noise2▲ 299×1 topic
  9. Marine Mammals2▲ 299×1 topic
  10. Ocean Acidification2▲ 102×3 topics
  11. Invasive Species2▲ 17×12 topics
  12. Coastal Protection2▲ 101×2 topics
  13. Habitat Selection2▲ 92×2 topics
  14. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.7×10 topics
  15. Machine Learning2▲ 1.85×4 topics
  16. Benthic Communities2▲ 95×2 topics
  17. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 70×2 topics
  18. Marine Biodiversity2▲ 95×2 topics
  19. Acoustic Techniques1▲ 170×1 topic
  20. Conservation Biology1▲ 52×4 topics
  21. Ecosystem Management1▲ 90×2 topics
  22. Seafloor Mapping1▲ 170×1 topic
  23. Ecosystem Services1▲ 13×5 topics
  24. Fish Population Dynamics1▲ 125×1 topic
  25. Marine Fisheries1▲ 125×1 topic
  26. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 11×7 topics
  28. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 36×3 topics
  29. Ecological Niche1▲ 71×1 topic
  30. Ecosystem Functioning1▲ 20×7 topics
  31. Ecosystem-Based Management1▲ 133×1 topic
  32. Global Change1▲ 16×5 topics
  33. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 19×4 topics
  34. Marine Spatial Planning1▲ 133×1 topic
  35. Species Distribution Modeling1▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Animal Movement1▲ 76×1 topic
  37. Global Warming1▲ 9.2×5 topics
  38. Kelp Forests1▲ 128×1 topic
  39. Occupancy Rates1▲ 76×1 topic
  40. Seagrasses1▲ 128×1 topic

Which research topics does Joint Nature Conservation Committee publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine animal studies overview, Underwater Acoustics Research, Marine and fisheries research and Coastal and Marine Management.

Marine animal studies overview: 2 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…1Marine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Manag…1Coastal and Marine Management: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…1Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 1 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional works
EcologyOceanographyGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law2 others

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

  1. 1 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 2 works
  2. 2 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 1 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  6. 6 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 1 works
  7. 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Joint Nature Conservation Committee's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Joint Nature Conservation Committee as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Joint Nature Conservation Committee0.000052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Joint Nature Conservation Committee over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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