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Memphis Zoo

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Research works
66
▲ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Memphis Zoo 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: 3.69× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 10.96× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 10.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 11.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Memphis Zoo?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation Biology, Phylogenetic Analysis, Amphibian Declines, Chytridiomycosis and Biodiversity.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change18▲ 10×21 topics
  2. Population Dynamics17▲ 84×8 topics
  3. Habitat Fragmentation11▲ 56×4 topics
  4. Conservation Biology10▲ 133×3 topics
  5. Phylogenetic Analysis9▲ 38×3 topics
  6. Amphibian Declines8▲ 393×1 topic
  7. Chytridiomycosis8▲ 393×1 topic
  8. Biodiversity7▲ 14×12 topics
  9. Conservation6▲ 19×9 topics
  10. Habitat Selection6▲ 96×2 topics
  11. Adaptive Evolution5▲ 94×2 topics
  12. Animal Movement5▲ 138×1 topic
  13. Occupancy Rates5▲ 138×1 topic
  14. Natural Selection5▲ 92×1 topic
  15. Phenotypic Plasticity5▲ 168×1 topic
  16. Epidemiology5▲ 1.85×15 topics
  17. Invasive Species4▲ 12×7 topics
  18. Genetic Structure4▲ 65×3 topics
  19. Evolution3▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.7×5 topics
  21. Global Change3▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Molecular Phylogeny3▲ 24×6 topics
  23. Bycatch3▲ 364×1 topic
  24. Genetic Diversity3▲ 8.2×7 topics
  25. Marine Turtles3▲ 364×1 topic
  26. Sperm DNA Fragmentation2▲ 81×1 topic
  27. Spermatogonial Stem Cells2▲ 81×1 topic
  28. Ecosystem2▲ 23×3 topics
  29. Gonadal Development2▲ 72×2 topics
  30. Social Behavior2▲ 39×2 topics
  31. Community Ecology2▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Animal Welfare2▲ 28×4 topics
  33. Ecological Niche2▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Gut Microbiota2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  35. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Vaccine Development2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  37. Intelligence2▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Microbiota2▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Primates2▲ 107×1 topic
  40. Oogenesis2▲ 123×1 topic

Which research topics does Memphis Zoo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Turtle Biology and Conservation and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Amphibian and Reptile Bi…2Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 2 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 1 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksSperm and Testicular Fun…1Sperm and Testicular Function: 1 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 0 fractional worksReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species: 0 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 0 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  2. 2 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  3. 3 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  6. 6 Sperm and Testicular Function Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species Physiology 0 works
  9. 9 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  10. 10 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 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 available36.5%not open63.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.4%domestic only76.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Memphis Zoo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% 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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