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Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (Québec)

In research, Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (Québec) stands highest in Environmental Science (#4,438 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#15,585 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,210
of 28,054 · #24,969 all time
Rank in Canada
#275
of 403
Research works
433
▼ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.1k
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (Québec) 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 #4,438 of 6,208 22.6%170
Physical SciencesDomain #15,585 of 21,541 19.7%280

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (Québec) 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).

What does Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (Québec) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 33.2 works9.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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: 3.43× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.20× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.37× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (Québec)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biomass Estimation, Aboveground Biomass, Remote Sensing, Ecosystem Resilience, Allometric Models, Carbon Stocks and Soil Properties.

▲ 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 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 Change20▲ 10×30 topics
  2. Biomass Estimation9▲ 83×3 topics
  3. Aboveground Biomass9▲ 135×2 topics
  4. Remote Sensing9▲ 9.8×13 topics
  5. Ecosystem Resilience8▲ 75×3 topics
  6. Allometric Models7▲ 200×1 topic
  7. Carbon Stocks7▲ 367×1 topic
  8. Soil Properties7▲ 58×3 topics
  9. Biodiversity Conservation7▲ 27×4 topics
  10. Invasive Species5▲ 16×8 topics
  11. Forest Fires5▲ 152×1 topic
  12. Wildfire Activity5▲ 152×1 topic
  13. Ecosystem Functioning5▲ 34×3 topics
  14. Biodiversity4▲ 7.6×8 topics
  15. Global Warming4▲ 14×3 topics
  16. Forest Management4▲ 94×2 topics
  17. Biological Invasions4▲ 54×2 topics
  18. Dead Wood3▲ 266×1 topic
  19. Saproxylic Beetles3▲ 266×1 topic
  20. Climate Change Impacts3▲ 38×1 topic
  21. Forest Carbon Sequestration3▲ 214×1 topic
  22. Paleoclimatology3▲ 52×2 topics
  23. Plate Tectonics3▲ 26×3 topics
  24. Conservation2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  25. GIS2▲ 51×4 topics
  26. Tectonics2▲ 29×3 topics
  27. Drought2▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Evapotranspiration2▲ 43×2 topics
  29. Global Change2▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 11×8 topics
  31. Temperature Variability2▲ 213×1 topic
  32. Tree Rings2▲ 213×1 topic
  33. Carbon Balance2▲ 69×1 topic
  34. Forest Restoration2▲ 181×1 topic
  35. Seedling Performance2▲ 500×1 topic
  36. Tree Mortality2▲ 69×1 topic
  37. Ecosystem2▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Species Richness2▲ 45×2 topics
  40. Community Ecology2▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (Québec) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forest ecology and management, Fire effects on ecosystems, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies and Forest Management and Policy.

Forest ecology and manag…7Forest ecology and management: 7 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 5 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodi…3Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 3 fractional worksForest Management and Po…3Forest Management and Policy: 3 fractional worksTree-ring climate responses: 2 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 2 fractional worksSeedling growth and surv…2Seedling growth and survival studies: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 2 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 2 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeInsect ScienceAtmospheric Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 7 works
  2. 2 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  3. 3 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 3 works
  4. 4 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 2 works
  6. 6 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Seedling growth and survival studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  9. 9 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  10. 10 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 2 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 available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (Québec)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% 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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