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Mpala Research Center and Wildlife Foundation

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World rank, all time
#27,033
of 42,892
Rank in Kenya
#60
of 98
Research works
134
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.3k
54.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

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: 3.86× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.79× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.73× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.27× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.42× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 11.82× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.65× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mpala Research Center and Wildlife Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Dino J. Martins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mpala Research Center and Wildlife Foundation.

  1. 1 Dino J. Martins Kenya · #1,222,637 worldwide 51 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Mpala Research Center and Wildlife Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Mpala Research Center and Wildlife Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Habitat Selection, Animal Movement, Occupancy Rates and Global Change.

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

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 6.0×19 topics
  2. Biodiversity4▲ 20×10 topics
  3. Habitat Selection3▲ 153×2 topics
  4. Invasive Species3▲ 27×7 topics
  5. Population Dynamics3▲ 45×3 topics
  6. Animal Movement2▲ 194×1 topic
  7. Occupancy Rates2▲ 194×1 topic
  8. Global Change2▲ 38×4 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 38×2 topics
  10. Altruism2▲ 88×3 topics
  11. Cooperation2▲ 117×3 topics
  12. Conservation2▲ 17×5 topics
  13. Ecosystem2▲ 69×3 topics
  14. Evolution2▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Social Behavior2▲ 124×2 topics
  16. Intelligence2▲ 173×1 topic
  17. Primates2▲ 374×1 topic
  18. Community Ecology2▲ 75×2 topics
  19. Species Richness1▲ 88×2 topics
  20. Adaptive Evolution1▲ 90×2 topics
  21. Biological Invasions1▲ 58×1 topic
  22. Epidemiology1▲ 1.25×13 topics
  23. Functional Diversity1▲ 94×1 topic
  24. Antioxidant1▲ 6.8×7 topics
  25. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.8×3 topics
  26. Ecological Interactions1▲ 106×2 topics
  27. Hydrodynamic Processes1▲ 399×1 topic
  28. Numerical Modeling1▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does Mpala Research Center and Wildlife Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Aquatic and Environmental Studies.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…2Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksAquatic and Environmental Studies: 1 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 1 fractional worksPlant and animal studies1Plant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 1 fractional worksFungal Biology and Applications: 1 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional works
EcologySocial PsychologyNature and Landscape ConservationEarth-Surface Processes5 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  2. 2 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  4. 4 Aquatic and Environmental Studies Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  5. 5 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  7. 7 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  8. 8 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 1 works
  9. 9 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 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 available48.9%not open51.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors81.3%domestic only18.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mpala Research Center and Wildlife Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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