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National Wildlife Federation

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World rank, all time
#22,683
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,716
of 7,310
Research works
207
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.7k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
National Wildlife Federation

Which fields of science does National Wildlife Federation work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at National Wildlife Federation is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (40%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 48.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 39.6% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 17.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 22.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKNational WildlifeFederation30fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences16%

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 Science1239.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences26.0%
    3. Engineering11.7%
    4. Mathematics00.7%
    5. Energy00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences412.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    1. Social Sciences38.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities13.7%
    3. Psychology13.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Medicine39.5%
    2. Veterinary12.0%
    3. Nursing01.2%
    4. Health Professions00.8%
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: 2.57× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.42× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.80× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.97× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 2.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 14.72× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 14.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary14.72×1 works
  2. Environmental Science7.97×12 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.80×2 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.57×4 works
  5. Nursing2.48×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology2.42×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.39×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.29×1 works
  9. Psychology1.02×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.68×2 works
  11. Mathematics0.57×0 works
  12. Medicine0.49×3 works
  13. Neuroscience0.35×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.32×0 works
  15. Energy0.24×0 works
  16. Engineering0.12×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Wildlife Federation?

Ranked on the quality score, Bruce A. Stein, Michael W. Murray and Garrit Voggesser lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Wildlife Federation.

  1. 1 Bruce A. Stein United States · #465,476 worldwide 4.7k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Michael W. Murray United States · #1,318,849 worldwide 3.6k citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Garrit Voggesser United States · #1,717,890 worldwide 613 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Sterling D. Miller United States · #1,897,532 worldwide 1.4k citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Patty Glick United States · #2,530,447 worldwide 671 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Alisha A. Renfro United States · #3,659,934 worldwide 282 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Jay D. Hair United States · #3,787,706 worldwide 153 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Alice G. Mark United States · #3,925,914 worldwide 531 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Thomas L. Kimball United States · #4,165,881 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Patrick Paillat United States · #4,328,904 worldwide 415 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at National Wildlife Federation

What are the most cited papers from National Wildlife Federation?

The most cited paper from National Wildlife Federation is "Scale and Cross-Scale Dynamics: Governance and Information in a Multilevel World" (David W. Cash, William Neil Adger, Fikret Berkes et al., 2006), with 2,252 citations. Next come "The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates" (1,548) and "Brazil's Soy Moratorium" (675).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Scale and Cross-Scale Dynamics: Governance and Information in a Multilevel World David W. Cash, William Neil Adger, Fikret Berkes et al. · Ecology and Society Open access 2006 2,252
2 The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates Michael P. Hoffmann et al. · Science Open access174 authors 26 Oct 2010 1,548
3 Brazil's Soy Moratorium Holly K. Gibbs, Lisa L. Rausch, Jacob Munger et al. · Science 22 Jan 2015 675
4 The re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Harmful algal blooms and hypoxia Susan B. Watson, Carol J. Miller, George B. Arhonditsis et al. · Harmful Algae 18 May 2016 660
5 Climate change vulnerability assessment of species Wendy Foden, Bruce E. Young, H. Reşi̇t Akçakaya et al. · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change Open access 11 Oct 2018 537
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Which keywords describe research at National Wildlife Federation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Habitat Selection, Trophic Cascades, Animal Movement, Occupancy Rates and Conservation.

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

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change7▲ 8.8×35 topics
  2. Population Dynamics3▲ 42×7 topics
  3. Biodiversity3▲ 14×12 topics
  4. Habitat Selection3▲ 129×2 topics
  5. Trophic Cascades2▲ 83×2 topics
  6. Animal Movement2▲ 135×1 topic
  7. Occupancy Rates2▲ 135×1 topic
  8. Conservation2▲ 16×12 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services2▲ 17×6 topics
  10. Epidemiology2▲ 1.72×13 topics
  11. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 45×4 topics
  12. Conservation Biology2▲ 47×3 topics
  13. Environmental Law2▲ 24×2 topics
  14. Human Rights2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  15. Invasive Species2▲ 12×7 topics
  16. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 12×6 topics
  17. Evolution1▲ 17×7 topics
  18. Genetic Characterization1▲ 107×2 topics
  19. Viral Pathogenesis1▲ 75×2 topics
  20. Remote Sensing1▲ 3.5×5 topics
  21. African Swine Fever1▲ 155×1 topic
  22. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 34×4 topics
  23. Foot-and-Mouth Disease1▲ 155×1 topic
  24. Public Health1▲ 2.6×8 topics
  25. Ecological Niche1▲ 58×1 topic
  26. Global Warming1▲ 8.0×6 topics
  27. Model Evaluation1▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Policy Dimensions1▲ 494×1 topic
  29. Species Distribution Modeling1▲ 58×1 topic
  30. Transnational Law1▲ 311×1 topic

Which research topics does National Wildlife Federation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Legal Systems and Judicial Processes and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…2Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judici…1Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…1Species Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 1 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife M…1Rangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 1 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynamics: 1 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 0 fractional works
EcologyAgronomy and Crop SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsEcological Modeling3 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  2. 2 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  3. 3 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  5. 5 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  10. 10 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 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 available41.0%not open59.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.8%domestic only80.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Wildlife Federation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% 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 National Wildlife Federation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000092% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%National Wildlife Federation0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Wildlife Federation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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