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National Wildlife Federation

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World rank, all time
#26,640
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,713
of 8,685
Research works
207
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
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: 2.47× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.97× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.66× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 2.53× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 15.89× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× 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, 15.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at National Wildlife Federation?

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

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

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change6▲ 9.2×28 topics
  2. Population Dynamics2▲ 44×5 topics
  3. Habitat Selection2▲ 146×2 topics
  4. Biodiversity2▲ 12×11 topics
  5. Ecosystem Services2▲ 22×6 topics
  6. Trophic Cascades2▲ 92×2 topics
  7. Animal Movement2▲ 146×1 topic
  8. Occupancy Rates2▲ 146×1 topic
  9. Conservation2▲ 15×10 topics
  10. Environmental Law2▲ 33×2 topics
  11. Human Rights2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  12. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 16×5 topics
  13. Invasive Species1▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Sea-Level Rise1▲ 51×3 topics
  15. Genetic Characterization1▲ 117×2 topics
  16. Viral Pathogenesis1▲ 82×2 topics
  17. African Swine Fever1▲ 177×1 topic
  18. Conservation Biology1▲ 50×3 topics
  19. Epidemiology1▲ 1.22×10 topics
  20. Foot-and-Mouth Disease1▲ 177×1 topic
  21. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 39×4 topics
  22. Policy Dimensions1▲ 620×1 topic
  23. Public Health1▲ 3.1×7 topics
  24. Transnational Law1▲ 436×1 topic

Which research topics does National Wildlife Federation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksAvian ecology and behavior: 1 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 1 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynam…1Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental law and policy: 0 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 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 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  8. 8 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 0 works
  9. 9 Environmental law and policy Law 0 works
  10. 10 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Wildlife Federation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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