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Natural Resources Wales

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World rank, all time
#35,083
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,885
of 2,253
Research works
173
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
27.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
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: 2.63× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.70× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.67× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 5.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.89× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Natural Resources Wales?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Pollution, Toxicity, Remediation, Conservation, Heavy Metals, Optimization and Environmental Impact.

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

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change5▲ 5.9×31 topics
  2. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.1×7 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 1.23×14 topics
  4. Pollution2▲ 24×3 topics
  5. Remote Sensing1▲ 3.7×10 topics
  6. Public Health1▲ 2.8×10 topics
  7. Toxicity1▲ 9.6×5 topics
  8. Biodiversity1▲ 5.2×10 topics
  9. Conservation1▲ 9.1×10 topics
  10. Heavy Metals1▲ 16×3 topics
  11. Optimization1▲ 8.0×3 topics
  12. Remediation1▲ 53×2 topics
  13. Career Choice1▲ 109×1 topic
  14. Data Assimilation1▲ 20×1 topic
  15. Ensemble Kalman Filter1▲ 31×1 topic
  16. Environmental Impacts1▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Motivation1▲ 7.5×1 topic
  18. Waste Management1▲ 7.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Natural Resources Wales publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Dental Education, Practice, Research, Heavy metals in environment and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 1 fractional worksDental Education, Practice, Research: 1 fractional worksHeavy metals in environm…1Heavy metals in environment: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…1Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…0Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 0 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…0Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 0 fractional worksMine drainage and remedi…0Mine drainage and remediation techniques: 0 fractional worksReproductive Physiology …0Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 0 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringGeneral Health ProfessionsPollutionAtmospheric Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 1 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 0 works
  8. 8 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Mine drainage and remediation techniques Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Natural Resources Wales's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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