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Nature Conservation Agency

In research, Nature Conservation Agency stands highest in Environmental Science (#4,026 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#16,166 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,885
of 22,385 · #20,643 all time
Rank in Latvia
#30
of 32
Research works
492
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.1k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Nature Conservation Agency

What is Nature Conservation Agency 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 #4,026 of 5,407 5.7%197
Physical SciencesDomain #16,166 of 17,446 5.8%244

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nature Conservation Agency 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Nature Conservation Agency work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Nature Conservation Agency is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (35%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 48.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 36 fractional works · 35.4% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 13.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 26.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 21.0% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 18.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKNatureConservation…101fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences19%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3635.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences77.1%
    3. Engineering22.4%
    4. Materials Science11.3%
    5. Computer Science11.1%
    6. Chemistry10.9%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2121.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1111.0%
    2. Psychology22.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities22.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.7%
    5. Decision Sciences10.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    1. Medicine43.7%
    2. Health Professions22.2%
    3. Veterinary00.4%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
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: 4.42× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.53× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.12× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science7.12×36 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.53×7 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.42×21 works
  4. Veterinary2.71×0 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.93×1 works
  6. Social Sciences0.87×11 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×4 works
  8. Health Professions0.84×2 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.76×2 works
  10. Psychology0.73×2 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.72×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.68×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.57×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×2 works
  15. Materials Science0.38×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×1 works
  17. Medicine0.19×4 works
  18. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  19. Engineering0.16×2 works
  20. Computer Science0.14×1 works
  21. Neuroscience0.05×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nature Conservation Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Cornelius J. Kleynhans, A.E. Buijs and Yusuf Jafarsidik lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nature Conservation Agency.

  1. 1 Cornelius J. Kleynhans Latvia · #2,381,220 worldwide 654 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 A.E. Buijs Latvia · #2,907,144 worldwide 122 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Yusuf Jafarsidik Latvia · #3,126,050 worldwide 213 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 H. Totok Gunawan Latvia · #3,518,694 worldwide 63 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Valdis Pilāts Latvia · #3,749,115 worldwide 154 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Werner Jacobsen Latvia · #3,803,003 worldwide 203 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Agnese Priede Latvia · #3,938,281 worldwide 350 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 P. van der Wielen Latvia · #4,210,947 worldwide 16 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Niels H. G. Jacobsen Latvia · #4,408,239 worldwide 476 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Warwick R. Tarboton Latvia · #5,271,957 worldwide 347 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Nature Conservation Agency

What are the most cited papers from Nature Conservation Agency?

The most cited paper from Nature Conservation Agency is "A tribute to Claude Shannon (1916–2001) and a plea for more rigorous use of species richness, species diversity and the ‘Shannon–Wiener’ Index" (Ian F. Spellerberg, Peter Fedor, 2003), with 1,477 citations. Next come "Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity" (1,411) and "Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation" (994).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A tribute to Claude Shannon (1916–2001) and a plea for more rigorous use of species richness, species diversity and the ‘Shannon–Wiener’ Index Ian F. Spellerberg, Peter Fedor · Global Ecology and Biogeography 11 Apr 2003 1,477
2 Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity Ben C. Scheele et al. · Science Open access 28 Mar 2019 1,411
3 Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation David Kleijn et al. · Nature Communications Open access 16 Jun 2015 994
4 Indicators for biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: a pan‐European study Regula Billeter et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology Open access 5 Oct 2007 730
5 How landscape structure, land‐use intensity and habitat diversity affect components of total arthropod diversity in agricultural landscapes Frederik Hendrickx, Jean‐Pierre Maelfait, W. van Wingerden et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology Open access 25 Jan 2007 628
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nature Conservation Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Conservation, Habitat Fragmentation, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity Conservation and Conservation Biology.

▲ 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 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 Change24▲ 8.8×57 topics
  2. Biodiversity13▲ 17×24 topics
  3. Invasive Species12▲ 27×18 topics
  4. Conservation9▲ 20×16 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 24×5 topics
  6. Population Dynamics5▲ 20×7 topics
  7. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 14×10 topics
  8. Conservation Biology5▲ 45×4 topics
  9. Sustainable Development4▲ 2.8×9 topics
  10. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 20×7 topics
  11. Biogeography4▲ 14×16 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services4▲ 9.7×8 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 12×12 topics
  14. Remote Sensing4▲ 3.0×13 topics
  15. Biodiversity Loss4▲ 63×3 topics
  16. Global Change4▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Environmental Impacts3▲ 11×4 topics
  18. DNA Barcoding3▲ 17×7 topics
  19. Conservation Genetics3▲ 71×2 topics
  20. Sediment Transport3▲ 18×5 topics
  21. Ecosystem Engineering3▲ 95×2 topics
  22. Land Use Change3▲ 9.2×4 topics
  23. Model Evaluation3▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Water Quality3▲ 6.5×10 topics
  25. Habitat Selection3▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 21×4 topics
  27. Aquatic Invasions2▲ 112×1 topic
  28. Citizen Science2▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Ecosystem2▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Freshwater Mussels2▲ 112×1 topic
  31. Genetic Diversity2▲ 5.3×7 topics
  32. Phylogeny2▲ 14×12 topics
  33. Biological Invasions2▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Ecological Niche2▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 7.1×7 topics
  37. Trophic Cascades2▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Evolution2▲ 7.9×10 topics
  39. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 16×5 topics
  40. Species Richness2▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Nature Conservation Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management.

Aquatic Invertebrate Eco…2Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…2Species Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…2Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversi…2Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 1 fractional worksPlant and animal studies1Plant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 1 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…1Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional works
EcologyEcological ModelingGlobal and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape Conservation2 others

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

  1. 1 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 2 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  3. 3 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  4. 4 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  6. 6 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  8. 8 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 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 available62.0%not open38.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.6%domestic only56.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nature Conservation Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% 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 Nature Conservation Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Nature Conservation Agency0.00052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nature Conservation Agency over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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