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Nature Research Centre

In research, Nature Research Centre stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,075 of 3,409 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,393 of 3,551 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,318 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Parasitology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology — Parasitology is 76.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,169
of 28,054 · #18,602 all time
Rank in Lithuania
#14
of 38
Research works
1.4k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Nature Research Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,075 of 3,409 19.6%134 #3442
Environmental ScienceField #2,393 of 3,551 15.0%115 #3894
Life SciencesDomain #5,318 of 7,800 21.2%226 #8856
Physical SciencesDomain #9,300 of 12,888 13.9%170 #15312
EcologySubfield #476 of 578 17.4%65 #1269

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nature Research Centre 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,442 #2,075
  2. Environmental Science#3,894 #2,393
  3. Life Sciences#8,856 #5,318
  4. Physical Sciences#15,312 #9,300
  5. Ecology#1,269 #476
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Nature Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Parasitology takes 76.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 35.6 works76×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 54.3 works26×
  3. EcologySubfield · 64.9 works19×
  4. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 40.6 works9.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 6.40× its world share, 134 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.10× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.16× its world share, 41 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.81× its world share, 33 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.26× its world share, 115 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.11× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nature Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Gediminas Valkiūnas, Juozas Labokas and Jonas Mažeika lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nature Research Centre.

  1. 1 Gediminas Valkiūnas Lithuania · #529,291 worldwide 69 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Juozas Labokas Lithuania · #659,248 worldwide 34 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Jonas Mažeika Lithuania · #905,780 worldwide 34 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Zigmantas Gudžinskas Lithuania · #924,102 worldwide 27 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Miglė Stančikaitė Lithuania · #979,122 worldwide 52 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Algimantas Paškevičius Lithuania · #1,106,736 worldwide 46 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Jurga Motiejūnaitė Lithuania · #1,121,929 worldwide 36 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Linas Balčiauskas Lithuania · #1,124,917 worldwide 66 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Laima Balčiauskienė Lithuania · #1,265,616 worldwide 38 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Jonas R. Stonis Lithuania · #1,364,811 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Nature Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at Nature Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Habitat Fragmentation, Phylogeny, Conservation and Biogeography.

▲ 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 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 Change83▲ 7.0×50 topics
  2. Invasive Species76▲ 41×19 topics
  3. Biodiversity60▲ 18×26 topics
  4. Epidemiology46▲ 2.7×22 topics
  5. Population Dynamics33▲ 29×10 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation32▲ 33×5 topics
  7. Phylogeny32▲ 48×16 topics
  8. Biogeography30▲ 26×20 topics
  9. Conservation30▲ 16×19 topics
  10. Evolution28▲ 26×13 topics
  11. Global Change26▲ 23×6 topics
  12. Molecular Phylogeny25▲ 37×10 topics
  13. Taxonomy24▲ 41×12 topics
  14. Genetic Diversity22▲ 11×14 topics
  15. Host Specificity22▲ 44×5 topics
  16. Host-Pathogen Interactions20▲ 53×4 topics
  17. Public Health19▲ 2.9×9 topics
  18. DNA Barcoding18▲ 25×9 topics
  19. Ecology18▲ 26×9 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services17▲ 10×10 topics
  21. Conservation Biology16▲ 36×4 topics
  22. Virulence Factors16▲ 25×3 topics
  23. Habitat Selection16▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Phylogenetic Analysis15▲ 11×14 topics
  25. Pathogenesis15▲ 6.7×5 topics
  26. Climate Change Impacts15▲ 29×4 topics
  27. Genomics14▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Trophic Cascades14▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Plant-Animal Interactions13▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Pollinator Decline13▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Predator-Prey Interactions13▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Island Ecosystems13▲ 92×2 topics
  33. Biological Control12▲ 19×8 topics
  34. Mast Seeding12▲ 144×1 topic
  35. Rodent Eradication12▲ 144×1 topic
  36. Ecosystem12▲ 26×4 topics
  37. Community Ecology12▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Animal Movement12▲ 50×1 topic
  39. Holocene12▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Occupancy Rates12▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Nature Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Bird parasitology and diseases.

Plant and animal studies13Plant and animal studies: 13 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behav…12Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 12 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 12 fractional worksBird parasitology and di…11Bird parasitology and diseases: 11 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology…10Botany and Plant Ecology Studies: 10 fractional worksToxoplasma gondii Research Studies: 9 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 9 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and…8Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 8 fractional worksYersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research: 6 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 6 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcologyParasitologyPlant Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 13 works
  2. 2 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 12 works
  3. 3 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 12 works
  4. 4 Bird parasitology and diseases Parasitology 11 works
  5. 5 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 10 works
  6. 6 Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies Parasitology 9 works
  7. 7 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 9 works
  8. 8 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 8 works
  9. 9 Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research Genetics 6 works
  10. 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 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 available59.5%not open40.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.6%domestic only66.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nature Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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