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Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

In research, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center stands highest in Environmental Science (#3,503 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#19,504 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#33,253
of 42,892
Rank in ??
#628
of 1,041
Research works
214
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.9k
46.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center 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 #3,503 of 6,208 28.9%156
Physical SciencesDomain #19,504 of 21,541 28.6%162

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center 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).

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: 2.64× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 14.52× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.91× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 14.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Gary L. Krapu and David S. Gilmer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center.

  1. 1 Gary L. Krapu ?? · #327,965 worldwide 176 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 David S. Gilmer ?? · #1,276,013 worldwide 46 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Habitat Selection, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Conservation, 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change9▲ 16×27 topics
  2. Habitat Selection5▲ 332×2 topics
  3. Biodiversity5▲ 30×6 topics
  4. Invasive Species4▲ 47×8 topics
  5. Population Dynamics4▲ 67×6 topics
  6. Conservation3▲ 32×5 topics
  7. Animal Movement3▲ 248×1 topic
  8. Occupancy Rates3▲ 248×1 topic
  9. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 59×4 topics
  10. Ecosystem2▲ 109×2 topics
  11. Avian Ecology2▲ 543×1 topic
  12. Migration Patterns2▲ 450×1 topic
  13. Global Change2▲ 42×4 topics
  14. Species Richness2▲ 122×2 topics
  15. Conservation Biology2▲ 69×3 topics
  16. Community Ecology1▲ 81×1 topic
  17. Functional Diversity1▲ 124×1 topic
  18. Model Evaluation1▲ 49×2 topics
  19. Remote Sensing1▲ 5.0×7 topics
  20. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 40×3 topics
  21. Resilience1▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Ecological Niche1▲ 92×1 topic
  23. Ecosystem Services1▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Species Distribution Modeling1▲ 92×1 topic
  25. Sagebrush1▲ 322×1 topic
  26. Wildlife Habitat1▲ 322×1 topic

Which research topics does Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Avian ecology and behavior, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…3Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 3 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems1Fire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 0 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 0 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 0 fractional works
EcologyNature and Landscape ConservationEcological ModelingGlobal and Planetary Change1 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 3 works
  2. 2 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 2 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  5. 5 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  8. 8 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  9. 9 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center'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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.