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Ontario Forest Research Institute

In research, Ontario Forest Research Institute stands highest in Environmental Science (#3,137 of 6,208 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#4,037 of 6,031 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#15,505 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 11.8× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#21,133
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#447
of 896
Research works
855
▼ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
37.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Ontario Forest Research Institute 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 #3,137 of 6,208 22.5%317
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4,037 of 6,031 21.4%308
Physical SciencesDomain #15,505 of 21,541 22.1%382
Life SciencesDomain #10,551 of 14,347 18.9%435

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ontario Forest Research Institute 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).

What does Ontario Forest Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 21.1 works12×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 3.57× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.63× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.82× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ontario Forest Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Jiaxin Chen, Thomas L. Noland and Frederick W. Bell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ontario Forest Research Institute.

  1. 1 Jiaxin Chen Canada · #272,340 worldwide 122 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Thomas L. Noland Canada · #274,127 worldwide 282 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Frederick W. Bell Canada · #405,678 worldwide 97 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 William C. Parker Canada · #560,810 worldwide 115 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 S. J. Colombo Canada · #701,569 worldwide 37 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 V. P. Agnihotri Canada · #765,515 worldwide 46 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 R. A. Lautenschlager Canada · #832,861 worldwide 90 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Stanley G. Smith Canada · #929,913 worldwide 89 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 James W. McLaughlin Canada · #1,335,689 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Richard A. Fleming Canada · #1,345,335 worldwide 37 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Ontario Forest Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Ontario Forest Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ecosystem Resilience, Biomass Estimation, Aboveground Biomass, Biodiversity Conservation, Remote Sensing, Allometric Models and Carbon Stocks.

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

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change12▲ 12×31 topics
  2. Ecosystem Resilience6▲ 121×3 topics
  3. Biomass Estimation5▲ 97×3 topics
  4. Aboveground Biomass5▲ 148×2 topics
  5. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 30×3 topics
  6. Remote Sensing4▲ 8.5×5 topics
  7. Allometric Models4▲ 206×2 topics
  8. Carbon Stocks4▲ 372×1 topic
  9. Tropical Forests4▲ 290×1 topic
  10. Biodiversity4▲ 13×7 topics
  11. Soil Properties3▲ 55×2 topics
  12. Invasive Species3▲ 21×8 topics
  13. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 41×4 topics
  14. Forest Fires3▲ 180×1 topic
  15. Wildfire Activity3▲ 180×1 topic
  16. Drought3▲ 78×1 topic
  17. Tree Mortality3▲ 159×1 topic
  18. Global Change3▲ 28×3 topics
  19. Conservation2▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Ecosystem2▲ 64×2 topics
  21. Forest Management2▲ 110×2 topics
  22. Biological Invasions2▲ 68×2 topics
  23. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 49×1 topic
  24. Forest Carbon Sequestration2▲ 270×1 topic
  25. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 26×3 topics
  26. Community Ecology2▲ 61×1 topic
  27. Dead Wood2▲ 306×1 topic
  28. Functional Diversity2▲ 93×1 topic
  29. Saproxylic Beetles2▲ 306×1 topic
  30. Species Richness2▲ 84×2 topics
  31. Global Warming2▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.92×5 topics
  33. Paleoclimatology1▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Extreme Events1▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Forest Carbon Stocks1▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Hydrology1▲ 25×3 topics
  37. Lidar Remote Sensing1▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Methane Emissions1▲ 54×2 topics

Which research topics does Ontario Forest Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forest ecology and management, Fire effects on ecosystems, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics and Forest Management and Policy.

  1. 1 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  2. 2 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  3. 3 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  4. 4 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 2 works
  6. 6 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  7. 7 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 1 works
  9. 9 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 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 available29.7%not open70.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ontario Forest Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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