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Ontario Forest Research Institute

In research, Ontario Forest Research Institute stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,929 of 5,126 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,541 of 5,407 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,994 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 11.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#21,751
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#440
of 718
Research works
855
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
37.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.77×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Ontario Forest Research Institute

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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,929 of 5,126 9.8%308
Environmental ScienceField #2,541 of 5,407 10.6%317
Life SciencesDomain #5,994 of 11,023 9.4%435
Physical SciencesDomain #13,588 of 17,446 10.3%382

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Ontario Forest Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Ontario Forest Research Institute is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (56%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 73.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 56.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 22.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 14.4% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 19.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 15.5% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKOntario ForestResearch…43fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences4%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2456.3%
    2. Engineering49.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences25.1%
    4. Chemistry00.8%
    5. Computer Science00.5%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences715.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Psychology11.5%
    2. Social Sciences11.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Medicine12.3%
    2. Health Professions00.5%
    3. Nursing00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ontario Forest Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 24.2 works11×
← 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: 3.25× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.27× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.33× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science11.33×24 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.27×2 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.25×7 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.11×0 works
  5. Nursing1.05×0 works
  6. Engineering0.65×4 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×0 works
  9. Psychology0.50×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.49×0 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.21×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.20×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.16×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.12×0 works
  16. Medicine0.12×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.11×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.07×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ontario Forest Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Jiaxin Chen, Maara S. Packalen and William C. Parker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ontario Forest Research Institute.

  1. 1 Jiaxin Chen Canada · #728,253 worldwide 3.3k citations · 167 works
  2. 2 Maara S. Packalen Canada · #990,684 worldwide 2.3k citations · 33 works
  3. 3 William C. Parker Canada · #1,094,085 worldwide 4.6k citations · 218 works
  4. 4 Stephen J. Mayor Canada · #1,158,983 worldwide 1.3k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Thomas L. Noland Canada · #1,455,199 worldwide 4.2k citations · 87 works
  6. 6 Gina H. Mohammed Canada · #1,779,195 worldwide 3k citations · 50 works
  7. 7 James W. McLaughlin Canada · #1,818,459 worldwide 1.4k citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Burt Perrin Canada · #1,821,904 worldwide 822 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 F. T. Bird Canada · #1,883,288 worldwide 944 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Stanley G. Smith Canada · #2,009,091 worldwide 1.7k citations · 87 works
All ranked researchers at Ontario Forest Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Ontario Forest Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Ontario Forest Research Institute is "Some Characteristics of Simple Types of Predation and Parasitism" (Crawford S. Holling, 1959), with 4,674 citations. Next come "The Components of Predation as Revealed by a Study of Small-Mammal Predation of the European Pine Sawfly" (3,668) and "The Functional Response of Predators to Prey Density and its Role in Mimicry and Population Regulation" (2,729).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Some Characteristics of Simple Types of Predation and Parasitism Crawford S. Holling · The Canadian Entomologist Jul 1959 4,674
2 The Components of Predation as Revealed by a Study of Small-Mammal Predation of the European Pine Sawfly Crawford S. Holling · The Canadian Entomologist May 1959 3,668
3 The Functional Response of Predators to Prey Density and its Role in Mimicry and Population Regulation Crawford S. Holling · Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 1965 2,729
4 Changes in Forest Biomass Carbon Storage in China Between 1949 and 1998 Jingyun Fang, Anping Chen, Changhui Peng et al. · Science 22 Jun 2001 1,615
5 Biomass equations for sixty-five North American tree species Michael T. Ter‐Mikaelian, Michael D. Korzukhin · Forest Ecology and Management Sep 1997 836
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ontario Forest Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ecosystem Resilience, Biomass Estimation, Aboveground Biomass, Biodiversity Conservation, Remote Sensing, Soil Properties and Biodiversity.

▲ 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 Change13▲ 11×31 topics
  2. Ecosystem Resilience7▲ 105×3 topics
  3. Biomass Estimation6▲ 88×3 topics
  4. Aboveground Biomass5▲ 139×2 topics
  5. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 31×3 topics
  6. Remote Sensing4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  7. Soil Properties4▲ 53×2 topics
  8. Biodiversity4▲ 12×7 topics
  9. Allometric Models4▲ 185×2 topics
  10. Carbon Stocks4▲ 335×1 topic
  11. Tropical Forests4▲ 253×1 topic
  12. Forest Fires3▲ 176×1 topic
  13. Invasive Species3▲ 18×9 topics
  14. Wildfire Activity3▲ 176×1 topic
  15. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 35×4 topics
  16. Climate Change Impacts3▲ 55×1 topic
  17. Forest Carbon Sequestration3▲ 332×1 topic
  18. Drought3▲ 65×1 topic
  19. Global Change3▲ 24×3 topics
  20. Tree Mortality3▲ 130×1 topic
  21. Conservation2▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Ecosystem2▲ 54×2 topics
  23. Forest Management2▲ 96×2 topics
  24. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Biological Invasions2▲ 56×2 topics
  26. Biomass2▲ 44×2 topics
  27. Dead Wood2▲ 277×1 topic
  28. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 23×3 topics
  29. Saproxylic Beetles2▲ 277×1 topic
  30. Species Richness2▲ 72×2 topics
  31. Community Ecology2▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Functional Diversity2▲ 79×1 topic
  33. Global Warming2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  34. Logistics2▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Supply Chain2▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Forest Carbon Stocks1▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Lidar Remote Sensing1▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Paleoclimatology1▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Extreme Events1▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Hydrology1▲ 20×3 topics

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

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

Forest ecology and management: 4 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 3 fractional worksForest Management and Po…3Forest Management and Policy: 3 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…3Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 3 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksForest Biomass Utilizati…2Forest Biomass Utilization and Management: 2 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 1 fractional worksTree-ring climate responses: 1 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 1 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeInsect ScienceMechanics of Materials3 others

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

  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 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  4. 4 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 3 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 Forest Biomass Utilization and Management Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  8. 8 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 1 works
  10. 10 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ontario Forest Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Ontario Forest Research Institute0.00019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ontario Forest Research Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2011Ontario Forest Research Institute5.5% in 201120002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.2% in 1997.

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