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Organization for Tropical Studies

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World rank, all time
#27,628
of 42,892
Rank in Costa Rica
#16
of 39
Research works
192
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
36.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

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: 6.01× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.25× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Organization for Tropical Studies?

Ranked on the composite score, Sebastián Gámez Millán lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Organization for Tropical Studies.

  1. 1 Sebastián Gámez Millán Costa Rica · #303,912 worldwide 0 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Organization for Tropical Studies

Which keywords describe research at Organization for Tropical Studies?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Habitat Fragmentation, Global Change, Conservation, Ecosystem Services and Population Dynamics.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change54▲ 11×46 topics
  2. Biodiversity51▲ 35×20 topics
  3. Invasive Species41▲ 37×18 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation32▲ 58×5 topics
  5. Global Change29▲ 49×6 topics
  6. Conservation26▲ 28×16 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services24▲ 35×7 topics
  8. Population Dynamics17▲ 29×11 topics
  9. Plant-Animal Interactions16▲ 73×1 topic
  10. Pollinator Decline16▲ 73×1 topic
  11. Biological Invasions15▲ 69×2 topics
  12. Conservation Biology15▲ 69×4 topics
  13. Ecosystem14▲ 52×4 topics
  14. Community Ecology13▲ 61×2 topics
  15. Functional Diversity13▲ 96×1 topic
  16. Species Richness13▲ 82×1 topic
  17. Biodiversity Conservation11▲ 22×11 topics
  18. Biogeography10▲ 16×11 topics
  19. Phylogeny9▲ 25×11 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis9▲ 12×10 topics
  21. Sustainability9▲ 2.5×19 topics
  22. Evolution8▲ 14×9 topics
  23. Land Use Change8▲ 14×5 topics
  24. Model Evaluation8▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Ecological Niche8▲ 82×1 topic
  26. Species Distribution Modeling8▲ 82×1 topic
  27. Taxonomy7▲ 23×7 topics
  28. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 16×5 topics
  29. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 12×5 topics
  30. Habitat Selection6▲ 35×2 topics
  31. DNA Barcoding6▲ 21×6 topics
  32. Molecular Phylogeny6▲ 14×8 topics
  33. Agroforestry5▲ 60×3 topics
  34. Mycorrhizal Fungi5▲ 39×2 topics
  35. Biomass Estimation5▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Environmental Services5▲ 93×1 topic
  37. Tropical Deforestation5▲ 93×1 topic
  38. Microbiota5▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Tropical Forests5▲ 62×2 topics
  40. Allometric Models5▲ 52×2 topics

Which research topics does Organization for Tropical Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change and Amphibian and Reptile Biology.

Plant and animal studies2Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…1Species Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…1Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksGender, Health, and Social Inequality: 0 fractional worksRegional Development and…0Regional Development and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 0 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 0 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationEcological ModelingGlobal and Planetary Change6 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  3. 3 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  4. 4 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  5. 5 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Gender, Health, and Social Inequality Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 0 works
  9. 9 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 0 works
  10. 10 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 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 available50.0%not open50.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.5%domestic only44.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Organization for Tropical Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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