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Parks and Wildlife Service

In research, Parks and Wildlife Service stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,528 of 5,407 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,657 of 11,023 worldwide) and Ecology (#705 of 1,384 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 10.8× its share of world research).

parks.tas.gov.auROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#12,565
of 34,923
Rank in Australia
#213
of 476
Research works
881
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
31.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Parks and Wildlife Service

What is Parks and Wildlife Service 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 #1,528 of 5,407 9.1%472
Life SciencesDomain #4,657 of 11,023 8.0%262
EcologySubfield #705 of 1,384 7.5%241
Physical SciencesDomain #9,919 of 17,446 9.3%521
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,139 of 5,126 7.2%176

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Parks and Wildlife Service 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 Parks and Wildlife Service work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Parks and Wildlife Service is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (54%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 59.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 36 fractional works · 53.6% of its workEcology: 18 fractional works · 26.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 10.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing 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 · 3.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 26.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 14.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 8.6% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKParks andWildlife Service67fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences9%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3653.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.5%
    3. Engineering22.3%
    4. Computer Science00.4%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1014.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology68.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology22.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Social Sciences34.4%
    2. Psychology22.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine23.6%
    2. Veterinary11.2%
    3. Health Professions00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Parks and Wildlife Service specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 36.1 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: 3.13× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.61× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.58× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.78× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.62× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.78×36 works
  2. Veterinary8.62×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.13×10 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.58×2 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.21×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.61×6 works
  7. Psychology0.92×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.41×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.35×3 works
  10. Nursing0.20×0 works
  11. Medicine0.19×2 works
  12. Engineering0.15×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.13×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.09×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.06×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Parks and Wildlife Service?

Ranked on the quality score, Colin J. Yates, Nigel Brothers and C. E. Crane lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Parks and Wildlife Service.

  1. 1 Colin J. Yates Australia · #692,808 worldwide 16k citations · 183 works
  2. 2 Nigel Brothers Australia · #1,621,934 worldwide 2.8k citations · 49 works
  3. 3 C. E. Crane Australia · #1,669,984 worldwide 1.9k citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Keith McDonald Australia · #1,739,666 worldwide 6.3k citations · 127 works
  5. 5 John Augusteyn Australia · #1,805,102 worldwide 820 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Neil Burrows Australia · #1,952,039 worldwide 1.3k citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Sarah Barrett Australia · #2,115,653 worldwide 1.1k citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Anne Cochrane Australia · #2,131,096 worldwide 2k citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Greg Gordon Australia · #2,312,951 worldwide 1k citations · 25 works
  10. 10 James P. Dawson Australia · #2,502,968 worldwide 600 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Parks and Wildlife Service

What are the most cited papers from Parks and Wildlife Service?

The most cited paper from Parks and Wildlife Service is "Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals" (Terry P. Hughes et al., 2017), with 3,495 citations. Next come "Climate-driven regime shift of a temperate marine ecosystem" (1,429) and "Spread of Chytridiomycosis Has Caused the Rapid Global Decline and Extinction of Frogs" (1,260).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals Terry P. Hughes et al. · Nature Open access Mar 2017 3,495
2 Climate-driven regime shift of a temperate marine ecosystem Thomas Wernberg et al. · Science 7 Jul 2016 1,429
3 Spread of Chytridiomycosis Has Caused the Rapid Global Decline and Extinction of Frogs Lee Francis Skerratt, Lee Berger, Rick Speare et al. · EcoHealth Open access 10 Apr 2007 1,260
4 Beyond opportunism: Key principles for systematic reserve selection Robert L. Pressey, Chris Humphries, Christopher R. Margules et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Review Apr 1993 1,056
5 The tropicalization of temperate marine ecosystems: climate-mediated changes in herbivory and community phase shifts Adriana Vergés et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 9 Jul 2014 1,027
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Parks and Wildlife Service?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Conservation, Invasive Species, Habitat Selection, Trophic Cascades and Conservation Biology.

▲ 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 Change22▲ 12×36 topics
  2. Population Dynamics14▲ 81×9 topics
  3. Biodiversity14▲ 27×19 topics
  4. Conservation13▲ 43×14 topics
  5. Invasive Species12▲ 42×14 topics
  6. Habitat Selection8▲ 152×2 topics
  7. Trophic Cascades7▲ 110×2 topics
  8. Conservation Biology7▲ 92×3 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation6▲ 45×4 topics
  10. Animal Movement6▲ 187×1 topic
  11. Occupancy Rates6▲ 187×1 topic
  12. Ecosystem5▲ 68×3 topics
  13. Global Change4▲ 25×5 topics
  14. Genetic Structure4▲ 82×4 topics
  15. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 38×5 topics
  16. Remote Sensing4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  17. Ecological Niche4▲ 87×1 topic
  18. Species Distribution Modeling4▲ 87×1 topic
  19. Molecular Phylogeny3▲ 29×8 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 15×8 topics
  21. Species Richness3▲ 75×2 topics
  22. Soil Properties3▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Predator-Prey Interactions3▲ 56×2 topics
  24. Biological Invasions3▲ 47×2 topics
  25. Forest Fires3▲ 93×1 topic
  26. Wildfire Activity3▲ 93×1 topic
  27. Community Ecology3▲ 48×2 topics
  28. Functional Diversity3▲ 72×1 topic
  29. Ecosystem Services3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  30. Genetic Diversity3▲ 8.9×7 topics
  31. Resilience3▲ 8.0×4 topics
  32. Bats2▲ 97×2 topics
  33. Sagebrush2▲ 225×1 topic
  34. Wildlife Habitat2▲ 225×1 topic
  35. Biogeography2▲ 11×8 topics
  36. Genomic Analysis2▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Metabolic Rate2▲ 44×2 topics
  38. Echolocation2▲ 166×1 topic
  39. Hibernation2▲ 166×1 topic
  40. Phylogeny2▲ 16×6 topics

Which research topics does Parks and Wildlife Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Fire effects on ecosystems and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…6Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 6 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 4 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems3Fire effects on ecosystems: 3 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…3Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 2 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behav…2Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 2 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 2 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 2 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 1 fractional works
EcologyEcological ModelingGlobal and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape Conservation2 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 6 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 4 works
  3. 3 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  4. 4 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  5. 5 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  7. 7 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 2 works
  9. 9 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Marine animal studies overview 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 available41.3%not open58.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.6%domestic only74.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Parks and Wildlife Service's research output changed?

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

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Parks and Wildlife Service as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Parks and Wildlife Service0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Parks and Wildlife Service 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.

still counting5%10%15%Parks and Wildlife Service10.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.6% in 2013.

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