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Parks Canada

In research, Parks Canada stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,031 of 14,833 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,767 of 5,407 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,930 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology (Ecology is 22.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,829
of 22,385 · #11,653 all time
Rank in Canada
#230
of 305
Research works
763
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Parks Canada

What is Parks Canada 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,031 of 14,833 7.7%265
Environmental ScienceField #2,767 of 5,407 9.9%251
Social SciencesField #6,930 of 9,330 7.3%138
Physical SciencesDomain #13,473 of 17,446 8.8%342

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

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Parks Canada is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (40%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 64 fractional works · 55.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 46 fractional works · 39.8% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 17.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 19.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 7.6% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 15.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKParks Canada115fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences19%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science4639.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences108.4%
    3. Engineering43.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.3%
    5. Computer Science11.2%
    6. Energy00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Materials Science00.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities97.6%
    2. Social Sciences87.1%
    3. Psychology43.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology87.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences86.7%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine65.0%
    2. Health Professions43.9%
    3. Veterinary10.7%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Parks Canada specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 22.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 20.3 works23×
← 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: 1.40× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.34× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.00× its world share, 46 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksMedicineVeterinary: 5.20× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.62× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.00×46 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.34×10 works
  3. Veterinary5.20×1 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.62×9 works
  5. Health Professions1.47×4 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.40×8 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.39×8 works
  8. Psychology1.06×4 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.62×1 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.60×2 works
  11. Social Sciences0.56×8 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.43×1 works
  14. Energy0.37×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×1 works
  16. Engineering0.26×4 works
  17. Medicine0.26×6 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.21×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.19×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.15×1 works
  22. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Parks Canada?

Ranked on the quality score, Jesse Whittington, Lynn C. Lee and Lalenia Neufeld lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Parks Canada.

  1. 1 Jesse Whittington Canada · #121,182 worldwide 3.8k citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Lynn C. Lee Canada · #525,459 worldwide 967 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Lalenia Neufeld Canada · #614,873 worldwide 1.1k citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Seth G. Cherry Canada · #931,839 worldwide 1.1k citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Jennifer Yakimishyn Canada · #1,012,324 worldwide 474 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Bryan Chruszcz Canada · #1,054,607 worldwide 2.2k citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Michael L. Gibeau Canada · #1,069,407 worldwide 1.9k citations · 27 works
  8. 8 John Wilmshurst Canada · #1,244,953 worldwide 2.6k citations · 95 works
  9. 9 Karlis Karklins Canada · #1,494,862 worldwide 555 citations · 60 works
  10. 10 Brenda Shepherd Canada · #1,564,116 worldwide 619 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Parks Canada

What are the most cited papers from Parks Canada?

The most cited paper from Parks Canada is "CheckM2: a rapid, scalable and accurate tool for assessing microbial genome quality using machine learning" (Alex Chklovski, Donovan H. Parks, Ben J. Woodcroft et al., 2023), with 1,660 citations. Next come "International principles and standards for the practice of ecological restoration. Second edition" (1,478) and "Outstanding Challenges in the Transferability of Ecological Models" (803).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 CheckM2: a rapid, scalable and accurate tool for assessing microbial genome quality using machine learning Alex Chklovski, Donovan H. Parks, Ben J. Woodcroft et al. · Nature Methods 27 Jul 2023 1,660
2 International principles and standards for the practice of ecological restoration. Second edition George D. Gann, Tein McDonald, Bethanie Walder et al. · Restoration Ecology Open access Sep 2019 1,478
3 Outstanding Challenges in the Transferability of Ecological Models Katherine L. Yates et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution ReviewOpen access 27 Aug 2018 803
4 Spatial patterns and factors influencing small vertebrate fauna road-kill aggregations Anthony Paul Clevenger, Bryan Chruszcz, Kari E. Gunson · Biological Conservation 10 Oct 2002 565
5 Global decomposition experiment shows soil animal impacts on decomposition are climate‐dependent Diana H. Wall et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 19 Jun 2008 550
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Parks Canada?

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

▲ 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 Change28▲ 9.0×46 topics
  2. Invasive Species11▲ 23×15 topics
  3. Population Dynamics11▲ 36×8 topics
  4. Biodiversity10▲ 11×16 topics
  5. Conservation8▲ 16×14 topics
  6. Trophic Cascades7▲ 65×2 topics
  7. Remote Sensing6▲ 4.7×15 topics
  8. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.0×18 topics
  9. Habitat Selection6▲ 69×2 topics
  10. Habitat Fragmentation6▲ 22×4 topics
  11. Animal Movement5▲ 89×1 topic
  12. Occupancy Rates5▲ 89×1 topic
  13. Ecosystem Services5▲ 10×6 topics
  14. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 46×2 topics
  15. Conservation Biology4▲ 33×3 topics
  16. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 9.4×7 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage4▲ 6.6×6 topics
  18. Food Security4▲ 6.1×3 topics
  19. Ecosystem3▲ 26×3 topics
  20. Vulnerability3▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Freshwater Biodiversity3▲ 44×2 topics
  23. Acoustic Communication3▲ 50×2 topics
  24. Predator-Prey Interactions3▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Traditional Knowledge3▲ 63×2 topics
  26. Conservation Challenges3▲ 55×1 topic
  27. Ecological Knowledge3▲ 60×2 topics
  28. Flow Regulation3▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Arctic Indigenous Peoples3▲ 136×1 topic
  30. Hydrology3▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Nutrition Transition3▲ 73×1 topic
  32. Model Evaluation3▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Ecological Niche2▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Global Change2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  35. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 6.7×10 topics
  36. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Species Richness2▲ 31×2 topics
  38. DNA Barcoding2▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Genetic Structure2▲ 26×3 topics
  40. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 16×5 topics

Which research topics does Parks Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Indigenous Studies and Ecology and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…5Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 5 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 3 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and E…3Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 3 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…2Species Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 2 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems2Fire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…2Marine and fisheries research: 2 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…2Marine animal studies overview: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…2Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional works
EcologyNature and Landscape ConservationGeneral Health ProfessionsEcological Modeling2 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 5 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  3. 3 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  5. 5 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 2 works
  7. 7 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  8. 8 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 2 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 available46.9%not open53.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Parks Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher 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 Parks Canada as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Parks Canada0.00067% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Parks Canada 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 counting10%20%Parks Canada13.7% 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 16.0% in 2005.

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