Question 1

What is Parks Canada known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Parks Canada rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Parks Canada ranks #16,829 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#11,653 all time), and #230 of 305 in Canada.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Parks Canada?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Parks Canada?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Parks Canada publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Parks Canada?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Parks Canada work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Parks Canada's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021.