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Pennsylvania Game Commission

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Research works
60
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Pennsylvania Game Commission is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 4.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.87× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 9.10× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 12.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 12.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Pennsylvania Game Commission?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Habitat Selection, Population Dynamics, Invasive Species, Trophic Cascades, Animal Movement, Occupancy Rates and Conservation.

▲ 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 Change19▲ 12×22 topics
  2. Habitat Selection14▲ 246×2 topics
  3. Population Dynamics13▲ 72×8 topics
  4. Invasive Species11▲ 33×12 topics
  5. Trophic Cascades10▲ 141×2 topics
  6. Animal Movement10▲ 272×1 topic
  7. Biodiversity10▲ 21×10 topics
  8. Conservation10▲ 34×6 topics
  9. Occupancy Rates10▲ 272×1 topic
  10. Epidemiology9▲ 3.7×23 topics
  11. Ecosystem6▲ 67×3 topics
  12. Pathogenesis5▲ 14×7 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity4▲ 15×5 topics
  14. Grazing4▲ 269×2 topics
  15. Public Health4▲ 5.1×6 topics
  16. Sagebrush4▲ 328×1 topic
  17. Wildlife Habitat4▲ 328×1 topic
  18. Avian Ecology4▲ 198×1 topic
  19. Migration Patterns4▲ 173×1 topic
  20. Bats4▲ 153×2 topics
  21. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 29×4 topics
  22. Conservation Biology4▲ 52×4 topics
  23. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 19×4 topics
  24. Metabolic Rate3▲ 52×2 topics
  25. Echolocation3▲ 221×1 topic
  26. Hibernation3▲ 221×1 topic
  27. Species Richness3▲ 59×2 topics
  28. Bunyavirus2▲ 88×1 topic
  29. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers2▲ 88×1 topic
  30. Zoonotic Infections2▲ 70×2 topics
  31. Predator-Prey Interactions2▲ 41×2 topics
  32. Economic Impact2▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Viral Pathogenesis2▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Genetic Characterization2▲ 53×2 topics
  35. Biological Invasions2▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Forest Fires2▲ 81×1 topic
  37. Global Change2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  38. Vaccine Development2▲ 9.1×6 topics
  39. Virulence Factors2▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Wildfire Activity2▲ 81×1 topic

Which research topics does Pennsylvania Game Commission publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Viral Infections and Vectors and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…2Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…1Viral Infections and Vectors: 1 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology …1Bat Biology and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 0 fractional worksLivestock and Poultry Ma…0Livestock and Poultry Management: 0 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 0 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 0 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 0 fractional works
EcologyInfectious DiseasesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcological Modeling3 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  2. 2 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  6. 6 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  7. 7 Livestock and Poultry Management Animal Science and Zoology 0 works
  8. 8 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 0 works
  9. 9 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 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 available48.5%not open51.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.8%domestic only90.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pennsylvania Game Commission's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.