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Royal Alberta Museum

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World rank, all time
#26,201
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#528
of 718
Research works
235
▼ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Royal Alberta Museum

Which fields of science does Royal Alberta Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Royal Alberta Museum is in Life Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (25%), Environmental Science (19%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 8 fractional works · 37.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 25.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 16.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 33.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 19.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 6.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal AlbertaMuseum21fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences37%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences20%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences525.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27.6%
    3. Neuroscience02.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology01.8%
    1. Environmental Science419.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences210.6%
    3. Computer Science00.8%
    4. Engineering00.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    6. Mathematics00.6%
    1. Social Sciences212.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities16.6%
    3. Psychology01.0%
    1. Medicine28.2%
    2. Health Professions01.1%
    3. Veterinary00.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 5.33× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.80× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.78× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.90× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 5.99× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.78×2 works
  2. Veterinary5.99×0 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.33×5 works
  4. Environmental Science3.90×4 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.30×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.80×0 works
  7. Neuroscience1.50×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.42×2 works
  9. Social Sciences0.95×2 works
  10. Mathematics0.48×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.43×0 works
  12. Medicine0.43×2 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.37×0 works
  14. Psychology0.33×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.10×0 works
  16. Engineering0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal Alberta Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, James A. Burns, Christina Isabelle Barrón-Ortiz and Christopher N. Jass lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Alberta Museum.

  1. 1 James A. Burns Canada · #267,801 worldwide 6.6k citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Christina Isabelle Barrón-Ortiz Canada · #1,117,622 worldwide 276 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Christopher N. Jass Canada · #1,570,759 worldwide 723 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Alwynne B. Beaudoin Canada · #1,825,089 worldwide 2k citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Jocelyn Hudon Canada · #2,509,147 worldwide 1.7k citations · 59 works
  6. 6 David J. Goa Canada · #2,996,507 worldwide 148 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Jack W. Brink Canada · #3,106,928 worldwide 348 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Richard T. Caners Canada · #4,409,963 worldwide 520 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 W. Bruce McGillivray Canada · #4,514,623 worldwide 268 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Julia Petrov Canada · #4,535,423 worldwide 60 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Alberta Museum

What are the most cited papers from Royal Alberta Museum?

The most cited paper from Royal Alberta Museum is "Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans" (Eline D. Lorenzen et al., 2011), with 702 citations. Next come "Spatial Response of Mammals to Late Quaternary Environmental Fluctuations" (632) and "Postglacial viability and colonization in North America’s ice-free corridor" (467).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans Eline D. Lorenzen et al. · Nature Open access Nov 2011 702
2 Spatial Response of Mammals to Late Quaternary Environmental Fluctuations Russell W. Graham, Ernest L. Lundelius, Mary Ann Graham et al. · Science 14 Jun 1996 632
3 Postglacial viability and colonization in North America’s ice-free corridor Mikkel Winther Pedersen, Anthony Ruter, Charles E. Schweger et al. · Nature Open access 9 Aug 2016 467
4 Impacts of salvage logging on biodiversity: A meta‐analysis Simon Thorn et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology Open access 23 May 2017 395
5 The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition Sebastian Seibold et al. · Nature Open access Sep 2021 300
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Alberta Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Biogeography, Population Dynamics, Molecular Phylogeny, Habitat Fragmentation 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 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 14 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change5▲ 9.2×27 topics
  2. Biodiversity3▲ 17×10 topics
  3. Invasive Species2▲ 27×10 topics
  4. Biogeography2▲ 35×7 topics
  5. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 56×4 topics
  6. Population Dynamics2▲ 37×6 topics
  7. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 38×4 topics
  8. Conservation1▲ 16×7 topics
  9. Epidemiology1▲ 1.55×9 topics
  10. Global Change1▲ 23×3 topics
  11. Literature1▲ 10×4 topics
  12. Microbiota1▲ 27×3 topics
  13. Symbiosis1▲ 64×2 topics
  14. Ecosystem Services1▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Royal Alberta Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant and animal studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Fossil Insects in Amber and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Plant and animal studies1Plant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontolo…1Evolution and Paleontology Studies: 1 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber1Fossil Insects in Amber: 1 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins…1Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 1 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…1Species Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksVestibular and auditory disorders: 0 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPaleontologyAnthropologyGenetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  2. 2 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 1 works
  3. 3 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  4. 4 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 1 works
  5. 5 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  8. 8 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 0 works
  9. 9 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 0 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 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 available37.9%not open62.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.5%domestic only81.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Alberta Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Royal Alberta Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000075% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Royal Alberta Museum0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Royal Alberta Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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