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Royal Alberta Museum

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World rank, all time
#21,606
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#462
of 896
Research works
235
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

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: 5.70× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.50× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.10× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.69× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× 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, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Alberta Museum?

Ranked on the composite score, Alwynne B. Beaudoin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Alberta Museum.

  1. 1 Alwynne B. Beaudoin Canada · #271,715 worldwide 125 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Alberta Museum

Which keywords describe research at Royal Alberta Museum?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Biogeography, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Molecular Phylogeny and Phylogeny.

▲ 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 Change50▲ 7.9×41 topics
  2. Biodiversity29▲ 16×18 topics
  3. Invasive Species28▲ 21×19 topics
  4. Biogeography28▲ 35×16 topics
  5. Conservation19▲ 17×18 topics
  6. Population Dynamics18▲ 25×9 topics
  7. Molecular Phylogeny17▲ 35×7 topics
  8. Phylogeny15▲ 36×13 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation15▲ 22×5 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis13▲ 15×12 topics
  11. Ecology12▲ 26×8 topics
  12. Hominin Genetics11▲ 169×1 topic
  13. Paleolithic Archaeology11▲ 169×1 topic
  14. Taxonomy10▲ 30×10 topics
  15. Habitat Selection10▲ 47×2 topics
  16. Remote Sensing10▲ 3.8×9 topics
  17. Adaptive Radiation10▲ 98×2 topics
  18. Mammal Evolution9▲ 138×1 topic
  19. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis9▲ 138×1 topic
  20. Global Change9▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Paleoclimatology9▲ 30×2 topics
  22. Holocene9▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Trophic Cascades9▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Animal Movement8▲ 60×1 topic
  25. Occupancy Rates8▲ 60×1 topic
  26. Sea Level8▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Identity8▲ 4.6×9 topics
  28. Ecosystem Services7▲ 8.9×3 topics
  29. Glacial Cycles7▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Monsoon Dynamics7▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Mosses7▲ 85×2 topics
  32. Symbiosis7▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Evolution6▲ 9.2×9 topics
  34. Conservation Biology6▲ 24×3 topics
  35. Plant-Animal Interactions6▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Pollinator Decline6▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Agricultural Origins6▲ 69×1 topic
  38. Radiocarbon Dating6▲ 69×1 topic
  39. DNA Barcoding6▲ 16×7 topics
  40. Species Richness6▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Alberta Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Fossil Insects in Amber and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Plant and animal studies1Plant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins…1Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 1 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber1Fossil Insects in Amber: 1 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecol…1Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 1 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 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 worksHistorical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAnthropologyGeneticsPaleontology5 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 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 1 works
  3. 3 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  4. 4 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 1 works
  5. 5 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 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 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Alberta Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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.

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