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In research, Royal British Columbia Museum stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,876 of 11,023 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#16,511 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,162
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#425
of 718
Research works
350
▼ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.9k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Royal British Columbia Museum

What is Royal British Columbia Museum 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,876 of 11,023 9.2%144
Physical SciencesDomain #16,511 of 17,446 4.6%122

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal British Columbia Museum 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 Royal British Columbia Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Royal British Columbia Museum is in Life Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (30%), Environmental Science (17%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (16%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 18 fractional works · 45.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 29.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 22.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 15.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 33.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 16.8% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 16.0% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 16.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal BritishColumbia Museum39fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences45%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences17%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1229.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology615.2%
    1. Environmental Science716.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences616.0%
    3. Materials Science00.4%
    4. Engineering00.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Computer Science00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities49.8%
    2. Social Sciences25.4%
    3. Psychology01.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Health Professions12.5%
    2. Medicine12.0%
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: 6.26× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.85× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.21× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.39× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.40× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× 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, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.21×6 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.26×12 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.40×4 works
  4. Environmental Science3.39×7 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.85×6 works
  6. Health Professions0.94×1 works
  7. Social Sciences0.43×2 works
  8. Psychology0.39×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.11×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  12. Medicine0.10×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.01×0 works
  14. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal British Columbia Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Henry M. Reiswig, Richard J. Hebda and Art Borkent lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal British Columbia Museum.

  1. 1 Henry M. Reiswig Canada · #1,824,775 worldwide 4.1k citations · 142 works
  2. 2 Richard J. Hebda Canada · #2,152,817 worldwide 3.7k citations · 126 works
  3. 3 Art Borkent Canada · #2,508,091 worldwide 3.3k citations · 175 works
  4. 4 Richard I. Inglis Canada · #3,119,700 worldwide 65 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Bruce Ott Canada · #3,223,317 worldwide 227 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Henry Choong Canada · #3,391,639 worldwide 244 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 William C. Austin Canada · #3,407,053 worldwide 244 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Grant Keddie Canada · #3,873,840 worldwide 790 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Raymond Graham Canada · #4,343,140 worldwide 74 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Kendrick L. Marr Canada · #4,528,939 worldwide 525 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Royal British Columbia Museum

What are the most cited papers from Royal British Columbia Museum?

The most cited paper from Royal British Columbia Museum is "Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats" (Jennifer A. Luedtke et al., 2023), with 813 citations. Next come "Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison" (685) and "Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change in North America" (447).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats Jennifer A. Luedtke et al. · Nature Open access123 authors 4 Oct 2023 813
2 Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison Beth Shapiro et al. · Science Open access 26 Nov 2004 685
3 Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change in North America Jennifer R. Marlon et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 3 Feb 2009 447
4 DNA barcodes for 1/1000 of the animal kingdom Paul D. N. Hebert, Jeremy R deWaard, Jean‐François Landry · Biology Letters Open access 16 Dec 2009 338
5 A multigene phylogenetic synthesis for the class Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota): 1307 fungi representing 1139 infrageneric taxa, 317 genera and 66 families Jolanta Miądlikowska et al. · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Open access 18 Apr 2014 286
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal British Columbia Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Phylogeny, DNA Barcoding, Evolution, Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy.

▲ 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. Biogeography7▲ 66×17 topics
  2. Biodiversity7▲ 24×17 topics
  3. Climate Change7▲ 6.3×19 topics
  4. Phylogeny5▲ 81×12 topics
  5. DNA Barcoding5▲ 71×8 topics
  6. Evolution5▲ 45×8 topics
  7. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 70×6 topics
  8. Invasive Species4▲ 26×13 topics
  9. Taxonomy4▲ 78×10 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 32×11 topics
  11. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 45×6 topics
  12. Conservation3▲ 17×13 topics
  13. Cretaceous3▲ 269×2 topics
  14. Global Change2▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 27×4 topics
  16. Lepidoptera2▲ 307×1 topic
  17. Molecular Phylogenetics2▲ 307×1 topic
  18. Phylogenetics2▲ 118×2 topics
  19. Species Delimitation2▲ 114×3 topics
  20. Amber Fossils2▲ 483×1 topic
  21. Insect Evolution2▲ 483×1 topic
  22. Population Dynamics2▲ 20×7 topics
  23. Biomonitoring2▲ 59×2 topics
  24. Morphology2▲ 28×5 topics
  25. Ecology2▲ 26×6 topics
  26. Taxonomic Revision1▲ 52×2 topics
  27. Cultural Sustainability1▲ 62×2 topics
  28. Desiccation Tolerance1▲ 178×2 topics
  29. Mosses1▲ 118×2 topics
  30. Symbiosis1▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Cryptic Diversity1▲ 181×2 topics
  32. Ecosystem Services1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  33. Plant-Animal Interactions1▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Pollinator Decline1▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Araneae Diversity1▲ 354×1 topic
  36. Spider Phylogenomics1▲ 354×1 topic
  37. Biological Control1▲ 18×5 topics
  38. Genetic Diversity1▲ 5.9×4 topics
  39. Genetic Structure1▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Systematics1▲ 128×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal British Columbia Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Fossil Insects in Amber, Plant and animal studies and Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies.

Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 2 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksSpider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology: 1 fractional worksFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…1Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 1 fractional worksDiptera species taxonomy and behavior: 1 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 1 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 1 fractional works
GeneticsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcologyOceanography1 others

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

  1. 1 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 2 works
  2. 2 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  4. 4 Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies Genetics 1 works
  5. 5 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  6. 6 Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 1 works
  8. 8 Diptera species taxonomy and behavior Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  9. 9 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 1 works
  10. 10 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 1 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 available41.5%not open58.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.2%domestic only67.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal British Columbia Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% 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 British Columbia Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Royal British Columbia Museum0.00021% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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