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Royal Tyrrell Museum

In research, Royal Tyrrell Museum stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,468 of 21,541 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#2,533 of 2,661 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physical Sciences — Physical Sciences is 2.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#31,297
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#679
of 896
Research works
242
▼ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.2k
38.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
48.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Royal Tyrrell 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
Physical SciencesDomain #16,468 of 21,541 41.0%210
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #2,533 of 2,661 44.0%137

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Tyrrell 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Royal Tyrrell Museum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical Sciences takes 2.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical SciencesDomain · 22.0 works2.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 33.53× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.36× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 33.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Tyrrell Museum?

Ranked on the composite score, Donald B. Brinkman, David A. Eberth and François Therrien lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Tyrrell Museum.

  1. 1 Donald B. Brinkman Canada · #480,781 worldwide 150 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 David A. Eberth Canada · #702,884 worldwide 91 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 François Therrien Canada · #765,757 worldwide 83 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Donald M. Henderson Canada · #943,144 worldwide 44 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Caleb M. Brown Canada · #1,535,760 worldwide 35 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Tyrrell Museum

Which keywords describe research at Royal Tyrrell Museum?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Phylogenetic Analysis, Morphology, Evolution, Dinosaur, Paleontology, Population Dynamics, Biogeography 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 2022–2025 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Phylogenetic Analysis8▲ 109×4 topics
  2. Morphology7▲ 153×2 topics
  3. Evolution7▲ 104×3 topics
  4. Dinosaur6▲ 2058×1 topic
  5. Paleontology6▲ 2058×1 topic
  6. Population Dynamics6▲ 94×6 topics
  7. Biogeography5▲ 82×6 topics
  8. Conservation5▲ 48×8 topics
  9. Molecular Phylogeny5▲ 129×5 topics
  10. Mammal Evolution4▲ 827×1 topic
  11. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis4▲ 827×1 topic
  12. Climate Change4▲ 5.7×11 topics
  13. Phylogeny4▲ 98×3 topics
  14. Ecology4▲ 92×2 topics
  15. Fisheries4▲ 349×2 topics
  16. Rays3▲ 656×1 topic
  17. Sharks3▲ 656×1 topic
  18. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 30×3 topics
  19. Tectonics1▲ 47×3 topics
  20. Amphibian Declines1▲ 219×1 topic
  21. Chytridiomycosis1▲ 219×1 topic
  22. Fish Biodiversity1▲ 256×1 topic
  23. Freshwater Ecoregions1▲ 256×1 topic
  24. Bycatch1▲ 388×1 topic
  25. Marine Turtles1▲ 388×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Tyrrell Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology and Amphibian and Reptile Biology.

Paleontology and Evoluti…6Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 6 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontolo…4Evolution and Paleontology Studies: 4 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine B…3Ichthyology and Marine Biology: 3 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…1Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional worksFish biology, ecology, and behavior: 1 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 0 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 0 fractional works
PaleontologyNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeEarth-Surface Processes3 others

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

  1. 1 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 6 works
  2. 2 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 4 works
  3. 3 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  4. 4 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  5. 5 Fish biology, ecology, and behavior Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  9. 9 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  10. 10 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 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 available33.9%not open66.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.7%domestic only64.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Tyrrell Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% 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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