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Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

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World rank, all time
#37,128
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,990
of 2,253
Research works
173
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.2k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
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: 3.52× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.82× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.76× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.75× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 6.92× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 58.11× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.58× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 58.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Zoological Society of Scotland?

Ranked on the composite score, Arnaud Léonard Jean Desbiez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.

  1. 1 Arnaud Léonard Jean Desbiez United Kingdom · #783,151 worldwide 128 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

Which keywords describe research at Royal Zoological Society of Scotland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Habitat Selection, Trophic Cascades, Animal Movement, Occupancy Rates, Climate Change and Molecular 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 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. Population Dynamics4▲ 75×7 topics
  2. Biodiversity3▲ 18×13 topics
  3. Climate Change3▲ 4.7×19 topics
  4. Animal Movement3▲ 202×1 topic
  5. Habitat Selection3▲ 149×2 topics
  6. Occupancy Rates3▲ 202×1 topic
  7. Trophic Cascades3▲ 116×2 topics
  8. Invasive Species2▲ 22×11 topics
  9. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 61×5 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity2▲ 21×6 topics
  11. Conservation2▲ 19×9 topics
  12. Genetic Structure2▲ 100×4 topics
  13. Population Genetics2▲ 48×3 topics
  14. Biogeography2▲ 24×3 topics
  15. Evolution2▲ 25×4 topics
  16. Social Behavior2▲ 110×2 topics
  17. DNA Barcoding1▲ 35×6 topics
  18. Environmental Impact1▲ 3.3×7 topics
  19. Intelligence1▲ 141×1 topic
  20. Primates1▲ 305×1 topic
  21. Animal Welfare1▲ 58×3 topics
  22. Adaptive Evolution1▲ 79×2 topics
  23. Mammal Evolution1▲ 216×1 topic
  24. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis1▲ 216×1 topic
  25. Species Delimitation1▲ 97×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Zoological Society of Scotland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies and Genetic diversity and population structure.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…3Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 3 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Eco…1Primate Behavior and Ecology: 1 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontolo…1Evolution and Paleontology Studies: 1 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 1 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 1 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 1 fractional worksVeterinary Medicine and Surgery: 1 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 1 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 1 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 1 fractional works
EcologySocial PsychologyPaleontologyGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 3 works
  2. 2 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 1 works
  4. 4 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 1 works
  5. 5 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 1 works
  6. 6 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Small Animals 1 works
  8. 8 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.1%domestic only55.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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.

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