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Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association

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Research works
12
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
305
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
91%
world 18%
Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association

Not ranked overall: Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association work in?

In all years, 46% of research at Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (44%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (19%), Psychology (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 45.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 43.8% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 21.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 29.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 19.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 7.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 19.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKRwanda WildlifeConservation…12fractional works, all years
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences19%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science543.8%
    2. Engineering01.1%
    3. Computer Science01.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences219.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology17.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology03.1%
    1. Psychology18.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting14.6%
    3. Social Sciences03.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.6%
    1. Medicine03.8%
    2. Veterinary01.1%
    3. Nursing00.6%
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: 4.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.71× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.51× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 8.87× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.51×3 works
  2. Veterinary8.87×0 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.13×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.71×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.69×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×0 works
  7. Psychology0.89×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.52×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.29×0 works
  10. Medicine0.18×0 works
  11. Engineering0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association?

Ranked on the quality score, Michel K. Masozera, Felix Mulindahabi and Protais Niyigaba lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association.

  1. 1 Michel K. Masozera Rwanda · #495,626 worldwide 2.1k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Felix Mulindahabi Rwanda · #508,987 worldwide 1.3k citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Protais Niyigaba Rwanda · #1,064,243 worldwide 515 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Olivier Nsengimana Rwanda · #2,213,435 worldwide 244 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association

What are the most cited papers from Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association?

The most cited paper from Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association is "Assessing the suitability of community-based management for the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda" (Michel K. Masozera, Janaki R.R. Alavalapati, Susan Kay Jacobson et al., 2004), with 193 citations. Next come "Biological Earth observation with animal sensors" (137) and "Activity and Ranging Patterns of Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii in Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda: Possible Costs of Large Group Size" (123).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Assessing the suitability of community-based management for the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda Michel K. Masozera, Janaki R.R. Alavalapati, Susan Kay Jacobson et al. · Forest Policy and Economics 12 Nov 2004 193
2 Biological Earth observation with animal sensors Walter Jetz et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Open access224 authors 8 Mar 2022 137
3 Activity and Ranging Patterns of Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii in Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda: Possible Costs of Large Group Size Peter J. Fashing, Felix Mulindahabi, Jean-Baptiste Gakima et al. · International Journal of Primatology 24 May 2007 123
4 Are ranger patrols effective in reducing poaching‐related threats within protected areas? Jennifer Frances Moore, Felix Mulindahabi, Michel K. Masozera et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology Open access 4 Jul 2017 115
5 Towards ecosystem accounts for Rwanda: Tracking 25 years of change in flows and potential supply of ecosystem services Kenneth J. Bagstad, Jane Carter Ingram, Glenn‐Marie Lange et al. · People and Nature Open access 9 Dec 2019 62
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and African Botany and Ecology Studies.

Aquatic Ecosystems and B…0Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 0 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversi…0Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 0 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…0Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…0African Botany and Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Environment…0Economic and Environmental Valuation: 0 fractional worksBiological Control of Invasive Species: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 0 fractional works
EcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeForestryNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 0 works
  2. 2 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  3. 3 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  4. 4 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 0 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  6. 6 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Economic and Environmental Valuation Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Biological Control of Invasive Species Insect Science 0 works
  9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available59.1%not open40.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors90.8%domestic only9.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000016% in 2024.

still counting0.000020%0.000040%Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association0.000031% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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