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Saint Louis Zoo

In research, Saint Louis Zoo stands highest in Life Sciences (#11,887 of 14,347 worldwide), Health Sciences (#17,721 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#16,785 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,037
of 28,054 · #25,974 all time
Rank in United States
#3,443
of 4,192
Research works
470
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.2k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Saint Louis Zoo 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 #11,887 of 14,347 15.5%139
Health SciencesDomain #17,721 of 20,462 7.5%188
MedicineField #16,785 of 17,978 6.3%147

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saint Louis Zoo 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).

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: 2.92× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.00× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.00× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.91× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.40× its world share, 19 worksMedicineVeterinary: 71.29× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.06× its world share, 4 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 71.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Saint Louis Zoo?

Ranked on the composite score, David Powell and Sharon L. Deem lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Louis Zoo.

  1. 1 David Powell United States · #254,585 worldwide 62 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Sharon L. Deem United States · #441,344 worldwide 86 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Louis Zoo

Which keywords describe research at Saint Louis Zoo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Population Dynamics, Climate Change, Animal Welfare, Epidemiology, Emotional State, Stress Indicators, Habitat Selection and Genetic Structure.

▲ 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 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 Change9▲ 4.7×27 topics
  2. Epidemiology9▲ 3.1×38 topics
  3. Population Dynamics8▲ 44×9 topics
  4. Animal Welfare6▲ 99×4 topics
  5. Emotional State5▲ 222×1 topic
  6. Stress Indicators5▲ 222×1 topic
  7. Habitat Selection5▲ 88×2 topics
  8. Genetic Structure4▲ 89×4 topics
  9. Trophic Cascades4▲ 64×2 topics
  10. Animal Movement4▲ 110×1 topic
  11. Occupancy Rates4▲ 110×1 topic
  12. Conservation4▲ 13×8 topics
  13. Biodiversity3▲ 6.2×12 topics
  14. Evolution3▲ 18×4 topics
  15. Social Behavior3▲ 74×2 topics
  16. Intelligence3▲ 101×1 topic
  17. Primates3▲ 218×1 topic
  18. Oxytocin3▲ 79×2 topics
  19. Social Cognition3▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Genomic Analysis2▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Adaptive Evolution2▲ 63×2 topics
  22. Animal-Assisted Therapy2▲ 144×1 topic
  23. Dog Domestication2▲ 144×1 topic
  24. Genetic Variation2▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Natural Selection2▲ 61×2 topics
  26. Reproductive Strategies2▲ 87×2 topics
  27. Evolutionary Dynamics2▲ 89×1 topic
  28. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 20×7 topics
  29. Phenotypic Plasticity2▲ 121×1 topic
  30. Genetic Diversity2▲ 6.8×10 topics
  31. Invasive Species2▲ 6.5×12 topics
  32. Bycatch2▲ 246×1 topic
  33. Marine Turtles2▲ 246×1 topic
  34. Immune Response2▲ 4.4×9 topics
  35. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Anesthesia2▲ 30×3 topics
  37. Conservation Biology2▲ 22×4 topics
  38. Cytokines2▲ 8.0×6 topics
  39. Pharmacokinetics2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  40. Diabetes Mellitus1▲ 9.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Saint Louis Zoo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Primate Behavior and Ecology and Human-Animal Interaction Studies.

Animal Behavior and Welf…5Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 5 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 3 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 2 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 2 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conse…2Turtle Biology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 1 fractional worksBird parasitology and diseases: 1 fractional worksPhysiological and biochemical adaptations: 1 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 1 fractional works
Small AnimalsEcologySocial PsychologyGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 5 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  3. 3 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  6. 6 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  7. 7 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia Small Animals 1 works
  8. 8 Bird parasitology and diseases Parasitology 1 works
  9. 9 Physiological and biochemical adaptations Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 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 available26.6%not open73.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saint Louis Zoo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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