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Save the Elephants

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,219
of 22,385 · #20,204 all time
Rank in Kenya
#64
of 69
Research works
281
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
6k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
60%
world 18%
Save the Elephants

Which fields of science does Save the Elephants work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research at Save the Elephants is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (23%), Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 34.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 23.4% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 15.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 32.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 20.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 17.5% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 15.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSave theElephants81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences33%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1923.4%
    2. Mathematics33.9%
    3. Engineering23.1%
    4. Computer Science22.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    6. Chemistry00.6%
    7. Materials Science00.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences1620.0%
    2. Psychology55.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities33.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting33.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine89.8%
    2. Health Professions34.0%
    3. Veterinary33.3%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences78.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology45.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 1.79× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.71× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.31× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.53× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 24.51× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.21× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.89× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 24.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary24.51×3 works
  2. Environmental Science4.71×19 works
  3. Mathematics3.31×3 works
  4. Psychology1.89×5 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.79×7 works
  6. Social Sciences1.58×16 works
  7. Health Professions1.53×3 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.21×3 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.98×3 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×4 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.77×1 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.56×1 works
  13. Medicine0.51×8 works
  14. Dentistry0.42×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.39×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.37×0 works
  17. Nursing0.28×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.27×2 works
  19. Engineering0.21×2 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.20×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.18×0 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Save the Elephants?

Ranked on the quality score, Iain Douglas‐Hamilton, Joyce H. Poole and Jake Wall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Save the Elephants.

  1. 1 Iain Douglas‐Hamilton Kenya · #105,821 worldwide 9.4k citations · 158 works
  2. 2 Joyce H. Poole Kenya · #261,168 worldwide 4.5k citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Jake Wall Kenya · #302,462 worldwide 2.4k citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Cynthia J. Moss Kenya · #323,718 worldwide 6.2k citations · 80 works
  5. 5 Henrik Barner Rasmussen Kenya · #501,659 worldwide 5.9k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Julian Blanc Kenya · #769,866 worldwide 4.4k citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Michael J. Chase Kenya · #787,668 worldwide 1.9k citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Chris R. Thouless Kenya · #1,029,311 worldwide 2.8k citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Lucy E. King Kenya · #1,301,081 worldwide 1.3k citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Shifra Z. Goldenberg Kenya · #1,447,415 worldwide 831 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Save the Elephants

What are the most cited papers from Save the Elephants?

The most cited paper from Save the Elephants is "Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements" (Marlee A. Tucker et al., 2018), with 1,329 citations. Next come "The socioecology of elephants: analysis of the processes creating multitiered social structures" (597) and "Illegal killing for ivory drives global decline in African elephants" (427).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements Marlee A. Tucker et al. · Science Open access115 authors 25 Jan 2018 1,329
2 The socioecology of elephants: analysis of the processes creating multitiered social structures George Wittemyer, Iain Douglas‐Hamilton, Wayne Marcus Getz · Animal Behaviour 9 Apr 2005 597
3 Illegal killing for ivory drives global decline in African elephants George Wittemyer, Joseph M. Northrup, Julian Blanc et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 18 Aug 2014 427
4 The ties that bind: genetic relatedness predicts the fission and fusion of social groups in wild African elephants Elizabeth A. Archie, Cynthia J. Moss, Susan C. Alberts · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 6 Dec 2005 400
5 The demography of an African elephant ( Loxodonta africana ) population in Amboseli, Kenya Cynthia J. Moss · Journal of Zoology Oct 2001 373
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Save the Elephants?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Population Dynamics, Animal Movement, Occupancy Rates, Climate Change, Ecological Knowledge, Adaptation, Statistical Analysis and Evolution.

▲ 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. Population Dynamics10▲ 48×6 topics
  2. Animal Movement9▲ 227×1 topic
  3. Occupancy Rates9▲ 227×1 topic
  4. Climate Change8▲ 3.5×22 topics
  5. Sustainability4▲ 2.2×11 topics
  6. Ecological Knowledge4▲ 114×2 topics
  7. Adaptation3▲ 13×3 topics
  8. Biodiversity3▲ 5.2×9 topics
  9. Evolution3▲ 15×4 topics
  10. Statistical Analysis3▲ 23×2 topics
  11. Benford's Law3▲ 878×1 topic
  12. Fraud Detection3▲ 27×1 topic
  13. Communication3▲ 11×3 topics
  14. Pastoralists3▲ 143×1 topic
  15. Rangeland Degradation3▲ 143×1 topic
  16. Altruism3▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Cooperation3▲ 51×2 topics
  18. European Union3▲ 15×1 topic
  19. Legal Interpretation3▲ 210×1 topic
  20. Animal Welfare3▲ 36×3 topics
  21. Primates3▲ 166×1 topic
  22. Social Behavior3▲ 55×1 topic
  23. Emotional State2▲ 98×1 topic
  24. Innovation2▲ 3.0×5 topics
  25. Stress Indicators2▲ 98×1 topic
  26. Colonialism2▲ 6.1×7 topics
  27. Invasive Species2▲ 6.1×10 topics
  28. Genomic Analysis2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  29. Habitat Connectivity2▲ 142×1 topic
  30. Intellectual Property Rights2▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Patent Analysis2▲ 180×1 topic
  32. Road Ecology2▲ 142×1 topic
  33. Cultural Studies2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  34. Social Cognition2▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Genetic Structure2▲ 27×3 topics
  36. Animal-Assisted Therapy2▲ 80×1 topic
  37. Dog Domestication2▲ 80×1 topic
  38. Phylogeny1▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Anthropocene1▲ 26×3 topics
  40. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 7.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Save the Elephants publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology and Legal Language and Interpretation.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…9Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 9 fractional worksBenford’s Law and Fraud Detection: 3 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksLegal Language and Interpretation: 3 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 3 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…2Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 2 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 2 fractional worksIntellectual Property and Patents: 2 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 2 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 1 fractional works
EcologyStatistics and ProbabilityManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawLaw5 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 9 works
  2. 2 Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection Statistics and Probability 3 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  4. 4 Legal Language and Interpretation Law 3 works
  5. 5 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 2 works
  7. 7 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Intellectual Property and Patents Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  9. 9 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 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 available62.0%not open38.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.2%domestic only39.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Save the Elephants's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 Save the Elephants as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Save the Elephants0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Save the Elephants over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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