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Save the Elephants

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,255
of 28,054 · #29,469 all time
Rank in Kenya
#63
of 75
Research works
281
▲ 70% vs 2013–17
Citations
6k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
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: 1.91× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.63× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 27.78× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.46× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.35× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 27.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Save the Elephants?

Ranked on the composite score, Hanneke Grootenboer and Iain Douglas‐Hamilton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Save the Elephants.

  1. 1 Hanneke Grootenboer Kenya · #818,513 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Iain Douglas‐Hamilton Kenya · #970,344 worldwide 31 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Save the Elephants

Which keywords describe research at Save the Elephants?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Population Dynamics, Animal Movement, Occupancy Rates, Climate Change, Ecological Knowledge, Adaptation, Evolution and Pastoralists.

▲ 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. Population Dynamics9▲ 60×5 topics
  2. Animal Movement9▲ 269×1 topic
  3. Occupancy Rates9▲ 269×1 topic
  4. Climate Change7▲ 4.3×19 topics
  5. Sustainability4▲ 2.7×9 topics
  6. Ecological Knowledge4▲ 141×2 topics
  7. Adaptation3▲ 18×3 topics
  8. Biodiversity3▲ 6.6×9 topics
  9. Evolution3▲ 19×4 topics
  10. Pastoralists3▲ 172×1 topic
  11. Rangeland Degradation3▲ 172×1 topic
  12. Communication3▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Altruism2▲ 47×2 topics
  14. Cooperation2▲ 62×2 topics
  15. Primates2▲ 213×1 topic
  16. Social Behavior2▲ 68×1 topic
  17. Animal Welfare2▲ 42×3 topics
  18. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.1×6 topics
  19. Emotional State2▲ 111×1 topic
  20. Genomic Analysis2▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Stress Indicators2▲ 111×1 topic
  22. Habitat Connectivity2▲ 178×1 topic
  23. Invasive Species2▲ 7.0×9 topics
  24. Road Ecology2▲ 178×1 topic
  25. Social Cognition2▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Colonialism2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  27. Cultural Studies2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  28. Genetic Structure2▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Animal-Assisted Therapy2▲ 109×1 topic
  30. Dog Domestication2▲ 109×1 topic
  31. Teacher Training2▲ 4.0×3 topics
  32. Ethics1▲ 5.0×3 topics
  33. Conservation1▲ 4.9×8 topics
  34. Social Impact1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  35. Affect1▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Geography1▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Political Transition1▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Social Network Analysis1▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Arctic Indigenous Peoples1▲ 95×1 topic
  40. Traditional Knowledge1▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Save the Elephants publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Primate Behavior and Ecology and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…9Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 9 fractional worksRangeland Management and…3Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Eco…2Primate Behavior and Ecology: 2 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 2 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 2 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction…2Human-Animal Interaction Studies: 2 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 1 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 1 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 1 fractional works
EcologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSocial PsychologySmall Animals5 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 9 works
  2. 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  3. 3 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 2 works
  5. 5 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  8. 8 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 African history and culture studies Anthropology 1 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Save the Elephants's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 70% 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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