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Sea Turtle Conservancy

In research, Sea Turtle Conservancy stands highest in Environmental Science (#3,157 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#13,243 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 10.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#14,743
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,039
of 7,310
Research works
353
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
37.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.21×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Sea Turtle Conservancy

What is Sea Turtle Conservancy 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
Environmental ScienceField #3,157 of 5,407 15.4%152
Physical SciencesDomain #13,243 of 17,446 14.4%186

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sea Turtle Conservancy 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Sea Turtle Conservancy work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Sea Turtle Conservancy is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (50%), Medicine (9%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 58.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 50.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 14 fractional works · 23.6% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 11.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 9.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 20.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 8.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSea TurtleConservancy60fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences58%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences12%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3050.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences34.6%
    3. Engineering12.1%
    4. Energy00.4%
    5. Mathematics00.4%
    6. Computer Science00.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences58.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology46.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.7%
    1. Social Sciences47.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities12.0%
    3. Psychology11.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Medicine58.9%
    2. Nursing00.4%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
    4. Health Professions00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sea Turtle Conservancy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 30.2 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.77× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.82× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.93× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.14× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.14×30 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology6.82×4 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.93×3 works
  4. Veterinary2.43×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.77×5 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×3 works
  7. Nursing0.71×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.67×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.58×4 works
  10. Psychology0.49×1 works
  11. Medicine0.46×5 works
  12. Energy0.45×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.32×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.31×1 works
  15. Engineering0.14×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.11×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sea Turtle Conservancy?

Ranked on the quality score, Kimberly J. Reich, Karen Lind Eckert and Jaime Restrepo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sea Turtle Conservancy.

  1. 1 Kimberly J. Reich United States · #1,778,598 worldwide 1.4k citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Karen Lind Eckert United States · #2,325,559 worldwide 1.6k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Jaime Restrepo United States · #2,362,589 worldwide 160 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Daniel R. Evans United States · #2,554,170 worldwide 1.6k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Luciano S. Soares United States · #2,812,340 worldwide 1.1k citations · 26 works
  6. 6 William D. Head United States · #3,519,910 worldwide 338 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Karl W. Mueller United States · #4,469,688 worldwide 212 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Sea Turtle Conservancy

What are the most cited papers from Sea Turtle Conservancy?

The most cited paper from Sea Turtle Conservancy is "Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal Ecosystems" (Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Michael Xavier Kirby, Wolfgang Berger et al., 2001), with 6,683 citations. Next come "Global Trajectories of the Long-Term Decline of Coral Reef Ecosystems" (2,025) and "Regional Management Units for Marine Turtles: A Novel Framework for Prioritizing Conservation and Research across Multiple Scales" (687).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal Ecosystems Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Michael Xavier Kirby, Wolfgang Berger et al. · Science 27 Jul 2001 6,683
2 Global Trajectories of the Long-Term Decline of Coral Reef Ecosystems John M. Pandolfi, Roger Bradbury, Enric Sala et al. · Science 14 Aug 2003 2,025
3 Regional Management Units for Marine Turtles: A Novel Framework for Prioritizing Conservation and Research across Multiple Scales Bryan P. Wallace et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 17 Dec 2010 687
4 Global Conservation Priorities for Marine Turtles Bryan P. Wallace et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 28 Sep 2011 622
5 Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble Craig B. Stanford et al. · Current Biology Open access Jun 2020 379
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sea Turtle Conservancy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Conservation, Genetic Structure, Sea-Level Rise, Bycatch, Marine Turtles and Phylogenetic Analysis.

▲ 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. Climate Change22▲ 13×26 topics
  2. Population Dynamics18▲ 117×7 topics
  3. Conservation16▲ 62×13 topics
  4. Genetic Structure9▲ 207×3 topics
  5. Sea-Level Rise9▲ 131×2 topics
  6. Bycatch9▲ 1352×1 topic
  7. Marine Turtles9▲ 1352×1 topic
  8. Marine Ecosystems4▲ 135×2 topics
  9. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 24×5 topics
  10. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 31×4 topics
  11. Conservation Biology4▲ 60×3 topics
  12. Epidemiology4▲ 1.55×18 topics
  13. Amphibian Declines4▲ 227×1 topic
  14. Chytridiomycosis4▲ 227×1 topic
  15. Phylogeny4▲ 34×5 topics
  16. Ecology3▲ 31×3 topics
  17. Invasive Species3▲ 12×11 topics
  18. Fisheries3▲ 117×2 topics
  19. Ocean Acidification3▲ 66×3 topics
  20. Biodiversity3▲ 6.0×15 topics
  21. Rays3▲ 205×1 topic
  22. Sharks3▲ 205×1 topic
  23. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 21×7 topics
  24. Habitat Selection2▲ 45×2 topics
  25. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Pathogenesis2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  27. Bleaching2▲ 88×1 topic
  28. Coral Reefs2▲ 88×1 topic
  29. Trophic Cascades2▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Acoustic Communication2▲ 51×2 topics
  31. Anthropogenic Noise2▲ 87×1 topic
  32. Evolution2▲ 9.2×6 topics
  33. Marine Mammals2▲ 87×1 topic
  34. Predator-Prey Interactions2▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Aquaculture1▲ 9.5×4 topics
  36. Bats1▲ 69×2 topics
  37. Illegal Wildlife Trade1▲ 171×1 topic
  38. Parrot Poaching1▲ 171×1 topic
  39. Rabies1▲ 123×1 topic
  40. Virus1▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Sea Turtle Conservancy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Turtle Biology and Conservation, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Ichthyology and Marine Biology and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Turtle Biology and Conse…9Turtle Biology and Conservation: 9 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 4 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 3 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 2 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…2Marine animal studies overview: 2 fractional worksWildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses: 1 fractional worksRabies epidemiology and control: 1 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 1 fractional worksBird parasitology and diseases: 1 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 1 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcologyVirology3 others

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

  1. 1 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 9 works
  2. 2 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  3. 3 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  4. 4 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 2 works
  5. 5 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 1 works
  8. 8 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Bird parasitology and diseases Parasitology 1 works
  10. 10 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available40.0%not open60.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sea Turtle Conservancy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sea Turtle Conservancy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Sea Turtle Conservancy0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sea Turtle Conservancy over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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