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The Nature Conservancy

In research, The Nature Conservancy stands highest in Environmental Science (#411 of 3,551 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,629 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,744 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Immunology and Biophysics — Endocrine and Autonomic Systems is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,437
of 28,054 · #2,847 all time
Rank in United States
#372
of 4,192
Research works
9.9k
▲ 583% vs 2013–17
Citations
130k
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is The Nature Conservancy known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Environmental ScienceField #411 of 3,551 18.5%375 #298
Life SciencesDomain #1,629 of 7,800 2.5%1,168 #2182
Physical SciencesDomain #2,744 of 12,888 9.6%950 #3108
Health SciencesDomain #2,843 of 11,982 1.5%1,112 #6544
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #835 of 3,409 11.9%132 #835
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #227 of 535 23.7%93 #206
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,597 of 3,579 1.5%693 #2151
MedicineField #4,866 of 10,443 1.4%1,041 #8188
EcologySubfield #275 of 578 19.1%102 #241
Social SciencesDomain #5,380 of 10,521 9.0%384 #2835

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Nature 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Environmental Science#298 #411
  2. Life Sciences#2,182 #1,629
  3. Physical Sciences#3,108 #2,744
  4. Health Sciences#6,544 #2,843
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#835 #835
  6. Global and Planetary Change#206 #227
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,151 #1,597
  8. Medicine#8,188 #4,866
  9. Ecology#241 #275
  10. Social Sciences#2,835 #5,380
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does The Nature Conservancy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 21.8 works7.1×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 160.8 works6.5×
  3. BiophysicsSubfield · 21.3 works5.2×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 132 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.60× its world share, 693 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.79× its world share, 174 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.74× its world share, 161 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.74× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.02× its world share, 58 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 90 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 42 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 214 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.09× its world share, 375 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 47 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.05× its world share, 84 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 43 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.50× its world share, 1,041 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 56 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 25 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 60 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 175 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Nature Conservancy?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert I. McDonald, Monya Baker and Stephen A. Wood lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Nature Conservancy.

  1. 1 Robert I. McDonald United States · #54,590 worldwide 514 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Monya Baker United States · #104,092 worldwide 732 citations · 140 works
  3. 3 Stephen A. Wood United States · #105,549 worldwide 663 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Mark Spalding United States · #123,013 worldwide 253 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Chris Gunter United States · #220,409 worldwide 282 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Joseph M. Kiesecker United States · #236,554 worldwide 214 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Guillaume Tena United States · #251,364 worldwide 137 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Joseph Fargione United States · #261,442 worldwide 907 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Susan C. Cook‐Patton United States · #292,740 worldwide 271 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Jeffrey S. Evans United States · #299,462 worldwide 214 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at The Nature Conservancy

Which keywords describe research at The Nature Conservancy?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Inflammation, Cancer, Metabolic Syndrome, Immunotherapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Capacity Building and Cancer Immunotherapy.

▲ 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 Change252▲ 2.6×90 topics
  2. Inflammation193▲ 2.6×65 topics
  3. Epidemiology131◆ 0.91×96 topics
  4. Cancer128▲ 2.6×48 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress105▲ 1.77×48 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome104▲ 3.5×19 topics
  7. Public Health104▲ 1.97×35 topics
  8. Sustainability101◆ 1.15×67 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease98▲ 2.4×34 topics
  10. Immunotherapy85▲ 3.3×18 topics
  11. Biodiversity78▲ 2.9×32 topics
  12. Gene Expression72▲ 3.3×19 topics
  13. Clinical Trials69▲ 2.9×16 topics
  14. Cancer Therapy68▲ 3.3×16 topics
  15. Obesity66▲ 2.4×18 topics
  16. Immunity60▲ 4.2×10 topics
  17. Insulin Resistance58▲ 3.5×9 topics
  18. Metabolism58▲ 3.1×23 topics
  19. Invasive Species58▲ 3.7×17 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders57▲ 2.8×16 topics
  21. Innate Immunity57▲ 4.9×11 topics
  22. Tumor Microenvironment57▲ 3.5×8 topics
  23. Capacity Building54▲ 25×3 topics
  24. Conservation53▲ 3.4×19 topics
  25. Cancer Immunotherapy52▲ 9.3×3 topics
  26. Mitochondrial Dysfunction51▲ 4.8×11 topics
  27. Genomics50▲ 4.6×11 topics
  28. Metabolic Regulation44▲ 7.4×5 topics
  29. Weight Loss43▲ 7.2×4 topics
  30. Targeted Therapy42▲ 5.2×5 topics
  31. Population Dynamics41▲ 4.5×10 topics
  32. Autoimmunity38▲ 7.3×5 topics
  33. Lymphoma37▲ 6.4×3 topics
  34. NK Cell Recognition37▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Natural Killer Cells37▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Bioinformatics36▲ 8.8×4 topics
  37. Tumor Regression35▲ 8.8×2 topics
  38. Epilepsy Treatment33▲ 9.1×2 topics
  39. Ketogenic Diet31▲ 8.9×2 topics
  40. Leukemia31▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does The Nature Conservancy publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Immune Cell Function and Interaction, CAR-T cell therapy research, Diet and metabolism studies and Biotechnology and Related Fields.

Immune Cell Function and…37Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 37 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…30CAR-T cell therapy research: 30 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 30 fractional worksBiotechnology and Related Fields: 27 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 27 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 26 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 24 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metab…24Adipose Tissue and Metabolism: 24 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 22 fractional worksScience, Research, and Medicine: 22 fractional works
ImmunologyOncologyPhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 37 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 30 works
  3. 3 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 30 works
  4. 4 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 27 works
  5. 5 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 27 works
  6. 6 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 26 works
  7. 7 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 24 works
  8. 8 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 24 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 22 works
  10. 10 Science, Research, and Medicine Reproductive Medicine 22 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Nature Conservancy's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 583% 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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