The Nature Conservancy
In research, The Nature Conservancy stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,342 of 3,334 worldwide), Global and Planetary Change (#485 of 544 worldwide) and Ecology (#590 of 600 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Immunology (Endocrine and Autonomic Systems is 7.0× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #22,383 of 22,385 · #33,598 all time
- Rank in United States
- #3,331 of 3,332
- Research works
- 9.9k ◆ 1% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 130k 13.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 3.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.23× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 37% world 40%
- International
- 15% world 18%
What is The Nature Conservancy known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental ScienceField | #2,342 of 3,334 | 10.5% | 375 | #1103 | |
| Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield | #485 of 544 | 13.1% | 93 | #593 | |
| EcologySubfield | #590 of 600 | 11.0% | 102 | #1039 | |
| NeuroscienceField | #1,083 of 1,092 | 0.5% | 161 | #2063 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #10,588 of 10,670 | 6.1% | 950 | #5225 | |
| Social SciencesField | #5,954 of 5,988 | 7.2% | 175 | #8826 | |
| GeneticsSubfield | #538 of 541 | 2.3% | 82 | #1383 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #3,148 of 3,157 | 8.0% | 132 | #4290 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #9,565 of 9,585 | 5.9% | 384 | #13811 | |
| ImmunologySubfield | #479 of 480 | 0.2% | 161 | #1135 |
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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Environmental Science#1,103 #2,342
- Global and Planetary Change#593 #485
- Ecology#1,039 #590
- Neuroscience#2,063 #1,083
- Physical Sciences#5,225 #10,588
- Social Sciences#8,826 #5,954
- Genetics#1,383 #538
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,290 #3,148
- Social Sciences#13,811 #9,565
- Immunology#1,135 #479
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does The Nature Conservancy work in?
In 2022-now, 33% of research at The Nature Conservancy is in Life Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Life Sciences1,31732.8%
- Health Sciences1,21830.3%
- Medicine1,14128.4%
- Health Professions471.2%
- Nursing230.6%
- Dentistry40.1%
- Veterinary30.1%
- Physical Sciences1,05826.4%
- Environmental Science42210.5%
- Engineering2406.0%
- Computer Science962.4%
- Physics and Astronomy942.4%
- Chemistry621.5%
- Materials Science521.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences471.2%
- Energy220.5%
- Mathematics130.3%
- Chemical Engineering100.3%
- Social Sciences42110.5%
- Social Sciences1914.8%
- Psychology681.7%
- Arts and Humanities641.6%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance441.1%
- Decision Sciences290.7%
- Business, Management and Accounting250.6%
What does The Nature Conservancy specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 24.0 works7.0×
- ImmunologySubfield · 180.9 works6.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Immunology and Microbiology4.84×196 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.65×782 works
- Neuroscience2.77×180 works
- Environmental Science2.12×422 works
- Medicine1.48×1,141 works
- Nursing1.17×23 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.06×94 works
- Chemistry0.98×62 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.79×150 works
- Decision Sciences0.75×29 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.74×47 works
- Chemical Engineering0.73×10 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×10 works
- Energy0.59×22 works
- Veterinary0.55×3 works
- Arts and Humanities0.55×64 works
- Psychology0.55×68 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×44 works
- Health Professions0.44×46 works
- Engineering0.40×240 works
- Social Sciences0.38×191 works
- Materials Science0.37×52 works
- Computer Science0.31×96 works
- Mathematics0.28×13 works
- Dentistry0.21×4 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.20×25 works
- Immunology and Microbiology 4.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3.6×
- Neuroscience 2.8×
- Environmental Science 2.1×
- Medicine 1.5×
- Nursing 1.2×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.1×
- Chemistry 1.0×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.8×
- Decision Sciences 0.8×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.7×
- Chemical Engineering 0.7×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.7×
- Energy 0.6×
- Veterinary 0.6×
- Arts and Humanities 0.6×
- Psychology 0.6×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.5×
- Health Professions 0.4×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Social Sciences 0.4×
- Materials Science 0.4×
- Computer Science 0.3×
- Mathematics 0.3×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at The Nature Conservancy?
Ranked on the quality score, Kris Johnson, Susan C. Cook‐Patton and Joseph Fargione lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Nature Conservancy.
- 1
Kris Johnson
United States · #10,967 worldwide 16k citations · 168 works
- 2
Susan C. Cook‐Patton
United States · #13,739 worldwide 8.6k citations · 117 works
- 3
Joseph Fargione
United States · #21,991 worldwide 26k citations · 110 works
- 4
Stephen Andrew Wood
United States · #25,567 worldwide 14k citations · 133 works
- 5
M. Rebecca Shaw
United States · #35,623 worldwide 16k citations · 68 works
- 6
Joseph M. Kiesecker
United States · #36,121 worldwide 19k citations · 208 works
- 7
Christina Marie Kennedy
United States · #37,651 worldwide 9.5k citations · 124 works
- 8
Robert Ian McDonald
United States · #38,447 worldwide 16k citations · 166 works
- 9
Elizabeth Mcleod
United States · #38,849 worldwide 9.2k citations · 59 works
- 10
Nicholas H. Wolff
United States · #39,612 worldwide 4.9k citations · 107 works
Which keywords describe research at The Nature Conservancy?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Inflammation, Cancer, Metabolic Syndrome, Immunotherapy, Capacity Building, Cancer Immunotherapy and Cardiovascular Disease.
- Epilepsy Treatment
- Bioinformatics
- NK Cell Recognition
- Autoimmunity
- Targeted Therapy
- Metabolic Regulation
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction
- Conservation
- Neurological Disorders
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Metabolism
- Immunity
- Clinical Trials
- Gene Expression
- Immunotherapy
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Climate Change
- Cancer
- Oxidative Stress
- Sustainability
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Biodiversity
- Cancer Therapy
- Obesity
- Invasive Species
- Innate Immunity
- Insulin Resistance
- Capacity Building
- Cancer Immunotherapy
- Heart Failure
- Genomics
- Population Dynamics
- Weight Loss
- Lymphoma
- Natural Killer Cells
- Tumor Regression
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
- Climate Change279▲ 2.6×95 topics
- Inflammation212▲ 2.5×67 topics
- Cancer140▲ 2.6×49 topics
- Epidemiology140◆ 0.88×101 topics
- Oxidative Stress115▲ 1.73×49 topics
- Public Health110▲ 1.88×38 topics
- Sustainability110◆ 1.12×71 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome108▲ 3.3×21 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease104▲ 2.3×35 topics
- Immunotherapy92▲ 3.1×18 topics
- Biodiversity87▲ 2.8×32 topics
- Gene Expression82▲ 3.3×19 topics
- Cancer Therapy74▲ 3.2×16 topics
- Clinical Trials74▲ 2.8×16 topics
- Obesity71▲ 2.3×18 topics
- Immunity66▲ 4.0×10 topics
- Invasive Species65▲ 3.8×17 topics
- Metabolism64▲ 3.0×23 topics
- Innate Immunity63▲ 4.9×11 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment62▲ 3.4×8 topics
- Insulin Resistance62▲ 3.4×9 topics
- Neurological Disorders61▲ 2.7×17 topics
- Capacity Building59▲ 24×3 topics
- Conservation57▲ 3.3×20 topics
- Cancer Immunotherapy56▲ 9.2×3 topics
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction56▲ 4.8×11 topics
- Heart Failure53▲ 3.0×14 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation53▲ 3.5×16 topics
- Genomics53▲ 4.5×11 topics
- Metabolic Regulation49▲ 7.3×5 topics
- Population Dynamics46▲ 4.5×10 topics
- Targeted Therapy45▲ 5.0×5 topics
- Weight Loss43▲ 6.7×4 topics
- Autoimmunity41▲ 7.2×6 topics
- Lymphoma39▲ 6.1×4 topics
- NK Cell Recognition39▲ 16×1 topic
- Natural Killer Cells39▲ 16×1 topic
- Bioinformatics38▲ 8.1×4 topics
- Tumor Regression37▲ 8.2×2 topics
- Epilepsy Treatment34▲ 8.9×2 topics
Which research topics does The Nature Conservancy publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Immune Cell Function and Interaction, CAR-T cell therapy research, Biotechnology and Related Fields and Diet and metabolism studies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 39 works
- 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 31 works
- 3 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 31 works
- 4 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 30 works
- 5 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 28 works
- 6 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 28 works
- 7 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 27 works
- 8 Science, Research, and Medicine Reproductive Medicine 26 works
- 9 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 25 works
- 10 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 24 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has The Nature Conservancy's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 The Nature Conservancy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.
Fractional works of The Nature Conservancy over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.6% in 2012.
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- International Foundation for Electoral Systems
- ENVIRON (United States)
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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