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The Wildlife Society

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World rank, all time
#36,800
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,771
of 8,685
Research works
166
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
25.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
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: 2.40× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.66× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.22× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 7.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 3.96× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at The Wildlife Society?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Conservation, Habitat Selection, Invasive Species, Conservation Biology and Trophic Cascades.

▲ 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change8▲ 11×21 topics
  2. Biodiversity5▲ 27×12 topics
  3. Population Dynamics4▲ 64×6 topics
  4. Conservation4▲ 33×11 topics
  5. Habitat Selection4▲ 183×2 topics
  6. Invasive Species3▲ 27×9 topics
  7. Conservation Biology3▲ 104×4 topics
  8. Trophic Cascades3▲ 104×2 topics
  9. Animal Movement2▲ 164×1 topic
  10. Occupancy Rates2▲ 164×1 topic
  11. Ecological Niche2▲ 119×1 topic
  12. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 119×1 topic
  13. Ecosystem2▲ 62×3 topics
  14. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 29×4 topics
  15. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 36×5 topics
  16. Avian Ecology1▲ 231×1 topic
  17. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 13×7 topics
  18. Data Sharing1▲ 198×1 topic
  19. Genetic Diversity1▲ 11×7 topics
  20. Migration Patterns1▲ 191×1 topic
  21. Scientific Data Management1▲ 246×1 topic
  22. Epidemiology1▲ 1.18×11 topics
  23. Metabolic Rate1▲ 72×2 topics
  24. Public Health1▲ 3.2×5 topics
  25. Species Richness1▲ 67×2 topics
  26. Bibliometric Analysis1▲ 69×1 topic
  27. Ecosystem Services1▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Research Evaluation1▲ 164×1 topic

Which research topics does The Wildlife Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Research Data Management Practices and Avian ecology and behavior.

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksResearch Data Management…1Research Data Management Practices: 1 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior1Avian ecology and behavior: 1 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…1Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 0 fractional works
EcologyEcological ModelingInformation SystemsStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty3 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  3. 3 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  6. 6 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  8. 8 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  9. 9 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 0 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 available46.8%not open53.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.7%domestic only77.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Wildlife Society's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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