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Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

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World rank, all time
#37,859
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#828
of 896
Research works
134
▲ 122% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What does Toronto and Region Conservation Authority specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 13.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 22.3 works14×
← 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: 1.73× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 13.51× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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, 13.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Water Quality, Habitat Fragmentation, Biodiversity, Eutrophication, Population Dynamics and Hydrological Modeling.

▲ 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 Change11▲ 12×28 topics
  2. Invasive Species5▲ 36×8 topics
  3. Water Quality3▲ 25×6 topics
  4. Biodiversity3▲ 12×7 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 41×4 topics
  6. Eutrophication3▲ 85×3 topics
  7. Population Dynamics3▲ 34×6 topics
  8. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 31×2 topics
  9. Remote Sensing2▲ 5.9×8 topics
  10. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  11. Land Use Change2▲ 22×3 topics
  12. Model Evaluation2▲ 53×2 topics
  13. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 70×2 topics
  14. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 100×2 topics
  15. Hyporheic Zone2▲ 290×1 topic
  16. Nutrient Cycling2▲ 84×1 topic
  17. Conservation2▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Biodiversity Loss2▲ 108×2 topics
  19. Ecosystem Engineering2▲ 190×2 topics
  20. Sediment Transport2▲ 34×3 topics
  21. Trophic Cascades2▲ 54×2 topics
  22. Conservation Challenges2▲ 101×1 topic
  23. Environmental Impacts2▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Flow Regulation2▲ 101×1 topic
  25. Habitat Selection2▲ 63×2 topics
  26. Aquatic Invasions2▲ 242×1 topic
  27. Conservation Biology2▲ 44×3 topics
  28. Conservation Genetics2▲ 123×2 topics
  29. Freshwater Mussels2▲ 242×1 topic
  30. Ecosystem Services1▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Flood Risk1▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Satellite Imagery1▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Surface Water Mapping1▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Water Resources1▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Animal Movement1▲ 70×1 topic
  36. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 9.5×5 topics
  37. Occupancy Rates1▲ 70×1 topic
  38. Ecological Niche1▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Global Change1▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Species Distribution Modeling1▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does Toronto and Region Conservation Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Soil and Water Nutrient …2Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…2Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Eco…2Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 2 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…1Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…1Species Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics: 1 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 1 fractional works
Environmental ChemistryNature and Landscape ConservationEcologyGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

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

  1. 1 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  3. 3 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 2 works
  4. 4 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  7. 7 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  9. 9 Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available46.0%not open54.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Toronto and Region Conservation Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 122% 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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