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Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

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World rank, all time
#34,018
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#705
of 718
Research works
134
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Which fields of science does Toronto and Region Conservation Authority work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (64%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%), Medicine (6%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 71.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 63.6% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 16.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 10.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 12.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKToronto andRegion…39fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences7%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2563.6%
    2. Engineering13.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    5. Chemistry00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences38.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    1. Medicine25.7%
    2. Health Professions23.8%
    3. Dentistry00.6%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.0%
    2. Social Sciences11.6%
    3. Decision Sciences11.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    5. Psychology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Toronto and Region Conservation Authority specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 25.0 works13×
← 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: 1.76× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 12.79× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 12.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science12.79×25 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.84×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.76×3 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.49×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.45×2 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.40×1 works
  7. Dentistry1.16×0 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.76×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×1 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.38×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.35×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.32×0 works
  13. Medicine0.30×2 works
  14. Engineering0.23×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.15×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.12×1 works
  17. Psychology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority?

Ranked on the quality score, Namrata Shrestha, Tim Van Seters and Angela M. Wallace lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

  1. 1 Namrata Shrestha Canada · #1,682,962 worldwide 576 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Tim Van Seters Canada · #1,868,688 worldwide 858 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Angela M. Wallace Canada · #3,449,184 worldwide 387 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Krista M. Chomicki Canada · #3,880,409 worldwide 370 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Jerry Guenther Canada · #3,964,467 worldwide 120 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Don Little Canada · #4,429,016 worldwide 122 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Tom Woodcock Canada · #4,611,053 worldwide 116 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Paul V. Prior Canada · #4,812,228 worldwide 77 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Rick J. Portiss Canada · #4,837,095 worldwide 220 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Sue M. Hayes Canada · #5,001,435 worldwide 103 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

What are the most cited papers from Toronto and Region Conservation Authority?

The most cited paper from Toronto and Region Conservation Authority is "Urban Trees and Human Health: A Scoping Review" (Kathleen L. Wolf, Sharon T. Lam, Jennifer McKeen et al., 2020), with 475 citations. Next come "The contribution of constructed green infrastructure to urban biodiversity: A synthesis and meta‐analysis" (254) and "The Canadian Wetland Classification System" (248).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Urban Trees and Human Health: A Scoping Review Kathleen L. Wolf, Sharon T. Lam, Jennifer McKeen et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Open access 18 Jun 2020 475
2 The contribution of constructed green infrastructure to urban biodiversity: A synthesis and meta‐analysis Alessandro Filazzola, Namrata Shrestha, James Scott MacIvor · Journal of Applied Ecology 12 Jul 2019 254
3 The Canadian Wetland Classification System Clayton D. A. Rubec Book chapter 2016 248
4 Bioretention cells remove microplastics from urban stormwater Kelsey Smyth, Jennifer A. P. Drake, You‐Rong Li et al. · Water Research 26 Dec 2020 219
5 Principles for urban stormwater management to protect stream ecosystems Christopher John Walsh, Derek B. Booth, Matthew J. Burns et al. · Freshwater Science Open access 7 Jan 2016 215
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-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 Change12▲ 11×29 topics
  2. Invasive Species6▲ 33×9 topics
  3. Water Quality4▲ 24×6 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 37×4 topics
  5. Biodiversity3▲ 10×7 topics
  6. Eutrophication3▲ 70×3 topics
  7. Population Dynamics3▲ 28×6 topics
  8. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 28×2 topics
  9. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.7×9 topics
  10. Land Use Change2▲ 22×3 topics
  11. Remote Sensing2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  12. Model Evaluation2▲ 45×2 topics
  13. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 66×2 topics
  14. Conservation2▲ 13×6 topics
  15. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 87×2 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services2▲ 13×4 topics
  17. Hyporheic Zone2▲ 239×1 topic
  18. Nutrient Cycling2▲ 69×1 topic
  19. Biodiversity Loss2▲ 86×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem Engineering2▲ 160×2 topics
  21. Sediment Transport2▲ 30×3 topics
  22. Trophic Cascades2▲ 49×2 topics
  23. Conservation Challenges2▲ 94×1 topic
  24. Conservation Genetics2▲ 106×2 topics
  25. Environmental Impacts2▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Flow Regulation2▲ 94×1 topic
  27. Aquatic Invasions2▲ 196×1 topic
  28. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Freshwater Mussels2▲ 196×1 topic
  30. Habitat Selection2▲ 54×2 topics
  31. Risk Perception2▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Conservation Biology2▲ 36×3 topics
  33. Flood Risk2▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Satellite Imagery2▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Surface Water Mapping2▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Water Resources1▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Animal Movement1▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Genetic Structure1▲ 42×4 topics
  39. Occupancy Rates1▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Sea-Level Rise1▲ 26×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: 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…2Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…1Species Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 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 2 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 Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  10. 10 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Toronto and Region Conservation Authority as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Toronto and Region Conservation Authority0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

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