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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

In research, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology stands highest in Environmental Science (#327 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,376 of 12,888 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#798 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 21.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,323
of 28,054 · #1,539 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#126
of 1,094
Research works
4.8k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
264k
54.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
34.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 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 #327 of 3,551 32.5%275 #118
Physical SciencesDomain #2,376 of 12,888 32.1%350 #1389
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #798 of 3,409 43.3%82 #121
EcologySubfield #166 of 578 37.6%61 #97
Life SciencesDomain #3,752 of 7,800 41.6%106 #1384
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #323 of 535 29.8%64 #106

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 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#118 #327
  2. Physical Sciences#1,389 #2,376
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#121 #798
  4. Ecology#97 #166
  5. Life Sciences#1,384 #3,752
  6. Global and Planetary Change#106 #323
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 UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 21.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 24.9 works21×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 64.4 works17×
  3. EcologySubfield · 61.5 works16×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 275.4 works11×
  5. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 23.0 works10×
← 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: 3.48× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.76× its world share, 37 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.12× its world share, 275 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology?

Ranked on the composite score, Ian Newton, Mark A. Sutton and Adam Watson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

  1. 1 Ian Newton United Kingdom · #6,281 worldwide 959 citations · 82 works
  2. 2 Mark A. Sutton United Kingdom · #15,818 worldwide 1.8k citations · 122 works
  3. 3 Adam Watson United Kingdom · #16,083 worldwide 770 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Tim H. Sparks United Kingdom · #20,458 worldwide 908 citations · 83 works
  5. 5 David J. Spurgeon United Kingdom · #21,284 worldwide 614 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 David A. Robinson United Kingdom · #22,140 worldwide 1.1k citations · 86 works
  7. 7 Mark Bailey United Kingdom · #28,874 worldwide 582 citations · 64 works
  8. 8 M. O. Hill United Kingdom · #35,040 worldwide 581 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 David B. Roy United Kingdom · #36,945 worldwide 622 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 M. G. R. Cannell United Kingdom · #39,776 worldwide 463 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Which keywords describe research at UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Remote Sensing, Global Warming, Habitat Fragmentation, Model Evaluation and Global Change.

▲ 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 Change177▲ 13×80 topics
  2. Biodiversity57▲ 15×25 topics
  3. Invasive Species44▲ 21×20 topics
  4. Remote Sensing41▲ 6.7×27 topics
  5. Global Warming34▲ 17×13 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation32▲ 29×5 topics
  7. Model Evaluation32▲ 52×2 topics
  8. Global Change31▲ 24×6 topics
  9. Land Use Change31▲ 20×8 topics
  10. Sustainability30▲ 2.5×44 topics
  11. Hydrological Modeling30▲ 26×5 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services28▲ 14×11 topics
  13. Environmental Impact26▲ 3.0×36 topics
  14. Conservation26▲ 12×14 topics
  15. Water Quality24▲ 12×11 topics
  16. Water Resources22▲ 19×8 topics
  17. Ecosystem Resilience20▲ 28×5 topics
  18. Biodiversity Conservation20▲ 11×16 topics
  19. Conservation Biology20▲ 39×4 topics
  20. Ecosystem20▲ 36×4 topics
  21. Greenhouse Gas Emissions19▲ 14×7 topics
  22. Sediment Transport19▲ 23×6 topics
  23. Biological Invasions18▲ 40×3 topics
  24. Citizen Science18▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Ecological Niche17▲ 58×1 topic
  26. Ecosystem Functioning17▲ 18×7 topics
  27. Species Distribution Modeling17▲ 58×1 topic
  28. Community Ecology16▲ 39×2 topics
  29. Microbial Communities16▲ 7.8×10 topics
  30. Health Effects16▲ 5.5×16 topics
  31. Species Richness16▲ 50×2 topics
  32. Functional Diversity16▲ 57×1 topic
  33. Eutrophication15▲ 30×4 topics
  34. Global Hydrology15▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Uncertainty Assessment15▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Population Dynamics15▲ 12×10 topics
  37. Habitat Selection15▲ 39×2 topics
  38. Extreme Events13▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Nutrient Limitation13▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Drought13▲ 28×3 topics

Which research topics does UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Climate variability and models.

Species Distribution and…17Species Distribution and Climate Change: 17 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…16Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 16 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …15Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 15 fractional worksClimate variability and …12Climate variability and models: 12 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 10 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 10 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…9Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 9 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 9 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 8 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…8Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 8 fractional works
Ecological ModelingNature and Landscape ConservationWater Science and TechnologyGlobal and Planetary Change4 others

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

  1. 1 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 17 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 16 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 15 works
  4. 4 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 12 works
  5. 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  6. 6 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 10 works
  7. 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 9 works
  8. 8 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 8 works
  10. 10 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 8 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 available50.8%not open49.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.9%domestic only68.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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