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Waikato Regional Council

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World rank, all time
#30,767
of 34,923
Rank in New Zealand
#100
of 104
Research works
124
▲ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Waikato Regional Council

Which fields of science does Waikato Regional Council work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Waikato Regional Council is in Health Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (32%), Environmental Science (23%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 18 fractional works · 39.4% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 31.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 35.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 23.2% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 15.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWaikato RegionalCouncil46fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences39%Social Sciences15%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1531.9%
    2. Health Professions36.9%
    3. Veterinary00.5%
    1. Environmental Science1123.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences25.4%
    3. Engineering23.5%
    4. Materials Science11.2%
    5. Computer Science01.0%
    6. Energy01.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences48.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities12.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.8%
    4. Psychology11.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences35.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.45× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.68× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.63× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.66× its world share, 15 worksMedicineVeterinary: 4.00× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science4.68×11 works
  2. Veterinary4.00×0 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.45×2 works
  4. Health Professions2.63×3 works
  5. Medicine1.66×15 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.16×2 works
  7. Energy1.05×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.00×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.82×1 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.68×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.66×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×2 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.52×0 works
  14. Psychology0.51×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.35×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.25×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.24×0 works
  19. Engineering0.23×2 works
  20. Computer Science0.13×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Waikato Regional Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Hannah F. E. Jones, Matthew D. Taylor and Jeffrey Toy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Waikato Regional Council.

  1. 1 Hannah F. E. Jones New Zealand · #2,325,537 worldwide 427 citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Matthew D. Taylor New Zealand · #2,642,822 worldwide 2.1k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Jeffrey Toy New Zealand · #3,573,074 worldwide 182 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Mark P. Hamer New Zealand · #4,240,446 worldwide 193 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 John Hadfield New Zealand · #4,267,198 worldwide 395 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Michael A. Pingram New Zealand · #4,824,762 worldwide 295 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Waikato Regional Council

What are the most cited papers from Waikato Regional Council?

The most cited paper from Waikato Regional Council is "Updated European Consensus Statement on diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD" (J. J. Sandra Kooij et al., 2018), with 695 citations. Next come "Environmental effects of sediment on New Zealand streams: A review" (375) and "Using soil bacterial communities to predict physico-chemical variables and soil quality" (307).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Updated European Consensus Statement on diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD J. J. Sandra Kooij et al. · European Psychiatry Open access 15 Nov 2018 695
2 Environmental effects of sediment on New Zealand streams: A review Paddy A. Ryan · New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research Jun 1991 375
3 Using soil bacterial communities to predict physico-chemical variables and soil quality Syrie M. Hermans, Hannah Linda Buckley, Bradley S. Case et al. · Microbiome Open access 2 Jun 2020 307
4 Bacteria as Emerging Indicators of Soil Condition Syrie M. Hermans, Hannah Linda Buckley, Bradley S. Case et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology Open access 29 Oct 2016 296
5 6th and 7th International consensus guidelines for the management of advanced breast cancer (ABC guidelines 6 and 7) Fátima Cardoso et al. · The Breast Open access 28 May 2024 230
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Waikato Regional Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Primary Care, Ecosystem Services, Quality Improvement, Conservation, Eutrophication and Echocardiography.

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

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change6▲ 5.1×23 topics
  2. Sustainability3▲ 2.8×10 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 1.38×18 topics
  4. Primary Care2▲ 11×5 topics
  5. Renewable Energy2▲ 2.6×6 topics
  6. Conservation2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  8. Quality Improvement2▲ 17×3 topics
  9. Guidelines1▲ 5.8×7 topics
  10. Echocardiography1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  11. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.57×8 topics
  12. Eutrophication1▲ 24×3 topics
  13. Water Quality1▲ 6.6×4 topics
  14. DNA Barcoding1▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Ecosystem Functioning1▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Fisheries Sustainability1▲ 29×2 topics
  17. Quality of Life1▲ 1.65×10 topics
  18. Environmental Movement1▲ 280×1 topic
  19. Fluid Responsiveness1▲ 68×1 topic
  20. Hemodynamic Monitoring1▲ 68×1 topic
  21. Industrial Agriculture1▲ 280×1 topic
  22. Perioperative Care1▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Waikato Regional Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: American Environmental and Regional History, Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies.

American Environmental a…1American Environmental and Regional History: 1 fractional worksHemodynamic Monitoring a…1Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 1 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 1 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Educa…1Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 1 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 1 fractional worksSoil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSurgeryGeneral Health ProfessionsEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  2. 2 Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  8. 8 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 1 works
  9. 9 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 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 available48.9%not open51.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.9%domestic only78.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Waikato Regional Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% higher 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 Waikato Regional Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Waikato Regional Council0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Waikato Regional Council over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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