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Waitt Foundation

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Research works
2
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
38
23.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
95%
world 40%
International
64%
world 18%
Waitt Foundation

Not ranked overall: Waitt Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Waitt Foundation work in?

In all years, 88% of research at Waitt Foundation is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (81%), Social Sciences (12%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (6%).

Physical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 87.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 81.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 12.5% of its workALL ITS WORKWaitt Foundation2fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences88%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 2 domains and 3 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science181.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences06.2%
    1. Social Sciences012.5%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Waitt Foundation?

The most cited paper from Waitt Foundation is "Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks" (M. Aaron MacNeil et al., 2020), with 325 citations. Next come "Late Pleistocene Human Skeleton and mtDNA Link Paleoamericans and Modern Native Americans" (205) and "Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays" (89).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks M. Aaron MacNeil et al. · Nature Open access123 authors 22 Jul 2020 325
2 Late Pleistocene Human Skeleton and mtDNA Link Paleoamericans and Modern Native Americans James C. Chatters, Douglas J. Kennett, Yemane Asmerom et al. · Science 15 May 2014 205
3 Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays Colin Ashley Simpfendorfer et al. · Science Open access153 authors 15 Jun 2023 89
4 Contrasts in the marine ecosystem of two Macaronesian islands: A comparison between the remote Selvagens Reserve and Madeira Island Alan M. Friedlander, Enric Ballesteros, Sabrina Clemente et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 14 Nov 2017 40
5 Marine spatial planning on the Caribbean island of Montserrat: Lessons for data‐limited small islands Jason Flower, Robin Ramdeen, Andy Estep et al. · Conservation Science and Practice Open access 7 Mar 2020 29
All 13 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Waitt Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine and fisheries research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine animal studies overview and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Marine and fisheries res…0Marine and fisheries research: 0 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…0Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 0 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcology

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  2. 2 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 0 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 0 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  5. 5 Marine Ecology and Invasive Species Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  6. 6 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 0 works
  7. 7 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  8. 8 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 0 works
  9. 9 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available95.2%not open4.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.9%domestic only36.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Waitt Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

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