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Wellington City Council

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Research works
101
▲ 84% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

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

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: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.72× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.92× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.06× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 1.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.66× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Wellington City Council?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Environmental Policy, Water Quality, Land Use, Biodiversity, Economy and New Zealand.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change16▲ 5.9×43 topics
  2. Epidemiology5▲ 1.17×33 topics
  3. Invasive Species5▲ 8.0×8 topics
  4. Environmental Policy4▲ 27×6 topics
  5. Biodiversity4▲ 5.4×13 topics
  6. Sustainability4▲ 2.2×19 topics
  7. Public Health4▲ 2.8×13 topics
  8. Water Quality4▲ 9.1×7 topics
  9. Land Use4▲ 82×2 topics
  10. Economy3▲ 34×1 topic
  11. Health Effects3▲ 5.2×9 topics
  12. New Zealand3▲ 1116×1 topic
  13. Quality of Life3▲ 2.2×14 topics
  14. Resilience3▲ 7.7×7 topics
  15. Eutrophication3▲ 20×4 topics
  16. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Environmental Impact3▲ 1.99×12 topics
  18. Environmental Impacts3▲ 12×5 topics
  19. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  20. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 16×6 topics
  21. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Vulnerability2▲ 13×6 topics
  23. Ecosystem Services2▲ 5.6×8 topics
  24. Conservation Challenges2▲ 24×1 topic
  25. Cyanobacteria2▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Flow Regulation2▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Toxins2▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Energy Balance2▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Harmful Algal Blooms2▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Sediment Transport2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  31. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  32. Biodiversity Loss2▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Climate Change Adaptation2▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Freshwater Ecosystems2▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Microbial Ecology2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  36. Nutrient Control2▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Spatial Analysis2▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Trophic Cascades2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Agricultural Change1▲ 73×1 topic
  40. Water Use Efficiency1▲ 39×2 topics

Which research topics does Wellington City Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban Design and Spatial Analysis, New Zealand Economic and Social Studies, Data Analysis and Archiving and Urban Transport and Accessibility.

Urban Design and Spatial…1Urban Design and Spatial Analysis: 1 fractional worksNew Zealand Economic and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksData Analysis and Archiv…0Data Analysis and Archiving: 0 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…0Urban Transport and Accessibility: 0 fractional worksSeed Germination and Physiology: 0 fractional worksSeismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings: 0 fractional worksStructural Engineering a…0Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 0 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 0 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety: 0 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…0Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 0 fractional works
Building and ConstructionEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political ScienceTransportation5 others

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

  1. 1 Urban Design and Spatial Analysis Building and Construction 1 works
  2. 2 New Zealand Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  3. 3 Data Analysis and Archiving Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 0 works
  5. 5 Seed Germination and Physiology Plant Science 0 works
  6. 6 Seismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 0 works
  9. 9 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  10. 10 Fish Ecology and Management Studies 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.3%domestic only69.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wellington City Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 84% 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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