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West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

World rank, all time
#39,687
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,283
of 8,685
Research works
137
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

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: 2.18× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.82× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.99× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.85× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at West Virginia Division of Natural Resources?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Habitat Fragmentation, Biodiversity, Fisheries Sustainability, Freshwater Biodiversity and Conservation Challenges.

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

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change9▲ 12×21 topics
  2. Invasive Species7▲ 57×9 topics
  3. Population Dynamics4▲ 62×6 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 61×5 topics
  5. Biodiversity4▲ 17×11 topics
  6. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 134×2 topics
  7. Freshwater Biodiversity3▲ 190×2 topics
  8. Conservation Challenges3▲ 216×1 topic
  9. Flow Regulation3▲ 216×1 topic
  10. Conservation3▲ 23×8 topics
  11. Habitat Selection3▲ 137×2 topics
  12. Trophic Cascades3▲ 102×2 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity2▲ 19×5 topics
  14. Animal Movement2▲ 150×1 topic
  15. Occupancy Rates2▲ 150×1 topic
  16. Ecosystem Engineering2▲ 274×2 topics
  17. Biodiversity Loss2▲ 141×2 topics
  18. Conservation Genetics2▲ 200×2 topics
  19. Aquatic Invasions2▲ 316×1 topic
  20. Freshwater Mussels2▲ 316×1 topic
  21. Conservation Biology2▲ 52×4 topics
  22. Genetic Structure1▲ 70×3 topics
  23. Population Genetics1▲ 35×2 topics
  24. Ecosystem1▲ 41×2 topics
  25. Epidemiology1◆ 1.06×11 topics
  26. Geomorphological Effects1▲ 113×2 topics
  27. Model Evaluation1▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 14×5 topics
  29. River Restoration1▲ 91×2 topics
  30. Sediment Transport1▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Adaptive Evolution1▲ 65×2 topics
  32. Bayesian Inference1▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Biogeography1▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Microsatellite Analysis1▲ 121×1 topic

Which research topics does West Virginia Division of Natural Resources publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior and Genetic diversity and population structure.

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  3. 3 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 2 works
  4. 4 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 1 works
  5. 5 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 1 works
  9. 9 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Ecology and biodiversity studies Ecology 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 available34.2%not open65.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West Virginia Division of Natural Resources's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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