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Western Forest Products

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World rank, all time
#28,144
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#576
of 718
Research works
188
▲ 167% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
27.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Western Forest Products

Which fields of science does Western Forest Products work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Western Forest Products is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (43%), Engineering (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 64.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 43.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 16.2% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 13.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 17.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 18.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWestern ForestProducts28fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences65%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences10%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1243.4%
    2. Engineering517.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.7%
    4. Energy00.9%
    5. Mathematics00.8%
    6. Computer Science00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences413.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Social Sciences26.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting01.6%
    3. Decision Sciences01.2%
    4. Psychology00.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Medicine14.4%
    2. Health Professions01.5%
    3. Veterinary01.0%
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: 2.84× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.74× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 7.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.74×12 works
  2. Veterinary7.28×0 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.84×4 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.23×0 works
  5. Engineering1.18×5 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.08×0 works
  7. Energy0.97×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.81×1 works
  9. Mathematics0.67×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.56×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.47×2 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×0 works
  15. Psychology0.24×0 works
  16. Medicine0.23×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.10×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Western Forest Products?

Ranked on the quality score, S. Chow, George M. Barton and Raymond W. Meyer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Forest Products.

  1. 1 S. Chow Canada · #2,507,738 worldwide 346 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 George M. Barton Canada · #3,503,941 worldwide 896 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Raymond W. Meyer Canada · #3,806,891 worldwide 284 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 C. T. Keith Canada · #4,314,335 worldwide 124 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Annette Van Niejenhuis Canada · #4,534,097 worldwide 243 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Harold MacLean Canada · #4,652,475 worldwide 262 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 E. P. Swan Canada · #4,995,150 worldwide 166 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Western Forest Products

What are the most cited papers from Western Forest Products?

The most cited paper from Western Forest Products is "Adaptation, migration or extirpation: climate change outcomes for tree populations" (Sally N. Aitken, Sam Yeaman, Jason A. Holliday et al., 2008), with 2,257 citations. Next come "Substrate and Enzyme Characteristics that Limit Cellulose Hydrolysis" (875) and "Climate change vulnerability assessment of species" (537).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Adaptation, migration or extirpation: climate change outcomes for tree populations Sally N. Aitken, Sam Yeaman, Jason A. Holliday et al. · Evolutionary Applications Open access 25 Jan 2008 2,257
2 Substrate and Enzyme Characteristics that Limit Cellulose Hydrolysis Shawn D. Mansfield, Caitriona Mooney, John N. Saddler · Biotechnology Progress 1999 875
3 Climate change vulnerability assessment of species Wendy Foden, Bruce E. Young, H. Reşi̇t Akçakaya et al. · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change Open access 11 Oct 2018 537
4 Scaling‐up camera traps: monitoring the planet's biodiversity with networks of remote sensors Robin W. Steenweg, Mark Hebblewhite, Roland Kays et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 20 Dec 2016 464
5 Optimization of enzyme complexes for lignocellulose hydrolysis Alex Berlin, Vera Maximenko, Neil R. Gilkes et al. · Biotechnology and Bioengineering 20 Oct 2006 422
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Western Forest Products?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Invasive Species, Climate Change Impacts, Biomass Estimation and Forest Carbon Sequestration.

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

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change5▲ 7.0×22 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 37×7 topics
  3. Sustainability3▲ 4.9×11 topics
  4. Biodiversity3▲ 15×10 topics
  5. Invasive Species2▲ 19×6 topics
  6. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 56×3 topics
  7. Biomass Estimation2▲ 42×3 topics
  8. Forest Carbon Sequestration2▲ 318×1 topic
  9. Sustainable Forest Management2▲ 318×1 topic
  10. Ecosystem Services2▲ 16×7 topics
  11. Optimization2▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Remote Sensing2▲ 4.6×5 topics
  13. Supply Chain2▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Uncertainty2▲ 112×2 topics
  15. Conservation1▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Global Change1▲ 19×4 topics
  17. Resilience1▲ 10×2 topics
  18. Biomass1▲ 41×1 topic
  19. Logistics1▲ 31×1 topic
  20. Population Dynamics1▲ 18×5 topics
  21. Aboveground Biomass1▲ 52×2 topics
  22. Ecosystem1▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 27×4 topics
  24. Machine Learning1▲ 1.22×3 topics
  25. Social-Ecological Systems1▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Habitat Selection1▲ 50×2 topics

Which research topics does Western Forest Products publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Forest Management and Policy, Forest Biomass Utilization and Management, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Rangeland and Wildlife Management.

Forest Management and Po…2Forest Management and Policy: 2 fractional worksForest Biomass Utilization and Management: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksSustainability and Clima…1Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agricu…1Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeMechanics of MaterialsEcologyNature and Landscape Conservation2 others

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

  1. 1 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  2. 2 Forest Biomass Utilization and Management Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  3. 3 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  4. 4 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  9. 9 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 1 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Western Forest Products's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 167% 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 Western Forest Products as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Western Forest Products0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Western Forest Products over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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