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Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology

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Research works
36
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
294
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

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

What does Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 21.0 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Which keywords describe research at Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Habitat Selection, Avian Ecology, Migration Patterns, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics and Conservation.

▲ 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 Change17▲ 17×15 topics
  2. Habitat Selection10▲ 308×2 topics
  3. Avian Ecology8▲ 695×1 topic
  4. Migration Patterns8▲ 608×1 topic
  5. Invasive Species6▲ 30×7 topics
  6. Biodiversity6▲ 22×10 topics
  7. Population Dynamics5▲ 48×7 topics
  8. Conservation5▲ 27×9 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 43×4 topics
  10. Ecosystem3▲ 53×2 topics
  11. Conservation Biology2▲ 62×3 topics
  12. Global Change2▲ 22×2 topics
  13. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 31×3 topics
  14. Trophic Cascades2▲ 53×2 topics
  15. Animal Movement2▲ 96×1 topic
  16. Occupancy Rates2▲ 96×1 topic
  17. Ecosystem Services2▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Evolution2▲ 19×4 topics
  19. Histology2▲ 162×2 topics
  20. Biogeography2▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Biological Invasions2▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Phylogeny2▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Community Ecology1▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Functional Diversity1▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Metabolic Rate1▲ 43×2 topics
  26. Adaptive Evolution1▲ 40×2 topics
  27. Morphology1▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 9.7×5 topics
  29. Predator-Prey Interactions1▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Sagebrush1▲ 170×1 topic
  31. Wildlife Habitat1▲ 170×1 topic
  32. Avian Malaria1▲ 245×1 topic
  33. Fisheries Sustainability1▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Forest Fires1▲ 94×1 topic
  35. Haemosporidian Parasites1▲ 245×1 topic
  36. Taxonomy1▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Wildfire Activity1▲ 94×1 topic
  38. Medicinal Plants1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  39. Conservation Challenges1▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Freshwater Biodiversity1▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Amphibian and Reptile Biology and Biochemical and Structural Characterization.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…0Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife M…0Rangeland and Wildlife Management: 0 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 0 fractional worksBiochemical and Structural Characterization: 0 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and…0Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 0 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 0 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 0 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…0Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 0 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 0 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology Studies: 0 fractional works
EcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeMolecular BiologyGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  2. 2 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 0 works
  3. 3 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  4. 4 Biochemical and Structural Characterization Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 0 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  7. 7 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 0 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  9. 9 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available59.7%not open40.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% lower 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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