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Wildlife Conservation Society

In research, Wildlife Conservation Society stands highest in Environmental Science (#924 of 3,334 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,886 of 6,403 worldwide) and Ecology (#302 of 600 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology (Nature and Landscape Conservation is 31.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,397
of 22,385 · #3,406 all time
Rank in United States
#732
of 3,332
Research works
3.2k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
127k
39.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
43%
world 18%
Wildlife Conservation Society

What is Wildlife Conservation Society known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Environmental ScienceField #924 of 3,334 11.4%216 #680
Life SciencesDomain #1,886 of 6,403 9.1%119 #2018
EcologySubfield #302 of 600 11.8%96 #276
Physical SciencesDomain #5,379 of 10,670 11.0%258 #3215
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,104 of 3,157 9.7%72 #1510
Social SciencesDomain #7,912 of 9,585 13.5%68 #5989

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wildlife Conservation Society sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Environmental Science#680 #924
  2. Life Sciences#2,018 #1,886
  3. Ecology#276 #302
  4. Physical Sciences#3,215 #5,379
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,510 #2,104
  6. Social Sciences#5,989 #7,912
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Wildlife Conservation Society work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Wildlife Conservation Society is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (44%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%), Medicine (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 295 fractional works · 51.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 249 fractional works · 43.7% of its workEcology: 114 fractional works · 20.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 48 fractional works · 8.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 43 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 17 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOceanography: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 134 fractional works · 23.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 80 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 28 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workForestry: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAquatic Science: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workParasitology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 78 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 25 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 23 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 61 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMedicine: 44 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 2.6% of its workVeterinary: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmall Animals: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWildlifeConservation…569fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences14%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science24943.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences203.6%
    3. Engineering162.8%
    4. Computer Science50.9%
    5. Materials Science20.3%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Energy10.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8014.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology396.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology112.0%
    4. Neuroscience30.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Social Sciences345.9%
    2. Psychology254.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance91.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities81.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine447.7%
    2. Veterinary91.6%
    3. Health Professions71.3%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Wildlife Conservation Society specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 31.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 42.6 works31×
  2. EcologySubfield · 113.9 works26×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.97× its world share, 80 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.00× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.80× its world share, 248 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 11.52× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary11.52×9 works
  2. Environmental Science8.80×248 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.97×80 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.27×20 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.00×12 works
  6. Psychology1.46×25 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.29×39 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×9 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.49×8 works
  10. Health Professions0.48×7 works
  11. Social Sciences0.47×34 works
  12. Medicine0.40×44 works
  13. Neuroscience0.34×3 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×1 works
  15. Nursing0.23×1 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.20×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  18. Energy0.19×1 works
  19. Dentistry0.19×0 works
  20. Engineering0.18×16 works
  21. Computer Science0.12×5 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×2 works
  23. Materials Science0.08×2 works
  24. Chemistry0.07×1 works
  25. Decision Sciences0.06×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Wildlife Conservation Society?

Ranked on the quality score, Emily S. Darling, Kent H. Redford and John G. Robinson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wildlife Conservation Society.

  1. 1 Emily S. Darling United States · #9,187 worldwide 12k citations · 139 works
  2. 2 Kent H. Redford United States · #22,473 worldwide 22k citations · 262 works
  3. 3 John G. Robinson United States · #31,150 worldwide 15k citations · 141 works
  4. 4 Tim R. McClanahan United States · #34,709 worldwide 36k citations · 472 works
  5. 5 David S. Wilkie United States · #56,799 worldwide 14k citations · 176 works
  6. 6 Sarah H. Olson United States · #88,093 worldwide 6.1k citations · 143 works
  7. 7 Nyawira A. Muthiga United States · #95,143 worldwide 12k citations · 93 works
  8. 8 Andrew J. Plumptre United States · #102,457 worldwide 11k citations · 217 works
  9. 9 Paul R. Elsen United States · #115,031 worldwide 3.9k citations · 64 works
  10. 10 Fiona G. Maisels United States · #129,777 worldwide 7.7k citations · 127 works
All ranked researchers at Wildlife Conservation Society

What are the most cited papers from Wildlife Conservation Society?

The most cited paper from Wildlife Conservation Society is "A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems" (Benjamin S. Halpern, Shaun Walbridge, Kimberly A. Selkoe et al., 2008), with 6,637 citations. Next come "Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores" (3,722) and "Edge effects in fragmented forests: implications for conservation" (3,033).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems Benjamin S. Halpern, Shaun Walbridge, Kimberly A. Selkoe et al. · Science Open access 14 Feb 2008 6,637
2 Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores William J. Ripple, James A. Estes, Robert L. Beschta et al. · Science 9 Jan 2014 3,722
3 Edge effects in fragmented forests: implications for conservation Carolina Murcia · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Review Feb 1995 3,033
4 Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health Sarah Whitmee et al. · The Lancet Open access 16 Jul 2015 2,978
5 A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity Luke Thompson et al. · Nature Open access303 authors 30 Oct 2017 2,968
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wildlife Conservation Society?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Conservation, Biodiversity, Trophic Cascades, Habitat Selection, Invasive Species and Animal Movement.

▲ 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 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 Change149▲ 9.7×77 topics
  2. Population Dynamics85▲ 58×12 topics
  3. Conservation68▲ 28×19 topics
  4. Biodiversity64▲ 15×30 topics
  5. Trophic Cascades53▲ 101×2 topics
  6. Habitat Selection48▲ 115×2 topics
  7. Invasive Species40▲ 17×19 topics
  8. Animal Movement40▲ 136×1 topic
  9. Occupancy Rates40▲ 136×1 topic
  10. Conservation Biology32▲ 52×4 topics
  11. Biodiversity Conservation30▲ 14×15 topics
  12. Habitat Fragmentation24▲ 20×5 topics
  13. Environmental Impact24▲ 2.5×30 topics
  14. Evolution23▲ 15×15 topics
  15. Phylogenetic Analysis20▲ 11×13 topics
  16. Fisheries Sustainability20▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Marine Ecosystems19▲ 61×2 topics
  18. Acoustic Communication18▲ 62×3 topics
  19. Predator-Prey Interactions18▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Biogeography18▲ 11×18 topics
  21. Genetic Structure18▲ 42×4 topics
  22. Molecular Phylogeny18▲ 19×10 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity17▲ 6.9×15 topics
  24. Land Use Change17▲ 10×6 topics
  25. Model Evaluation17▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Citizen Science17▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Ecological Niche17▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Species Distribution Modeling17▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Ocean Acidification15▲ 36×3 topics
  30. Ecosystem Services15▲ 6.8×11 topics
  31. Altruism14▲ 30×3 topics
  32. Cooperation14▲ 40×3 topics
  33. Social Behavior14▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Communication14▲ 7.7×2 topics
  35. Intelligence14▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Primates14▲ 124×1 topic
  37. Ecosystem Management13▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Marine Fisheries13▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Sea-Level Rise13▲ 19×5 topics
  40. Phylogeny13▲ 13×14 topics

Which research topics does Wildlife Conservation Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Primate Behavior and Ecology and Marine and fisheries research.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…40Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 40 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 17 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 14 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 13 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 12 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 12 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversi…10Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 10 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 9 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 8 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 8 fractional works
EcologyEcological ModelingSocial PsychologyGlobal and Planetary Change

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 40 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 17 works
  3. 3 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 14 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  5. 5 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 12 works
  6. 6 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 12 works
  7. 7 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  8. 8 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 9 works
  9. 9 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  10. 10 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 8 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 available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.8%domestic only57.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wildlife Conservation Society's research output changed?

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

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wildlife Conservation Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Wildlife Conservation Society0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wildlife Conservation Society over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Wildlife Conservation Society11.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.1% in 2009.

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