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Wildlife Conservation Society Canada

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,768
of 28,054 · #24,932 all time
Rank in Canada
#271
of 403
Research works
184
▲ 281% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
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: 3.42× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.90× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.65× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.28× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.58× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 22.39× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 22.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wildlife Conservation Society Canada?

Ranked on the composite score, Donald G. Reid, Chris R. Shepherd and William D. Halliday lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wildlife Conservation Society Canada.

  1. 1 Donald G. Reid Canada · #572,424 worldwide 90 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Chris R. Shepherd Canada · #839,902 worldwide 76 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 William D. Halliday Canada · #1,189,940 worldwide 20 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Wildlife Conservation Society Canada

Which keywords describe research at Wildlife Conservation Society Canada?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Conservation, Biodiversity, Trophic Cascades, Invasive Species, Acoustic Communication and Habitat Selection.

▲ 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 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 Change24▲ 12×38 topics
  2. Population Dynamics13▲ 70×7 topics
  3. Conservation12▲ 40×10 topics
  4. Biodiversity8▲ 15×11 topics
  5. Trophic Cascades6▲ 91×2 topics
  6. Invasive Species6▲ 20×11 topics
  7. Acoustic Communication6▲ 162×2 topics
  8. Habitat Selection6▲ 110×2 topics
  9. Animal Movement5▲ 133×1 topic
  10. Occupancy Rates5▲ 133×1 topic
  11. Predator-Prey Interactions5▲ 87×2 topics
  12. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 39×5 topics
  13. Anthropogenic Noise4▲ 204×1 topic
  14. Marine Mammals4▲ 204×1 topic
  15. Genetic Structure4▲ 72×3 topics
  16. Conservation Biology4▲ 48×3 topics
  17. Arctic3▲ 40×3 topics
  18. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 19×5 topics
  19. Bats3▲ 116×2 topics
  20. Metabolic Rate3▲ 57×2 topics
  21. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 31×4 topics
  22. Echolocation2▲ 202×1 topic
  23. Ecosystem Services2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  25. Food Security2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  26. Genomic Analysis2▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Hibernation2▲ 202×1 topic
  28. Attitudes2▲ 75×1 topic
  29. Flagship Species2▲ 118×1 topic
  30. Model Evaluation2▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Ecological Niche2▲ 49×1 topic
  32. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 49×1 topic
  33. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  34. Oxytocin2▲ 58×2 topics
  35. Animal-Assisted Therapy2▲ 109×1 topic
  36. Biogeography2▲ 9.8×8 topics
  37. Bycatch2▲ 229×1 topic
  38. Dog Domestication2▲ 109×1 topic
  39. Evolution2▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Marine Turtles2▲ 229×1 topic

Which research topics does Wildlife Conservation Society Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Marine animal studies overview, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies and Animal and Plant Science Education.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…5Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 5 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 4 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksAnimal and Plant Science Education: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction…2Human-Animal Interaction Studies: 2 fractional worksWildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses: 2 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 2 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 2 fractional works
EcologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSocial PsychologyEcological Modeling4 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 5 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 4 works
  3. 3 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  4. 4 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  6. 6 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  7. 7 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  9. 9 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 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 available68.8%not open31.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.6%domestic only65.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wildlife Conservation Society Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 281% 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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