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World Wide Fund for Nature

In research, World Wide Fund for Nature stands highest in Environmental Science (#956 of 3,334 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,390 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,512 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Ecology is 13.2× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#5,945
of 22,385 · #3,709 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#45
of 186
Research works
2.7k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
78k
29.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
43%
world 18%

What is World Wide Fund for Nature 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 #956 of 3,334 17.4%142 #935
Physical SciencesDomain #5,390 of 10,670 15.5%198 #3851
Social SciencesDomain #5,512 of 9,585 14.1%124 #3499
Life SciencesDomain #4,697 of 6,403 12.6%87 #4223
Social SciencesField #4,457 of 5,988 16.8%66 #3499
Health SciencesDomain #7,555 of 9,902 10.9%110 #5990
MedicineField #6,550 of 8,541 11.6%82 #5918

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where World Wide Fund for Nature 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#935 #956
  2. Physical Sciences#3,851 #5,390
  3. Social Sciences#3,499 #5,512
  4. Life Sciences#4,223 #4,697
  5. Social Sciences#3,499 #4,457
  6. Health Sciences#5,990 #7,555
  7. Medicine#5,918 #6,550
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 World Wide Fund for Nature work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at World Wide Fund for Nature is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (28%), Medicine (15%), Social Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 240 fractional works · 39.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 170 fractional works · 28.1% of its workEcology: 63 fractional works · 10.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 41 fractional works · 6.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 22 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 30 fractional works · 4.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 141 fractional works · 23.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 75 fractional works · 12.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 28 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 125 fractional works · 20.6% of its workMedicine: 92 fractional works · 15.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 98 fractional works · 16.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 53 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWorld Wide Fundfor Nature604fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences23%

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 Science17028.1%
    2. Engineering304.9%
    3. Computer Science162.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences132.1%
    5. Mathematics40.6%
    6. Energy30.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    8. Materials Science20.3%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences7512.4%
    2. Psychology183.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities162.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting162.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance122.0%
    6. Decision Sciences30.5%
    1. Medicine9215.2%
    2. Health Professions233.8%
    3. Nursing61.0%
    4. Veterinary30.4%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences538.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology284.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology122.0%
    4. Neuroscience40.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does World Wide Fund for Nature specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 13.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 62.8 works13×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 41.3 works9.0×
  3. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 22.3 works6.3×
← 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: 1.83× its world share, 53 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.00× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.66× its world share, 170 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.46× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 92 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.09× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 75 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science5.66×170 works
  2. Veterinary3.09×2 works
  3. Nursing2.02×6 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.00×12 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.83×53 works
  6. Health Professions1.46×23 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.35×13 works
  8. Psychology1.00×18 works
  9. Social Sciences0.98×75 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.94×16 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.94×12 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×28 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.84×16 works
  14. Medicine0.79×92 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.52×4 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.52×3 works
  18. Energy0.48×3 works
  19. Dentistry0.48×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.44×4 works
  21. Computer Science0.34×16 works
  22. Engineering0.33×30 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.17×2 works
  24. Chemistry0.09×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.09×2 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at World Wide Fund for Nature?

Ranked on the quality score, Biksham Gujja, Paul Géroudet and Pierre Bardin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Wide Fund for Nature.

  1. 1 Biksham Gujja Switzerland · #3,052,469 worldwide 584 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Paul Géroudet Switzerland · #4,895,887 worldwide 145 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Pierre Bardin Switzerland · #5,435,070 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Peter F. R. Jackson Switzerland · #5,684,273 worldwide 9 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Peter F. R. Jackson Switzerland · #5,728,668 worldwide 12 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at World Wide Fund for Nature

What are the most cited papers from World Wide Fund for Nature?

The most cited paper from World Wide Fund for Nature is "Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems" (Walter Churchill Willett et al., 2019), with 10,973 citations. Next come "Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines" (4,942) and "Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits" (3,395).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems Walter Churchill Willett et al. · The Lancet Open access 16 Jan 2019 10,973
2 Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines Stuart H. M. Butchart et al. · Science Open access 29 Apr 2010 4,942
3 Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits Marco Springmann et al. · Nature Open access 9 Oct 2018 3,395
4 Effect of aquaculture on world fish supplies Rosamond L. Naylor, Rebecca J. Goldburg, Jurgenne H. Primavera et al. · Nature Jun 2000 3,068
5 High‐resolution mapping of the world's reservoirs and dams for sustainable river‐flow management Bernhard Lehner, Catherine Reidy Liermann, Carmen Revenga et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Open access 31 May 2011 2,601
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at World Wide Fund for Nature?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation, Sustainability, Trophic Cascades and Land Use Change.

▲ 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 Change98▲ 6.0×87 topics
  2. Sustainability43▲ 2.9×63 topics
  3. Biodiversity34▲ 7.3×26 topics
  4. Population Dynamics32▲ 21×10 topics
  5. Environmental Impact31▲ 3.0×39 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation31▲ 14×16 topics
  7. Conservation27▲ 10×20 topics
  8. Epidemiology23◆ 0.96×84 topics
  9. Trophic Cascades23▲ 41×2 topics
  10. Globalization22▲ 1.85×42 topics
  11. Land Use Change21▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Habitat Selection19▲ 42×2 topics
  13. Invasive Species17▲ 6.6×18 topics
  14. Ecosystem Services16▲ 7.0×11 topics
  15. Animal Movement16▲ 53×1 topic
  16. Occupancy Rates16▲ 53×1 topic
  17. Marine Ecosystems12▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 9.0×6 topics
  19. Conservation Biology11▲ 17×4 topics
  20. Environmental Services10▲ 51×1 topic
  21. Tropical Deforestation10▲ 51×1 topic
  22. Adaptation10▲ 5.8×12 topics
  23. Fisheries Sustainability9▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Greenhouse Gas Emissions9▲ 5.6×7 topics
  25. Ocean Acidification9▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Sea-Level Rise9▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Model Evaluation8▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Environmental Policy8▲ 6.9×9 topics
  29. Bleaching7▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Coral Reefs7▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Citizen Science7▲ 12×3 topics
  32. DNA Barcoding7▲ 6.8×7 topics
  33. Ecological Niche7▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Social-Ecological Systems7▲ 8.4×3 topics
  35. Species Distribution Modeling7▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Stakeholder Engagement7▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Ecosystem Management7▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Acoustic Communication7▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Altruism7▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Cooperation7▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does World Wide Fund for Nature publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 16 works
  2. 2 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  3. 3 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 7 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 7 works
  5. 5 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  6. 6 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works
  7. 7 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 6 works
  8. 8 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 5 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  10. 10 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 5 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.1%domestic only56.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has World Wide Fund for Nature's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is World Wide Fund for Nature as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%World Wide Fund for Nature0.0025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of World Wide Fund for Nature 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%World Wide Fund for Nature10.9% 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 20.3% in 2005.

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