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Worldwatch Institute

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Research works
117
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
34.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
12%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Worldwatch Institute is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 14.23× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.60× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Worldwatch Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Erik Eckholm, Lester R. Brown and Bruce Stokes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Worldwatch Institute.

  1. 1 Erik Eckholm United States · #110,024 worldwide 151 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Lester R. Brown United States · #112,403 worldwide 164 citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Bruce Stokes United States · #563,829 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Molly O. Sheehan United States · #1,259,429 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Worldwatch Institute

Which keywords describe research at Worldwatch Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Energy Transition, EROI, Fossil Fuels, Globalization and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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 Change33▲ 11×35 topics
  2. Sustainability23▲ 11×20 topics
  3. Renewable Energy21▲ 18×13 topics
  4. Energy Transition13▲ 111×3 topics
  5. EROI11▲ 309×1 topic
  6. Fossil Fuels11▲ 245×1 topic
  7. Globalization10▲ 4.8×15 topics
  8. Environmental Impact9▲ 5.6×7 topics
  9. Habitat Selection7▲ 64×2 topics
  10. Economic Growth7▲ 7.8×7 topics
  11. Population Dynamics5▲ 13×7 topics
  12. Political Economy4▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Public Policy4▲ 8.5×2 topics
  14. Education4▲ 2.8×8 topics
  15. Conservation4▲ 7.1×7 topics
  16. Panel Data Analysis4▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Trophic Cascades4▲ 29×2 topics
  18. National Security4▲ 69×2 topics
  19. Animal Movement4▲ 49×1 topic
  20. Occupancy Rates4▲ 49×1 topic
  21. Water Resources4▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Avian Ecology3▲ 89×1 topic
  23. Migration Patterns3▲ 78×1 topic
  24. Defense Spending3▲ 293×1 topic
  25. Military Expenditure3▲ 293×1 topic
  26. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Conflict3▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Household Fuel Use3▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Indoor Air Pollution3▲ 68×1 topic
  31. Public Perception3▲ 28×3 topics
  32. Agroecology3▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Food Sovereignty3▲ 148×1 topic
  34. Land Grabbing3▲ 148×1 topic
  35. Resilience3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  36. Global Governance3▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Urbanization3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  38. Drought3▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Greenhouse Gas Emissions3▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Arid Regions2▲ 116×1 topic

Which research topics does Worldwatch Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Avian ecology and behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Avian ecology and behavior1Avian ecology and behavior: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…1Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 0 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 0 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 0 fractional worksBird parasitology and diseases: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 0 fractional works
EcologyGeneral Health ProfessionsNature and Landscape ConservationInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  8. 8 Bird parasitology and diseases Parasitology 0 works
  9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  10. 10 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 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 available11.9%not open88.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Worldwatch Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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