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In research, Wrocław Zoo stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,610 of 11,023 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#4,263 of 5,126 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,671
of 34,923
Rank in Poland
#398
of 436
Research works
348
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Wrocław Zoo

What is Wrocław Zoo known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #7,610 of 11,023 3.6%230
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4,263 of 5,126 4.4%151

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wrocław Zoo 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 fields of science does Wrocław Zoo work in?

In all years, 66% of research at Wrocław Zoo is in Life Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Environmental Science (17%). It does 4.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 230 fractional works · 66.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 151 fractional works · 43.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 89 fractional works · 25.6% of its workPlant Science: 25 fractional works · 7.3% of its workInsect Science: 21 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 68 fractional works · 19.6% of its workGenetics: 34 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 84 fractional works · 24.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 59 fractional works · 17.1% of its workEcology: 36 fractional works · 10.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWrocław Zoo348fractional works, all years
Life Sciences66%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15143.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6819.6%
    3. Neuroscience51.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology51.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Environmental Science5917.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences174.9%
    3. Engineering41.0%
    4. Materials Science20.6%
    5. Chemistry10.2%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Computer Science00.0%
    1. Medicine185.3%
    2. Veterinary31.0%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Health Professions00.0%
    1. Social Sciences61.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities20.7%
    3. Psychology20.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 7.51× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.00× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.00× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 14.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 14.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary14.72×0 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.51×6 works
  3. Environmental Science5.00×4 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.00×1 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.44×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.13×2 works
  7. Medicine0.69×2 works
  8. Psychology0.52×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.32×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.25×0 works
  11. Engineering0.03×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wrocław Zoo?

Ranked on the quality score, Wojciech Paszta and Antoni Ogorzałek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wrocław Zoo.

  1. 1 Wojciech Paszta Poland · #5,188,332 worldwide 30 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Antoni Ogorzałek Poland · #5,455,971 worldwide 250 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Wrocław Zoo

What are the most cited papers from Wrocław Zoo?

The most cited paper from Wrocław Zoo is "Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils" (Per G. P. Ericson, Cajsa Lisa Anderson, Tom Britton et al., 2006), with 761 citations. Next come "Use of active substances of plant origin in chicken diets based on maize and locally grown cereals" (343) and "Influence of diet type on the inclusion of plant origin active substances on morphological and histochemical characteristics of the stomach and jejunum walls in chicken" (332).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils Per G. P. Ericson, Cajsa Lisa Anderson, Tom Britton et al. · Biology Letters Open access 9 Aug 2006 761
2 Use of active substances of plant origin in chicken diets based on maize and locally grown cereals D. Jamroz, Andrzej Wiliczkiewicz, T. Wertelecki et al. · British Poultry Science Aug 2005 343
3 Influence of diet type on the inclusion of plant origin active substances on morphological and histochemical characteristics of the stomach and jejunum walls in chicken D. Jamroz, T. Wertelecki, M Houszka et al. · Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 23 Mar 2006 332
4 sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses Helge Bruelheide et al. · Journal of Vegetation Science Open access176 authors 5 Feb 2019 294
5 Citizen Science Reveals Unexpected Continental-Scale Evolutionary Change in a Model Organism JONATHAN W. SILVERTOWN et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 27 Apr 2011 158
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wrocław Zoo?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Phylogeny, Invasive Species, Biogeography, Climate Change, DNA Barcoding and Evolution.

▲ 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. Taxonomy72▲ 138×12 topics
  2. Biodiversity72▲ 27×19 topics
  3. Phylogeny71▲ 112×17 topics
  4. Invasive Species68▲ 34×19 topics
  5. Climate Change61▲ 6.5×30 topics
  6. Biogeography59▲ 51×18 topics
  7. DNA Barcoding45▲ 83×7 topics
  8. Evolution42▲ 41×13 topics
  9. Conservation40▲ 24×14 topics
  10. Coleoptera38▲ 642×2 topics
  11. Ecology33▲ 47×5 topics
  12. Morphology31▲ 46×7 topics
  13. Speciation25▲ 199×2 topics
  14. Diversification25▲ 166×2 topics
  15. beetles24▲ 622×1 topic
  16. Cryptic Species23▲ 293×2 topics
  17. Molecular Phylogeny21▲ 29×11 topics
  18. Biological Control20▲ 33×7 topics
  19. Population Dynamics20▲ 18×11 topics
  20. Neotropical Region18▲ 359×2 topics
  21. Phylogenetic Analysis17▲ 13×12 topics
  22. Host Plants15▲ 377×2 topics
  23. Cerambycidae14▲ 678×1 topic
  24. Distribution14▲ 150×1 topic
  25. Flora14▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Vascular Plants14▲ 73×1 topic
  27. Lepidoptera12▲ 188×1 topic
  28. Molecular Phylogenetics12▲ 188×1 topic
  29. Diversity12▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Biological Invasions11▲ 29×3 topics
  31. Systematics11▲ 135×2 topics
  32. Collembola11▲ 699×1 topic
  33. molecular11▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Habitat Fragmentation11▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Species Delimitation10▲ 49×3 topics
  36. Microbiota10▲ 13×5 topics
  37. Integrated Pest Management10▲ 99×2 topics
  38. Halyomorpha halys10▲ 267×1 topic
  39. Stink Bug10▲ 267×1 topic
  40. Nematodes9▲ 43×3 topics

Which research topics does Wrocław Zoo publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny and Fossil Insects in Amber.

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 1 fractional worksHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny: 0 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber0Fossil Insects in Amber: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 0 fractional worksmelanin and skin pigment…0melanin and skin pigmentation: 0 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 0 fractional worksGenetic diversity and po…0Genetic diversity and population structure: 0 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcological ModelingManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law4 others

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

  1. 1 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  2. 2 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  3. 3 Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  4. 4 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  6. 6 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  7. 7 melanin and skin pigmentation Cell Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 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 available23.1%not open76.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wrocław Zoo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% 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 Wrocław Zoo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000083% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Wrocław Zoo0.000045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wrocław Zoo over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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