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Wyoming Game and Fish Department

In research, Wyoming Game and Fish Department stands highest in Environmental Science (#4,811 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#21,054 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 11.3× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#35,070
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,441
of 8,685
Research works
268
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.9k
25.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Wyoming Game and Fish Department 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
Environmental ScienceField #4,811 of 6,208 15.4%156
Physical SciencesDomain #21,054 of 21,541 15.1%161

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wyoming Game and Fish Department 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Wyoming Game and Fish Department specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 26.0 works11×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 2.31× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.94× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 11.32× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 47.80× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 47.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wyoming Game and Fish Department?

Ranked on the composite score, E. Tom Thorne and Terry J. Kreeger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

  1. 1 E. Tom Thorne United States · #218,399 worldwide 253 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Terry J. Kreeger United States · #496,039 worldwide 83 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Wyoming Game and Fish Department

Which keywords describe research at Wyoming Game and Fish Department?

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

▲ 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 Change12▲ 9.9×23 topics
  2. Invasive Species9▲ 47×8 topics
  3. Population Dynamics9▲ 74×7 topics
  4. Biodiversity7▲ 21×10 topics
  5. Habitat Selection7▲ 212×2 topics
  6. Trophic Cascades7▲ 168×2 topics
  7. Animal Movement7▲ 268×1 topic
  8. Occupancy Rates7▲ 268×1 topic
  9. Conservation5▲ 27×11 topics
  10. Ecosystem3▲ 69×3 topics
  11. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 33×4 topics
  12. Animal Welfare3▲ 75×3 topics
  13. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 76×2 topics
  14. Resilience3▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Sagebrush3▲ 382×1 topic
  16. Wildlife Habitat3▲ 382×1 topic
  17. Freshwater Biodiversity3▲ 91×2 topics
  18. Conservation Challenges2▲ 108×1 topic
  19. Ecosystem Engineering2▲ 184×2 topics
  20. Flow Regulation2▲ 108×1 topic
  21. Geomorphological Effects2▲ 140×2 topics
  22. Species Richness2▲ 81×2 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity2▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Emotional State2▲ 146×1 topic
  25. Epidemiology2◆ 1.14×11 topics
  26. Stress Indicators2▲ 146×1 topic
  27. Conservation Biology2▲ 43×3 topics
  28. Beaver Dams2▲ 436×1 topic
  29. Habitat Restoration2▲ 436×1 topic
  30. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 22×4 topics
  31. Population Genetics1▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Predator-Prey Interactions1▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Remote Sensing1▲ 2.1×5 topics
  34. Water Quality1▲ 6.6×6 topics
  35. Adaptive Evolution1▲ 44×2 topics
  36. Conservation Genetics1▲ 65×2 topics
  37. Pathogenesis1▲ 4.6×4 topics
  38. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Metabolic Rate1▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Model Evaluation1▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Wyoming Game and Fish Department publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 7 works
  2. 2 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 3 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 2 works
  5. 5 Ecology and biodiversity studies Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  9. 9 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 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 available39.4%not open60.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wyoming Game and Fish Department's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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