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Zoo Atlanta

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World rank, all time
#28,731
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,153
of 8,685
Research works
194
▲ 144% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.5k
33.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
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: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.12× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 1.93× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 33.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 3.38× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× 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, 33.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Zoo Atlanta?

Ranked on the composite score, Joseph R. Mendelson and François Beiger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zoo Atlanta.

  1. 1 Joseph R. Mendelson United States · #71,620 worldwide 420 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 François Beiger United States · #452,422 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Zoo Atlanta

Which keywords describe research at Zoo Atlanta?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethical Considerations, Forensic Toxicology, Medical Chemistry, Population Dynamics, Climate Change, Conservation, Evolution and Social Behavior.

▲ 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Ethical Considerations9▲ 89×3 topics
  2. Forensic Toxicology9▲ 1055×1 topic
  3. Medical Chemistry9▲ 3307×1 topic
  4. Climate Change5▲ 5.5×8 topics
  5. Population Dynamics5▲ 59×6 topics
  6. Conservation4▲ 28×7 topics
  7. Evolution3▲ 34×3 topics
  8. Intelligence2▲ 170×1 topic
  9. Primates2▲ 369×1 topic
  10. Social Behavior2▲ 119×2 topics
  11. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 21×4 topics
  12. Acoustic Communication2▲ 115×2 topics
  13. Biodiversity2▲ 7.9×7 topics
  14. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Conservation Biology2▲ 50×2 topics
  16. Genetic Structure2▲ 66×3 topics
  17. Animal Welfare1▲ 49×1 topic
  18. Anthropogenic Noise1▲ 144×1 topic
  19. Marine Mammals1▲ 144×1 topic
  20. Stress Indicators1▲ 142×1 topic
  21. Amphibian Declines1▲ 163×1 topic
  22. Chytridiomycosis1▲ 163×1 topic
  23. Social Cognition1▲ 22×3 topics
  24. Epidemiology1◆ 0.89×9 topics
  25. Habitat Selection1▲ 47×2 topics

Which research topics does Zoo Atlanta publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical and Scientific Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Marine animal studies overview and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

Historical and Scientifi…9Historical and Scientific Studies: 9 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 2 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…1Marine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…1Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 1 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…1Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 1 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 0 fractional worksCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills: 0 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSocial PsychologyEcologySmall Animals5 others

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

  1. 1 Historical and Scientific Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 1 works
  5. 5 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  9. 9 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills Statistics and Probability 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 available25.9%not open74.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.1%domestic only78.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zoo Atlanta's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 144% 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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