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Top Nature and Landscape Conservation Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 72 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 100.0 38.1% 286 3k#22
2 University of TübingenGermany · Tübingen 83.8 39.6% 128 619#24
3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 74.3 33.8% 142 1.3k#4
4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 67.6 40.1% 149 1.7k—
5 University of GöttingenGermany · Göttingen 62.4 43.7% 81 982#19
6 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 58.1 32.1% 113 1k#2
7 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden · Uppsala 54.5 32.7% 121 1.1k#11
8 Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 51.4 37.3% 77 804#44
9 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 48.6 22.0% 150 980#14
10 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands · Wageningen 46.2 36.5% 86 803#9
11 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 43.9 37.3% 69 750#7
12 University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 41.9 35.1% 82 739#15
13 United States Geological SurveyUnited States · Reston 40.0 19.0% 166 1.1k#20
14 Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 38.3 45.6% 67 761—
15 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina · Beijing 36.7 30.0% 122 1.1k—
16 Northeast Forestry UniversityChina · Harbin 35.2 30.6% 116 824—
17 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter 33.8 36.3% 65 668#66
18 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance · Paris 32.4 32.2% 84 775—
19 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina · Buenos Aires 31.2 21.2% 142 748#86
20 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina · Nanjing 30.0 36.5% 76 802—
21 Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementFrance · Marseille 28.8 36.9% 62 645—
22 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 27.7 17.9% 157 688#37
23 University of FreiburgGermany · Freiburg im Breisgau 26.7 31.7% 61 515#58
24 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico · Mexico City 25.7 16.7% 150 694#73
25 James Cook UniversityAustralia · Townsville 24.7 30.2% 69 524#35
26 Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing 23.8 27.9% 80 609#33
27 University of LisbonPortugal · Lisbon 22.9 26.2% 81 501—
28 State Forestry and Grassland AdministrationChina · Beijing 22.1 34.0% 85 691—
29 University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis 21.3 29.0% 92 632#1
30 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 20.5 29.0% 71 571#13
31 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil · São Paulo 19.7 14.2% 181 671#74
32 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 19.0 26.7% 68 496#41
33 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 18.2 27.8% 68 610#5
34 Chinese Academy of ForestryChina · Beijing 17.5 30.6% 79 657—
35 Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa · Stellenbosch 16.9 30.3% 69 433#71
36 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 16.2 30.4% 78 534#27
37 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 15.6 30.2% 74 520#43
38 University of AlbertaCanada · Edmonton 14.9 24.1% 83 561#42
39 Czech University of Life Sciences PragueCzechia · Prague 14.3 28.3% 66 506—
40 Oregon State UniversityUnited States · Corvallis 13.7 22.6% 82 565#25
41 University of TasmaniaAustralia · Hobart 13.2 24.3% 65 451—
42 Fisheries and Oceans CanadaCanada · Ottawa 12.6 20.9% 101 605—
43 Natural Resources Institute FinlandFinland · Helsinki 12.1 28.8% 68 684—
44 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da AmazôniaBrazil · Manaus 11.5 19.6% 98 457#46
45 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil · Rio de Janeiro 11.0 14.5% 117 409—
46 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil · Porto Alegre 10.5 20.1% 78 392—
47 The University of Western AustraliaAustralia · Perth 10.0 27.8% 65 447#67
48 Colorado State UniversityUnited States · Fort Collins 9.5 26.8% 62 460#26
49 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil · Belo Horizonte 9.0 23.7% 72 324—
50 Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil · Curitiba 8.5 13.1% 116 382—
51 University of GeorgiaUnited States · Athens 8.1 17.8% 75 363#38
52 Virginia TechUnited States · Blacksburg 7.6 22.6% 63 428—
53 The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 7.2 11.8% 124 383—
54 NOAA National Marine Fisheries ServiceUnited States · Silver Spring 6.7 22.7% 61 438#81
55 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil · Belém 6.3 9.6% 140 436—
56 Chinese Academy of Fishery SciencesChina · Beijing 5.9 18.8% 66 345—
57 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil · Brasília 5.5 16.2% 73 308—
58 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil · Recife 5.1 17.3% 71 295—
59 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina · Shanghai 4.7 21.1% 63 341—
60 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States · Raleigh 4.3 15.4% 67 301#96
61 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal · Kathmandu 3.9 12.1% 72 220—
62 Universidade Federal de LavrasBrazil · Lavras 3.5 14.4% 71 267—
63 Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia · Voronezh 3.1 4.4% 130 191—
64 Kyoto UniversityJapan · Kyoto 2.8 10.2% 81 244—
65 United States Fish and Wildlife ServiceUnited States · Washington 2.4 13.2% 73 288—
66 Universidade Estadual de MaringáBrazil · Maringá 2.0 14.8% 66 287—
67 Hokkaido UniversityJapan · Sapporo 1.7 12.4% 66 238—
68 Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil · Manaus 133.7 8.0% 79 173—
69 Universidade Federal Rural de PernambucoBrazil · Recife 99.5 9.1% 62 181—
70 Universidad de IbaguéColombia · Ibagué 65.9 0.3% 265 5—
71 Severtsov Institute of Ecology and EvolutionRussia · Moscow 32.7 4.1% 64 176—
72 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia · Moscow 0.0 4.1% 63 125—

institutions ranked worldwide in Nature and Landscape Conservation (72). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

0 – 5: 14 places5 – 10: 12 places10 – 15: 9 places15 – 20: 7 places20 – 25: 6 places25 – 30: 5 places30 – 35: 3 places35 – 40: 3 places40 – 45: 3 places45 – 50: 2 places50 – 55: 2 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 1 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 286 works
  2. 2 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 265 works
  3. 3 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 181 works
  4. 4 United States Geological SurveyUnited States 166 works
  5. 5 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 157 works
  6. 6 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 150 works
  7. 7 University of FloridaUnited States 150 works
  8. 8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 149 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 142 works
  10. 10 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 142 works
  11. 11 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 140 works
  12. 12 Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia 130 works
  13. 13 University of TübingenGermany 128 works
  14. 14 The University of TokyoJapan 124 works
  15. 15 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 122 works

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