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Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education

Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 2.7k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the intersection of conservation science, policy advocacy, and leadership in the context of biodiversity conservation. It addresses issues such as the role of scientists in advocacy, the impact of policy on conservation efforts, and the development of necessary skills for nonacademic conservation careers.

  • Conservation Biology
  • Policy Advocacy
  • Leadership
  • Endangered Species Act
  • Scientific Integrity
  • Environmental Science
  • Sustainability
  • Applied Ecology
  • Graduate Education
  • Biodiversity Conservation
Research works
2.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
281
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+41%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
54% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education

Which countries lead Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (251 and 43 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 251 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 43 works
  3. 3 Australia 40 works
  4. 4 Canada 28 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 24 works
  6. 6 India 24 works
  7. 7 Germany 22 works
  8. 8 France 15 works
  9. 9 China 12 works
  10. 10 Brazil 11 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 53.6%United Kingdom: 9.2%Australia: 8.4%Canada: 6.0%6 others listed: 22.8%54%largest
United States251 · 53.6%United Kingdom43 · 9.2%Australia40 · 8.4%Canada28 · 6.0%6 others listed107 · 22.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Montana publishes the most Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Florida.

Who are the leading researchers in Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education include Pamela S. Soltis, Kevin J. Gaston and Robert Mccredie May.

  1. 1 Pamela S. Soltis United States 165k citations
  2. 2 Kevin J. Gaston United Kingdom 123k citations
  3. 3 Robert Mccredie May United Kingdom 122k citations
  4. 4 Harold A. Mooney United States 108k citations
  5. 5 Simon A. Levin United States 106k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education?

The most cited paper in Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education is "Our Common Future—Call for Action" (Gro Harlem Brundtland, 1987), with 1,188 citations. Next come "Conservation biology: The science of scarcity and diversity" (1,055) and "Public Acceptance of Evolution" (828).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Our Common Future—Call for Action Gro Harlem Brundtland · Environmental Conservation 1987 1,188
2 Conservation biology: The science of scarcity and diversity Daniel Simberloff · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Jun 1987 1,055
3 Public Acceptance of Evolution Jon D. Miller, Eugenie C. Scott, Shinji Okamoto · Science 10 Aug 2006 828
4 The Little Things That Run the world* (The Importance and Conservation of Invertebrates) Edward O. Wilson · Conservation Biology Dec 1987 794
5 Morris, W. F., and D. F. Doak. 2003. Quantitative Conservation Biology: Theory and Practice of Population Viability Analysis. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA John L. Sabo · Conservation Ecology Open access 2003 726
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Where is Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education research done?

The largest centres of Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education research in 2022-now are Washington D.C. (United States), New York (United States), Melbourne (Australia) and Missoula (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Washington D.C.United States 13 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 12 works
  3. 3 MelbourneAustralia 9 works
  4. 4 MissoulaUnited States 9 works
  5. 5 LondonUnited Kingdom 8 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 7 works
  7. 7 BrisbaneAustralia 7 works
  8. 8 GainesvilleUnited States 6 works
  9. 9 OttawaCanada 5 works
  10. 10 SydneyAustralia 5 works
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Where is the best place to study Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Montana score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of MontanaUnited States 10.03.0%179.2×9 +55.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education, country by country

Is Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education.

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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 Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education11.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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