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Environmental Conservation and Management

Environmental Conservation and Management is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 9.6k research works in it since 1950. 23.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the challenges and policy implications of biodiversity offsets, including topics such as no net loss, ecological compensation, mitigation hierarchy, habitat banking, and corporate biodiversity accountability. It discusses the effectiveness, implementation gap, and ethical considerations of biodiversity offsetting in various environmental contexts.

  • Biodiversity Offsets
  • No Net Loss
  • Ecological Compensation
  • Mitigation Hierarchy
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Habitat Banking
  • Conservation Banking
  • Ecosystem Services Markets
  • Wetland Mitigation
  • Corporate Biodiversity Accountability
Research works
9.6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Environmental Conservation and Management research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (235 and 188 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 235 works
  2. 2 United States 188 works
  3. 3 France 139 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 122 works
  5. 5 Germany 121 works
  6. 6 Australia 84 works
  7. 7 Italy 61 works
  8. 8 Netherlands 60 works
  9. 9 India 58 works
  10. 10 Canada 48 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.

China: 21.1%United States: 16.8%France: 12.5%United Kingdom: 10.9%6 others listed: 38.7%21%largest
China235 · 21.1%United States188 · 16.8%France139 · 12.5%United Kingdom122 · 10.9%6 others listed432 · 38.7%

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

Which institutions lead Environmental Conservation and Management research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Wageningen University & Research publishes the most Environmental Conservation and Management research, followed by University of Oxford and Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 11 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 10 works
  3. 3 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 9 works
  4. 4 The University of QueenslandAustralia 9 works
  5. 5 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 9 works
  6. 6 Heidelberg University of EducationGermany 8 works
  7. 7 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearchGermany 7 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 7 works
  9. 9 University of HelsinkiFinland 7 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Environmental Conservation and Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental Conservation and Management include Stephen Polasky, Carl Folke and Robert Costanza.

  1. 1 Stephen Polasky United States 3.8k citations
  2. 2 Carl Folke Sweden 3.2k citations
  3. 3 Robert Costanza Australia 3.2k citations
  4. 4 Cajo J. F. ter Braak Netherlands 2.9k citations
  5. 5 Jean Poesen Belgium 2.4k citations
  6. 6 William J. Sutherland United Kingdom 2.4k citations
  7. 7 Peter H. Verburg Netherlands 2.3k citations
  8. 8 David M. Richardson South Africa 2.3k citations
  9. 9 R. Kerry Turner United Kingdom 2k citations
  10. 10 Jan Willem Erisman Netherlands 1.9k citations

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

Where is Environmental Conservation and Management research done?

The largest centres of Environmental Conservation and Management research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), London (United Kingdom) and Helsinki (Finland).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 66 works
  2. 2 Paris France 39 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 20 works
  4. 4 Helsinki Finland 20 works
  5. 5 Brisbane Australia 18 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 17 works
  7. 7 Washington D.C. United States 15 works
  8. 8 Melbourne Australia 13 works
  9. 9 Oxford United Kingdom 12 works
  10. 10 Shanghai China 12 works
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Where is the best place to study Environmental Conservation and Management?

Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, The University of Queensland and University of Oxford 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.

0%20%40%mean 24.8%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Wageningen University & Research: 10, 30.3%The University of Queensland: 9, 39.8%University of Oxford: 10, 39.3%University of Glasgow: 9, 14.6%Heidelberg University of Education: 8, 0.0%The University of Qu…University of OxfordWageningen Universit…University of Glasgow
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 77.830.3%18.2×10 -48.5%
2 The University of QueenslandAustralia 63.139.8%6.8×9 +34.1%
3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 52.339.3%4.9×10 -41.4%
4 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 45.414.6%9.4×9 —
5 Heidelberg University of EducationGermany 31.00.0%355.4×8 —

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Environmental Conservation and Management research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental Conservation and Management.

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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.

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.