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Rangeland and Wildlife Management

Rangeland and Wildlife Management is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 19.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the factors influencing the resilience, conservation, and management of sagebrush ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on the impact of invasive species, wildlife habitat preservation, fire ecology, and the effects of climate change. It addresses the challenges and strategies for maintaining biodiversity and ecological balance in sagebrush landscapes.

  • Sagebrush
  • Ecosystem
  • Conservation
  • Invasive Species
  • Wildlife Habitat
  • Fire
  • Resilience
  • Biodiversity
  • Grazing
  • Climate Change
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+5%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Rangeland and Wildlife Management research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.5k and 288 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.5k works
  2. 2 China 288 works
  3. 3 Australia 216 works
  4. 4 Canada 163 works
  5. 5 India 99 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 74 works
  7. 7 South Africa 63 works
  8. 8 Spain 63 works
  9. 9 Germany 57 works
  10. 10 ?? 53 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: 58.3%China: 11.2%Australia: 8.4%Canada: 6.3%6 others listed: 15.9%58%largest
United States1,501 · 58.3%China288 · 11.2%Australia216 · 8.4%Canada163 · 6.3%6 others listed409 · 15.9%

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

Which institutions lead Rangeland and Wildlife Management research?

By volume in 2022–2025, United States Geological Survey publishes the most Rangeland and Wildlife Management research, followed by Agricultural Research Service and Oregon State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States Geological SurveyUnited States 52 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Research ServiceUnited States 27 works
  3. 3 Oregon State UniversityUnited States 25 works
  4. 4 University of FloridaUnited States 24 works
  5. 5 Colorado State UniversityUnited States 23 works
  6. 6 United States Fish and Wildlife ServiceUnited States 21 works
  7. 7 Utah State UniversityUnited States 20 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 19 works
  9. 9 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 19 works
  10. 10 University of WyomingUnited States 19 works

Who are the leading researchers in Rangeland and Wildlife Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Rangeland and Wildlife Management include David Tilman, Peter B. Reich and Stephen R. Carpenter.

  1. 1 David Tilman United States 6.9k citations
  2. 2 Peter B. Reich United States 4.1k citations
  3. 3 Stephen R. Carpenter United States 3.2k citations
  4. 4 F. Stuart Chapin United States 2.7k citations
  5. 5 Robert B. Jackson United States 2.4k citations

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

Where is Rangeland and Wildlife Management research done?

The largest centres of Rangeland and Wildlife Management research in 2022–2025 are Washington D.C. (United States), Beijing (China), Reston (United States) and Fort Collins (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Reston.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Washington D.C. United States 127 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 90 works
  3. 3 Reston United States 52 works
  4. 4 Fort Collins United States 44 works
  5. 5 Canberra Australia 30 works
  6. 6 Madison United States 29 works
  7. 7 Sydney Australia 28 works
  8. 8 New York United States 28 works
  9. 9 Melbourne Australia 28 works
  10. 10 Perth Australia 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RestonUS · 52.1 works73×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Rangeland and Wildlife Management than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Rangeland and Wildlife Management?

Among universities, judged by research, Oregon State University, Colorado State University and 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.

0%10%20%mean 15.82%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Oregon State University: 25, 16.1%Colorado State University: 22, 17.5%University of Montana: 19, 22.2%University of Tasmania: 10, 22.5%Kansas State University: 19, 7.5%University of Wyoming: 19, 10.4%Northern Arizona University: 11, 19.9%New Mexico State University: 18, 12.4%The University of Western Australia: 9, 17.5%Utah State University: 20, 12.2%University of TasmaniaUniversity of MontanaColorado State Unive…Oregon State Univers…
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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 Oregon State UniversityUnited States 59.016.1%27.8×25 +41.4%
2 Colorado State UniversityUnited States 57.117.5%20.4×22 +31.7%
3 University of MontanaUnited States 53.022.2%64.8×19 -16.9%
4 University of TasmaniaAustralia 52.622.5%15.9×10 -4.6%
5 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 52.07.5%28.2×19 +66.6%
6 University of WyomingUnited States 52.010.4%52.2×19 +36.5%
7 Northern Arizona UniversityUnited States 48.319.9%35.3×11 -2.8%
8 New Mexico State UniversityUnited States 48.112.4%50.1×18 +0.1%
9 The University of Western AustraliaAustralia 47.117.5%7.6×9 +32.0%
10 Utah State UniversityUnited States 46.812.2%35.1×20 -11.5%

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 Rangeland and Wildlife Management research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Rangeland and Wildlife 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.