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Turtle Biology and Conservation

Turtle Biology and Conservation is a research topic within Nature and Landscape Conservation. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the conservation and management of marine turtles worldwide, with an emphasis on understanding the impacts of fisheries bycatch, satellite tracking, climate change, nesting habitat, population dynamics, sea-level rise, thermal conditions, and genetic structure. The research priorities include informing global conservation efforts and addressing the threats faced by marine turtle populations.

  • Marine Turtles
  • Conservation
  • Bycatch
  • Satellite Tracking
  • Climate Change
  • Nesting Habitat
  • Population Dynamics
  • Sea-Level Rise
  • Thermal Conditions
  • Genetic Structure
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Turtle Biology and Conservation

Which countries lead Turtle Biology and Conservation research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (656 and 235 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 656 works
  2. 2 Brazil 235 works
  3. 3 China 156 works
  4. 4 Australia 144 works
  5. 5 Spain 93 works
  6. 6 Mexico 92 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 88 works
  8. 8 India 86 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 84 works
  10. 10 Italy 82 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: 38.2%Brazil: 13.7%China: 9.1%Australia: 8.4%6 others listed: 30.6%38%largest
United States656 · 38.2%Brazil235 · 13.7%China156 · 9.1%Australia144 · 8.4%6 others listed525 · 30.6%

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

Which institutions lead Turtle Biology and Conservation research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad de Ibagué publishes the most Turtle Biology and Conservation research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Florida.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 49 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 28 works
  3. 3 University of FloridaUnited States 23 works
  4. 4 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 21 works
  5. 5 National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUnited States 20 works
  6. 6 United States Geological SurveyUnited States 20 works
  7. 7 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 19 works
  8. 8 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 19 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 16 works
  10. 10 Hainan Normal UniversityChina 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Turtle Biology and Conservation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Turtle Biology and Conservation include Jun Wang, Irving L. Weissman and Eugene Wimberly Myers.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Irving L. Weissman United States 196k citations
  3. 3 Eugene Wimberly Myers Germany 163k citations
  4. 4 Carlos Manuel Duarte Saudi Arabia 152k 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 Turtle Biology and Conservation?

The most cited paper in Turtle Biology and Conservation is "Diclofenac residues as the cause of vulture population decline in Pakistan" (J. Lindsay Oaks, Martin Gilbert, Munir Z. Virani et al., 2004), with 1,791 citations. Next come "The Global Decline of Reptiles, Déjà Vu Amphibians" (1,697) and "Integrating Thermal Physiology and Ecology of Ectotherms: A Discussion of Approaches" (1,572).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diclofenac residues as the cause of vulture population decline in Pakistan J. Lindsay Oaks, Martin Gilbert, Munir Z. Virani et al. · Nature 26 Jan 2004 1,791
2 The Global Decline of Reptiles, Déjà Vu Amphibians J. WHITFIELD GIBBON, David E. Scott, Travis J. Ryan et al. · BioScience 2000 1,697
3 Integrating Thermal Physiology and Ecology of Ectotherms: A Discussion of Approaches Raymond B. Huey, R. D. Stevenson · American Zoologist Open access Feb 1979 1,572
4 Aquatic animal telemetry: A panoramic window into the underwater world Nigel Edward Hussey, Steven Thomas Kessel, Kim Aarestrup et al. · Science Open access 11 Jun 2015 1,462
5 Rapid quantitative detection of chytridiomycosis (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in amphibian samples using real-time Taqman PCR assay DG Boyle, DB Boyle, DB Boyle et al. · Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Open access 2004 1,292
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Where is Turtle Biology and Conservation research done?

The largest centres of Turtle Biology and Conservation research in 2022-now are Ibagué (Colombia), São Paulo (Brazil), Gainesville (United States) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ibagué.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 IbaguéColombia 49 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 36 works
  3. 3 GainesvilleUnited States 35 works
  4. 4 Mexico CityMexico 34 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 31 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C.United States 27 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 24 works
  8. 8 MadridSpain 22 works
  9. 9 BrisbaneAustralia 22 works
  10. 10 LondonUnited Kingdom 20 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IbaguéCO · 49.1 works174×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Turtle Biology and Conservation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Turtle Biology and Conservation?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Exeter, Hainan Normal University and University of Florida 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 10.4%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of ExeterHainan Normal Univer…James Cook UniversityUniversity of Florida
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

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 ExeterUnited Kingdom 74.716.8%11.0×11 +46.8%
2Hainan Normal UniversityChina 57.615.9%89.6×15 +340.1%
3University of FloridaUnited States 57.08.3%9.3×23 -2.1%
4James Cook UniversityAustralia 55.511.6%28.8×10 -20.1%
5The University of QueenslandAustralia 49.616.8%4.5×10 -25.5%
6Florida Atlantic UniversityUnited States 48.820.6%18.2×8 -28.9%
7Universidad de IbaguéColombia 45.00.0%243.4×49 -
8University of California, DavisUnited States 37.84.2%5.3×10 +20.8%
9University of GeorgiaUnited States 37.75.7%9.9×10 -22.5%
10Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 34.14.1%6.9×16 -10.7%

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 Turtle Biology and Conservation, country by country

Is Turtle Biology and Conservation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Turtle Biology and Conservation.

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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 Turtle Biology and Conservation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.010% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Turtle Biology and Conservation0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Turtle Biology and Conservation 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%Turtle Biology and Conservation10.3% 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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