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Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses is a research topic within Nature and Landscape Conservation. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the illegal trade and conservation issues related to parrots, including topics such as parrot poaching, wildlife trafficking, invasive species, state-corporate crime, ecological harm, and nest competition. It explores the challenges and impacts of parrot poaching on endangered species and the broader ecosystem.

  • Parrot Poaching
  • Illegal Wildlife Trade
  • Conservation Criminology
  • Environmental Crimes
  • Invasive Species
  • State-Corporate Crime
  • Ecological Harm
  • Wildlife Trafficking
  • Nest Competition
  • Endangered Species
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

Which countries lead Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (636 and 281 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 636 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 281 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 202 works
  4. 4 Brazil 189 works
  5. 5 Russia 160 works
  6. 6 Australia 143 works
  7. 7 India 134 works
  8. 8 Spain 107 works
  9. 9 Mexico 94 works
  10. 10 Canada 92 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: 31.2%United Kingdom: 13.8%Indonesia: 9.9%Brazil: 9.3%6 others listed: 35.8%31%largest
United States636 · 31.2%United Kingdom281 · 13.8%Indonesia202 · 9.9%Brazil189 · 9.3%6 others listed730 · 35.8%

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

Which institutions lead Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad de Ibagué publishes the most Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses research, followed by City University of New York and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 18 works
  2. 2 City University of New YorkUnited States 16 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 14 works
  4. 4 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 14 works
  5. 5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 14 works
  6. 6 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 12 works
  7. 7 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 11 works
  8. 8 Institute of CriminologySlovenia 11 works
  9. 9 Kharkiv National University of Internal AffairsUkraine 11 works
  10. 10 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses include Ronald C. Kessler, Robert C. Reiner and David R. Jacobs.

  1. 1 Ronald C. Kessler United States 360k citations
  2. 2 Robert C. Reiner United States 160k citations
  3. 3 David R. Jacobs United States 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 Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses?

The most cited paper in Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses is "Quantifying Threats to Imperiled Species in the United States" (David S. Wilcove, David E. Rothstein, Jason Dubow et al., 1998), with 3,127 citations. Next come "The Role of Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Shaping Public Support for Policing" (2,985) and "Testing the Core Empirical Implications of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime" (2,286).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Quantifying Threats to Imperiled Species in the United States David S. Wilcove, David E. Rothstein, Jason Dubow et al. · BioScience Open access Aug 1998 3,127
2 The Role of Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Shaping Public Support for Policing Jason Sunshine, Tom R. Tyler · Law & Society Review 30 Jul 2003 2,985
3 Testing the Core Empirical Implications of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime Harold G. Grasmick, Charles R. Tittle, Robert J. Bursik et al. · Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Feb 1993 2,286
4 HOT SPOTS OF PREDATORY CRIME: ROUTINE ACTIVITIES AND THE CRIMINOLOGY OF PLACE* Lawrence W. Sherman, Patrick R. Gartin, Michael E. Buerger · Criminology Feb 1989 2,113
5 THE EMPIRICAL STATUS OF GOTTFREDSON AND HIRSCHI'S GENERAL THEORY OF CRIME: A META‐ANALYSIS Travis C. Pratt, Francis T. Cullen · Criminology Open access Aug 2000 2,056
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Where is Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses research done?

The largest centres of Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), New York (United States), London (United Kingdom) and Washington D.C. (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 58 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 47 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 46 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C.United States 33 works
  5. 5 Mexico CityMexico 30 works
  6. 6 MadridSpain 26 works
  7. 7 JakartaIndonesia 23 works
  8. 8 SydneyAustralia 23 works
  9. 9 BeijingChina 23 works
  10. 10 MelbourneAustralia 21 works
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Where is the best place to study Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses?

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

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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.

Citation 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
1City University of New YorkUnited States 67.818.7%10.4×16 -12.1%
2University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 64.221.2%3.4×14 -22.3%
3University of EssexUnited Kingdom 62.521.9%21.7×10 +0.1%
4Deakin UniversityAustralia 61.032.8%6.6×8 -5.0%
5Australian National UniversityAustralia 59.319.3%7.2×10 -7.6%
6Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 54.020.1%4.7×10 -12.9%
7University of AmsterdamNetherlands 50.715.8%4.9×8 +16.7%
8University of OsloNorway 50.718.6%4.5×8 -4.5%
9Universidad de IbaguéColombia 49.52.8%76.2×18 -
10Northumbria UniversityUnited Kingdom 44.612.9%14.7×9 -56.8%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses, country by country

Is Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses.

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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 Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses 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.

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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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