The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the discipline
of Ecology and Evolution relies os data derived from
various data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for
estimating the citation-based metrics were gathered on 21-12-2022.
Position in the ranking is based on a sum of D-indexes (Discipline H-index) of all ranking
scholar’s affiliated with a given institution. D-index
only includes papers and citation
values for an examined discipline.
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The range of our Ecology and Evolution research
Research.com’s best universities ranking is a credible list of
leading scholars from the field of Ecology and Evolution ,
established by means of a meticulous analysis
of 166,880 scholars discovered from
a variety of bibliometric data sources. For the area of
Ecology and Evolution, more than 11774 researchers were
investigated.
What is D-index approval threshold for Ecology and Evolution
The D-index threshold for including a researcher to be
considered is set to 30 if
most of their publications are in the discipline of Ecology and Evolution. The
acceptance criteria for researchers to be
considered into the ranking of top scholars are based on the D-index,
ratio of the contributions made within the selected
discipline plus the awards and achievements of the
researchers. The D-index threshold for considering leading
researchers is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of
scientists projected for each
discipline whilst guaranteeing that the top 1% of
leading researchers are added into the list.
We expect a proximity of 30% or less between a
researcher’s general H-index and their D-index.
Other verification practices
Since our main mission is to guarantee that only
genuine researchers are mentioned in
the ranking we believe that raw data are never
supposed to be a complete means to quantify the
output of scientists. Because of that
we manually check every profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a
broad range of reliable sources. While it’s not a
element impacting a scholar’s position in
our ranking, the amount of documents published in
prominent journals and conference proceedings should form a
reliable secondary implication of their contribution to research in a
selected area of science. Position in the ranking is
determined by every researcher’s D-index
with the help of information compiled from OpenAlex and
CrossRef, which are the most trustworthy and well-known bibliometric
databases of this type accessible to the research community. A
comprehensive definition of our research procedures
can be found on our
methodology page.
Our agenda
Our objective is to inspire scholars,
companies and decision-makers
worldwide to investigate where prominent experts are heading
and to offer an opportunity for the entire scientific community to
get to know who the leading experts in specific
disciplines, in various countries, or even within research
institutions are.
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Key findings for Ecology and Evolution
With 11 institutions Switzerland ranks in spot 12
globally.
As far as institutions are concerned, the affiliation with the highest number of top researchers in Switzerland is University of Zurich with 26 scientists affiliated with it being features in Research.com Ecology and Evolution ranking. It is followed by ETH Zurich with 16 scientists and University of Bern with 15 scholars.
The most prominent researchers in the discipline of Ecology and Evolution in Switzerland are associated with University of Neuchâtel, International Union for Conservation of Nature, University of Basel, ETH Zurich, University of Bern, University of Geneva, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Lausanne, University of Fribourg, Swiss Ornithological Institute. University of Zurich is listed as the best university in the Switzerland in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking scientists at 1430. Ranking second is ETH Zurich with a total D-index of 936. The third spot is taken by University of Bern with a total D-index of 892.
The average total D-index for the top 5% universities is 468 in comparison to an average of 468 for all 11 institutions included in the ranking.
The average number of published articles in the area of Ecology and Evolution by scholars affiliated with the top 1% of scientists in the ranking is 1468 in comparison to an average of 1468 for all 11 universities.
The average number of citations of researchers affiliated with the top 5% universities is 127529 against an average of 127529 for all 11 universities.
