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Research in Oban

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Oban, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Scottish Association For Marine Science.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.5k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
29.5%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Oban?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Scottish Association For Marine ScienceResearch facility 1,449 #9,151
2GlycoMar (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

What is Oban strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Oban is most concentrated in Oceanography and Earth and Planetary Sciences (78.5× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 22.9 works79×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 31.7 works19×
← less than its size predictsmore →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Oban?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity, Ocean Acidification, Harmful Algal Blooms, Coastal Protection, Global Warming and Conservation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change36▲ 13×38 topics
  2. Benthic Communities10▲ 170×2 topics
  3. Marine Biodiversity10▲ 170×2 topics
  4. Environmental Impact9▲ 5.0×14 topics
  5. Ocean Acidification9▲ 114×3 topics
  6. Harmful Algal Blooms8▲ 106×3 topics
  7. Coastal Protection8▲ 126×2 topics
  8. Global Warming8▲ 19×7 topics
  9. Conservation8▲ 17×7 topics
  10. Ecosystem Services8▲ 19×3 topics
  11. Eutrophication7▲ 68×4 topics
  12. Acoustic Communication7▲ 133×2 topics
  13. Population Dynamics7▲ 26×6 topics
  14. Ecosystem Functioning7▲ 35×5 topics
  15. Marine Environment7▲ 47×3 topics
  16. Aquaculture7▲ 25×6 topics
  17. Nutrient Limitation6▲ 60×2 topics
  18. Climate Change Impacts6▲ 52×2 topics
  19. Dissolved Organic Matter6▲ 148×1 topic
  20. Oceanic Carbon Cycle6▲ 148×1 topic
  21. Ecosystem Resilience6▲ 40×3 topics
  22. Ocean Circulation6▲ 44×3 topics
  23. Food Security6▲ 10×4 topics
  24. Remote Sensing6▲ 4.5×8 topics
  25. Biogeography6▲ 21×6 topics
  26. Anthropogenic Noise6▲ 181×1 topic
  27. Kelp Forests6▲ 184×1 topic
  28. Marine Mammals6▲ 181×1 topic
  29. Predator-Prey Interactions6▲ 66×2 topics
  30. Seagrasses6▲ 184×1 topic
  31. Fisheries Sustainability5▲ 54×2 topics
  32. Deep-Sea Ecology5▲ 156×1 topic
  33. Estuarine Quality5▲ 156×1 topic
  34. Bivalve Molluscs4▲ 148×1 topic
  35. Ecosystem-Based Management4▲ 132×1 topic
  36. Marine Spatial Planning4▲ 132×1 topic
  37. Oyster Reefs4▲ 148×1 topic
  38. Ecosystem Management4▲ 65×1 topic
  39. Marine Fisheries4▲ 93×1 topic
  40. Trophic Cascades4▲ 41×2 topics

What research is done in Oban?

  1. 1 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 6 works
  2. 2 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 6 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 6 works
  4. 4 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 5 works
  5. 5 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  6. 6 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  7. 7 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  8. 8 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 3 works
  9. 9 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 3 works
  10. 10 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 3 works

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