Research in Townsville

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.

Relative to its size, research in Townsville is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Oceanography (10.9× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 100.0 works11×
2. EcologySubfield · 297.5 works9.9×
3. OceanographySubfield · 85.0 works7.9×
4. Ecological ModelingSubfield · 20.3 works7.0×
5. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 172.5 works5.9×
6. ParasitologySubfield · 21.7 works5.3×

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.

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Marine Ecosystems, Bleaching, Coral Reefs, Conservation, Population Dynamics and Fisheries Sustainability.

1. 1 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 136 works
2. 2 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 80 works
3. 3 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 51 works
4. 4 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 38 works
5. 5 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 29 works
6. 6 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 29 works
7. 7 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 25 works
8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 22 works
9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 20 works
10. 10 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 19 works