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Aberdeen Harbour Board

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Research works
48
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
523
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
2%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Aberdeen Harbour Board

Not ranked overall: Aberdeen Harbour Board is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Aberdeen Harbour Board work in?

In all years, 92% of research at Aberdeen Harbour Board is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (73%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%), Engineering (6%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 91.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 72.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 21.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAberdeen HarbourBoard48fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3572.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences612.1%
    3. Engineering35.9%
    4. Chemical Engineering00.7%
    5. Materials Science00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Social Sciences12.5%
    1. Health Professions11.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Aberdeen Harbour Board specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 16.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 34.7 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Who are the top researchers at Aberdeen Harbour Board?

Ranked on the quality score, Kenneth B. Pugh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aberdeen Harbour Board.

  1. 1 Kenneth B. Pugh United Kingdom · #5,066,372 worldwide 437 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Aberdeen Harbour Board

What are the most cited papers from Aberdeen Harbour Board?

The most cited paper from Aberdeen Harbour Board is "Impact of marine fish farming on water quality and bottom sediment: A case study in the sub-tropical environment" (Rongben Wu, Paul K.S. Lam, David W. Mackay et al., 1994), with 196 citations. Next come "Sludge dumping in the firth of Clyde" (97) and "Long-term nutrient enrichment of an estuarine system: Ythan, Scotland (1958–1993)" (59).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Impact of marine fish farming on water quality and bottom sediment: A case study in the sub-tropical environment Rongben Wu, Paul K.S. Lam, David W. Mackay et al. · Marine Environmental Research 1994 196
2 Sludge dumping in the firth of Clyde David W. Mackay, W T HALCROW, Iain Thornton · Marine Pollution Bulletin 1972 97
3 Long-term nutrient enrichment of an estuarine system: Ythan, Scotland (1958–1993) Philip W. Balls, Alan MacDonald, Kenneth B. Pugh et al. · Environmental Pollution 1995 59
4 Soluble nitrogen and phosphorus in the River Ythan system, U.K.: Annual and seasonal trends Alan MacDonald, A.C. Edwards, Kenneth B. Pugh et al. · Water Research Mar 1995 52
5 The effects of eight trace metals in acid soft water on survival, mineral uptake and skeletal calcium deposition in yolk‐sac fry of brown trout, Salmo trutta L. J. P. Reader, N. C. Everall, Martin D. J. Sayer et al. · Journal of Fish Biology Aug 1989 45
All 43 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Aberdeen Harbour Board?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Climate Change, Water Quality, Multivariate Statistical Techniques, Water Quality Index, Invasive Species, Eutrophication and Ecosystem-Based Management.

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

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Environmental Impact12▲ 19×10 topics
  2. Climate Change11▲ 8.8×12 topics
  3. Water Quality8▲ 38×7 topics
  4. Multivariate Statistical Techniques7▲ 395×1 topic
  5. Water Quality Index7▲ 395×1 topic
  6. Invasive Species5▲ 17×6 topics
  7. Eutrophication4▲ 63×4 topics
  8. Sustainability4▲ 4.4×5 topics
  9. Ecosystem-Based Management3▲ 250×1 topic
  10. Marine Spatial Planning3▲ 250×1 topic
  11. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Hyporheic Zone3▲ 197×1 topic
  13. Nutrient Cycling3▲ 78×1 topic
  14. Freshwater Biodiversity3▲ 70×2 topics
  15. Environmental Impacts3▲ 25×4 topics
  16. Groundwater3▲ 64×2 topics
  17. Water Resources3▲ 24×4 topics
  18. Isotopes2▲ 126×1 topic
  19. Stable2▲ 184×1 topic
  20. Sediment Transport2▲ 31×3 topics
  21. Conservation Challenges2▲ 70×1 topic
  22. Flow Regulation2▲ 70×1 topic
  23. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Remote Sensing2▲ 4.3×3 topics
  25. Health Effects2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  26. Bioaccumulation2▲ 35×3 topics
  27. Land Use Change2▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Aquaculture2▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Ecosystem Engineering1▲ 81×2 topics
  31. Toxicity1▲ 6.8×3 topics
  32. Urbanization1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  33. Flood Risk1▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Recycling1▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Remediation1▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Surface Water Mapping1▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Sustainability Assessment1▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Waste Management1▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Benthic Communities1▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Marine Biodiversity1▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Aberdeen Harbour Board publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Extraction and Separation Processes, Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings and Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics.

Extraction and Separatio…0Extraction and Separation Processes: 0 fractional worksElectrodeposition and El…0Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings: 0 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes …0Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available2.1%not open97.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Aberdeen Harbour Board's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Aberdeen Harbour Board as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000012% in 2018.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Aberdeen Harbour Board0.0000085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Aberdeen Harbour Board over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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