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Acadian Seaplants (Canada)

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Research works
98
▼ 80% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.2k
63.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
47%
world 18%
Acadian Seaplants (Canada)

Not ranked overall: Acadian Seaplants (Canada) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Acadian Seaplants (Canada) work in?

In all years, 41% of research at Acadian Seaplants (Canada) is in Social Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (27%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (22%), Business, Management and Accounting (14%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 40 fractional works · 41.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 21.7% of its workFinance: 14 fractional works · 13.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 13.8% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 10.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 30.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 26.6% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 13.6% of its workAquatic Science: 8 fractional works · 8.2% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 26.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 12.9% of its workOceanography: 12 fractional works · 12.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAcadian Seaplants(Canada)98fractional works, all years
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences41%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2121.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1413.8%
    3. Social Sciences33.0%
    4. Decision Sciences22.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2626.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1312.9%
    2. Environmental Science77.6%
    3. Materials Science22.1%
    4. Engineering11.3%
    5. Energy11.2%
    6. Computer Science10.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Medicine21.7%
    2. Nursing10.6%
    3. Health Professions00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6.61× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.73× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 20.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.34×1 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.61×1 works
  3. Environmental Science3.73×1 works
  4. Engineering0.93×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities0.25×0 works
  6. Medicine0.11×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Acadian Seaplants (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Alan Trevor Critchley, M. Lynn Cornish and Jeff T. Hafting lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Acadian Seaplants (Canada).

  1. 1 Alan Trevor Critchley Canada · #123,050 worldwide 15k citations · 258 works
  2. 2 M. Lynn Cornish Canada · #926,734 worldwide 954 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Jeff T. Hafting Canada · #1,023,268 worldwide 1.4k citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Jeffrey P. Norrie Canada · #1,184,385 worldwide 1.5k citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Franklin Evans Canada · #2,084,818 worldwide 702 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Raúl A. Escobar Ugarte Canada · #2,534,633 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Acadian Seaplants (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Acadian Seaplants (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Acadian Seaplants (Canada) is "Seaweed Extracts as Biostimulants of Plant Growth and Development" (Wajahatullah Khan, Usha P. Rayirath, Sowmyalakshmi Subramanian et al., 2009), with 1,734 citations. Next come "Seaweed extract stimuli in plant science and agriculture" (1,116) and "Stock Price Reaction to News and No-News: Drift and Reversal after Headlines" (770).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Seaweed Extracts as Biostimulants of Plant Growth and Development Wajahatullah Khan, Usha P. Rayirath, Sowmyalakshmi Subramanian et al. · Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 7 May 2009 1,734
2 Seaweed extract stimuli in plant science and agriculture James S. Craigie · Journal of Applied Phycology 28 Jul 2010 1,116
3 Stock Price Reaction to News and No-News: Drift and Reversal after Headlines Wesley S. Chan · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2001 770
4 Ascophyllum nodosum-Based Biostimulants: Sustainable Applications in Agriculture for the Stimulation of Plant Growth, Stress Tolerance, and Disease Management Pushp Sheel Shukla, Emily Grace Mantin, Mohd Adil et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science Open access 29 May 2019 548
5 Effect of liquid seaweed extracts on growth of tomato seedlings (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Rosalba Mireya Hernández-Herrera, Fernando Santacruz‐Ruvalcaba, Mario Alberto Ruíz-López et al. · Journal of Applied Phycology 16 Jul 2013 387
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Acadian Seaplants (Canada)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity, Regulation, Coastal Protection, Ocean Acidification, Kelp Forests, Seagrasses and Corporate Governance.

▲ 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. Benthic Communities12▲ 143×2 topics
  2. Marine Biodiversity12▲ 143×2 topics
  3. Regulation11▲ 18×4 topics
  4. Coastal Protection10▲ 152×2 topics
  5. Ocean Acidification9▲ 117×3 topics
  6. Kelp Forests9▲ 256×1 topic
  7. Seagrasses9▲ 256×1 topic
  8. Corporate Governance9▲ 16×5 topics
  9. Asset Pricing8▲ 64×2 topics
  10. Antioxidant Activity8▲ 15×4 topics
  11. Health Benefits8▲ 27×4 topics
  12. Market Efficiency8▲ 109×1 topic
  13. Protein Hydrolysates8▲ 149×2 topics
  14. Stock Returns8▲ 156×1 topic
  15. Bioactive Compounds8▲ 39×3 topics
  16. Abiotic Stress7▲ 131×2 topics
  17. Functional Food7▲ 73×3 topics
  18. Plant Growth7▲ 64×2 topics
  19. Biostimulants7▲ 515×1 topic
  20. Monetary Policy7▲ 24×6 topics
  21. Seaweed Extracts7▲ 515×1 topic
  22. Seaweed6▲ 397×1 topic
  23. Sulfated Polysaccharides6▲ 397×1 topic
  24. Climate Change6▲ 2.3×16 topics
  25. Liquidity6▲ 52×3 topics
  26. Finance4▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Financial Reporting4▲ 40×4 topics
  28. Investor Protection4▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Ownership Structure4▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Audit Committee4▲ 94×1 topic
  31. Biogeography4▲ 12×5 topics
  32. Earnings Management4▲ 62×1 topic
  33. Information Asymmetry4▲ 87×2 topics
  34. Banking4▲ 82×1 topic
  35. Credit4▲ 82×1 topic
  36. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Deep-Sea Ecology3▲ 60×1 topic
  38. Estuarine Quality3▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Financial Performance3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  40. Housing Supply3▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Acadian Seaplants (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine and coastal plant biology, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Marine Biology and Ecology Research and Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques.

Marine and coastal plant biology: 1 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 0 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…0Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 0 fractional worksPlant Growth Enhancement…0Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques: 0 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 0 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 0 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…0Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 0 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 0 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 0 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Resistance: 0 fractional works
OceanographyEcologyPlant ScienceControl and Systems Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 1 works
  2. 2 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 0 works
  3. 3 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 0 works
  4. 4 Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques Plant Science 0 works
  5. 5 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 0 works
  8. 8 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  10. 10 Plant Pathogens and Resistance Plant Science 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 available58.3%not open41.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.0%domestic only53.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Acadian Seaplants (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 80% lower 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 Acadian Seaplants (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000012% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Acadian Seaplants (Canada)0.000011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Acadian Seaplants (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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