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Institution · Townsville · Australia

AIMS@JCU

aims.jcu.edu.auROR OpenAlex
Research works
89
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
46.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
47.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: AIMS@JCU is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.59× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 13.27× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at AIMS@JCU?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Marine Ecosystems, Bleaching, Coral Reefs, Fisheries Sustainability, Trophic Cascades and Ecosystem 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. Climate Change37▲ 16×26 topics
  2. Ocean Acidification25▲ 336×3 topics
  3. Marine Ecosystems20▲ 411×2 topics
  4. Bleaching18▲ 594×1 topic
  5. Coral Reefs18▲ 594×1 topic
  6. Fisheries Sustainability10▲ 87×2 topics
  7. Trophic Cascades8▲ 79×2 topics
  8. Ecosystem Management8▲ 106×1 topic
  9. Marine Fisheries8▲ 153×1 topic
  10. Benthic Communities8▲ 99×2 topics
  11. Marine Biodiversity8▲ 99×2 topics
  12. Coastal Protection8▲ 123×2 topics
  13. Conservation7▲ 17×8 topics
  14. Aquaculture7▲ 31×5 topics
  15. Environmental Impact7▲ 5.6×12 topics
  16. Climate Change Impacts6▲ 52×2 topics
  17. Population Dynamics6▲ 22×8 topics
  18. Kelp Forests6▲ 178×1 topic
  19. Seagrasses6▲ 178×1 topic
  20. Marine Environment6▲ 64×3 topics
  21. Metagenomics5▲ 47×2 topics
  22. Marine Natural Products5▲ 99×2 topics
  23. Bioprospecting5▲ 162×2 topics
  24. Pharmacology5▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Microbial Symbionts5▲ 239×1 topic
  26. Sponge-Associated Microorganisms5▲ 239×1 topic
  27. Invasive Species4▲ 8.2×8 topics
  28. Biodiversity4▲ 5.9×7 topics
  29. Recycling4▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Waste Management4▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 9.6×2 topics
  32. Gut Microbiota3▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Fish Immunology3▲ 83×1 topic
  34. Probiotics3▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Ecology3▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Ecosystem Services3▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Fisheries3▲ 75×2 topics
  38. Migration3▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Rays3▲ 138×1 topic
  40. Sharks3▲ 138×1 topic

Which research topics does AIMS@JCU publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Marine and coastal plant biology and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution.

Coral and Marine Ecosyst…3Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 3 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 2 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 2 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 1 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine B…1Ichthyology and Marine Biology: 1 fractional worksMarine Sponges and Natural Products: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Environmental Chemistry: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 0 fractional worksEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 0 fractional works
EcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeOceanographyPollution6 others

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

  1. 1 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 3 works
  2. 2 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  3. 3 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 2 works
  4. 4 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 1 works
  5. 5 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Marine Sponges and Natural Products Biotechnology 1 works
  8. 8 Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry Ocean Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  10. 10 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available57.5%not open42.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.3%domestic only67.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has AIMS@JCU's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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