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AquaBioTech Group (Malta)

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Research works
43
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
312
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
AquaBioTech Group (Malta)

Not ranked overall: AquaBioTech Group (Malta) 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 AquaBioTech Group (Malta) work in?

In all years, 38% of research at AquaBioTech Group (Malta) is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Environmental Science (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 16 fractional works · 38.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 26.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 35.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 14.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 18.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 13.8% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 7.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAquaBioTech Group(Malta)43fractional works, all years
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences38%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1126.2%
    2. Psychology38.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities23.9%
    1. Environmental Science614.5%
    2. Engineering37.9%
    3. Computer Science37.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.1%
    5. Energy11.9%
    6. Materials Science00.6%
    7. Chemistry00.4%
    8. Mathematics00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences613.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.9%
    1. Health Professions25.1%
    2. Medicine13.3%
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: 2.43× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.39× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.17× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 4.78× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.78×3 works
  2. Environmental Science3.39×3 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.17×2 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.43×2 works
  5. Social Sciences1.85×4 works
  6. Computer Science1.41×2 works
  7. Energy1.00×0 works
  8. Mathematics0.78×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.58×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.39×0 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×0 works
  13. Engineering0.31×1 works
  14. Health Professions0.17×0 works
  15. Medicine0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at AquaBioTech Group (Malta)?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexia Massa-Gallucci, Tamás Bardócz and Lara Bezzina lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AquaBioTech Group (Malta).

  1. 1 Alexia Massa-Gallucci Malta · #1,490,338 worldwide 641 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Tamás Bardócz Malta · #2,268,091 worldwide 285 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Lara Bezzina Malta · #3,446,616 worldwide 31 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at AquaBioTech Group (Malta)

What are the most cited papers from AquaBioTech Group (Malta)?

The most cited paper from AquaBioTech Group (Malta) is "The Essentials of Marine Biotechnology" (Ana Rotter et al., 2021), with 220 citations. Next come "A New Network for the Advancement of Marine Biotechnology in Europe and Beyond" (102) and "Identification of Vibrio harveyi as a causative bacterium for a tail rot disease of sea bream Sparus aurata from research hatchery in Malta" (97).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Essentials of Marine Biotechnology Ana Rotter et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science Open access 16 Mar 2021 220
2 A New Network for the Advancement of Marine Biotechnology in Europe and Beyond Ana Rotter et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science Open access 12 May 2020 102
3 Identification of Vibrio harveyi as a causative bacterium for a tail rot disease of sea bream Sparus aurata from research hatchery in Malta Soumya Haldar, Amudha Deepalakshmi Maharajan, Shruti Chatterjee et al. · Microbiological Research Open access 3 Feb 2010 97
4 Determining natal origin for improved management of Atlantic bluefin tuna Naiara Rodríguez‐Ezpeleta et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Open access 30 Jul 2019 91
5 Feasibility of investment in Blue Growth multiple-use of space and multi-use platform projects; results of a novel assessment approach and case studies Gordon Dalton, Tamás Bardócz, Mike Blanch et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Open access 16 Mar 2019 80
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at AquaBioTech Group (Malta)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aquaculture, Ethnicity, Intersectionality, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Public Health, Identity and Marine Environment.

▲ 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 36 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Aquaculture4▲ 31×7 topics
  2. Sustainability4▲ 4.6×7 topics
  3. Environmental Impact3▲ 5.7×7 topics
  4. Ethnicity3▲ 25×3 topics
  5. Public Health3▲ 5.5×6 topics
  6. Climate Change3▲ 2.5×12 topics
  7. Intersectionality3▲ 47×2 topics
  8. Identity3▲ 7.7×2 topics
  9. Marine Environment2▲ 55×3 topics
  10. Epidemiological Study2▲ 66×1 topic
  11. Social Model of Disability2▲ 534×1 topic
  12. Discrimination2▲ 33×2 topics
  13. Healthcare Access2▲ 24×1 topic
  14. Migration2▲ 15×1 topic
  15. Nutrition2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  16. Water Quality2▲ 10×4 topics
  17. Deep Learning2▲ 1.85×6 topics
  18. Food Security2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  19. Healthcare2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  20. Waste Management2▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Microbial Communities2▲ 10×2 topics
  22. Neural Networks2▲ 3.3×5 topics
  23. Fatty Acids1▲ 28×1 topic
  24. Fish Feed1▲ 49×1 topic
  25. Gender Equality1▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Microplastics1▲ 68×1 topic
  27. Terrestrial Ecosystems1▲ 68×1 topic
  28. Aquaponics1▲ 489×1 topic
  29. Fisheries Sustainability1▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Hydroponics1▲ 92×1 topic
  31. Time Series1▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Well-being1▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Education1▲ 2.0×3 topics
  34. Anomaly Detection1▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Outlier Detection1▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Stress1▲ 5.7×2 topics

Which research topics does AquaBioTech Group (Malta) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth and Water Quality Monitoring Technologies.

Anomaly Detection Techni…1Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksRenaissance and Early Mo…1Renaissance and Early Modern Studies: 1 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 1 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring…1Water Quality Monitoring Technologies: 1 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence a…1Emotional Intelligence and Performance: 1 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 1 fractional worksGrit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation: 0 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…0Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksDisability Rights and Representation: 0 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceHistoryAquatic ScienceWater Science and Technology5 others

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

  1. 1 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  2. 2 Renaissance and Early Modern Studies History 1 works
  3. 3 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 1 works
  4. 4 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation Social Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  9. 9 Disability Rights and Representation Safety Research 0 works
  10. 10 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 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 available54.9%not open45.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.1%domestic only61.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has AquaBioTech Group (Malta)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is AquaBioTech Group (Malta) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000044% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%AquaBioTech Group (Malta)0.00011% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of AquaBioTech Group (Malta) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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