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Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre

In research, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#20,406 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,941
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#672
of 896
Research works
263
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.8k
37.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #20,406 of 21,541 26.5%173

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 5.54× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.06× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.98× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.30× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× 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, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Aquaculture, Physiological Adaptation, Fish Feed, Nutrition, Metabolic Rate, Temperature and Invasive Species.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Aquaculture6▲ 108×6 topics
  2. Climate Change6▲ 11×16 topics
  3. Physiological Adaptation3▲ 514×2 topics
  4. Fish Feed3▲ 294×1 topic
  5. Nutrition3▲ 35×1 topic
  6. Metabolic Rate3▲ 215×1 topic
  7. Temperature3▲ 122×1 topic
  8. Conservation2▲ 24×7 topics
  9. Invasive Species2▲ 24×6 topics
  10. Biodiversity2▲ 12×7 topics
  11. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 36×5 topics
  12. Gut Microbiota2▲ 21×3 topics
  13. Benthic Communities1▲ 114×2 topics
  14. Ecosystem Services1▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Marine Biodiversity1▲ 114×2 topics
  16. Ocean Acidification1▲ 92×3 topics
  17. Biogeography1▲ 22×3 topics
  18. Fisheries Sustainability1▲ 64×2 topics
  19. Global Change1▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Environmental Impact1▲ 3.1×3 topics
  21. Probiotics1▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Conservation Challenges1▲ 103×1 topic
  23. Freshwater Biodiversity1▲ 81×1 topic

Which research topics does Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota.

Aquaculture Nutrition an…3Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 3 fractional worksPhysiological and bioche…3Physiological and biochemical adaptations: 3 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 1 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 1 fractional worksCrustacean biology and ecology: 1 fractional worksAquatic life and conservation: 1 fractional worksOcean Acidification Effects and Responses: 0 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medicine Analysis: 0 fractional works
Aquatic ScienceEcologyNature and Landscape ConservationImmunology3 others

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

  1. 1 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 3 works
  2. 2 Physiological and biochemical adaptations Ecology 3 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  4. 4 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 1 works
  5. 5 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 1 works
  6. 6 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Crustacean biology and ecology Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Aquatic life and conservation Aquatic Science 1 works
  9. 9 Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses Oceanography 0 works
  10. 10 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 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 available24.4%not open75.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.3%domestic only75.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.