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Cawthron Institute

In research, Cawthron Institute stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,037 of 3,334 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,912 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Science (Ecology is 22.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,976
of 22,385 · #10,500 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#35
of 61
Research works
849
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
31.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Cawthron Institute

What is Cawthron Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Environmental ScienceField #2,037 of 3,334 12.9%88 #1556
Physical SciencesDomain #9,912 of 10,670 12.2%117 #7520

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cawthron Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Cawthron Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Cawthron Institute is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (52%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 136 fractional works · 69.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 101 fractional works · 51.6% of its workEcology: 35 fractional works · 17.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 29 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 9.7% of its workOceanography: 17 fractional works · 8.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 45 fractional works · 23.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAquatic Science: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCawthronInstitute196fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science10151.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences199.7%
    3. Engineering73.6%
    4. Energy31.6%
    5. Computer Science31.4%
    6. Materials Science10.7%
    7. Chemistry10.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology199.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences178.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology73.6%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Social Sciences63.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    3. Decision Sciences00.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Psychology00.1%
    1. Medicine52.7%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Cawthron Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 22.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 34.6 works22×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 28.6 works19×
  3. Environmental ScienceField · 101.3 works10×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.84× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.53× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.21× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.78× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.39× its world share, 101 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.39×101 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.21×19 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.53×7 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.86×17 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.84×19 works
  6. Energy1.78×3 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.96×1 works
  8. Nursing0.89×1 works
  9. Veterinary0.73×0 works
  10. Chemistry0.41×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.28×1 works
  12. Engineering0.24×7 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.24×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.24×6 works
  15. Materials Science0.20×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.20×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.18×3 works
  18. Medicine0.14×5 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  22. Psychology0.03×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cawthron Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Xavier Pochon, Marc Tadaki and Olivier Laroche lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cawthron Institute.

  1. 1 Xavier Pochon New Zealand · #144,332 worldwide 9.3k citations · 215 works
  2. 2 Marc Tadaki New Zealand · #278,076 worldwide 4k citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Olivier Laroche New Zealand · #470,087 worldwide 2.2k citations · 83 works
  4. 4 Anastasija Zaiko New Zealand · #547,817 worldwide 5k citations · 170 works
  5. 5 Patrick T. Holland New Zealand · #784,674 worldwide 6k citations · 1,019 works
  6. 6 Louis A. Tremblay New Zealand · #860,317 worldwide 6.6k citations · 181 works
  7. 7 Paul S. McNabb New Zealand · #875,221 worldwide 3.6k citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Paul M. South New Zealand · #878,503 worldwide 1.7k citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Heinrich F. Kaspar New Zealand · #899,269 worldwide 3.9k citations · 57 works
  10. 10 John K. Pearman New Zealand · #968,286 worldwide 2.7k citations · 102 works
All ranked researchers at Cawthron Institute

What are the most cited papers from Cawthron Institute?

The most cited paper from Cawthron Institute is "A review of the global ecology, genomics, and biogeography of the toxic cyanobacterium, Microcystis spp." (Matthew J. Harke, Morgan M. Steffen, Christopher J. Gobler et al., 2016), with 1,111 citations. Next come "Probiotics in aquaculture: The need, principles and mechanisms of action and screening processes" (811) and "Organic matter breakdown and ecosystem metabolism: functional indicators for assessing river ecosystem health" (454).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A review of the global ecology, genomics, and biogeography of the toxic cyanobacterium, Microcystis spp. Matthew J. Harke, Morgan M. Steffen, Christopher J. Gobler et al. · Harmful Algae Open access Apr 2016 1,111
2 Probiotics in aquaculture: The need, principles and mechanisms of action and screening processes Aditya Kesarcodi-Watson, Heinrich F. Kaspar, Maria Josie Lategan et al. · Aquaculture 26 Nov 2007 811
3 Organic matter breakdown and ecosystem metabolism: functional indicators for assessing river ecosystem health Roger G. Young, Christoph D. Matthaei, Colin R. Townsend · Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30 Jun 2008 454
4 Correlation between hemolytic activity, cytotoxicity and systemic in vivo toxicity of synthetic antimicrobial peptides Ines Greco, Natalia Molchanova, Elin Holmedal et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 6 Aug 2020 447
5 A review of current knowledge on toxic benthic freshwater cyanobacteria – Ecology, toxin production and risk management Quiblier Catherine, Wood Susanna, Isidora Echenique‐Subiabre et al. · Water Research 4 Jul 2013 431
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cawthron Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Aquaculture, Environmental Impact, Marine Environment, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Services, Food Security and Bivalve Molluscs.

▲ 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-now 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 Change38▲ 7.2×45 topics
  2. Aquaculture35▲ 70×7 topics
  3. Environmental Impact28▲ 8.3×19 topics
  4. Marine Environment25▲ 87×3 topics
  5. Invasive Species22▲ 26×10 topics
  6. Sustainability22▲ 4.5×18 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services20▲ 27×5 topics
  8. Food Security19▲ 18×5 topics
  9. Bivalve Molluscs18▲ 308×1 topic
  10. Oyster Reefs18▲ 308×1 topic
  11. Conservation Genetics13▲ 163×2 topics
  12. Harmful Algal Blooms12▲ 76×3 topics
  13. Fisheries Sustainability11▲ 66×2 topics
  14. Ocean Acidification11▲ 73×3 topics
  15. DNA Barcoding11▲ 31×3 topics
  16. Biodiversity10▲ 6.4×15 topics
  17. Benthic Communities9▲ 78×2 topics
  18. Marine Biodiversity9▲ 78×2 topics
  19. Habitat Fragmentation9▲ 21×4 topics
  20. Ecosystem Functioning9▲ 22×5 topics
  21. Freshwater Biodiversity8▲ 71×2 topics
  22. Water Quality8▲ 11×9 topics
  23. Conservation Challenges8▲ 91×1 topic
  24. Flow Regulation8▲ 91×1 topic
  25. Omega-3 Fatty Acids8▲ 57×2 topics
  26. Eutrophication8▲ 36×5 topics
  27. Nutrition8▲ 9.1×3 topics
  28. Fatty Acids8▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Fish Feed8▲ 76×1 topic
  30. Biodiversity Loss7▲ 66×3 topics
  31. Environmental Impacts7▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Coastal Protection7▲ 54×2 topics
  33. Ecosystem Engineering7▲ 119×2 topics
  34. Aquatic Invasions7▲ 168×1 topic
  35. Freshwater Mussels7▲ 168×1 topic
  36. Gut Microbiota6▲ 9.3×5 topics
  37. Microbial Ecology6▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Environmental DNA6▲ 158×1 topic
  39. Metabarcoding6▲ 158×1 topic
  40. Global Change6▲ 12×6 topics

Which research topics does Cawthron Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior.

Marine Bivalve and Aquac…18Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 18 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 8 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 8 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 7 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 6 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 6 fractional worksAquaculture disease mana…5Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 5 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant…5Marine and coastal plant biology: 5 fractional worksMarine Toxins and Detect…5Marine Toxins and Detection Methods: 5 fractional worksMarine Biology and Envir…4Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationAquatic ScienceEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 18 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  3. 3 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 8 works
  4. 4 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 7 works
  5. 5 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 6 works
  6. 6 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 6 works
  7. 7 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 5 works
  8. 8 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 5 works
  9. 9 Marine Toxins and Detection Methods Environmental Chemistry 5 works
  10. 10 Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry Ocean Engineering 4 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 available49.0%not open51.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.4%domestic only64.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cawthron Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Cawthron Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00083% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Cawthron Institute0.00068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cawthron Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Cawthron Institute14.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.4% in 2015.

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