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Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

In research, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,321 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,619 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Science — Global and Planetary Change is 20.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,883
of 28,054 · #4,255 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#303
of 1,094
Research works
2.1k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
99k
47.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Environmental ScienceField #1,321 of 3,551 27.4%116 #440
Physical SciencesDomain #8,619 of 12,888 25.5%157 #5037

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science 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).

What does Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 20.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 32.3 works20×
  2. EcologySubfield · 32.5 works20×
  3. Environmental ScienceField · 115.8 works11×
← 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: 1.25× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.55× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.14× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.49× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.20× its world share, 116 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Simon Jennings, Gordon H. Copp and John K. Pinnegar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science.

  1. 1 Simon Jennings United Kingdom · #26,921 worldwide 874 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Gordon H. Copp United Kingdom · #74,684 worldwide 327 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 John K. Pinnegar United Kingdom · #123,190 worldwide 236 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Steven Mackinson United Kingdom · #131,186 worldwide 360 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Georg H. Engelhard United Kingdom · #149,651 worldwide 162 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 John Aldridge United Kingdom · #213,539 worldwide 136 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 David Maxwell United Kingdom · #250,132 worldwide 125 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 R.J. Pentreath United Kingdom · #250,868 worldwide 70 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Robert B. Thorpe United Kingdom · #255,955 worldwide 172 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Craig Baker‐Austin United Kingdom · #281,118 worldwide 136 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

Which keywords describe research at Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Marine Environment, Trophic Cascades, Ecosystem Management, Marine Fisheries 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 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 Change61▲ 11×40 topics
  2. Environmental Impact28▲ 7.9×20 topics
  3. Fisheries Sustainability28▲ 151×2 topics
  4. Marine Environment20▲ 68×3 topics
  5. Trophic Cascades19▲ 96×2 topics
  6. Ecosystem Management18▲ 148×1 topic
  7. Marine Fisheries18▲ 214×1 topic
  8. Invasive Species17▲ 19×12 topics
  9. Recycling16▲ 20×3 topics
  10. Waste Management16▲ 19×3 topics
  11. Aquaculture16▲ 29×5 topics
  12. Sustainability14▲ 2.8×13 topics
  13. Ocean Acidification13▲ 84×3 topics
  14. Biodiversity12▲ 8.0×12 topics
  15. Ecosystem Services11▲ 14×6 topics
  16. Conservation11▲ 12×9 topics
  17. Marine Ecosystems10▲ 96×2 topics
  18. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Freshwater Biodiversity10▲ 76×2 topics
  20. Conservation Challenges10▲ 96×1 topic
  21. Flow Regulation10▲ 96×1 topic
  22. Food Security9▲ 8.2×5 topics
  23. Pollution9▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Human Health9▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Microplastics9▲ 45×1 topic
  26. Terrestrial Ecosystems9▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Bivalve Molluscs9▲ 151×1 topic
  28. Ecosystem Functioning9▲ 23×5 topics
  29. Oyster Reefs9▲ 151×1 topic
  30. Benthic Communities9▲ 72×2 topics
  31. Harmful Algal Blooms9▲ 55×3 topics
  32. Marine Biodiversity9▲ 72×2 topics
  33. Bleaching8▲ 122×1 topic
  34. Coral Reefs8▲ 122×1 topic
  35. Biogeography8▲ 15×4 topics
  36. DNA Barcoding8▲ 24×5 topics
  37. Population Dynamics8▲ 15×7 topics
  38. Environmental Impacts7▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Eutrophication6▲ 29×4 topics
  40. Phylogenetic Relationships6▲ 42×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine and fisheries research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Marine and fisheries res…18Marine and fisheries research: 18 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 10 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…9Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 9 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…9Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 9 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 8 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 6 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…6Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 6 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 6 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 5 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 5 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationPollutionEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 18 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 10 works
  3. 3 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 9 works
  4. 4 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  5. 5 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 8 works
  6. 6 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 6 works
  8. 8 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 5 works
  10. 10 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 5 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.5%domestic only70.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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