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College of Marin

In research, College of Marin stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,142 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,612 of 7,800 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,922 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Ecology and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Oceanography is 42.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,986
of 28,054 · #3,442 all time
Rank in United States
#690
of 4,192
Research works
2.7k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
95k
34.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is College of Marin 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,142 of 12,888 13.3%370 #2554
Life SciencesDomain #3,612 of 7,800 16.0%127 #4685
Environmental ScienceField #1,922 of 3,551 13.2%154 #794
OceanographySubfield #96 of 156 19.7%66 #97
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #819 of 1,209 16.9%110 #725

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where College of Marin 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,554 #4,142
  2. Life Sciences#4,685 #3,612
  3. Environmental Science#794 #1,922
  4. Oceanography#97 #96
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences#725 #819
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does College of Marin specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 42.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 66.1 works43×
  2. EcologySubfield · 57.4 works13×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 110.2 works13×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 22.7 works9.3×
← 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: 1.47× its world share, 38 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.91× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.18× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.69× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.58× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.80× its world share, 110 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.71× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 51 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.65× its world share, 154 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.88× its world share, 17 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at College of Marin?

Ranked on the composite score, Kendra L. Daly, David J. Hollander and David A. Mann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is College of Marin.

  1. 1 Kendra L. Daly United States · #144,350 worldwide 137 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 David J. Hollander United States · #381,966 worldwide 130 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 David A. Mann United States · #507,938 worldwide 126 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Alice Carré United States · #691,729 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Xueqing Li United States · #1,064,964 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Tim M. Conway United States · #1,395,816 worldwide 60 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Patrick Schwing United States · #1,463,295 worldwide 15 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Isabel C. Romero United States · #1,545,593 worldwide 16 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at College of Marin

Which keywords describe research at College of Marin?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Aquaculture, Ocean Acidification, Microbial Ecology, Bacterial Diversity, Marine Microbes and Microbial Biogeography.

▲ 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 Change89▲ 6.0×65 topics
  2. Global Warming28▲ 12×7 topics
  3. Environmental Impact27▲ 2.9×35 topics
  4. Aquaculture27▲ 19×8 topics
  5. Ocean Acidification25▲ 62×3 topics
  6. Microbial Ecology24▲ 26×5 topics
  7. Bacterial Diversity22▲ 35×2 topics
  8. Marine Microbes22▲ 69×1 topic
  9. Microbial Biogeography22▲ 69×1 topic
  10. Ocean Circulation22▲ 30×3 topics
  11. Harmful Algal Blooms21▲ 50×3 topics
  12. Data Assimilation20▲ 24×3 topics
  13. Eutrophication20▲ 35×5 topics
  14. Water Quality19▲ 8.8×13 topics
  15. Oceanic Modeling18▲ 98×1 topic
  16. Tidal Analysis18▲ 98×1 topic
  17. Innate Immunity17▲ 10.0×7 topics
  18. Nutrient Limitation17▲ 30×2 topics
  19. Dissolved Organic Matter17▲ 74×1 topic
  20. Oceanic Carbon Cycle17▲ 74×1 topic
  21. Gut Microbiota16▲ 8.5×7 topics
  22. Microbial Communities16▲ 6.9×7 topics
  23. Benthic Communities16▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Marine Biodiversity16▲ 48×2 topics
  25. Probiotics15▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Antibiotic Resistance14▲ 6.7×4 topics
  27. Cytokines14▲ 9.0×4 topics
  28. Marine Environment14▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Stress Response13▲ 41×2 topics
  30. Fish Immunology12▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Viral Diseases12▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Marine Ecosystems12▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Anaerobic12▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Methane Oxidation12▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Coastal Protection12▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Biogeography11▲ 7.9×11 topics
  37. Holocene11▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Climate Change Impacts11▲ 17×4 topics
  39. Fisheries Sustainability11▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Bleaching11▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does College of Marin publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Marine and coastal ecosystems and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota.

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 22 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 18 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…17Marine and coastal ecosystems: 17 fractional worksAquaculture disease mana…12Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 12 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 12 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 11 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…9Marine and fisheries research: 9 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 8 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 7 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 7 fractional works
EcologyOceanographyImmunologyEnvironmental Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 22 works
  2. 2 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 18 works
  3. 3 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 17 works
  4. 4 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 12 works
  5. 5 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 12 works
  6. 6 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 11 works
  7. 7 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  8. 8 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 8 works
  9. 9 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 7 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 7 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 available35.6%not open64.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.6%domestic only65.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has College of Marin's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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