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Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey

In research, Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,880 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Oceanography is 115.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#34,779
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,838
of 1,844
Research works
130
▼ 92% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
114.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.18×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey

What is Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey 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 #14,880 of 17,446 23.2%121

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey 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 Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey work in?

In all years, 93% of research at Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (47%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (45%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (2%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 121 fractional works · 93.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 61 fractional works · 46.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 27 fractional works · 20.4% of its workEcology: 23 fractional works · 17.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 59 fractional works · 45.0% of its workOceanography: 52 fractional works · 40.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKContinuousPlankton Recorde…130fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences3%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science6146.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5945.0%
    3. Computer Science10.4%
    4. Engineering10.4%
    5. Chemistry00.3%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Energy00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Psychology21.5%
    2. Social Sciences11.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine00.3%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 115.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 52.3 works115×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 26.6 works29×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 58.5 works24×
  4. EcologySubfield · 22.8 works21×
  5. Environmental ScienceField · 60.7 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.

Who are the top researchers at Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey?

Ranked on the quality score, Martin Edwards, Philip Chris Reid and Sonia Dawn Batten lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey.

  1. 1 Martin Edwards United Kingdom · #130,417 worldwide 14k citations · 169 works
  2. 2 Philip Chris Reid United Kingdom · #283,228 worldwide 12k citations · 159 works
  3. 3 Sonia Dawn Batten United Kingdom · #600,550 worldwide 5.1k citations · 97 works
  4. 4 Rowena Stern United Kingdom · #886,306 worldwide 1.6k citations · 25 works
  5. 5 PC Reid United Kingdom · #1,094,059 worldwide 1.2k citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Anthony W. Walne United Kingdom · #1,169,438 worldwide 2k citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Priscilla Licandro United Kingdom · #1,341,420 worldwide 2.6k citations · 105 works
  8. 8 Martin Edwards United Kingdom · #2,047,379 worldwide 2.6k citations · 55 works
  9. 9 J. A. Lindley United Kingdom · #2,205,764 worldwide 5.6k citations · 83 works
  10. 10 DG Johns United Kingdom · #3,235,414 worldwide 590 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey

What are the most cited papers from Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey?

The most cited paper from Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey is "Lost at Sea: Where Is All the Plastic?" (Richard C. Thompson, Ylva S. Olsen, Richard P. Mitchell et al., 2004), with 7,767 citations. Next come "Impact of climate change on marine pelagic phenology and trophic mismatch" (2,174) and "Plankton effect on cod recruitment in the North Sea" (1,286).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Lost at Sea: Where Is All the Plastic? Richard C. Thompson, Ylva S. Olsen, Richard P. Mitchell et al. · Science 6 May 2004 7,767
2 Impact of climate change on marine pelagic phenology and trophic mismatch Martin Edwards, Anthony James Richardson · Nature Aug 2004 2,174
3 Plankton effect on cod recruitment in the North Sea Grégory Beaugrand, Keith Brander, J. A. Lindley et al. · Nature Dec 2003 1,286
4 Climate change and marine plankton Graeme C. Hays, Anthony James Richardson, Carol Robinson · Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19 Mar 2005 1,251
5 Reorganization of North Atlantic Marine Copepod Biodiversity and Climate Grégory Beaugrand, Philip Chris Reid, Frédéric Ibañez et al. · Science 31 May 2002 1,215
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Harmful Algal Blooms, Global Warming, Eutrophication, Dissolved Organic Matter, Oceanic Carbon Cycle, Fisheries Sustainability and Trophic Cascades.

▲ 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 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 Change60▲ 17×24 topics
  2. Harmful Algal Blooms28▲ 203×3 topics
  3. Global Warming27▲ 57×6 topics
  4. Eutrophication27▲ 140×2 topics
  5. Dissolved Organic Matter26▲ 352×1 topic
  6. Oceanic Carbon Cycle26▲ 352×1 topic
  7. Fisheries Sustainability23▲ 140×2 topics
  8. Trophic Cascades20▲ 130×2 topics
  9. Ecosystem Management20▲ 184×1 topic
  10. Marine Fisheries20▲ 265×1 topic
  11. Benthic Communities16▲ 148×2 topics
  12. Marine Biodiversity16▲ 148×2 topics
  13. Ecosystem Functioning16▲ 58×4 topics
  14. Biogeography15▲ 34×4 topics
  15. Deep-Sea Ecology15▲ 229×1 topic
  16. Estuarine Quality15▲ 229×1 topic
  17. Stable Isotopes11▲ 199×1 topic
  18. Trophic Position11▲ 199×1 topic
  19. Ocean Circulation8▲ 41×3 topics
  20. Oceanic Modeling6▲ 110×1 topic
  21. Tidal Analysis6▲ 110×1 topic
  22. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.5×7 topics
  23. Biodiversity6▲ 5.9×8 topics
  24. Invasive Species6▲ 7.3×8 topics
  25. Ocean Acidification5▲ 48×3 topics
  26. Aquaculture5▲ 15×5 topics
  27. Marine Environment5▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Ecosystem Services5▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Bivalve Molluscs4▲ 95×1 topic
  30. Conservation4▲ 6.7×8 topics
  31. Oyster Reefs4▲ 95×1 topic
  32. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 9.7×3 topics
  33. Holocene4▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Sea Level4▲ 19×2 topics
  35. DNA Barcoding3▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Conservation Challenges3▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Freshwater Biodiversity3▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Microbial Ecology3▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Marine Microbes3▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Physiological Adaptation3▲ 40×2 topics

Which research topics does Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Housing Market and Economics and Hydrology and Drought Analysis.

Flood Risk Assessment an…0Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksHousing Market and Econo…0Housing Market and Economics: 0 fractional worksHydrology and Drought An…0Hydrology and Drought Analysis: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEconomics and Econometrics

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

  1. 1 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  2. 2 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.4%domestic only50.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 92% lower than in 2018-2021.

200020102020
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 Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000049% in 2021.

0.00050%0.0010%Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey0.0000033% in 2022200020102020

Fractional works of Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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