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CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere

In research, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,468 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,062 of 3,551 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#453 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change — Oceanography is 59.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,258
of 28,054 · #1,392 all time
Rank in Australia
#78
of 391
Research works
4.1k
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
235k
57.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere 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 #2,468 of 12,888 28.1%249 #1019
Environmental ScienceField #1,062 of 3,551 27.9%140 #217
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #453 of 1,209 29.0%91 #143
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #327 of 535 29.1%61 #65

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere 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#1,019 #2,468
  2. Environmental Science#217 #1,062
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#143 #453
  4. Global and Planetary Change#65 #327
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 CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 59.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 47.2 works59×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 38.6 works31×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 61.0 works28×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 90.9 works20×
  5. EcologySubfield · 35.9 works16×
  6. Environmental ScienceField · 140.4 works9.9×
← 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: 0.83× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20.39× its world share, 91 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.95× its world share, 140 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 20.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere?

Ranked on the composite score, Josep G. Canadell, Alistair J. Hobday and Bronte Tilbrook lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere.

  1. 1 Josep G. Canadell Australia · #8,286 worldwide 1.4k citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Alistair J. Hobday Australia · #13,290 worldwide 1.2k citations · 92 works
  3. 3 Bronte Tilbrook Australia · #13,458 worldwide 1.3k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 R. Leuning Australia · #46,349 worldwide 698 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Elizabeth A. Fulton Australia · #50,210 worldwide 687 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 David L.B. Jupp Australia · #51,859 worldwide 326 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Mark Hemer Australia · #52,406 worldwide 489 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Ying‐Ping Wang Australia · #55,412 worldwide 882 citations · 140 works
  9. 9 Peter Hurley Australia · #56,100 worldwide 307 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 John Church Australia · #73,483 worldwide 612 citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere

Which keywords describe research at CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Data Assimilation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ocean Acidification, Fisheries Sustainability and Hydrological Cycle.

▲ 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 Change120▲ 16×65 topics
  2. Global Warming44▲ 38×11 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation40▲ 107×3 topics
  4. Data Assimilation24▲ 55×4 topics
  5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions23▲ 30×6 topics
  6. Ocean Acidification22▲ 109×3 topics
  7. Fisheries Sustainability22▲ 89×2 topics
  8. Hydrological Cycle22▲ 81×2 topics
  9. Extreme Events21▲ 85×2 topics
  10. Climate Modeling21▲ 102×1 topic
  11. Precipitation Extremes21▲ 102×1 topic
  12. Trophic Cascades17▲ 65×2 topics
  13. Remote Sensing17▲ 4.9×21 topics
  14. Ecosystem Management16▲ 98×1 topic
  15. Marine Fisheries16▲ 141×1 topic
  16. Marine Ecosystems16▲ 107×2 topics
  17. Climate Change Impact15▲ 23×3 topics
  18. Oceanic Modeling14▲ 153×1 topic
  19. Tidal Analysis14▲ 153×1 topic
  20. Conservation14▲ 11×12 topics
  21. Sea Level Rise13▲ 35×3 topics
  22. Population Dynamics12▲ 17×9 topics
  23. Nutrient Limitation12▲ 39×2 topics
  24. Bleaching12▲ 123×1 topic
  25. Coral Reefs12▲ 123×1 topic
  26. Eutrophication12▲ 39×4 topics
  27. Water Quality12▲ 10×8 topics
  28. Harmful Algal Blooms11▲ 52×3 topics
  29. Tropical Cyclones11▲ 71×2 topics
  30. Boundary Layer11▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Ecosystem Resilience10▲ 25×5 topics
  32. Dissolved Organic Matter10▲ 86×1 topic
  33. Oceanic Carbon Cycle10▲ 86×1 topic
  34. Ensemble Kalman Filter10▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Probabilistic Forecasting10▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Convective Parameterization10▲ 65×1 topic
  37. Mesoscale Modeling10▲ 65×1 topic
  38. Benthic Communities10▲ 59×2 topics
  39. Emissions10▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Satellite Observations10▲ 36×3 topics

Which research topics does CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Marine and fisheries research, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Climate variability and models: 21 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 16 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmosp…14Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 14 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…12Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 12 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 10 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 10 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…8Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 8 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 8 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 6 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 6 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeOceanographyEcologyAtmospheric Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 21 works
  2. 2 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 16 works
  3. 3 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 14 works
  4. 4 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 12 works
  5. 5 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 10 works
  6. 6 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 10 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  8. 8 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 8 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 6 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.4%domestic only70.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% lower 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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