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Department of Fisheries

In research, Department of Fisheries stands highest in Aquatic Science (#43 of 67 worldwide), Life Sciences (#5,615 of 7,800 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,997 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science, Ecology and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Aquatic Science is 139.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,160
of 28,054 · #17,674 all time
Rank in Zambia
#5
of 15
Research works
890
▲ 116% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.5k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Department of Fisheries 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
Aquatic ScienceSubfield #43 of 67 4.8%81 #176
Life SciencesDomain #5,615 of 7,800 6.3%165 #8816
Environmental ScienceField #2,997 of 3,551 8.3%97 #3669
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,142 of 3,409 5.3%127 #4759
Physical SciencesDomain #12,098 of 12,888 7.5%120 #18056

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Department of Fisheries 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. Aquatic Science#176 #43
  2. Life Sciences#8,816 #5,615
  3. Environmental Science#3,669 #2,997
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,759 #3,142
  5. Physical Sciences#18,056 #12,098
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 Department of Fisheries specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aquatic Science takes 139.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 80.8 works139×
  2. EcologySubfield · 30.7 works12×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 126.8 works8.4×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 96.7 works6.1×
← 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: 8.37× its world share, 127 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.55× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.10× its world share, 97 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 2.49× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Department of Fisheries?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aquaculture, Conservation, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Freshwater, Genetic Diversity, Environmental Impact and Phylogenetic Analysis.

▲ 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. Aquaculture66▲ 79×8 topics
  2. Conservation57▲ 41×10 topics
  3. Biodiversity50▲ 21×17 topics
  4. Climate Change43▲ 5.1×30 topics
  5. Environmental Impact36▲ 6.6×26 topics
  6. Freshwater34▲ 217×2 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity34▲ 24×8 topics
  8. Phylogenetic Analysis32▲ 33×6 topics
  9. Biogeography32▲ 38×6 topics
  10. Fish31▲ 252×1 topic
  11. Length-Weight Relationships31▲ 252×1 topic
  12. Nutrition31▲ 21×7 topics
  13. Omega-3 Fatty Acids27▲ 113×2 topics
  14. Fatty Acids27▲ 80×2 topics
  15. Fish Feed26▲ 157×1 topic
  16. Sustainable Feeds26▲ 157×1 topic
  17. Water Quality25▲ 20×11 topics
  18. Fisheries Management21▲ 58×4 topics
  19. Sustainability20▲ 2.6×22 topics
  20. Fisheries Sustainability20▲ 71×2 topics
  21. Food Security18▲ 11×14 topics
  22. Management18▲ 7.2×2 topics
  23. Seahorses18▲ 168×1 topic
  24. Syngnathidae18▲ 168×1 topic
  25. Economic Development16▲ 6.2×8 topics
  26. Invasive Species14▲ 11×10 topics
  27. Heavy Metals14▲ 19×6 topics
  28. Antioxidant Activity13▲ 6.3×15 topics
  29. Gut Microbiota12▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Probiotics12▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Climate Change Adaptation12▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Habitat Fragmentation12▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Agriculture12▲ 9.2×6 topics
  34. Marine Ecology12▲ 114×1 topic
  35. Sustainable Livelihoods12▲ 108×1 topic
  36. Freshwater Biodiversity11▲ 59×2 topics
  37. DNA Barcoding11▲ 22×6 topics
  38. Conservation Challenges11▲ 74×1 topic
  39. Flow Regulation11▲ 74×1 topic
  40. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 9.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Department of Fisheries publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Aquatic life and conservation and Marine and Coastal Ecosystems.

Fish Biology and Ecology…31Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 31 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 26 fractional worksAquatic life and conservation: 18 fractional worksMarine and Coastal Ecosystems: 12 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 11 fractional worksAquaculture disease mana…10Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 10 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 9 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 7 fractional worksFood and Agricultural Sciences: 6 fractional worksFisheries and Aquaculture Studies: 5 fractional works
Aquatic ScienceEcologyNature and Landscape ConservationImmunology4 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 31 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 26 works
  3. 3 Aquatic life and conservation Aquatic Science 18 works
  4. 4 Marine and Coastal Ecosystems Ecology 12 works
  5. 5 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  6. 6 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 10 works
  7. 7 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  8. 8 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 7 works
  9. 9 Food and Agricultural Sciences Food Science 6 works
  10. 10 Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 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 available66.8%not open33.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.1%domestic only39.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Department of Fisheries's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 116% 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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