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eCoast (New Zealand)

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Research works
27
▼ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
70.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
eCoast (New Zealand)

Not ranked overall: eCoast (New Zealand) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does eCoast (New Zealand) work in?

In all years, 67% of research at eCoast (New Zealand) is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (40%), Environmental Science (14%), Psychology (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 66.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 39.5% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 16.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 14.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 21.8% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 9.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKeCoast (NewZealand)27fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences67%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences22%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1139.5%
    2. Environmental Science414.3%
    3. Engineering27.4%
    4. Computer Science15.2%
    1. Psychology312.1%
    2. Social Sciences27.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities01.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Health Professions13.9%
    2. Medicine13.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.43× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 3.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 3.57× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 6.61× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 17.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences17.43×1 works
  2. Psychology6.61×1 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.57×0 works
  4. Health Professions3.06×0 works
  5. Environmental Science2.20×0 works
  6. Engineering0.61×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.52×0 works
  8. Medicine0.45×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.45×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.39×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×0 works

Who are the top researchers at eCoast (New Zealand)?

Ranked on the quality score, Shaw Mead lead among researchers whose main affiliation is eCoast (New Zealand).

  1. 1 Shaw Mead New Zealand · #5,113,365 worldwide 204 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at eCoast (New Zealand)

What are the most cited papers from eCoast (New Zealand)?

The most cited paper from eCoast (New Zealand) is "Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea" (Marcus Eriksen, Laurent Lebreton, Henry S. Carson et al., 2014), with 4,735 citations. Next come "Smelling home can prevent dispersal of reef fish larvae" (453) and "Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife" (332).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea Marcus Eriksen, Laurent Lebreton, Henry S. Carson et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 10 Dec 2014 4,735
2 Smelling home can prevent dispersal of reef fish larvae Gabriele Gerlach, Jelle Atema, Michael J. Kingsford et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 9 Jan 2007 453
3 Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife AC Vegter et al. · Endangered Species Research Open access 5 Jun 2014 332
4 Diverse tsunamigenesis triggered by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption Patrick Joseph Lynett, Maile P. McCann, Zili Zhou et al. · Nature Open access 8 Aug 2022 170
5 Modeling the transport and accumulation floating debris generated by the 11 March 2011 Tohoku tsunami Laurent Lebreton, J. C. Borrero · Marine Pollution Bulletin 6 Dec 2012 102
All 42 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at eCoast (New Zealand)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Subduction, Geodetic Measurements, Earthquakes, Plate Boundaries, Remote Sensing, Wave Modeling and Risk-Taking Behavior.

▲ 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 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 5.8×19 topics
  2. Subduction4▲ 126×3 topics
  3. Earthquakes3▲ 143×1 topic
  4. Geodetic Measurements3▲ 90×2 topics
  5. Plate Boundaries3▲ 143×1 topic
  6. Remote Sensing3▲ 8.6×4 topics
  7. Wave Modeling2▲ 128×2 topics
  8. Risk-Taking Behavior2▲ 940×1 topic
  9. Sensation Seeking2▲ 940×1 topic
  10. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 69×3 topics
  11. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 49×2 topics
  12. Sediment Transport2▲ 42×2 topics
  13. Coastal Dynamics2▲ 197×1 topic
  14. Shoreline Change2▲ 197×1 topic
  15. Tropical Cyclones2▲ 103×2 topics
  16. Global Warming2▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Sea Level Rise2▲ 42×2 topics
  18. Hurricanes1▲ 151×1 topic
  19. Storm Surge1▲ 151×1 topic
  20. Conservation1▲ 10×6 topics
  21. Invasive Species1▲ 8.5×6 topics
  22. Citizen Science1▲ 45×2 topics
  23. Machine Learning1▲ 1.80×1 topic
  24. Population Dynamics1▲ 13×7 topics
  25. Seismic Signals1▲ 202×1 topic
  26. Impact1▲ 159×1 topic
  27. Tsunami1▲ 682×1 topic

Which research topics does eCoast (New Zealand) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: earthquake and tectonic studies, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Earthquake and Tsunami Effects and Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking.

earthquake and tectonic studies: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynamics: 0 fractional worksEarthquake and Tsunami Effects: 0 fractional worksAdventure Sports and Sensation Seeking: 0 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and Prevention: 0 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…0Migration, Health and Trauma: 0 fractional worksInformation Systems Education and Curriculum Development: 0 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 0 fractional worksCompetency Development a…0Competency Development and Evaluation: 0 fractional works
GeophysicsEarth-Surface ProcessesCivil and Structural EngineeringSocial Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 0 works
  2. 2 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  3. 3 Earthquake and Tsunami Effects Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking Social Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development Information Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Competency Development and Evaluation Social Psychology 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 available35.3%not open64.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.9%domestic only61.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has eCoast (New Zealand)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 57% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is eCoast (New Zealand) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000012% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%eCoast (New Zealand)0.0000058% in 202520102020

Fractional works of eCoast (New Zealand) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

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