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Flanders Marine Institute

In research, Flanders Marine Institute stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,295 of 3,334 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,055 of 6,403 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,776 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Oceanography and Ecology (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 31.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,725
of 22,385 · #12,151 all time
Rank in Belgium
#44
of 105
Research works
457
▲ 225% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.7k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
77%
world 40%
International
54%
world 18%
Flanders Marine Institute

What is Flanders Marine Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Environmental ScienceField #1,295 of 3,334 9.5%71 #1795
Life SciencesDomain #3,055 of 6,403 1.8%63 -
Physical SciencesDomain #6,776 of 10,670 7.7%134 #7114

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Flanders Marine Institute 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 Flanders Marine Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Flanders Marine Institute is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (31%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (19%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 162 fractional works · 61.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 82 fractional works · 31.2% of its workEcology: 30 fractional works · 11.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 6.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 50 fractional works · 18.9% of its workOceanography: 20 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPaleontology: 17 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 66 fractional works · 24.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 54 fractional works · 20.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 39 fractional works · 14.9% of its workInsect Science: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 10.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFlanders MarineInstitute264fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science8231.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5018.9%
    3. Computer Science124.7%
    4. Engineering114.3%
    5. Materials Science62.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5420.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology104.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences83.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities72.6%
    3. Social Sciences62.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting41.5%
    5. Psychology10.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    1. Medicine72.6%
    2. Health Professions20.9%
    3. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Flanders Marine Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 31.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 39.3 works32×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 20.3 works28×
  3. EcologySubfield · 30.0 works14×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 49.9 works12×
← 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: 4.32× its world share, 54 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.06× its world share, 50 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.29× its world share, 82 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.91× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.13× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.06×50 works
  2. Environmental Science6.29×82 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.32×54 works
  4. Decision Sciences3.13×8 works
  5. Arts and Humanities0.91×7 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×10 works
  7. Computer Science0.60×12 works
  8. Materials Science0.60×6 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×4 works
  10. Health Professions0.34×2 works
  11. Engineering0.28×11 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×1 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.18×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.17×6 works
  16. Psychology0.15×1 works
  17. Medicine0.13×7 works
  18. Nursing0.13×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  21. Energy0.03×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Flanders Marine Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Thanos Gkritzalis, Ana Isabel Catarino and Lisa Devriese lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Flanders Marine Institute.

  1. 1 Thanos Gkritzalis Belgium · #534,700 worldwide 15k citations · 114 works
  2. 2 Ana Isabel Catarino Belgium · #661,526 worldwide 3.5k citations · 113 works
  3. 3 Lisa Devriese Belgium · #892,084 worldwide 6.4k citations · 134 works
  4. 4 Jan Reubens Belgium · #982,554 worldwide 2k citations · 133 works
  5. 5 Thomas J. Verleye Belgium · #1,087,917 worldwide 1.5k citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Annika L. Jersild Belgium · #1,250,749 worldwide 4.3k citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Clea Parcerisas Belgium · #1,332,057 worldwide 251 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Stefanie Dekeyzer Belgium · #1,340,174 worldwide 1.6k citations · 46 works
  9. 9 L. Tyberghein Belgium · #1,494,159 worldwide 3.1k citations · 80 works
  10. 10 Mariana N. Miranda Belgium · #1,503,686 worldwide 438 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Flanders Marine Institute

What are the most cited papers from Flanders Marine Institute?

The most cited paper from Flanders Marine Institute is "Global Carbon Budget 2020" (Pierre Friedlingstein et al., 2020), with 2,578 citations. Next come "Global Carbon Budget 2022" (1,916) and "Global Carbon Budget 2019" (1,731).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global Carbon Budget 2020 Pierre Friedlingstein et al. · Earth system science data Open access 10 Dec 2020 2,578
2 Global Carbon Budget 2022 Pierre Friedlingstein et al. · Earth system science data Open access106 authors 8 Nov 2022 1,916
3 Global Carbon Budget 2019 Pierre Friedlingstein et al. · Earth system science data Open access 3 Dec 2019 1,731
4 Global Carbon Budget 2018 Corinne Le Quéré et al. · Earth system science data Open access 5 Dec 2018 1,700
5 Global Carbon Budget 2021 Pierre Friedlingstein et al. · Earth system science data Open access 26 Apr 2022 1,654
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Flanders Marine Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Ecology, Phylogeny, Invasive Species, Evolution and Taxonomy.

▲ 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-now 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 Change44▲ 6.2×48 topics
  2. Biodiversity39▲ 20×22 topics
  3. Biogeography31▲ 42×18 topics
  4. Ecology31▲ 68×8 topics
  5. Phylogeny30▲ 69×17 topics
  6. Invasive Species30▲ 27×17 topics
  7. Evolution27▲ 38×12 topics
  8. Taxonomy25▲ 66×12 topics
  9. DNA Barcoding21▲ 45×9 topics
  10. Ecosystem Functioning15▲ 28×7 topics
  11. Adaptation15▲ 19×6 topics
  12. Groundwater15▲ 59×2 topics
  13. Cavefish14▲ 282×1 topic
  14. Subterranean14▲ 282×1 topic
  15. Morphology13▲ 28×6 topics
  16. Conservation12▲ 11×16 topics
  17. Environmental Impact12▲ 2.6×17 topics
  18. Population Dynamics11▲ 17×11 topics
  19. Coleoptera11▲ 154×2 topics
  20. Conservation Genetics10▲ 98×2 topics
  21. Phylogenetic Analysis10▲ 11×10 topics
  22. Habitat Fragmentation9▲ 16×5 topics
  23. Marine Environment9▲ 24×3 topics
  24. Biodiversity Loss9▲ 60×2 topics
  25. Environmental Impacts9▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Digital Repositories9▲ 96×2 topics
  27. Speciation8▲ 72×2 topics
  28. Waste Management8▲ 7.9×4 topics
  29. Recycling8▲ 8.1×3 topics
  30. Data Sharing8▲ 93×1 topic
  31. Scientific Data Management8▲ 113×1 topic
  32. Diversification8▲ 66×2 topics
  33. Environmental Monitoring8▲ 7.6×6 topics
  34. Fisheries Sustainability8▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Freshwater Biodiversity8▲ 47×2 topics
  36. beetles8▲ 170×1 topic
  37. Infection7▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Parasitism7▲ 260×1 topic
  39. Snails7▲ 260×1 topic
  40. Conservation Biology7▲ 25×4 topics

Which research topics does Flanders Marine Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Research Data Management Practices, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution and Mollusks and Parasites Studies.

Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 14 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 8 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and …8Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 8 fractional worksMollusks and Parasites S…7Mollusks and Parasites Studies: 7 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 6 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 6 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…6Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 6 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 6 fractional worksFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology: 6 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…5Marine and coastal ecosystems: 5 fractional works
PaleontologyInformation SystemsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsInsect Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 14 works
  2. 2 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 8 works
  3. 3 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  4. 4 Mollusks and Parasites Studies Insect Science 7 works
  5. 5 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works
  6. 6 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 6 works
  7. 7 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 6 works
  8. 8 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  9. 9 Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology Ecology 6 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 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 available77.0%not open23.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.2%domestic only45.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Flanders Marine Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 225% higher 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 Flanders Marine Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Flanders Marine Institute0.0023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Flanders Marine Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Flanders Marine Institute2.6% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.0% in 2021.

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