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Great Barrier Reef Foundation

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Research works
5
▲ 94% vs 2018-21
Citations
162
30.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
87%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Great Barrier Reef Foundation

Not ranked overall: Great Barrier Reef Foundation 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 Great Barrier Reef Foundation work in?

In all years, 81% of research at Great Barrier Reef Foundation is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (75%), Social Sciences (5%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (5%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 81.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 74.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 24.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 22.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 14.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 10.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workALL ITS WORKGreat BarrierReef Foundation5fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences81%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences9%

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 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science474.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences04.8%
    3. Engineering01.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences03.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology03.2%
    3. Neuroscience02.0%
    1. Social Sciences05.4%
    2. Psychology02.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.9%
    1. Health Professions01.7%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 16.26× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsPsychology: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 16.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science16.26×3 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.89×0 works
  3. Health Professions1.03×0 works
  4. Psychology0.54×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.52×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×0 works
  8. Engineering0.13×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Great Barrier Reef Foundation?

The most cited paper from Great Barrier Reef Foundation is "New interventions are needed to save coral reefs" (Kenneth R. N. Anthony, Line Kolind Bay, Robert Costanza et al., 2017), with 292 citations. Next come "A genomic view of the reef-building coral Porites lutea and its microbial symbionts" (291) and "Interventions to help coral reefs under global change—A complex decision challenge" (157).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 New interventions are needed to save coral reefs Kenneth R. N. Anthony, Line Kolind Bay, Robert Costanza et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution 11 Sep 2017 292
2 A genomic view of the reef-building coral Porites lutea and its microbial symbionts Steven J. Robbins et al. · Nature Microbiology 23 Sep 2019 291
3 Interventions to help coral reefs under global change—A complex decision challenge Kenneth R. N. Anthony, Kate J. Helmstedt, Line Kolind Bay et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 26 Aug 2020 157
4 Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide Tali Vardi et al. · Restoration Ecology Open access 20 Sep 2021 131
5 How do marine and coastal citizen science experiences foster environmental engagement? Angela J. Dean, Emma Church, Jenn Loder et al. · Journal of Environmental Management 18 Mar 2018 123
All 35 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Great Barrier Reef Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Marine and fisheries research.

Coral and Marine Ecosyst…1Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 1 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 0 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…0Marine and fisheries research: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Manag…0Coastal and Marine Management: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental and Social Impact Assessments: 0 fractional worksInternational Maritime Law Issues: 0 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 0 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 0 fractional works
EcologyNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law2 others

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

  1. 1 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  5. 5 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  6. 6 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Environmental and Social Impact Assessments Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  8. 8 International Maritime Law Issues Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 0 works
  10. 10 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 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 available87.3%not open12.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.6%domestic only67.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Great Barrier Reef Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 94% 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 Great Barrier Reef Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000027% in 2024.

still counting0.000010%0.000020%0.000030%Great Barrier Reef Foundation0.000013% in 20252020

Fractional works of Great Barrier Reef Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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