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Ifremer

In research, Ifremer stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,521 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#545 of 3,334 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#274 of 1,088 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Ecology (Oceanography is 43.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,400
of 22,385 · #1,362 all time
Rank in France
#79
of 517
Research works
6.8k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
236k
34.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Ifremer

What is Ifremer 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,521 of 10,670 9.7%605 #1079
Environmental ScienceField #545 of 3,334 10.5%313 #385
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #274 of 1,088 9.5%189 #184
Life SciencesDomain #1,623 of 6,403 10.8%122 #1212
EcologySubfield #229 of 600 11.1%96 #301
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #270 of 544 11.3%84 #208
OceanographySubfield #83 of 158 8.6%100 #85
EngineeringField #3,384 of 5,901 8.3%61 #1724
Social SciencesDomain #5,851 of 9,585 13.8%73 #4149

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ifremer 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,079 #1,521
  2. Environmental Science#385 #545
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#184 #274
  4. Life Sciences#1,212 #1,623
  5. Ecology#301 #229
  6. Global and Planetary Change#208 #270
  7. Oceanography#85 #83
  8. Engineering#1,724 #3,384
  9. Social Sciences#4,149 #5,851
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Ifremer work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Ifremer is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (37%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (23%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 702 fractional works · 72.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 357 fractional works · 37.0% of its workEcology: 109 fractional works · 11.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 96 fractional works · 10.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 29 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPollution: 28 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 21 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 226 fractional works · 23.4% of its workOceanography: 119 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 37 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeophysics: 25 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPaleontology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 71 fractional works · 7.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 23 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 142 fractional works · 14.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 63 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 61 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAquatic Science: 22 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 80 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 41 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMedicine: 27 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIfremer964fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences8%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science35737.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences22623.4%
    3. Engineering717.3%
    4. Computer Science171.8%
    5. Materials Science141.4%
    6. Energy60.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy50.6%
    8. Chemistry50.5%
    9. Mathematics20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology636.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences616.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology151.6%
    4. Neuroscience20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences484.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities181.9%
    3. Decision Sciences40.5%
    4. Psychology40.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.3%
    1. Medicine272.8%
    2. Health Professions60.6%
    3. Veterinary40.4%
    4. Nursing20.2%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ifremer specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 43.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 118.8 works44×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 225.7 works15×
  3. EcologySubfield · 109.4 works14×
  4. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 28.9 works14×
  5. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 96.4 works13×
  6. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 22.3 works13×
  7. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 29.1 works13×
← 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: 1.34× its world share, 61 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 63 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.92× its world share, 226 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 71 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.45× its world share, 357 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.22× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 48 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences14.92×226 works
  2. Environmental Science7.45×357 works
  3. Veterinary3.22×4 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.55×15 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.34×61 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.22×63 works
  7. Energy0.66×6 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.64×18 works
  9. Nursing0.51×2 works
  10. Engineering0.49×71 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.47×4 works
  12. Materials Science0.41×14 works
  13. Social Sciences0.39×48 works
  14. Chemistry0.31×5 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.27×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.25×5 works
  17. Health Professions0.25×6 works
  18. Computer Science0.23×17 works
  19. Dentistry0.17×1 works
  20. Medicine0.15×27 works
  21. Mathematics0.14×2 works
  22. Psychology0.14×4 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×3 works
  24. Neuroscience0.11×2 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×3 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ifremer?

Ranked on the quality score, Olivier J. Rouxel, Patrice Klein and Camille P. Albouy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ifremer.

  1. 1 Olivier J. Rouxel France · #64,396 worldwide 14k citations · 359 works
  2. 2 Patrice Klein France · #70,346 worldwide 9.5k citations · 176 works
  3. 3 Camille P. Albouy France · #71,429 worldwide 7k citations · 193 works
  4. 4 François Galgani France · #105,963 worldwide 32k citations · 364 works
  5. 5 Ika Paul-Pont France · #134,287 worldwide 10k citations · 84 works
  6. 6 Sophie Arnaud‐Haond France · #156,202 worldwide 9.2k citations · 202 works
  7. 7 Fabrice Ardhuin France · #157,037 worldwide 16k citations · 476 works
  8. 8 Yves Fouquet France · #166,496 worldwide 12k citations · 246 works
  9. 9 Chantal L. Cahu France · #172,839 worldwide 10k citations · 141 works
  10. 10 Arnaud Auber France · #197,271 worldwide 2.3k citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Ifremer

What are the most cited papers from Ifremer?

The most cited paper from Ifremer is "Planck 2018 results" (N. Aghanim et al., 2020), with 14,737 citations. Next come "Ecological responses to recent climate change" (10,060) and "Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments" (6,184).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Planck 2018 results N. Aghanim et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access181 authors 3 Apr 2020 14,737
2 Ecological responses to recent climate change Gian-Reto Walther, Eric Post, Peter Convey et al. · Nature Open access Mar 2002 10,060
3 Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments David K. A. Barnes, François Galgani, Richard C. Thompson et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 15 Jun 2009 6,184
4 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
5 NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY INDICES FOR A MULTIFACETED FRAMEWORK IN FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY Sébastien Villéger, Norman W. H. Mason, David Mouillot · Ecology Aug 2008 3,629
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ifremer?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Aquaculture, Fisheries Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Marine Environment, Ocean Acidification, Ecosystem Services and Global Warming.

▲ 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 Change210▲ 8.0×76 topics
  2. Environmental Impact72▲ 4.4×44 topics
  3. Aquaculture58▲ 23×8 topics
  4. Fisheries Sustainability56▲ 67×2 topics
  5. Marine Environment54▲ 39×3 topics
  6. Sustainability48▲ 2.0×46 topics
  7. Ocean Acidification45▲ 62×3 topics
  8. Ecosystem Services43▲ 12×8 topics
  9. Global Warming43▲ 10×10 topics
  10. Ocean Circulation42▲ 31×3 topics
  11. Trophic Cascades41▲ 46×2 topics
  12. Harmful Algal Blooms40▲ 50×3 topics
  13. Ecosystem Management39▲ 68×1 topic
  14. Marine Fisheries39▲ 99×1 topic
  15. Invasive Species36▲ 8.7×15 topics
  16. Food Security34▲ 6.5×9 topics
  17. Benthic Communities33▲ 56×2 topics
  18. Marine Biodiversity33▲ 56×2 topics
  19. Eutrophication33▲ 30×4 topics
  20. Bivalve Molluscs33▲ 115×1 topic
  21. Oyster Reefs33▲ 115×1 topic
  22. Data Assimilation32▲ 21×4 topics
  23. Marine Ecosystems32▲ 60×2 topics
  24. Biodiversity31▲ 4.2×28 topics
  25. Conservation31▲ 7.5×18 topics
  26. Biogeography29▲ 11×13 topics
  27. Ecosystem Functioning27▲ 14×7 topics
  28. Climate Change Impact27▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Population Dynamics26▲ 11×10 topics
  30. Oceanic Modeling26▲ 76×1 topic
  31. Tidal Analysis26▲ 76×1 topic
  32. Dissolved Organic Matter26▲ 59×1 topic
  33. Nutrient Limitation26▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Oceanic Carbon Cycle26▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Bleaching25▲ 78×1 topic
  36. Coral Reefs25▲ 78×1 topic
  37. Recycling25▲ 6.7×5 topics
  38. Pollution23▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Wave Modeling22▲ 44×2 topics
  40. Climate Change Impacts22▲ 18×5 topics

Which research topics does Ifremer publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine and fisheries research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes and Marine and coastal ecosystems.

Marine and fisheries res…39Marine and fisheries research: 39 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…33Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 33 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmosp…26Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 26 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…26Marine and coastal ecosystems: 26 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 25 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 20 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…17Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 17 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 16 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 15 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 15 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeOceanographyEcologyNature and Landscape Conservation2 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 39 works
  2. 2 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 33 works
  3. 3 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 26 works
  4. 4 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 26 works
  5. 5 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 25 works
  6. 6 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 20 works
  7. 7 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 17 works
  8. 8 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 16 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 15 works
  10. 10 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 15 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 available58.6%not open41.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.9%domestic only67.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ifremer's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Ifremer as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0035% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Ifremer0.0037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ifremer 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ifremer9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.3% in 1993.

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