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Institut de Ciències del Mar

In research, Institut de Ciències del Mar stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,019 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,762 of 12,888 worldwide) and Ecology (#341 of 578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology — Oceanography is 47.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,365
of 28,054 · #5,834 all time
Rank in Spain
#174
of 658
Research works
2.4k
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
78k
32.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Institut de Ciències del Mar 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,019 of 3,551 14.9%308 #919
Physical SciencesDomain #4,762 of 12,888 15.7%536 #4505
EcologySubfield #341 of 578 18.9%96 #380
Life SciencesDomain #4,675 of 7,800 21.9%84 #4590
OceanographySubfield #104 of 156 16.5%87 #170
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #879 of 1,209 17.3%158 #1055
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #486 of 535 13.0%85 #578

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut de Ciències del Mar 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. Environmental Science#919 #1,019
  2. Physical Sciences#4,505 #4,762
  3. Ecology#380 #341
  4. Life Sciences#4,590 #4,675
  5. Oceanography#170 #104
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,055 #879
  7. Global and Planetary Change#578 #486
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 Institut de Ciències del Mar specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 47.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 86.9 works47×
  2. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 38.3 works27×
  3. EcologySubfield · 95.6 works19×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 84.5 works17×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 157.6 works15×
  6. Environmental ScienceField · 308.1 works9.4×
← 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: 1.04× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15.29× its world share, 158 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.46× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.44× its world share, 308 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 15.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut de Ciències del Mar?

Ranked on the composite score, Ramiro Logares, Silvia G. Acinas and Jordi Lleonart lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut de Ciències del Mar.

  1. 1 Ramiro Logares Spain · #40,375 worldwide 565 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Silvia G. Acinas Spain · #69,880 worldwide 447 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Jordi Lleonart Spain · #96,967 worldwide 155 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Dolors Vaqué Spain · #117,995 worldwide 225 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Eva Ramírez-Llodra Spain · #121,349 worldwide 240 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Carlos Pedrós‐Alió Spain · #127,127 worldwide 294 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Marta Coll Spain · #153,079 worldwide 620 citations · 108 works
  8. 8 Isabel Palomera Spain · #182,857 worldwide 268 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Sergi Tudela Spain · #222,919 worldwide 190 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Albert Calbet Spain · #243,633 worldwide 297 citations · 72 works
All ranked researchers at Institut de Ciències del Mar

Which keywords describe research at Institut de Ciències del Mar?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Eutrophication, Harmful Algal Blooms, Fisheries Sustainability, Water Quality, Trophic Cascades, Ecosystem Management and Marine Fisheries.

▲ 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. Climate Change207▲ 12×64 topics
  2. Eutrophication58▲ 86×5 topics
  3. Harmful Algal Blooms58▲ 115×3 topics
  4. Fisheries Sustainability53▲ 91×2 topics
  5. Environmental Impact50▲ 4.4×37 topics
  6. Water Quality44▲ 17×14 topics
  7. Trophic Cascades44▲ 71×2 topics
  8. Ecosystem Management43▲ 109×1 topic
  9. Marine Fisheries43▲ 158×1 topic
  10. Ocean Acidification40▲ 84×3 topics
  11. Global Warming36▲ 14×10 topics
  12. Toxins33▲ 51×3 topics
  13. Aquaculture32▲ 19×7 topics
  14. Biodiversity32▲ 6.4×24 topics
  15. Marine Environment31▲ 33×3 topics
  16. Invasive Species30▲ 11×15 topics
  17. Cyanobacteria29▲ 100×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem Functioning28▲ 22×7 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services28▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Nutrient Limitation27▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Dissolved Organic Matter27▲ 98×1 topic
  22. Oceanic Carbon Cycle27▲ 98×1 topic
  23. Phosphorus27▲ 47×2 topics
  24. Freshwater Ecosystems27▲ 141×1 topic
  25. Nutrient Control27▲ 141×1 topic
  26. Benthic Communities26▲ 68×2 topics
  27. Marine Biodiversity26▲ 68×2 topics
  28. Conservation24▲ 8.5×15 topics
  29. Marine Ecosystems24▲ 69×2 topics
  30. Food Security23▲ 6.5×6 topics
  31. Biogeography23▲ 14×8 topics
  32. Microbial Ecology22▲ 20×4 topics
  33. Bacterial Diversity21▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Marine Microbes21▲ 55×1 topic
  35. Microbial Biogeography21▲ 55×1 topic
  36. Bivalve Molluscs20▲ 109×1 topic
  37. Oyster Reefs20▲ 109×1 topic
  38. Bleaching20▲ 91×1 topic
  39. Coral Reefs20▲ 91×1 topic
  40. Climate Change Impacts19▲ 25×5 topics

Which research topics does Institut de Ciències del Mar publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine and fisheries research, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Marine and fisheries res…43Marine and fisheries research: 43 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 27 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and P…27Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics: 27 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…21Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 21 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 20 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 20 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…16Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 16 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 14 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 11 fractional worksOcean Acidification Effects and Responses: 10 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeOceanographyEnvironmental ChemistryEcology2 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 43 works
  2. 2 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 27 works
  3. 3 Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 27 works
  4. 4 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 21 works
  5. 5 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 20 works
  6. 6 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 20 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 16 works
  8. 8 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 14 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  10. 10 Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses Oceanography 10 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 available62.1%not open37.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.8%domestic only50.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut de Ciències del Mar's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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