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Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie

In research, Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,894 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 18.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,399
of 28,054 · #19,235 all time
Rank in France
#892
of 1,422
Research works
400
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.2k
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,894 of 12,888 15.8%67 #11150

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie 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).

What does Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 18.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 23.9 works19×
← 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: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18.63× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.01× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 18.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie?

Ranked on the composite score, François Carlotti, Marc Pagano and Mireille Harmelin‐Vivien lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie.

  1. 1 François Carlotti France · #278,038 worldwide 213 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Marc Pagano France · #338,461 worldwide 119 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Mireille Harmelin‐Vivien France · #362,097 worldwide 207 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Lars‐Éric Heimbürger‐Boavida France · #373,839 worldwide 43 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Yves Barbin France · #441,814 worldwide 64 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Fredéric Diaz France · #699,140 worldwide 122 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Marc Verlaque France · #727,448 worldwide 55 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Charles‐François Boudouresque France · #831,857 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Sandrine Ruitton France · #878,227 worldwide 87 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Martine Rodier France · #976,404 worldwide 92 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie

Which keywords describe research at Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Harmful Algal Blooms, Eutrophication, Ocean Acidification, Environmental Impact, Nutrient Limitation and Dissolved Organic Matter.

▲ 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 Change18▲ 8.3×31 topics
  2. Environmental Impact6▲ 4.7×15 topics
  3. Global Warming6▲ 18×5 topics
  4. Harmful Algal Blooms6▲ 93×3 topics
  5. Eutrophication6▲ 68×3 topics
  6. Ocean Acidification5▲ 87×3 topics
  7. Nutrient Limitation5▲ 58×2 topics
  8. Dissolved Organic Matter5▲ 145×1 topic
  9. Oceanic Carbon Cycle5▲ 145×1 topic
  10. Benthic Communities4▲ 93×2 topics
  11. Marine Biodiversity4▲ 93×2 topics
  12. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 24×5 topics
  13. Marine Environment4▲ 32×3 topics
  14. Microbial Ecology4▲ 25×5 topics
  15. Pollution3▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Bacterial Diversity3▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Climate Change Impacts3▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Marine Microbes3▲ 65×1 topic
  19. Microbial Biogeography3▲ 65×1 topic
  20. Bioaccumulation3▲ 42×3 topics
  21. Environmental Impacts3▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Recycling3▲ 10.0×3 topics
  23. Waste Management3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  24. Biogeography3▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Marine Ecosystems3▲ 67×2 topics
  26. Remediation3▲ 47×2 topics
  27. Coastal Protection3▲ 53×2 topics
  28. Emissions3▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Wave Modeling3▲ 61×2 topics
  30. Bleaching2▲ 93×1 topic
  31. Coral Reefs2▲ 93×1 topic
  32. Deep-Sea Ecology2▲ 103×1 topic
  33. Estuarine Quality2▲ 103×1 topic
  34. Invasive Species2▲ 7.1×7 topics
  35. Toxicity2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  36. Microbial Communities2▲ 6.8×7 topics
  37. Aquaculture2▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Holocene2▲ 23×3 topics
  39. Metal Recovery2▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Ocean Circulation2▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine and coastal ecosystems, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Marine and coastal ecosystems: 5 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 3 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…2Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 2 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…2Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 2 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 2 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 2 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecol…2Isotope Analysis in Ecology: 2 fractional worksMercury impact and mitigation studies: 2 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 2 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmosp…2Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 2 fractional works
OceanographyEcologyPollutionHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis1 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 5 works
  2. 2 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 3 works
  3. 3 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 2 works
  4. 4 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 2 works
  5. 5 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 2 works
  6. 6 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 2 works
  7. 7 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Mercury impact and mitigation studies Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  9. 9 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 2 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 available57.1%not open42.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.5%domestic only65.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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