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Institute for Marine Biosciences

In research, Institute for Marine Biosciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,859 of 14,347 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#13,889 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,951
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#249
of 896
Research works
519
▼ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
57.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is Institute for Marine Biosciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #4,859 of 14,347 36.8%231
Physical SciencesDomain #13,889 of 21,541 32.5%259

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Marine Biosciences 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).

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: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 24.71× its world share, 1 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 5.48× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 8.57× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and Astronomy1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 24.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Marine Biosciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Santosh P. Lall, V. Monica Bricelj and Michael A. Quilliam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Marine Biosciences.

  1. 1 Santosh P. Lall Canada · #133,269 worldwide 264 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 V. Monica Bricelj Canada · #269,199 worldwide 154 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Michael A. Quilliam Canada · #298,164 worldwide 198 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 John A. Walter Canada · #300,163 worldwide 109 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 John P. van der Meer Canada · #690,607 worldwide 51 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Marine Biosciences

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Marine Biosciences?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aquaculture, Harmful Algal Blooms, Mass Spectrometry, Dinoflagellates, Marine Toxins, Innate Immunity, Proteomics and Public Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Aquaculture61▲ 46×7 topics
  2. Harmful Algal Blooms52▲ 96×3 topics
  3. Climate Change44▲ 3.2×22 topics
  4. Mass Spectrometry42▲ 38×5 topics
  5. Public Health37▲ 5.3×6 topics
  6. Dinoflagellates35▲ 620×1 topic
  7. Marine Toxins35▲ 620×1 topic
  8. Innate Immunity35▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Proteomics33▲ 53×3 topics
  10. Gut Microbiota31▲ 18×6 topics
  11. Probiotics30▲ 23×3 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance28▲ 13×3 topics
  13. Electrospray27▲ 67×1 topic
  14. Imaging27▲ 15×2 topics
  15. Ionization27▲ 67×1 topic
  16. Omega-3 Fatty Acids27▲ 55×2 topics
  17. Stress Response27▲ 70×2 topics
  18. Fish Immunology27▲ 113×1 topic
  19. Viral Diseases27▲ 59×1 topic
  20. Fatty Acids26▲ 50×4 topics
  21. Nutrition26▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Fish Feed25▲ 83×1 topic
  23. Sustainable Feeds25▲ 83×1 topic
  24. Phylogenetic Analysis24▲ 12×7 topics
  25. Liquid Chromatography18▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Eutrophication17▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Biomarkers16▲ 5.1×5 topics
  28. Chirality16▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Benthic Communities16▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Marine Biodiversity16▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Chiral Separation16▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Gas Chromatography16▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Host Defense14▲ 41×3 topics
  34. Antimicrobial Peptides14▲ 54×2 topics
  35. Global Warming14▲ 7.2×3 topics
  36. Ocean Acidification13▲ 31×3 topics
  37. Dissolved Organic Matter13▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Oceanic Carbon Cycle13▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Climate Change Impacts13▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Coastal Protection12▲ 35×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Marine Biosciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate Change and Geoengineering, Space exploration and regulation, Various Chemistry Research Topics and History and advancements in chemistry.

Climate Change and Geoengineering: 0 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 0 fractional worksVarious Chemistry Research Topics: 0 fractional worksHistory and advancements…0History and advancements in chemistry: 0 fractional worksMarine Toxins and Detect…0Marine Toxins and Detection Methods: 0 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 0 fractional worksProtist diversity and phylogeny: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAstronomy and AstrophysicsPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryEnvironmental Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Climate Change and Geoengineering Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  2. 2 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  3. 3 Various Chemistry Research Topics Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 0 works
  4. 4 History and advancements in chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 0 works
  5. 5 Marine Toxins and Detection Methods Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  6. 6 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 0 works
  7. 7 Protist diversity and phylogeny Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Vibrio bacteria research studies Endocrinology 0 works
  9. 9 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  10. 10 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 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 available19.3%not open80.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.3%domestic only75.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Marine Biosciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% lower 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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