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Instituto del Mar del Peru

In research, Instituto del Mar del Peru stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,016 of 3,334 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,460 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology (Oceanography is 49.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,013
of 22,385 · #9,801 all time
Rank in Peru
#84
of 99
Research works
896
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.6k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Instituto del Mar del Peru

What is Instituto del Mar del Peru 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
Environmental ScienceField #2,016 of 3,334 4.1%64 #1770
Physical SciencesDomain #9,460 of 10,670 4.2%101 #6434

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto del Mar del Peru 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 fields of science does Instituto del Mar del Peru work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Instituto del Mar del Peru is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (40%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (20%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 111 fractional works · 63.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 69 fractional works · 39.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 25 fractional works · 14.5% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 12.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 34 fractional works · 19.6% of its workOceanography: 24 fractional works · 13.8% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 16.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 12.1% of its workAquatic Science: 11 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto del Mardel Peru174fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences64%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences15%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science6939.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3419.6%
    3. Energy31.9%
    4. Engineering10.7%
    5. Materials Science10.7%
    6. Computer Science10.6%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2112.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Social Sciences137.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance95.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.9%
    4. Psychology10.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine53.1%
    2. Health Professions20.9%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto del Mar del Peru specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 49.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 24.0 works49×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 25.3 works19×
  3. EcologySubfield · 21.8 works16×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 34.1 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: 2.55× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.52× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.08× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.02× its world share, 69 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.39× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.52×34 works
  2. Environmental Science8.02×69 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.55×21 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.39×9 works
  5. Energy2.08×3 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.18×2 works
  7. Nursing0.82×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×6 works
  9. Social Sciences0.57×13 works
  10. Veterinary0.46×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.36×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.36×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.30×2 works
  14. Psychology0.24×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.19×1 works
  17. Medicine0.16×6 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.10×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.08×1 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works
  22. Engineering0.05×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto del Mar del Peru?

Ranked on the quality score, Michelle Graco, Dennis A. Romero and Dimitri Gutiérrez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto del Mar del Peru.

  1. 1 Michelle Graco Peru · #489,466 worldwide 3.2k citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Dennis A. Romero Peru · #558,216 worldwide 13k citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Dimitri Gutiérrez Peru · #881,565 worldwide 8.7k citations · 163 works
  4. 4 Sara Purca Peru · #985,601 worldwide 1.8k citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Carmen Grados Peru · #1,093,438 worldwide 1.7k citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Jesús Ledesma Peru · #1,119,292 worldwide 1.6k citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Dante Espinoza‐Morriberón Peru · #1,199,323 worldwide 935 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Ricardo Oliveros‐Ramos Peru · #1,208,894 worldwide 1.6k citations · 67 works
  9. 9 Javier Quiñónes Peru · #1,256,430 worldwide 3.6k citations · 89 works
  10. 10 Luís Vásquez Peru · #1,270,967 worldwide 817 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto del Mar del Peru

What are the most cited papers from Instituto del Mar del Peru?

The most cited paper from Instituto del Mar del Peru is "Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters" (Denise L. Breitburg et al., 2018), with 3,320 citations. Next come "From Anchovies to Sardines and Back: Multidecadal Change in the Pacific Ocean" (1,658) and "Revising the nitrogen cycle in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone" (784).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters Denise L. Breitburg et al. · Science Open access 5 Jan 2018 3,320
2 From Anchovies to Sardines and Back: Multidecadal Change in the Pacific Ocean Francisco Pérez Chávez, John P. Ryan, Salvador Emilio Lluch-Cota et al. · Science 9 Jan 2003 1,658
3 Revising the nitrogen cycle in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone Phyllis Lam, Gaute Lavik, Marlene Mark Jensen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 2 Mar 2009 784
4 Primary production in the eastern tropical Pacific: A review J. Timothy Pennington, Kevin L. Mahoney, Victor S. Kuwahara et al. · Progress In Oceanography May 2006 766
5 Global ensemble projections reveal trophic amplification of ocean biomass declines with climate change Heike K. Lotze et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 11 Jun 2019 600
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto del Mar del Peru?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Aquaculture, Fisheries Sustainability, Ecosystem Management, Trophic Cascades, Fish Population Dynamics, Marine Fisheries and Benthic Communities.

▲ 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 Change42▲ 8.8×34 topics
  2. Aquaculture17▲ 38×4 topics
  3. Fisheries Sustainability17▲ 111×2 topics
  4. Ecosystem Management16▲ 159×2 topics
  5. Trophic Cascades16▲ 100×2 topics
  6. Fish Population Dynamics16▲ 222×1 topic
  7. Marine Fisheries16▲ 222×1 topic
  8. Benthic Communities15▲ 137×2 topics
  9. Marine Biodiversity15▲ 137×2 topics
  10. Ocean Acidification14▲ 108×3 topics
  11. Sustainability12▲ 2.9×14 topics
  12. Climate Change Impacts12▲ 56×5 topics
  13. Biogeography11▲ 23×8 topics
  14. Conservation11▲ 15×8 topics
  15. Environmental Impact11▲ 3.6×12 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services9▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Marine Environment9▲ 34×3 topics
  18. Nutrition8▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Omega-3 Fatty Acids8▲ 67×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem Functioning8▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Fatty Acids8▲ 46×1 topic
  22. Fish Feed8▲ 94×1 topic
  23. Deep-Sea Ecology8▲ 151×1 topic
  24. Estuarine Quality8▲ 151×1 topic
  25. Population Dynamics8▲ 18×7 topics
  26. Food Security8▲ 8.5×5 topics
  27. Economic Impact8▲ 8.5×2 topics
  28. Biodiversity8▲ 5.9×13 topics
  29. Innovation Ecosystems8▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Social Responsibility8▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Coastal Protection7▲ 63×2 topics
  32. Molecular Phylogeny7▲ 26×9 topics
  33. Small and Medium Enterprises7▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Social Sciences7▲ 28×5 topics
  35. Digital Marketing7▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Fisheries7▲ 91×2 topics
  37. Psychopharmacology Education7▲ 65×1 topic
  38. Urban Development7▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Bivalve Molluscs7▲ 135×1 topic
  40. Oyster Reefs7▲ 135×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto del Mar del Peru publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine and fisheries research, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Marine Biology and Ecology Research and Business, Innovation, and Economy.

Marine and fisheries res…16Marine and fisheries research: 16 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 8 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…8Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 8 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…7Business, Innovation, and Economy: 7 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 7 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 6 fractional worksGeography and Environmen…6Geography and Environmental Studies in Latin America: 6 fractional worksCephalopods and Marine Biology: 5 fractional worksEnvironmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond: 5 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 5 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAquatic ScienceOceanographyEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 16 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 8 works
  3. 3 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 8 works
  4. 4 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  5. 5 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  6. 6 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 6 works
  7. 7 Geography and Environmental Studies in Latin America Geography, Planning and Development 6 works
  8. 8 Cephalopods and Marine Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  9. 9 Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond Ecology 5 works
  10. 10 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 5 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 available56.0%not open44.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto del Mar del Peru's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Instituto del Mar del Peru as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00065% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Instituto del Mar del Peru0.00060% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto del Mar del Peru 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Instituto del Mar del Peru4.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.4% in 2015.

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