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Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat

In research, Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,429 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,932 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,330
of 34,923
Rank in Israel
#79
of 125
Research works
297
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
40.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat

What is Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,429 of 5,407 13.9%136
Physical SciencesDomain #5,932 of 17,446 15.2%233

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat 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 Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (46%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (29%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 54 fractional works · 82.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 45.9% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 23.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 7.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 28.6% of its workOceanography: 12 fractional works · 17.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInteruniversityInstitute for…66fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences82%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3045.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1928.6%
    3. Engineering34.0%
    4. Computer Science11.6%
    5. Materials Science11.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    7. Mathematics00.4%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences45.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.9%
    3. Neuroscience11.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Psychology12.2%
    2. Social Sciences11.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Medicine00.7%
    2. Nursing00.7%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18.23× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.24× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 18.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences18.23×19 works
  2. Environmental Science9.24×30 works
  3. Nursing1.38×0 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.24×4 works
  5. Veterinary1.24×0 works
  6. Neuroscience0.86×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×3 works
  8. Psychology0.71×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.35×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.32×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.30×1 works
  12. Engineering0.26×3 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.23×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.20×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.13×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  19. Medicine0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat?

Ranked on the quality score, Maoz Fine, Amatzia Genin and Miguel José Frada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat.

  1. 1 Maoz Fine Israel · #177,799 worldwide 11k citations · 196 works
  2. 2 Amatzia Genin Israel · #737,106 worldwide 7.1k citations · 138 works
  3. 3 Miguel José Frada Israel · #1,096,093 worldwide 2k citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Tanya Rivlin Israel · #1,682,083 worldwide 1.2k citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Karin H. Olsson Israel · #1,684,188 worldwide 1.2k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 AF Post Israel · #1,716,748 worldwide 1.4k citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Roi Holzman Israel · #1,916,129 worldwide 2.7k citations · 103 works
  8. 8 Shai Oron Israel · #2,501,107 worldwide 380 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Rachel Armoza‐Zvuloni Israel · #3,936,598 worldwide 478 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Natalie Chernihovsky Israel · #3,957,287 worldwide 88 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat

What are the most cited papers from Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat?

The most cited paper from Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat is "Volcanic carbon dioxide vents show ecosystem effects of ocean acidification" (Jason Michael Hall-Spencer, Riccardo Rodolfo‐Metalpa, Sophie Martin et al., 2008), with 1,386 citations. Next come "Genome divergence in two Prochlorococcus ecotypes reflects oceanic niche differentiation" (1,230) and "Ecological Genomics of Marine Picocyanobacteria" (762).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Volcanic carbon dioxide vents show ecosystem effects of ocean acidification Jason Michael Hall-Spencer, Riccardo Rodolfo‐Metalpa, Sophie Martin et al. · Nature Open access 8 Jun 2008 1,386
2 Genome divergence in two Prochlorococcus ecotypes reflects oceanic niche differentiation Gabrielle Rocap et al. · Nature Open access Aug 2003 1,230
3 Ecological Genomics of Marine Picocyanobacteria David John Scanlan, Martin D. Ostrowski, Sophie Mazard et al. · Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews ReviewOpen access Jun 2009 762
4 Utilization of different nitrogen sources by the marine cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus Lisa R. Moore, Anton F. Post, Gabrielle Rocap et al. · Limnology and Oceanography Jul 2002 553
5 Bio-physical coupling in the formation of zooplankton and fish aggregations over abrupt topographies Amatzia Genin · Journal of Marine Systems Sep 2004 512
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Which keywords describe research at Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Marine Ecosystems, Bleaching, Coral Reefs, Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity and Coastal Protection.

▲ 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 Change24▲ 14×30 topics
  2. Ocean Acidification14▲ 275×3 topics
  3. Marine Ecosystems9▲ 255×2 topics
  4. Bleaching9▲ 402×1 topic
  5. Coral Reefs9▲ 402×1 topic
  6. Benthic Communities6▲ 147×2 topics
  7. Marine Biodiversity6▲ 147×2 topics
  8. Coastal Protection5▲ 116×2 topics
  9. Climate Change Impacts5▲ 61×2 topics
  10. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 76×2 topics
  11. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 40×2 topics
  12. Kelp Forests4▲ 197×1 topic
  13. Seagrasses4▲ 197×1 topic
  14. Holocene4▲ 53×3 topics
  15. Global Warming4▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Harmful Algal Blooms3▲ 63×3 topics
  17. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.0×9 topics
  18. Eutrophication3▲ 45×2 topics
  19. Sea Level3▲ 54×2 topics
  20. Dissolved Organic Matter3▲ 106×1 topic
  21. Nutrient Limitation3▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Oceanic Carbon Cycle3▲ 106×1 topic
  23. Invasive Species3▲ 11×10 topics
  24. Conservation3▲ 9.8×9 topics
  25. Marine Environment3▲ 29×3 topics
  26. Trophic Cascades3▲ 46×2 topics
  27. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 20×5 topics
  28. Ecosystem Management3▲ 68×1 topic
  29. Glacial Cycles3▲ 62×1 topic
  30. Marine Fisheries3▲ 99×1 topic
  31. Paleoclimatology3▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Ecosystem Services2▲ 9.3×7 topics
  33. Biogeography2▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Marine Microbes2▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Microbial Biogeography2▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Microbial Ecology2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Deep-Sea Ecology2▲ 98×1 topic
  39. Estuarine Quality2▲ 98×1 topic
  40. Population Dynamics2▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine and coastal ecosystems and Marine and fisheries research.

Coral and Marine Ecosyst…9Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 9 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant…4Marine and coastal plant biology: 4 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…3Marine and coastal ecosystems: 3 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 3 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 3 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…2Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 2 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 1 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 1 fractional works
EcologyOceanographyGlobal and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 9 works
  2. 2 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 4 works
  3. 3 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 3 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  6. 6 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 2 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 2 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  9. 9 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 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 available53.8%not open46.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.6%domestic only54.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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