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Latvian Maritime Academy

In research, Latvian Maritime Academy stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,778 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Health Professions (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 29.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,784
of 22,385 · #17,245 all time
Rank in Latvia
#11
of 32
Research works
452
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
80%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Latvian Maritime Academy

What is Latvian Maritime Academy 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,778 of 9,902 7.2%80 #11687

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Latvian Maritime Academy 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 Latvian Maritime Academy work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Latvian Maritime Academy is in Health Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Health Professions (21%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 87 fractional works · 53.2% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 30.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 36 fractional works · 21.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 35 fractional works · 21.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 11.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 11 fractional works · 6.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 24.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 14.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 16.2% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 6.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLatvian MaritimeAcademy164fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences25%

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. Medicine5130.8%
    2. Health Professions3521.5%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences2414.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting95.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.6%
    4. Psychology31.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering106.0%
    2. Environmental Science74.3%
    3. Computer Science63.8%
    4. Materials Science10.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    6. Chemistry10.5%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences74.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.5%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Latvian Maritime Academy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 29.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 35.6 works29×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 35.3 works8.2×
← 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: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 8.15× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.60× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.63× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions8.15×35 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting1.63×9 works
  3. Medicine1.60×51 works
  4. Nursing1.38×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.21×4 works
  6. Social Sciences1.14×24 works
  7. Environmental Science0.87×7 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.84×6 works
  9. Psychology0.61×3 works
  10. Computer Science0.49×6 works
  11. Dentistry0.42×0 works
  12. Engineering0.40×10 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.29×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×2 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.25×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.24×1 works
  18. Energy0.20×0 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.16×1 works
  21. Neuroscience0.14×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Latvian Maritime Academy?

Ranked on the quality score, B Hamzah, Nova Arikhman and Annisa Novita Sary lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Latvian Maritime Academy.

  1. 1 B Hamzah Latvia · #2,987,258 worldwide 181 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Nova Arikhman Latvia · #4,035,590 worldwide 45 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Annisa Novita Sary Latvia · #4,184,618 worldwide 68 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Vino Rika Nofia Latvia · #4,228,902 worldwide 73 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Денис Черевичник Latvia · #4,249,144 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Voldemārs Barkāns Latvia · #4,615,391 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Niken Latvia · #4,771,716 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Inge Angelia Latvia · #4,824,078 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Valdis Priednieks Latvia · #4,833,785 worldwide 26 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Etri Yanti Latvia · #4,834,181 worldwide 68 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Latvian Maritime Academy

What are the most cited papers from Latvian Maritime Academy?

The most cited paper from Latvian Maritime Academy is "A Short-Term Trial of Tacrolimus Ointment for Atopic Dermatitis" (Thomas Ruzicka, Thomas R.M. Bieber, Erwin Schöpf et al., 1997), with 524 citations. Next come "Effect of Leukocytospermia on Sperm DNA Integrity: A Negative Effect in Abnormal Semen Samples" (136) and "Changes in the mechanical properties, biochemical contents and wall structure of the human coronary arteries with age and sex" (117).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Short-Term Trial of Tacrolimus Ointment for Atopic Dermatitis Thomas Ruzicka, Thomas R.M. Bieber, Erwin Schöpf et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Sep 1997 524
2 Effect of Leukocytospermia on Sperm DNA Integrity: A Negative Effect in Abnormal Semen Samples Juris Ērenpreiss, Solveiga Hlevicka, J. Zalkalns et al. · Journal of Andrology Open access 10 Sep 2002 136
3 Changes in the mechanical properties, biochemical contents and wall structure of the human coronary arteries with age and sex Iveta Ozolanta, G. Tetere, B. A. Purinya et al. · Medical Engineering & Physics Oct 1998 117
4 Correlation between HHV‐6 reactivation and multiple sclerosis disease activity Svetlana Chapenko, Andrejs Millers, Zaiga Nora-Krūkle et al. · Journal of Medical Virology 15 Nov 2002 107
5 Cadmium Recovery from Spent Ni-Cd Batteries: A Brief Review Ervīns Blumbergs, Vera Serga, Ernests Platacis et al. · Metals Open access 27 Oct 2021 89
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Latvian Maritime Academy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Education, Community Empowerment, Breastfeeding, Maternal Health, Non-Communicable Diseases, Child Nutrition, Stunting and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Health Education44▲ 61×4 topics
  2. Community Empowerment39▲ 33×6 topics
  3. Breastfeeding36▲ 95×2 topics
  4. Maternal Health36▲ 85×2 topics
  5. Non-Communicable Diseases35▲ 79×3 topics
  6. Child Nutrition35▲ 113×1 topic
  7. Stunting35▲ 113×1 topic
  8. Patient Satisfaction16▲ 31×3 topics
  9. Patient Experience16▲ 90×2 topics
  10. Quality of Service16▲ 98×2 topics
  11. Barriers15▲ 115×1 topic
  12. Healthcare Access15▲ 34×1 topic
  13. Epidemiology14▲ 2.1×14 topics
  14. Public Health11▲ 4.6×3 topics
  15. Nutrition11▲ 15×3 topics
  16. Health Research10▲ 57×1 topic
  17. Nursing10▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Mental Health9▲ 3.8×4 topics
  19. Sustainability8▲ 2.0×13 topics
  20. COVID-198▲ 3.7×6 topics
  21. Pandemic7▲ 4.6×4 topics
  22. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.4×13 topics
  23. Supply Chain Management7▲ 4.5×7 topics
  24. Indonesia6▲ 8.7×1 topic
  25. Social Distancing6▲ 31×1 topic
  26. International Law6▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Economic Development5▲ 3.6×4 topics
  28. Family Dynamics4▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Agriculture4▲ 6.4×3 topics
  30. Digital Literacy4▲ 4.2×4 topics
  31. Media Literacy4▲ 4.3×3 topics
  32. Decision Support System4▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Fuzzy Logic4▲ 9.1×2 topics
  34. Global Trade4▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Social Impact3▲ 5.3×4 topics
  36. Environmental Governance3▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Ergonomics3▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Adolescent Behavior3▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Diplomacy3▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Cultural Practices2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Latvian Maritime Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Public Health and Nutrition, Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction, Methodologies in Health Research and Practice and COVID-19 Prevention and Impact.

Public Health and Nutrit…35Public Health and Nutrition: 35 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Satisfaction: 15 fractional worksMethodologies in Health …10Methodologies in Health Research and Practice: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 Prevention and …6COVID-19 Prevention and Impact: 6 fractional worksLaw, logistics, and international trade: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Management: 2 fractional worksAdolescent Health and Behaviors: 2 fractional worksEdcuational Technology Systems: 2 fractional worksMaritime Security and History: 2 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth Information ManagementSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 35 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction General Health Professions 15 works
  3. 3 Methodologies in Health Research and Practice Health Information Management 10 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Prevention and Impact Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  5. 5 Law, logistics, and international trade Accounting 2 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Safety Management Occupational Therapy 2 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Health and Behaviors General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Edcuational Technology Systems Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Maritime Security and History Transportation 2 works
  10. 10 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 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 available80.0%not open20.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Latvian Maritime Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Latvian Maritime Academy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00060% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Latvian Maritime Academy0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Latvian Maritime Academy 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 2025Latvian Maritime Academy7.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.0% in 2019.

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