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Marine Scotland

In research, Marine Scotland stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,057 of 5,407 worldwide), Aquatic Science (#122 of 248 worldwide) and Ecology (#842 of 1,384 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 10.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#14,740
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#728
of 1,844
Research works
2.8k
▼ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
115k
40.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Marine Scotland

What is Marine Scotland 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 #2,057 of 5,407 11.8%1,406
Aquatic ScienceSubfield #122 of 248 21.2%202
EcologySubfield #842 of 1,384 12.5%392
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #747 of 1,176 10.7%421
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,535 of 5,126 17.4%350
Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield #383 of 551 13.3%307
Physical SciencesDomain #12,429 of 17,446 12.1%1,911
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,644 of 2,224 12.2%311
OceanographySubfield #444 of 599 12.2%254
Life SciencesDomain #8,200 of 11,023 14.2%781

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Marine Scotland 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 Marine Scotland work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Marine Scotland is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (53%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 42 fractional works · 76.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 29 fractional works · 52.7% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 19.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 13.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 13.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 13.6% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 12.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 19.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 11.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMarine Scotland54fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences1%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2952.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences713.6%
    3. Engineering35.2%
    4. Computer Science12.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.8%
    6. Mathematics00.6%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology611.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology35.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.5%
    1. Medicine11.7%
    2. Nursing00.6%
    3. Health Professions00.6%
    1. Social Sciences00.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    3. Psychology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Marine Scotland specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 28.6 works11×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.11× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.98× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.70× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.60× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.60×29 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.70×7 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology4.98×3 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.11×6 works
  5. Nursing1.33×0 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.81×1 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×2 works
  8. Mathematics0.52×0 works
  9. Engineering0.35×3 works
  10. Computer Science0.30×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.22×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.14×0 works
  13. Medicine0.09×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.04×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works
  17. Psychology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Marine Scotland?

Ranked on the quality score, C. B. Cowey, John W. Adron and John H. S. Blaxter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Marine Scotland.

  1. 1 C. B. Cowey United Kingdom · #287,927 worldwide 6.4k citations · 82 works
  2. 2 John W. Adron United Kingdom · #466,411 worldwide 4k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 John H. S. Blaxter United Kingdom · #694,884 worldwide 9.9k citations · 155 works
  4. 4 J. E. Thorpe United Kingdom · #818,250 worldwide 7.5k citations · 111 works
  5. 5 M. R. Droop United Kingdom · #855,704 worldwide 6.8k citations · 53 works
  6. 6 E. Verspoor United Kingdom · #1,141,206 worldwide 6.2k citations · 104 works
  7. 7 FRANCIS C. NEAT United Kingdom · #1,337,217 worldwide 4.7k citations · 122 works
  8. 8 Clement S. Wardle United Kingdom · #1,656,937 worldwide 4.1k citations · 58 works
  9. 9 A. P. Orr United Kingdom · #1,747,364 worldwide 2.4k citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Dafne Eerkes‐Medrano United Kingdom · #1,944,046 worldwide 3.7k citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Marine Scotland

What are the most cited papers from Marine Scotland?

The most cited paper from Marine Scotland is "Global imprint of climate change on marine life" (Elvira S. Poloczanska, Christopher James Brown, William J. Sydeman et al., 2013), with 2,310 citations. Next come "Innate host defense mechanisms of fish against viruses and bacteria" (1,221) and "The development of artificial media for marine algae" (968).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global imprint of climate change on marine life Elvira S. Poloczanska, Christopher James Brown, William J. Sydeman et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 2 Aug 2013 2,310
2 Innate host defense mechanisms of fish against viruses and bacteria Anthony E. Ellis · Developmental & Comparative Immunology Oct 2001 1,221
3 The development of artificial media for marine algae Luigi Provasoli, John J. A. McLaughlin, M. R. Droop · Archives of Microbiology 1957 968
4 Trophic level asynchrony in rates of phenological change for marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments Stephen J. Thackeray et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 5 Jan 2010 909
5 Vitamin B 12 and Marine Ecology. IV. The Kinetics of Uptake, Growth and Inhibition in Monochrysis Lutheri M. R. Droop · Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Oct 1968 901
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Marine Scotland?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Freshwater Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation Challenges and Flow Regulation.

▲ 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 Change18▲ 13×19 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability10▲ 208×2 topics
  3. Invasive Species8▲ 36×7 topics
  4. Population Dynamics6▲ 41×6 topics
  5. Freshwater Biodiversity5▲ 158×2 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 44×2 topics
  7. Conservation Challenges5▲ 204×1 topic
  8. Flow Regulation5▲ 204×1 topic
  9. Trophic Cascades5▲ 101×2 topics
  10. Conservation5▲ 20×6 topics
  11. Ecosystem Management5▲ 146×1 topic
  12. Marine Fisheries5▲ 213×1 topic
  13. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 51×4 topics
  14. Biodiversity4▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Machine Learning4▲ 2.4×5 topics
  16. Global Change3▲ 22×3 topics
  17. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.4×9 topics
  18. Acoustic Communication3▲ 106×2 topics
  19. Marine Sediments3▲ 83×2 topics
  20. Acoustic Techniques3▲ 164×1 topic
  21. Seafloor Mapping3▲ 164×1 topic
  22. Aquaculture3▲ 19×4 topics
  23. Ocean Acidification3▲ 63×3 topics
  24. Aquatic Environment2▲ 54×2 topics
  25. Community Ecology2▲ 53×2 topics
  26. Ecosystem2▲ 42×2 topics
  27. Predator-Prey Interactions2▲ 56×2 topics
  28. Anthropogenic Noise2▲ 153×1 topic
  29. Host-Parasite Interactions2▲ 145×1 topic
  30. Marine Ecosystems2▲ 78×2 topics
  31. Marine Mammals2▲ 153×1 topic
  32. Parasites2▲ 145×1 topic
  33. Marine Environment2▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Phylogeny2▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Genetic Structure2▲ 47×2 topics
  36. Ecosystem Services2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  37. Adaptive Evolution2▲ 53×2 topics
  38. Benthic Communities2▲ 49×2 topics
  39. DNA Barcoding2▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Marine Biodiversity2▲ 49×2 topics

Which research topics does Marine Scotland publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Underwater Acoustics Research and Marine animal studies overview.

Fish Ecology and Managem…5Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 5 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 5 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 3 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 2 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 2 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…2Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 2 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 1 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 1 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 1 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 1 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeOceanographyEcology1 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  2. 2 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  3. 3 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 3 works
  4. 4 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 2 works
  5. 5 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 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 available19.1%not open80.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Marine Scotland's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% 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 Marine Scotland as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Marine Scotland0.000079% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Marine Scotland 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.

10%20%Marine Scotland12.3% in 2021all institutions10.0% in 2021200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.3% in 1992.

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