Question 1

What is Marine Scotland known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Marine Scotland rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Marine Scotland ranks #14,740 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #728 of 1,844 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Marine Scotland?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Marine Scotland?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Marine Scotland publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Marine Scotland?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Marine Scotland work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Marine Scotland's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% lower than in 2018-2021.