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Marine Technology Unit

In research, Marine Technology Unit stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,912 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,963
of 28,054 · #17,440 all time
Rank in Spain
#573
of 658
Research works
421
▲ 58% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
31.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Marine Technology Unit known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #11,912 of 12,888 22.5%74 #10904

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Marine Technology Unit 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Marine Technology Unit specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 44.7 works9.9×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.38× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.86× its world share, 45 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Marine Technology Unit?

Ranked on the composite score, Ángel Borja, Juan Bald and Rafael Bartolomé lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Marine Technology Unit.

  1. 1 Ángel Borja Spain · #169,788 worldwide 429 citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Juan Bald Spain · #521,988 worldwide 83 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Rafael Bartolomé Spain · #805,905 worldwide 90 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Oihane C. Basurko Spain · #807,679 worldwide 89 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Anna Rubio Spain · #948,040 worldwide 91 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Ibon Galparsoro Spain · #959,228 worldwide 54 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Luis Ferrer Spain · #980,204 worldwide 18 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Joxe Mikel Garmendia Spain · #1,481,016 worldwide 34 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Marine Technology Unit

Which keywords describe research at Marine Technology Unit?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Trophic Cascades, Ecosystem Management, Marine Fisheries, Environmental Impact, Marine Environment and Ecosystem Services.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Change22▲ 9.0×26 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability10▲ 118×2 topics
  3. Environmental Impact8▲ 5.0×15 topics
  4. Trophic Cascades7▲ 84×2 topics
  5. Ecosystem Management7▲ 132×1 topic
  6. Marine Fisheries7▲ 190×1 topic
  7. Sustainability6▲ 2.9×10 topics
  8. Marine Environment6▲ 45×3 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services5▲ 15×4 topics
  10. Aquaculture5▲ 21×4 topics
  11. Ecosystem Health4▲ 101×2 topics
  12. Conservation4▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Ecosystem-Based Management4▲ 146×1 topic
  14. Marine Spatial Planning4▲ 146×1 topic
  15. Ocean Acidification4▲ 64×3 topics
  16. Bivalve Molluscs4▲ 154×1 topic
  17. Oyster Reefs4▲ 154×1 topic
  18. Benthic Communities4▲ 70×2 topics
  19. Invasive Species4▲ 9.6×6 topics
  20. Marine Biodiversity4▲ 70×2 topics
  21. Microbial Ecology4▲ 23×2 topics
  22. DNA Barcoding4▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Marine Microbes4▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Microbial Biogeography4▲ 66×1 topic
  25. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Population Dynamics3▲ 15×5 topics
  28. Biogeography3▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Marine Ecosystems3▲ 62×2 topics
  30. Conservation Genetics3▲ 86×2 topics
  31. Ecological Assessment3▲ 136×2 topics
  32. Global Warming3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  33. Environmental DNA3▲ 159×1 topic
  34. Metabarcoding3▲ 159×1 topic
  35. Deep-Sea Ecology3▲ 93×1 topic
  36. Estuarine Quality3▲ 93×1 topic
  37. Quality Assessment3▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. RNA-Seq2▲ 25×1 topic
  40. sequence alignment2▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Marine Technology Unit publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine and fisheries research, Coastal and Marine Management, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Marine and fisheries res…7Marine and fisheries research: 7 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 4 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…4Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 4 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…4Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 3 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…2Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 2 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEcologyOceanography2 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  2. 2 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  3. 3 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  4. 4 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 4 works
  5. 5 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 3 works
  6. 6 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 3 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  9. 9 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 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 available65.1%not open34.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.2%domestic only53.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Marine Technology Unit's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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