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Massachusetts Maritime Academy

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World rank, all time
#27,165
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,684
of 7,310
Research works
200
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Which fields of science does Massachusetts Maritime Academy work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Massachusetts Maritime Academy is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (36%), Environmental Science (20%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 22 fractional works · 43.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 35.9% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 14.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 13.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 38.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 19.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 9.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMassachusettsMaritime Academy51fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences44%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities1835.9%
    2. Social Sciences36.6%
    3. Psychology00.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Environmental Science1019.8%
    2. Engineering59.4%
    3. Computer Science35.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences24.0%
    1. Health Professions35.0%
    2. Medicine23.9%
    3. Veterinary23.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
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: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.52× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.98× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 21.87× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 12.43× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 21.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary21.87×2 works
  2. Arts and Humanities12.43×18 works
  3. Environmental Science3.98×10 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.52×2 works
  5. Health Professions1.90×2 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.67×2 works
  7. Computer Science0.66×3 works
  8. Engineering0.63×5 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.59×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.52×3 works
  11. Neuroscience0.40×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×1 works
  13. Psychology0.25×0 works
  14. Medicine0.20×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Massachusetts Maritime Academy?

Ranked on the quality score, Gregory B. Skomal, Wei Yu and Ani Dasgupta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

  1. 1 Gregory B. Skomal United States · #58,045 worldwide 6.5k citations · 121 works
  2. 2 Wei Yu United States · #2,574,886 worldwide 289 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Ani Dasgupta United States · #2,719,818 worldwide 222 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Samantha Montano United States · #2,860,625 worldwide 60 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Bradford C. Chase United States · #2,978,177 worldwide 709 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Robert Glenn United States · #3,170,165 worldwide 382 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Steven J. Correia United States · #3,428,776 worldwide 230 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Tracy L. Pugh United States · #3,681,750 worldwide 364 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Jack Pearce United States · #3,848,539 worldwide 945 citations · 68 works
  10. 10 John J. Sheppard United States · #4,075,260 worldwide 100 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Massachusetts Maritime Academy

What are the most cited papers from Massachusetts Maritime Academy?

The most cited paper from Massachusetts Maritime Academy is "Stock identification and its role in stock assessment and fisheries management: an overview" (Gavin A. Begg, Kevin D. Friedland, John B. Pearce, 1999), with 552 citations. Next come "The economic effects of harmful algal blooms in the United States: Estimates, assessment issues, and information needs" (433) and "Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries" (405).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Stock identification and its role in stock assessment and fisheries management: an overview Gavin A. Begg, Kevin D. Friedland, John B. Pearce · Fisheries Research Oct 1999 552
2 The economic effects of harmful algal blooms in the United States: Estimates, assessment issues, and information needs Porter Hoagland, Donald Mark Anderson, Yoshiaki Kaoru et al. · Estuaries Aug 2002 433
3 Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries Nuno C. Queiroz et al. · Nature Open access153 authors 24 Jul 2019 405
4 Field-Cage Methodology for Evaluating Climatic Suitability for Introduced Wood-Borer Parasitoids: Preliminary Results from the Emerald Ash Borer System Michael D. Ulyshen, Jian J. Duan, Leah S. Bauer et al. · Journal of Insect Science Open access Oct 2011 316
5 The physiological response to anthropogenic stressors in marine elasmobranch fishes: A review with a focus on the secondary response Gregory B. Skomal, John W. Mandelman · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology 17 Oct 2011 199
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Massachusetts Maritime Academy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Literature, Philosophy, Art Theory, Cultural Literacy, Psychological Explorations, Climate Change and Theatre.

▲ 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. Education8▲ 9.4×4 topics
  2. Literature7▲ 26×4 topics
  3. Climate Change7▲ 5.3×18 topics
  4. Art Theory7▲ 852×2 topics
  5. Philosophy7▲ 31×3 topics
  6. Cultural Literacy7▲ 3912×1 topic
  7. Psychological Explorations7▲ 3912×1 topic
  8. Globalization6▲ 5.8×4 topics
  9. Theatre5▲ 339×2 topics
  10. Drama Education5▲ 625×1 topic
  11. Performance Art5▲ 625×1 topic
  12. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 100×2 topics
  13. Conservation3▲ 13×6 topics
  14. Ecosystem Management3▲ 97×1 topic
  15. Marine Fisheries3▲ 141×1 topic
  16. Invasive Species2▲ 11×7 topics
  17. Population Dynamics2▲ 17×5 topics
  18. Marine Ecosystems2▲ 74×2 topics
  19. Innovation2▲ 3.8×4 topics
  20. Mental Health2▲ 2.6×4 topics
  21. Resilience2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  22. Ecology2▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Fisheries2▲ 70×2 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Conservation Challenges2▲ 63×1 topic
  26. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Migration2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  28. Phylogeny2▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Rays2▲ 129×1 topic
  30. Sharks2▲ 129×1 topic
  31. Biodiversity1▲ 3.4×8 topics
  32. Suicide Risk1▲ 84×1 topic
  33. Technology1▲ 5.0×3 topics
  34. veterinary surgeons1▲ 311×1 topic
  35. Aesthetics1▲ 29×3 topics
  36. Cultural Studies1▲ 6.4×3 topics
  37. Identity1▲ 3.3×5 topics
  38. Cultural Heritage1▲ 3.7×2 topics
  39. Digital Images1▲ 321×1 topic
  40. Photography1▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Massachusetts Maritime Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research, Theatre and Performance Studies, Marine and fisheries research and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Cultural Studies and Int…7Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research: 7 fractional worksTheatre and Performance …5Theatre and Performance Studies: 5 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 3 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine B…2Ichthyology and Marine Biology: 2 fractional worksVeterinary Practice and Education Studies: 1 fractional worksPhotography and Visual Culture: 1 fractional worksArt, Technology, and Culture: 1 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis in Language Studies: 1 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 1 fractional works
PhilosophyVisual Arts and Performing ArtsGlobal and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research Philosophy 7 works
  2. 2 Theatre and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 5 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  5. 5 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  6. 6 Veterinary Practice and Education Studies Speech and Hearing 1 works
  7. 7 Photography and Visual Culture History 1 works
  8. 8 Art, Technology, and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  9. 9 Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  10. 10 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 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 available28.2%not open71.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Massachusetts Maritime Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% 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 Massachusetts Maritime Academy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Massachusetts Maritime Academy0.00019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Massachusetts Maritime Academy over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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