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MIT Sea Grant

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Research works
117
▲ 93% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
24.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: MIT Sea Grant is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.47× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.22× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.52× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.16× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at MIT Sea Grant?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew Bennett and Clifford A. Goudey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MIT Sea Grant.

  1. 1 Andrew Bennett United States · #650,378 worldwide 67 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Clifford A. Goudey United States · #1,512,589 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at MIT Sea Grant

Which keywords describe research at MIT Sea Grant?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Recycling, Waste Management, Environmental Impact, Marine Environment, Microplastics, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Acoustic Communications and Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks.

▲ 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. Recycling4▲ 29×3 topics
  2. Environmental Impact4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  3. Waste Management4▲ 26×2 topics
  4. Climate Change4▲ 3.5×10 topics
  5. Marine Environment3▲ 53×2 topics
  6. Microplastics3▲ 72×1 topic
  7. Terrestrial Ecosystems3▲ 72×1 topic
  8. Acoustic Communications2▲ 157×1 topic
  9. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks2▲ 157×1 topic
  10. Aquaculture2▲ 22×3 topics
  11. Infrared2▲ 168×1 topic
  12. Numerical Simulation2▲ 18×4 topics
  13. Small Target2▲ 168×1 topic
  14. Maritime Transportation2▲ 98×2 topics
  15. Remote Sensing2▲ 3.9×2 topics
  16. IoT2▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Computer Vision2▲ 15×2 topics
  18. Fluid-Structure Interaction1▲ 25×3 topics
  19. Machine Learning1▲ 1.17×5 topics
  20. Sensor Networks1▲ 15×1 topic
  21. Water Quality Monitoring1▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Biomedical Applications1▲ 3.0×3 topics
  23. Aerodynamics1▲ 49×2 topics
  24. E-Waste1▲ 37×1 topic
  25. Environmental Impacts1▲ 13×1 topic
  26. Sustainability1▲ 1.37×4 topics
  27. Air Quality1▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Control Strategies1▲ 22×4 topics
  29. Flexible Electronics1▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Heat Transfer1▲ 6.0×3 topics
  31. Hydrodynamics1▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Bioinspired Robotics1▲ 78×1 topic
  33. Biomimetic Systems1▲ 250×1 topic
  34. Collision Avoidance1▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Flight Dynamics1▲ 250×1 topic
  36. Fluid Dynamics1▲ 20×4 topics
  37. Nanogenerators1▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Soft Robotics1▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Unmanned Surface Vehicles1▲ 93×1 topic
  40. Wearable1▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does MIT Sea Grant publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems, Infrared Target Detection Methodologies and Water Quality Monitoring Technologies.

Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 3 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 2 fractional worksInfrared Target Detectio…2Infrared Target Detection Methodologies: 2 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring…1Water Quality Monitoring Technologies: 1 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and Safety: 1 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applic…1Soft Robotics and Applications: 1 fractional worksBiomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 1 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 1 fractional works
PollutionOcean EngineeringAerospace EngineeringWater Science and Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 3 works
  2. 2 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Infrared Target Detection Methodologies Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 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 available24.7%not open75.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.4%domestic only76.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has MIT Sea Grant's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 93% 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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