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Mote Marine Laboratory

In research, Mote Marine Laboratory stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,268 of 5,407 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,236 of 11,023 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,885 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology (Ecology is 28.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,481
of 22,385 · #9,078 all time
Rank in United States
#2,723
of 3,332
Research works
719
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
38.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Mote Marine Laboratory

What is Mote Marine Laboratory 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 #1,268 of 5,407 17.0%352
Life SciencesDomain #3,236 of 11,023 16.0%155
Physical SciencesDomain #5,885 of 17,446 16.5%484
EcologySubfield #667 of 1,384 15.4%132

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

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Mote Marine Laboratory is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (50%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 68 fractional works · 70.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 48 fractional works · 49.6% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 22.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 7.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 16.2% of its workOceanography: 13 fractional works · 13.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 17.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMote MarineLaboratory96fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences7%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science4849.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1616.2%
    3. Engineering22.3%
    4. Computer Science11.3%
    5. Materials Science10.7%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Energy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology76.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences66.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology22.4%
    4. Neuroscience11.2%
    1. Social Sciences32.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting21.9%
    3. Psychology11.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Medicine43.8%
    2. Health Professions11.2%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Mote Marine Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 28.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 21.5 works28×
← 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: 1.37× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.38× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.34× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.98× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.34×16 works
  2. Environmental Science9.98×48 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.38×2 works
  4. Veterinary2.27×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.37×6 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.29×7 works
  7. Neuroscience0.77×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.47×1 works
  10. Psychology0.42×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.27×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.26×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.23×3 works
  14. Materials Science0.20×1 works
  15. Medicine0.20×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.17×1 works
  17. Engineering0.15×2 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  19. Energy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mote Marine Laboratory?

Ranked on the quality score, Erinn M. Muller, Robert E. Hueter and Kim B. Ritchie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mote Marine Laboratory.

  1. 1 Erinn M. Muller United States · #89,583 worldwide 5.4k citations · 135 works
  2. 2 Robert E. Hueter United States · #208,834 worldwide 6.6k citations · 122 works
  3. 3 Kim B. Ritchie United States · #211,202 worldwide 5.8k citations · 63 works
  4. 4 John P. Tyminski United States · #289,881 worldwide 1.8k citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Erich Bartels United States · #392,463 worldwide 3.5k citations · 62 works
  6. 6 Robert J. Nowicki United States · #697,447 worldwide 811 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Cory J. Krediet United States · #777,639 worldwide 1.4k citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Barbara Kirkpatrick United States · #873,402 worldwide 4k citations · 111 works
  9. 9 Richard H. Pierce United States · #1,104,773 worldwide 4.6k citations · 133 works
  10. 10 Kim Bassos‐Hull United States · #1,114,915 worldwide 671 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Mote Marine Laboratory

What are the most cited papers from Mote Marine Laboratory?

The most cited paper from Mote Marine Laboratory is "Regulation of microbial populations by coral surface mucus and mucus-associated bacteria" (KB Ritchie, 2006), with 951 citations. Next come "Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005" (927) and "Shark nursery areas: concepts, definition, characterization and assumptions" (749).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Regulation of microbial populations by coral surface mucus and mucus-associated bacteria KB Ritchie · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 20 Sep 2006 951
2 Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005 C. Mark Eakin et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 15 Nov 2010 927
3 Shark nursery areas: concepts, definition, characterization and assumptions Michelle RaNae Heupel, JK Carlson, Colin Ashley Simpfendorfer · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 14 May 2007 749
4 Harmful algal blooms: causes, impacts and detection Kevin G. Sellner, Gregory J. Doucette, Gary J. Kirkpatrick · Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology Open access Jul 2003 664
5 Automated acoustic tracking of aquatic animals: scales, design and deployment of listening station arrays Michelle RaNae Heupel, Jayson M. Semmens, Alistair James Hobday · Marine and Freshwater Research Open access 16 Jan 2006 637
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mote Marine Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Marine Ecosystems, Acoustic Communication, Bleaching and Coral Reefs.

▲ 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 Change34▲ 13×18 topics
  2. Ocean Acidification14▲ 200×3 topics
  3. Conservation14▲ 34×10 topics
  4. Population Dynamics13▲ 51×7 topics
  5. Marine Ecosystems12▲ 234×2 topics
  6. Acoustic Communication10▲ 190×2 topics
  7. Bleaching9▲ 275×1 topic
  8. Coral Reefs9▲ 275×1 topic
  9. Harmful Algal Blooms8▲ 95×3 topics
  10. Predator-Prey Interactions8▲ 99×2 topics
  11. Anthropogenic Noise7▲ 271×1 topic
  12. Fisheries Sustainability7▲ 89×2 topics
  13. Marine Mammals7▲ 271×1 topic
  14. Benthic Communities7▲ 118×2 topics
  15. Marine Biodiversity7▲ 118×2 topics
  16. Aquaculture6▲ 26×7 topics
  17. Coastal Protection6▲ 90×2 topics
  18. Fisheries5▲ 120×3 topics
  19. Trophic Cascades5▲ 56×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem Management5▲ 84×1 topic
  21. Marine Fisheries5▲ 122×1 topic
  22. Climate Change Impacts5▲ 40×2 topics
  23. Eutrophication5▲ 44×2 topics
  24. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Kelp Forests4▲ 153×1 topic
  26. Seagrasses4▲ 153×1 topic
  27. Ecology4▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Invasive Species4▲ 9.6×5 topics
  29. Phylogeny4▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Rays4▲ 174×1 topic
  31. Sharks4▲ 174×1 topic
  32. Biogeography4▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Dissolved Organic Matter3▲ 79×1 topic
  34. Oceanic Carbon Cycle3▲ 79×1 topic
  35. Ecosystem Services3▲ 8.9×3 topics
  36. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Dinoflagellates3▲ 464×1 topic
  39. Marine Environment3▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Marine Toxins3▲ 464×1 topic

Which research topics does Mote Marine Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine animal studies overview, Marine and fisheries research and Marine and coastal plant biology.

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 9 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 7 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…5Marine and fisheries research: 5 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant…4Marine and coastal plant biology: 4 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 4 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 3 fractional worksMarine Toxins and Detect…3Marine Toxins and Detection Methods: 3 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 3 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 2 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 2 fractional works
EcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeOceanographyNature and Landscape Conservation2 others

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

  1. 1 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 9 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 7 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  4. 4 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 4 works
  5. 5 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  6. 6 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 3 works
  7. 7 Marine Toxins and Detection Methods Environmental Chemistry 3 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  9. 9 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 2 works
  10. 10 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 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 available37.2%not open62.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mote Marine Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Mote Marine Laboratory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00042% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Mote Marine Laboratory0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mote Marine Laboratory 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2024Mote Marine Laboratory8.5% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.4% in 2009.

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