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Myanmar Maritime University

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Research works
26
▲ 154% vs 2018-21
Citations
164
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
Myanmar Maritime University

Not ranked overall: Myanmar Maritime University is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Myanmar Maritime University work in?

In all years, 53% of research at Myanmar Maritime University is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 53.0% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 24.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 10.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 35.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMyanmar MaritimeUniversity26fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences53%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences36%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering624.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences413.9%
    3. Environmental Science310.9%
    4. Mathematics01.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.3%
    6. Materials Science00.7%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Energy00.3%
    1. Social Sciences311.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting28.4%
    3. Psychology27.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.9%
    5. Decision Sciences13.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Medicine15.1%
    2. Health Professions01.6%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
    5. Neuroscience00.3%
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: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 8.30× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.89× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsNursing: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.98× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 6.92× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 3.51× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.30×2 works
  2. Decision Sciences6.92×1 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting4.98×2 works
  4. Psychology3.51×1 works
  5. Environmental Science2.89×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.38×2 works
  7. Health Professions1.01×0 works
  8. Engineering0.97×2 works
  9. Nursing0.78×0 works
  10. Energy0.73×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.31×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Myanmar Maritime University?

The most cited paper from Myanmar Maritime University is "Twenty years of change: Land and water resources in the Chindwin catchment, Myanmar between 1999 and 2019" (Antonia J. McGinn, Paul Daniel Wagner, Htike Htike et al., 2021), with 34 citations. Next come "Microbial community structures and important taxa across oxygen gradients in the Andaman Sea and eastern Bay of Bengal epipelagic waters" (33) and "Globulin-1 gene expression in regenerable Zea mays (maize) callus" (24).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Twenty years of change: Land and water resources in the Chindwin catchment, Myanmar between 1999 and 2019 Antonia J. McGinn, Paul Daniel Wagner, Htike Htike et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 21 Jul 2021 34
2 Microbial community structures and important taxa across oxygen gradients in the Andaman Sea and eastern Bay of Bengal epipelagic waters Ruoyu Guo, Xiao Ma, Jingjing Zhang et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology Open access 2 Nov 2022 33
3 Globulin-1 gene expression in regenerable Zea mays (maize) callus David R. Duncan, Alan L. Kriz, Renato Paiva et al. · Plant Cell Reports 12 Feb 2003 24
4 Connecting Sediment Retention to Distributary‐Channel Hydrodynamics and Sediment Dynamics in a Tide‐dominated Delta: The Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar Hannah Glover, Andrea S. Ogston, Aaron T. Fricke et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface Open access 24 Feb 2021 21
5 Re-study on recurrence period of Stokes wave train with high order spectral method Aifeng Tao, Jinhai Zheng, Mee Soe Mee et al. · China Ocean Engineering Dec 2011 16
All 37 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Myanmar Maritime University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Wave Modeling, Sediment Transport, Remote Sensing, Sea-Level Rise, Coastal Dynamics, Shoreline Change, Maritime Transportation and Leadership.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 16 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Wave Modeling2▲ 125×2 topics
  2. Climate Change2▲ 2.7×10 topics
  3. Remote Sensing2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  4. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 62×2 topics
  5. Sediment Transport2▲ 40×4 topics
  6. Coastal Dynamics1▲ 163×1 topic
  7. Shoreline Change1▲ 163×1 topic
  8. Leadership1▲ 13×4 topics
  9. Maritime Transportation1▲ 139×2 topics
  10. Globalization1▲ 2.2×5 topics
  11. Risk Assessment1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  12. Impact1▲ 165×1 topic
  13. International Law1▲ 14×2 topics
  14. Job Satisfaction1▲ 15×4 topics
  15. Tool Wear1▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Tsunami1▲ 706×1 topic

Which research topics does Myanmar Maritime University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Earthquake and Tsunami Effects, Maritime Navigation and Safety, Risk and Safety Analysis and Law, logistics, and international trade.

Earthquake and Tsunami E…1Earthquake and Tsunami Effects: 1 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and Safety: 1 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 0 fractional worksLaw, logistics, and international trade: 0 fractional worksInnovations and Analysis in Business and Education: 0 fractional worksHuman Resource Development and Performance Evaluation: 0 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence and Performance: 0 fractional worksOrganizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 0 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 0 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Conc…0Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringOcean EngineeringStatistics, Probability and UncertaintyAccounting5 others

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

  1. 1 Earthquake and Tsunami Effects Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  4. 4 Law, logistics, and international trade Accounting 0 works
  5. 5 Innovations and Analysis in Business and Education Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  6. 6 Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation Applied Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 0 works
  9. 9 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  10. 10 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 0 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 available62.1%not open37.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.4%domestic only51.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Myanmar Maritime University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 154% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Myanmar Maritime University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000026% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%Myanmar Maritime University0.000062% in 202520102020

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

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