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National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium

In research, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium stands highest in Life Sciences (#10,805 of 14,347 worldwide), Environmental Science (#4,738 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#18,730 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,448
of 28,054 · #26,338 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#182
of 221
Research works
443
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.7k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium 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
Life SciencesDomain #10,805 of 14,347 15.5%178
Environmental ScienceField #4,738 of 6,208 18.0%170
Physical SciencesDomain #18,730 of 21,541 18.5%231

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium 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).

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: 3.20× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.61× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.89× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.47× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.44× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.27× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× 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, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium?

Ranked on the composite score, Ping‐Jyun Sung, Tung‐Yung Fan and 圭太 小枝 lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium.

  1. 1 Ping‐Jyun Sung Taiwan · #687,026 worldwide 196 citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Tung‐Yung Fan Taiwan · #1,080,799 worldwide 58 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 圭太 小枝 Taiwan · #1,119,633 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Hsuan‐Ching Ho Taiwan · #1,452,271 worldwide 13 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium

Which keywords describe research at National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Conservation, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, Population Dynamics, Fisheries, Biogeography, Biodiversity and Phylogeny.

▲ 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. Conservation19▲ 54×8 topics
  2. Climate Change17▲ 7.8×19 topics
  3. Marine Ecosystems14▲ 321×2 topics
  4. Population Dynamics12▲ 56×5 topics
  5. Biogeography9▲ 42×5 topics
  6. Fisheries9▲ 282×2 topics
  7. Biodiversity9▲ 14×10 topics
  8. Ocean Acidification8▲ 135×3 topics
  9. Phylogeny8▲ 65×3 topics
  10. Ecology8▲ 64×4 topics
  11. Freshwater8▲ 195×2 topics
  12. Rays8▲ 481×1 topic
  13. Sharks8▲ 481×1 topic
  14. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 28×6 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity6▲ 18×5 topics
  16. DNA Barcoding6▲ 46×5 topics
  17. Bleaching6▲ 225×1 topic
  18. Coral Reefs6▲ 225×1 topic
  19. Morphology6▲ 42×3 topics
  20. Fish6▲ 184×1 topic
  21. Length-Weight Relationships6▲ 184×1 topic
  22. Fisheries Sustainability6▲ 77×2 topics
  23. Pharmacology5▲ 25×11 topics
  24. Benthic Communities4▲ 94×2 topics
  25. Marine Biodiversity4▲ 94×2 topics
  26. Aquaculture4▲ 20×7 topics
  27. Ecosystem Management4▲ 86×1 topic
  28. Marine Fisheries4▲ 124×1 topic
  29. Marine Natural Products4▲ 122×2 topics
  30. Food Authentication4▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Fraud Detection4▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Metagenomics4▲ 48×3 topics
  33. Microbial Symbionts4▲ 316×1 topic
  34. Sponge-Associated Microorganisms4▲ 316×1 topic
  35. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Global Distribution3▲ 52×3 topics
  37. Climate Change Impacts3▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Deep-Sea Ecology3▲ 106×1 topic
  39. Estuarine Quality3▲ 106×1 topic
  40. Ecological Impact2▲ 56×2 topics

Which research topics does National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies and Marine and fisheries research.

Ichthyology and Marine Biology: 8 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 6 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology…6Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 6 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…4Marine and fisheries research: 4 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 4 fractional worksMarine Sponges and Natural Products: 4 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…3Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 3 fractional worksCrustacean biology and ecology: 2 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 2 fractional worksFish biology, ecology, and behavior: 2 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationEcologyAquatic ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  2. 2 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 6 works
  3. 3 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 6 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  5. 5 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Marine Sponges and Natural Products Biotechnology 4 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 3 works
  8. 8 Crustacean biology and ecology Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 2 works
  10. 10 Fish biology, ecology, and behavior Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.7%domestic only68.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower 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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