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National Oceanography Centre

In research, National Oceanography Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,793 of 12,888 worldwide), Oceanography (#28 of 156 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#287 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Atmospheric Science — Oceanography is 94.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,094
of 28,054 · #1,391 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#117
of 1,094
Research works
4k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
181k
45.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is National Oceanography Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,793 of 12,888 27.6%405 #995
OceanographySubfield #28 of 156 28.8%115 #21
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #287 of 1,209 29.5%207 #132
Environmental ScienceField #1,228 of 3,551 27.2%139 #505

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Oceanography Centre 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#995 #1,793
  2. Oceanography#21 #28
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#132 #287
  4. Environmental Science#505 #1,228
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does National Oceanography Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 94.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 115.1 works94×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 207.0 works30×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 45.4 works24×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 48.6 works15×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30.31× its world share, 207 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.44× its world share, 139 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 30.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Oceanography Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Rex N. Taylor, R.W. Nesbitt and Andrew J. Gooday lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Oceanography Centre.

  1. 1 Rex N. Taylor United Kingdom · #10,703 worldwide 1.2k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 R.W. Nesbitt United Kingdom · #37,479 worldwide 695 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Andrew J. Gooday United Kingdom · #60,013 worldwide 527 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Paul A. Wilson United Kingdom · #76,445 worldwide 518 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Eelco J. Rohling United Kingdom · #76,525 worldwide 464 citations · 80 works
  6. 6 P.P.E. Weaver United Kingdom · #82,400 worldwide 353 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Svetlana Jevrejeva United Kingdom · #87,627 worldwide 337 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Ekaterina Popova United Kingdom · #90,720 worldwide 556 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Peter D. Killworth United Kingdom · #102,996 worldwide 476 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 R. B. Whitmarsh United Kingdom · #107,436 worldwide 241 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at National Oceanography Centre

Which keywords describe research at National Oceanography Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Circulation, Global Warming, Data Assimilation, Oceanic Modeling, Tidal Analysis, Harmful Algal Blooms and Eutrophication.

▲ 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. Climate Change141▲ 12×57 topics
  2. Ocean Circulation65▲ 115×3 topics
  3. Global Warming54▲ 31×11 topics
  4. Data Assimilation42▲ 62×4 topics
  5. Oceanic Modeling36▲ 256×1 topic
  6. Tidal Analysis36▲ 256×1 topic
  7. Remote Sensing30▲ 5.5×24 topics
  8. Harmful Algal Blooms29▲ 87×3 topics
  9. Eutrophication28▲ 61×3 topics
  10. Nutrient Limitation26▲ 57×2 topics
  11. Dissolved Organic Matter26▲ 143×1 topic
  12. Oceanic Carbon Cycle26▲ 143×1 topic
  13. Holocene24▲ 47×3 topics
  14. Ocean Acidification22▲ 69×3 topics
  15. Sea Level22▲ 52×2 topics
  16. Benthic Communities21▲ 82×2 topics
  17. Marine Biodiversity21▲ 82×2 topics
  18. Greenhouse Gas Emissions20▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Extreme Events20▲ 53×2 topics
  20. Hydrological Cycle20▲ 48×2 topics
  21. Climate Modeling20▲ 63×1 topic
  22. Precipitation Extremes20▲ 63×1 topic
  23. Paleoclimatology20▲ 54×2 topics
  24. Biogeography19▲ 17×10 topics
  25. Glacial Cycles19▲ 65×1 topic
  26. Monsoon Dynamics19▲ 65×1 topic
  27. Ecosystem Functioning17▲ 21×5 topics
  28. Sea Level Rise16▲ 29×3 topics
  29. Hydrothermal Vents15▲ 92×2 topics
  30. Deep-Sea Ecology15▲ 115×1 topic
  31. Estuarine Quality15▲ 115×1 topic
  32. Tropical Cyclones14▲ 61×2 topics
  33. Fisheries Sustainability14▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Trophic Cascades12▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Wave Modeling12▲ 56×2 topics
  36. Marine Ecosystems12▲ 54×2 topics
  37. Ecosystem Management12▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Marine Fisheries12▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Arctic12▲ 24×4 topics
  40. Marine Sediments11▲ 43×2 topics

Which research topics does National Oceanography Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Climate variability and models and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Oceanographic and Atmosp…36Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 36 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 26 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 20 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 19 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 15 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…12Marine and fisheries research: 12 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 10 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 9 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 8 fractional worksOcean Acidification Effects and Responses: 8 fractional works
OceanographyGlobal and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceEnvironmental Chemistry1 others

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

  1. 1 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 36 works
  2. 2 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 26 works
  3. 3 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 20 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 19 works
  5. 5 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 15 works
  6. 6 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 12 works
  7. 7 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 10 works
  8. 8 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 9 works
  9. 9 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 8 works
  10. 10 Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses Oceanography 8 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 available53.1%not open46.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.7%domestic only57.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Oceanography Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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