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NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

In research, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service stands highest in Environmental Science (#783 of 3,551 worldwide), Ecology (#212 of 578 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,443 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 53.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,449
of 28,054 · #3,848 all time
Rank in United States
#863
of 4,192
Research works
5k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
196k
39.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service 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
Environmental ScienceField #783 of 3,551 21.6%292 #342
EcologySubfield #212 of 578 24.9%99 #220
Physical SciencesDomain #5,443 of 12,888 20.9%369 #3852
Life SciencesDomain #3,862 of 7,800 23.6%70 #2132
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #388 of 535 18.9%94 #189
Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield #54 of 72 22.7%61 #81

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service 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. Environmental Science#342 #783
  2. Ecology#220 #212
  3. Physical Sciences#3,852 #5,443
  4. Life Sciences#2,132 #3,862
  5. Global and Planetary Change#189 #388
  6. Nature and Landscape Conservation#81 #54
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 NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 53.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 61.0 works54×
  2. EcologySubfield · 99.2 works26×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 94.1 works26×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 30.0 works22×
  5. Environmental ScienceField · 292.3 works12×
← 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: 1.34× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.71× its world share, 43 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 12.33× its world share, 292 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service?

Ranked on the composite score, Jonathan A. Hare, Donald C. Malins and Dale Squires lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service.

  1. 1 Jonathan A. Hare United States · #53,597 worldwide 351 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Donald C. Malins United States · #101,774 worldwide 267 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Dale Squires United States · #106,422 worldwide 274 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Franklin B. Schwing United States · #120,835 worldwide 486 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 J. Michael O’Malley United States · #155,282 worldwide 387 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Fred M. Utter United States · #161,270 worldwide 313 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Bruce B. Collette United States · #162,702 worldwide 251 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Jason S. Link United States · #164,298 worldwide 358 citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Usha Varanasi United States · #173,527 worldwide 180 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 George W. Boehlert United States · #177,649 worldwide 211 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

Which keywords describe research at NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Trophic Cascades, Population Dynamics, Ecosystem Management, Fish Population Dynamics, Marine Fisheries and Conservation.

▲ 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 Change210▲ 16×56 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability105▲ 247×2 topics
  3. Trophic Cascades69▲ 153×2 topics
  4. Population Dynamics65▲ 54×8 topics
  5. Ecosystem Management64▲ 225×2 topics
  6. Fish Population Dynamics63▲ 320×1 topic
  7. Marine Fisheries63▲ 320×1 topic
  8. Conservation62▲ 30×13 topics
  9. Invasive Species52▲ 26×13 topics
  10. Habitat Fragmentation45▲ 43×5 topics
  11. Freshwater Biodiversity42▲ 146×2 topics
  12. Conservation Challenges42▲ 184×1 topic
  13. Flow Regulation42▲ 184×1 topic
  14. Acoustic Communication39▲ 161×2 topics
  15. Predator-Prey Interactions35▲ 93×2 topics
  16. Anthropogenic Noise35▲ 251×1 topic
  17. Marine Mammals35▲ 251×1 topic
  18. Environmental Impact34▲ 4.2×25 topics
  19. Aquaculture33▲ 27×7 topics
  20. Sustainability32▲ 2.7×23 topics
  21. Ocean Acidification31▲ 89×3 topics
  22. Marine Ecosystems29▲ 117×2 topics
  23. Food Security26▲ 9.9×7 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services26▲ 14×6 topics
  25. Marine Environment24▲ 35×3 topics
  26. Bivalve Molluscs22▲ 165×1 topic
  27. Oyster Reefs22▲ 165×1 topic
  28. Biodiversity22▲ 6.2×18 topics
  29. Bleaching18▲ 116×1 topic
  30. Coral Reefs18▲ 116×1 topic
  31. Genetic Diversity16▲ 7.6×8 topics
  32. Fisheries15▲ 83×3 topics
  33. DNA Barcoding15▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Ecology12▲ 17×5 topics
  35. Benthic Communities12▲ 44×2 topics
  36. Marine Biodiversity12▲ 44×2 topics
  37. Biogeography12▲ 9.8×8 topics
  38. Phylogenetic Analysis12▲ 8.3×10 topics
  39. Phylogeny12▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Ocean Circulation11▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine and fisheries research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine animal studies overview and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Marine and fisheries res…63Marine and fisheries research: 63 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 42 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 35 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…22Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 22 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…18Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 18 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine B…11Ichthyology and Marine Biology: 11 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 9 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 8 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 8 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 8 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcologyMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 63 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 42 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 35 works
  4. 4 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 22 works
  5. 5 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 18 works
  6. 6 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  7. 7 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 9 works
  8. 8 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 8 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 8 works
  10. 10 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 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 available40.1%not open59.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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