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NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center

In research, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,945 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,906 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Science — Global and Planetary Change is 31.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,173
of 28,054 · #10,801 all time
Rank in United States
#1,978
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
36.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center 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 #1,945 of 3,551 20.5%106 #1578
Physical SciencesDomain #7,906 of 12,888 20.7%141 #7344

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center 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).

What does NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 31.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 41.1 works32×
  2. EcologySubfield · 36.6 works27×
  3. Environmental ScienceField · 105.8 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: 1.10× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.46× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 12.42× its world share, 106 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Douglas P. DeMaster, Phillip J. Clapham and Kresimir Williams lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center.

  1. 1 Douglas P. DeMaster United States · #219,992 worldwide 175 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Phillip J. Clapham United States · #276,433 worldwide 151 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Kresimir Williams United States · #293,461 worldwide 124 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Jay M. Ver Hoef United States · #429,684 worldwide 214 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Lisa B. Eisner United States · #475,415 worldwide 169 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Edward V. Farley United States · #519,326 worldwide 131 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Kevin M. Bailey United States · #577,260 worldwide 104 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 James N. Ianelli United States · #659,061 worldwide 79 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Kerim Aydin United States · #775,961 worldwide 85 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Vladimir N. Burkanov United States · #866,453 worldwide 59 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center

Which keywords describe research at NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center?

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

▲ 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 Change91▲ 20×41 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability46▲ 300×2 topics
  3. Trophic Cascades31▲ 190×2 topics
  4. Ecosystem Management29▲ 282×1 topic
  5. Marine Fisheries29▲ 406×1 topic
  6. Population Dynamics23▲ 53×6 topics
  7. Conservation22▲ 29×9 topics
  8. Invasive Species19▲ 26×10 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation18▲ 47×4 topics
  10. Conservation Challenges17▲ 208×1 topic
  11. Freshwater Biodiversity17▲ 164×1 topic
  12. Acoustic Communication17▲ 194×2 topics
  13. Predator-Prey Interactions17▲ 122×2 topics
  14. Anthropogenic Noise16▲ 330×1 topic
  15. Marine Mammals16▲ 330×1 topic
  16. Sustainability12▲ 3.0×14 topics
  17. Remote Sensing12▲ 5.8×11 topics
  18. Food Security12▲ 13×7 topics
  19. Aquaculture11▲ 24×8 topics
  20. Environmental Impact11▲ 3.7×12 topics
  21. Ecosystem Services10▲ 15×6 topics
  22. Ocean Circulation10▲ 45×3 topics
  23. Marine Environment9▲ 38×3 topics
  24. Arctic9▲ 47×4 topics
  25. Ocean Acidification9▲ 73×3 topics
  26. Bivalve Molluscs9▲ 184×1 topic
  27. Oyster Reefs9▲ 184×1 topic
  28. Decline8▲ 176×1 topic
  29. Sea Ice8▲ 176×1 topic
  30. Biodiversity7▲ 5.5×14 topics
  31. Stable Isotopes6▲ 113×1 topic
  32. Trophic Position6▲ 113×1 topic
  33. Genetic Diversity6▲ 7.2×8 topics
  34. Marine Ecosystems5▲ 59×2 topics
  35. DNA Barcoding5▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Benthic Communities4▲ 38×2 topics
  37. Marine Biodiversity4▲ 38×2 topics
  38. Bleaching4▲ 65×1 topic
  39. Coral Reefs4▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Coastal Protection4▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center 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…29Marine and fisheries research: 29 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 17 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 16 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…9Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 9 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice…8Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 8 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecol…6Isotope Analysis in Ecology: 6 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 4 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 3 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 3 fractional worksFood Industry and Aquatic Biology: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcologyAtmospheric Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 29 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 17 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 16 works
  4. 4 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  5. 5 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 8 works
  6. 6 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 6 works
  7. 7 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 4 works
  8. 8 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 3 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 3 works
  10. 10 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.1%domestic only81.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher 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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