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NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center

In research, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,685 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,022 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 33.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,274
of 28,054 · #15,390 all time
Rank in United States
#2,165
of 4,192
Research works
813
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
35.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast 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 #2,685 of 3,551 18.4%72 #1882
Physical SciencesDomain #10,022 of 12,888 18.9%95 #12021

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast 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 Northeast Fisheries Science Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 33.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 30.0 works33×
  2. EcologySubfield · 21.2 works23×
  3. Environmental ScienceField · 72.1 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: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.91× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 12.28× its world share, 72 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 3 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 Northeast Fisheries Science Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael J. Fogarty, Timothy J. Miller and R. Gregory Lough lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center.

  1. 1 Michael J. Fogarty United States · #137,017 worldwide 280 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Timothy J. Miller United States · #261,342 worldwide 141 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 R. Gregory Lough United States · #268,142 worldwide 146 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 J. Michael Jech United States · #442,282 worldwide 55 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Paul Clark United States · #905,633 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Sofie M. Van Parijs United States · #1,334,031 worldwide 70 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Sarah Gaichas United States · #1,347,702 worldwide 49 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Which keywords describe research at NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast 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, Conservation, Population Dynamics and Acoustic Communication.

▲ 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 Change55▲ 17×36 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability26▲ 251×2 topics
  3. Trophic Cascades18▲ 161×2 topics
  4. Ecosystem Management18▲ 253×1 topic
  5. Marine Fisheries18▲ 365×1 topic
  6. Conservation17▲ 33×8 topics
  7. Population Dynamics16▲ 52×7 topics
  8. Acoustic Communication13▲ 218×2 topics
  9. Anthropogenic Noise11▲ 331×1 topic
  10. Marine Mammals11▲ 331×1 topic
  11. Sustainability11▲ 3.9×8 topics
  12. Aquaculture11▲ 34×6 topics
  13. Ecosystem Services10▲ 23×5 topics
  14. Environmental Impact10▲ 5.1×10 topics
  15. Invasive Species10▲ 20×9 topics
  16. Marine Environment10▲ 57×3 topics
  17. Food Security10▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Habitat Fragmentation9▲ 36×4 topics
  19. Bivalve Molluscs9▲ 273×1 topic
  20. Oyster Reefs9▲ 273×1 topic
  21. Freshwater Biodiversity9▲ 121×2 topics
  22. Conservation Challenges8▲ 152×1 topic
  23. Flow Regulation8▲ 152×1 topic
  24. Ocean Acidification8▲ 86×3 topics
  25. Ocean Circulation6▲ 40×3 topics
  26. Marine Ecosystems6▲ 92×2 topics
  27. Remote Sensing5▲ 3.7×10 topics
  28. Marine Sediments4▲ 62×2 topics
  29. Acoustic Techniques4▲ 114×1 topic
  30. Arctic4▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Seafloor Mapping4▲ 114×1 topic
  32. Benthic Communities4▲ 56×2 topics
  33. Marine Biodiversity4▲ 56×2 topics
  34. Decline4▲ 122×1 topic
  35. Sea Ice4▲ 122×1 topic
  36. Bleaching4▲ 90×1 topic
  37. Coral Reefs4▲ 90×1 topic
  38. Fisheries3▲ 73×2 topics
  39. Ecosystem-Based Management3▲ 80×1 topic
  40. Marine Spatial Planning3▲ 80×1 topic

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

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

Marine and fisheries res…18Marine and fisheries research: 18 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 11 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 9 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…8Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 8 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 4 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 4 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 4 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 3 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 2 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyNature and Landscape ConservationOceanography2 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 18 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 11 works
  3. 3 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  5. 5 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 4 works
  6. 6 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 4 works
  7. 7 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 4 works
  8. 8 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  9. 9 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 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 available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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