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North Pacific Marine Science Organization

In research, North Pacific Marine Science Organization stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,145 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,277
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#708
of 718
Research works
221
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.6k
34.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
North Pacific Marine Science Organization

What is North Pacific Marine Science Organization 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
Physical SciencesDomain #16,145 of 17,446 11.0%208

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Pacific Marine Science Organization 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does North Pacific Marine Science Organization work in?

In all years, 94% of research at North Pacific Marine Science Organization is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (53%), Environmental Science (26%), Engineering (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 208 fractional works · 93.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 118 fractional works · 53.4% of its workOceanography: 73 fractional works · 33.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 28 fractional works · 12.7% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 57 fractional works · 26.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 8.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKNorth PacificMarine Science…221fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences11853.4%
    2. Environmental Science5726.0%
    3. Engineering208.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy41.6%
    5. Computer Science31.5%
    6. Materials Science20.9%
    7. Energy20.8%
    8. Mathematics10.5%
    9. Chemistry10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences42.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    4. Psychology00.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine10.6%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 32.30× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 5.14× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 32.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.30×4 works
  2. Environmental Science5.14×2 works
  3. Health Professions1.38×0 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.81×0 works
  5. Psychology0.71×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.56×0 works
  7. Medicine0.53×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.17×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at North Pacific Marine Science Organization?

Ranked on the quality score, David M. Farmer, Ronald G. Perkin and E. L. Lewis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Pacific Marine Science Organization.

  1. 1 David M. Farmer Canada · #309,357 worldwide 10k citations · 277 works
  2. 2 Ronald G. Perkin Canada · #690,407 worldwide 2.1k citations · 26 works
  3. 3 E. L. Lewis Canada · #887,919 worldwide 2.2k citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Derek Hayes Canada · #4,763,594 worldwide 61 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at North Pacific Marine Science Organization

What are the most cited papers from North Pacific Marine Science Organization?

The most cited paper from North Pacific Marine Science Organization is "TOPEX/POSEIDON tides estimated using a global inverse model" (G. D. Egbert, Andrew F. Bennett, Michael G. G. Foreman, 1994), with 1,363 citations. Next come "High PCB Concentrations in Free-Ranging Pacific Killer Whales, Orcinus orca: Effects of Age, Sex and Dietary Preference" (399) and "Apparent polar wander paths carboniferous through cenozoic and the assembly of Gondwana" (380).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 TOPEX/POSEIDON tides estimated using a global inverse model G. D. Egbert, Andrew F. Bennett, Michael G. G. Foreman · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 15 Dec 1994 1,363
2 High PCB Concentrations in Free-Ranging Pacific Killer Whales, Orcinus orca: Effects of Age, Sex and Dietary Preference Peter S. Ross, Graeme M. Ellis, Michael G. Ikonomou et al. · Marine Pollution Bulletin Jun 2000 399
3 Apparent polar wander paths carboniferous through cenozoic and the assembly of Gondwana E. Irving, G. A. Irving · Surveys in Geophysics Jul 1982 380
4 The Grand Banks landslide-generated tsunami of November 18, 1929: preliminary analysis and numerical modeling I. Fine, Alexander B. Rabinovich, Brian D. Bornhold et al. · Marine Geology 28 Dec 2004 365
5 An objective method for computing advective surface velocities from sequential infrared satellite images William J. Emery, Andrew C. Thomas, Michael Collins et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 15 Nov 1986 337
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at North Pacific Marine Science Organization?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Circulation, Data Assimilation, Oceanic Modeling, Tidal Analysis, Remote Sensing, Global Warming and Arctic.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change69▲ 12×32 topics
  2. Ocean Circulation41▲ 129×3 topics
  3. Data Assimilation29▲ 70×3 topics
  4. Oceanic Modeling26▲ 265×1 topic
  5. Tidal Analysis26▲ 265×1 topic
  6. Remote Sensing22▲ 9.2×9 topics
  7. Global Warming20▲ 25×3 topics
  8. Machine Learning18▲ 3.7×9 topics
  9. Arctic16▲ 69×4 topics
  10. Fisheries Sustainability16▲ 56×2 topics
  11. Marine Sediments13▲ 76×2 topics
  12. Acoustic Techniques13▲ 153×1 topic
  13. Seafloor Mapping13▲ 153×1 topic
  14. Eutrophication12▲ 38×4 topics
  15. Tropical Cyclones12▲ 92×2 topics
  16. Harmful Algal Blooms12▲ 53×3 topics
  17. Wave Modeling12▲ 88×2 topics
  18. Dissolved Organic Matter12▲ 93×1 topic
  19. Oceanic Carbon Cycle12▲ 93×1 topic
  20. Ecosystem Management11▲ 63×1 topic
  21. Marine Fisheries11▲ 90×1 topic
  22. Decline10▲ 168×1 topic
  23. Sea Ice10▲ 168×1 topic
  24. Ocean Waves9▲ 138×1 topic
  25. Sea Level Rise9▲ 31×3 topics
  26. Wind Stress9▲ 138×1 topic
  27. Hydrology8▲ 32×3 topics
  28. Holocene8▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Sea Level8▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Invasive Species7▲ 5.4×5 topics
  31. Benthic Communities6▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Marine Biodiversity6▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Sedimentation6▲ 37×2 topics
  34. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Biogeography5▲ 7.2×2 topics
  36. Deep-Sea Ecology5▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Estuarine Quality5▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Carbon Feedback5▲ 70×1 topic
  39. Permafrost5▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Glacial Cycles5▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does North Pacific Marine Science Organization publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses: 1 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 1 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote S…0Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing: 0 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice…0Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 0 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 0 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 0 fractional worksClimate variability and …0Climate variability and models: 0 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 0 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 0 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 0 fractional works
OceanographyAtmospheric ScienceEnvironmental ChemistryGlobal and Planetary Change1 others

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

  1. 1 Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses Oceanography 1 works
  2. 2 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 1 works
  3. 3 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 0 works
  4. 4 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 0 works
  5. 5 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 0 works
  6. 6 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  7. 7 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  8. 8 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 0 works
  9. 9 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 0 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 available20.8%not open79.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.3%domestic only71.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has North Pacific Marine Science Organization's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is North Pacific Marine Science Organization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%North Pacific Marine Science Organization0.000034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of North Pacific Marine Science Organization over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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