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Ocean Institute

In research, Ocean Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,934 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences is 12.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,035
of 22,385 · #9,677 all time
Rank in United States
#2,141
of 3,332
Research works
1k
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
26.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Ocean Institute

What is Ocean Institute known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #8,934 of 10,670 12.3%80 #6889

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ocean Institute 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 Ocean Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Ocean Institute is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (26%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (20%), Engineering (17%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 108 fractional works · 70.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 41 fractional works · 26.5% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 5.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 31 fractional works · 19.9% of its workOceanography: 17 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 16.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOcean Institute154fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science4126.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3119.9%
    3. Engineering2616.9%
    4. Computer Science32.2%
    5. Materials Science32.1%
    6. Energy10.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    8. Chemistry10.6%
    9. Mathematics10.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences96.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities42.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting32.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
    5. Psychology21.0%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences85.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.8%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine53.5%
    2. Health Professions21.5%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ocean Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 12.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 30.7 works13×
← 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: 1.11× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.72× its world share, 31 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.13× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.32× its world share, 41 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.72×31 works
  2. Environmental Science5.32×41 works
  3. Engineering1.13×26 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.11×8 works
  5. Veterinary1.06×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.95×4 works
  7. Energy0.89×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×6 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.70×4 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.63×1 works
  11. Materials Science0.59×3 works
  12. Health Professions0.59×2 works
  13. Neuroscience0.57×1 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.49×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×2 works
  17. Social Sciences0.48×9 works
  18. Chemistry0.41×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.36×1 works
  20. Psychology0.34×2 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.29×3 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.23×0 works
  24. Medicine0.18×5 works
  25. Nursing0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ocean Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Gregory Bateson, Miguel Olaizola and Paul K. Bienfang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ocean Institute.

  1. 1 Gregory Bateson United States · #296,357 worldwide 28k citations · 172 works
  2. 2 Miguel Olaizola United States · #892,990 worldwide 3.9k citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Paul K. Bienfang United States · #1,366,263 worldwide 4.4k citations · 82 works
  4. 4 Warren G. Dominy United States · #1,734,627 worldwide 2.1k citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Cheng‐Sheng Lee United States · #1,989,485 worldwide 2.6k citations · 113 works
  6. 6 Ziad H. Shehadeh United States · #2,098,566 worldwide 1.1k citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Steve M. Arce United States · #2,326,863 worldwide 1.1k citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Lytha D. Conquest United States · #2,428,596 worldwide 1.4k citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Shaun M. Moss United States · #2,607,308 worldwide 2.5k citations · 53 works
  10. 10 James A. Wyban United States · #2,852,122 worldwide 1.2k citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Ocean Institute

What are the most cited papers from Ocean Institute?

The most cited paper from Ocean Institute is "Effect of broodstock nutrition on reproductive performance of fish" (Marisol S. Izquierdo, Hipólito Fernández-Palacios, Albert G. J. Tacon, 2001), with 1,079 citations. Next come "Dynamic Changes in the Copy Number of Pluripotency and Cell Proliferation Genes in Human ESCs and iPSCs during Reprogramming and Time in Culture" (907) and "Repeated, long-distance migrations by a philopatric predator targeting highly contrasting ecosystems" (859).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effect of broodstock nutrition on reproductive performance of fish Marisol S. Izquierdo, Hipólito Fernández-Palacios, Albert G. J. Tacon · Aquaculture Jun 2001 1,079
2 Dynamic Changes in the Copy Number of Pluripotency and Cell Proliferation Genes in Human ESCs and iPSCs during Reprogramming and Time in Culture Louise Chang Laurent et al. · Cell stem cell Open access 2011 907
3 Repeated, long-distance migrations by a philopatric predator targeting highly contrasting ecosystems James S. E. Lea, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Nuno C. Queiroz et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 9 Jun 2015 859
4 Role of eddy pumping in enhancing primary production in the ocean Paul G. Falkowski, David A. Ziemann, Zbigniew Kolber et al. · Nature Jul 1991 683
5 Contrasts in density, size, and biomass of reef fishes between the northwestern and the main Hawaiian islands: the effects of fishing down apex predators AM Friedlander, EE DeMartini · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 2002 641
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ocean Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Remote Sensing, Sea-Level Rise, Wave Modeling, Tropical Cyclones, Global Warming and Ecosystem Services.

▲ 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-now 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 Change30▲ 7.2×46 topics
  2. Remote Sensing9▲ 4.6×16 topics
  3. Environmental Impact8▲ 3.0×22 topics
  4. Ocean Acidification8▲ 64×3 topics
  5. Sea-Level Rise6▲ 36×4 topics
  6. Wave Modeling6▲ 77×2 topics
  7. Tropical Cyclones6▲ 65×2 topics
  8. Global Warming6▲ 8.4×6 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services5▲ 8.8×6 topics
  10. Ocean Circulation5▲ 24×3 topics
  11. Data Assimilation5▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Marine Ecosystems5▲ 58×2 topics
  13. Coastal Protection5▲ 45×2 topics
  14. Climate Change Impacts5▲ 24×3 topics
  15. Conservation5▲ 7.0×7 topics
  16. Population Dynamics4▲ 11×7 topics
  17. Bleaching4▲ 82×1 topic
  18. Coral Reefs4▲ 82×1 topic
  19. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Oceanic Modeling4▲ 68×1 topic
  21. Tidal Analysis4▲ 68×1 topic
  22. Rogue Waves4▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Ocean Waves4▲ 101×1 topic
  24. Sediment Transport4▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Trophic Cascades4▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Wind Stress4▲ 101×1 topic
  27. Aquaculture4▲ 8.9×6 topics
  28. Ecosystem Management3▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Marine Fisheries3▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Acoustic Communication3▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Global Carbon Budget3▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Sustainable Development Goals3▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Carbon Sequestration3▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Mangrove Forests3▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Stakeholder Engagement3▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Ecosystem-Based Management3▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Marine Environment3▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Marine Spatial Planning3▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Predator-Prey Interactions3▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Benthic Communities3▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does Ocean Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing and Marine and fisheries research.

Coral and Marine Ecosyst…4Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 4 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmosp…4Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 4 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote Sensing: 4 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…3Marine and fisheries research: 3 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosyste…3Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 3 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 3 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 3 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynam…2Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 2 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 2 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 2 fractional works
EcologyOceanographyGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law2 others

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

  1. 1 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 4 works
  2. 2 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 4 works
  3. 3 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 4 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 3 works
  6. 6 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  7. 7 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 3 works
  8. 8 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  9. 9 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 2 works
  10. 10 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric 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 available34.5%not open65.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.2%domestic only67.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ocean Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Ocean Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00057% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Ocean Institute0.00072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ocean Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Ocean Institute15.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.9% in 2002.

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