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Ocean Tracking Network

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Research works
26
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
578
22.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Ocean Tracking Network is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 1.81× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 14.50× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsDecision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 14.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ocean Tracking Network?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation, Trophic Cascades and Freshwater Biodiversity.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change13▲ 19×19 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability9▲ 265×2 topics
  3. Invasive Species6▲ 38×8 topics
  4. Population Dynamics5▲ 63×7 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 65×4 topics
  6. Conservation5▲ 39×6 topics
  7. Trophic Cascades5▲ 156×2 topics
  8. Conservation Challenges5▲ 256×1 topic
  9. Flow Regulation5▲ 256×1 topic
  10. Freshwater Biodiversity5▲ 211×2 topics
  11. Ecosystem Management4▲ 191×1 topic
  12. Marine Fisheries4▲ 275×1 topic
  13. Acoustic Communication2▲ 152×2 topics
  14. Anthropogenic Noise2▲ 264×1 topic
  15. Marine Mammals2▲ 264×1 topic
  16. Predator-Prey Interactions2▲ 97×2 topics
  17. Biodiversity2▲ 9.8×10 topics
  18. Marine Ecosystems2▲ 116×2 topics
  19. Ecology2▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Phylogeny2▲ 31×2 topics
  21. Rays1▲ 241×1 topic
  22. Sharks1▲ 241×1 topic
  23. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Biogeography1▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Aquaculture1▲ 16×4 topics
  26. Genetic Diversity1▲ 8.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Ocean Tracking Network publish most on?

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

Fish Ecology and Managem…2Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…0Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 0 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 0 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 0 fractional worksPhysiological and biochemical adaptations: 0 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 0 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcologyAquatic Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management StudiesNature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  2. 2 Marine and fisheries researchGlobal and Planetary Change 1 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overviewEcology 1 works
  4. 4 Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAquatic Science 0 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology 0 works
  6. 6 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorEcology 0 works
  7. 7 Underwater Vehicles and Communication SystemsOcean Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Ichthyology and Marine BiologyNature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  9. 9 Physiological and biochemical adaptationsEcology 0 works
  10. 10 Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAquatic Science 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 available65.1%not open34.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.3%domestic only36.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ocean Tracking Network's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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