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Oceanography Society

In research, Oceanography Society stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,627 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Oceanography is 87.0× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#13,591
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,976
of 8,685
Research works
144
▼ 81% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.5k
59.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
98%
world 28%

What is Oceanography Society 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 #7,627 of 21,541 62.2%125

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oceanography Society 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 Oceanography Society specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 87.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 43.5 works87×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 68.6 works25×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

Which keywords describe research at Oceanography Society?

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 Ocean Acidification.

▲ 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 Change49▲ 13×29 topics
  2. Ocean Circulation24▲ 118×3 topics
  3. Data Assimilation16▲ 59×3 topics
  4. Oceanic Modeling15▲ 230×1 topic
  5. Tidal Analysis15▲ 230×1 topic
  6. Remote Sensing13▲ 8.4×10 topics
  7. Global Warming13▲ 25×4 topics
  8. Ocean Acidification12▲ 105×2 topics
  9. Fisheries Sustainability9▲ 48×2 topics
  10. Global Change8▲ 19×2 topics
  11. Arctic8▲ 55×4 topics
  12. CO2 Emissions8▲ 51×1 topic
  13. Harmful Algal Blooms8▲ 56×2 topics
  14. Marine Organisms8▲ 482×1 topic
  15. Ecosystem Management8▲ 68×1 topic
  16. Marine Fisheries8▲ 98×1 topic
  17. Dissolved Organic Matter8▲ 94×1 topic
  18. Eutrophication8▲ 36×1 topic
  19. Biogeography7▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.1×5 topics
  21. Decline6▲ 148×1 topic
  22. Sea Ice6▲ 148×1 topic
  23. Ecosystem Functioning5▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Continental Margin5▲ 52×2 topics
  25. Crustal Structure5▲ 52×2 topics
  26. Deep-Sea Ecology5▲ 71×1 topic
  27. Marine Biodiversity5▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Holocene4▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Marine Ecosystems4▲ 54×2 topics
  30. Sea Level Rise4▲ 23×3 topics
  31. Bleaching4▲ 83×1 topic
  32. Coral Reefs4▲ 83×1 topic
  33. Ecosystem Services4▲ 8.1×3 topics
  34. Population Dynamics4▲ 9.0×3 topics
  35. Sea Level4▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Tropical Cyclones4▲ 46×2 topics
  37. Climate Modeling4▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Extreme Events4▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Greenhouse Gas Emissions4▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Shale Gas4▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Oceanography Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Marine animal studies overview and Turtle Biology and Conservation.

  1. 1 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 0 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 0 works
  3. 3 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available97.8%not open2.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Oceanography Society's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 81% lower than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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