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Project Oceanology

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Research works
17
▲ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
518
30.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Project Oceanology

Not ranked overall: Project Oceanology is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Project Oceanology work in?

In all years, 84% of research at Project Oceanology is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (34%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (18%), Engineering (14%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 84.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 33.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 18.5% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 12.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 14.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 8.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKProjectOceanology17fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences3%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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science633.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences318.5%
    3. Engineering214.1%
    4. Computer Science17.9%
    5. Mathematics14.9%
    6. Materials Science02.7%
    7. Chemistry02.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology17.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences02.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine03.0%
    1. Social Sciences01.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities01.1%
    3. Decision Sciences00.5%
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: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.63× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.00× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 4.85× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.35× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.00× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 7.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksArts and Humanities1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.35×1 works
  2. Mathematics7.20×0 works
  3. Environmental Science5.00×2 works
  4. Chemistry4.85×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.63×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.00×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.87×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.59×0 works
  10. Engineering0.56×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.54×0 works
  12. Medicine0.44×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Project Oceanology?

The most cited paper from Project Oceanology is "Mercury biogeochemical cycling in the ocean and policy implications" (Robert P. Mason, Anna L. Choi, William F. Fitzgerald et al., 2012), with 607 citations. Next come "Trophic relationships and pelagicbenthic coupling during summer in the Barents Sea Marginal Ice Zone, revealed by stable carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements" (201) and "Oil and water separation in marine oil spill clean-up operations" (196).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mercury biogeochemical cycling in the ocean and policy implications Robert P. Mason, Anna L. Choi, William F. Fitzgerald et al. · Environmental Research Open access 2 May 2012 607
2 Trophic relationships and pelagicbenthic coupling during summer in the Barents Sea Marginal Ice Zone, revealed by stable carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements Tobias Tamelander, PE Renaud, Haakon Hop et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 3 Apr 2006 201
3 Oil and water separation in marine oil spill clean-up operations Atle B. Nordvik, James Simmons, Kenneth R. Bitting et al. · Spill Science & Technology Bulletin 1996 196
4 Selective Capture and Ingestion of Particles by Suspension-Feeding Bivalve Molluscs: A Review Maria I. De Rosa, J. Evan Ward, Sandra E. Shumway · Journal of Shellfish Research Open access Oct 2018 189
5 Autoinducers extracted from microbial mats reveal a surprising diversity of N ‐acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) and abundance changes that may relate to diel pH Alan W. Decho, Pieter T. Visscher, John L. Ferry et al. · Environmental Microbiology 6 Oct 2008 161
All 74 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Project Oceanology publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact and Mercury impact and mitigation studies.

Arctic and Antarctic ice…0Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 0 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…0Marine and coastal ecosystems: 0 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 0 fractional worksMercury impact and mitigation studies: 0 fractional worksEnzyme function and inhi…0Enzyme function and inhibition: 0 fractional worksStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 0 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 0 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …0Cryospheric studies and observations: 0 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 0 fractional worksPolar Research and Ecology: 0 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceOceanographyHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 0 works
  2. 2 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 0 works
  3. 3 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  4. 4 Mercury impact and mitigation studies Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  5. 5 Enzyme function and inhibition Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 0 works
  7. 7 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Polar Research and Ecology Ecology 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 available31.4%not open68.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Project Oceanology's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Project Oceanology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000015% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Project Oceanology0.000044% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Project Oceanology over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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