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Reef Check Foundation

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Research works
5
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
449
92.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
63.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Reef Check Foundation

Not ranked overall: Reef Check Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Reef Check Foundation work in?

In all years, 84% of research at Reef Check Foundation is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (49%), Computer Science (20%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 83.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 49.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 20.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 14.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 16.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 6.1% of its workALL ITS WORKReef CheckFoundation5fractional works, all years
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences84%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 2 domains and 5 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science249.0%
    2. Computer Science120.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences114.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences010.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology06.1%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Reef Check Foundation?

The most cited paper from Reef Check Foundation is "A global analysis of coral bleaching over the past two decades" (Shannon Sully, Deron E. Burkepile, Mary K. Donovan et al., 2019), with 687 citations. Next come "Local conditions magnify coral loss after marine heatwaves" (294) and "Coral Reef Monitoring, Reef Assessment Technologies, and Ecosystem-Based Management" (239).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A global analysis of coral bleaching over the past two decades Shannon Sully, Deron E. Burkepile, Mary K. Donovan et al. · Nature Communications Open access 20 Mar 2019 687
2 Local conditions magnify coral loss after marine heatwaves Mary K. Donovan, Deron E. Burkepile, Chelsey Kratochwill et al. · Science Open access 27 May 2021 294
3 Coral Reef Monitoring, Reef Assessment Technologies, and Ecosystem-Based Management David O. Obura et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science Open access 19 Sep 2019 239
4 Global kelp forest restoration: past lessons, present status, and future directions Aaron M. Eger, Ezequiel Miguel Marzinelli, Hartvig Christie et al. · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ReviewOpen access 7 Mar 2022 192
5 Coral reefs for coastal protection: A new methodological approach and engineering case study in Grenada Borja G. Reguero, Michael W. Beck, Vera N. Agostini et al. · Journal of Environmental Management Open access Feb 2018 192
All 24 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Reef Check Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Marine and fisheries research and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Coastal wetland ecosyste…0Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 0 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…0Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 0 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 0 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Manag…0Coastal and Marine Management: 0 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 0 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksOcean Acidification Effe…0Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses: 0 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 0 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 0 fractional works
EcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawOceanography1 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 0 works
  2. 2 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  4. 4 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 0 works
  5. 5 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  6. 6 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 0 works
  7. 7 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  8. 8 Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses Oceanography 0 works
  9. 9 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 0 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 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 available37.6%not open62.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.5%domestic only65.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Reef Check Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 Reef Check Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000016% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Reef Check Foundation0.0000039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Reef Check Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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