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Reef Ecologic

In research, Reef Ecologic stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,078 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,449 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,481
of 22,385 · #11,289 all time
Rank in Australia
#161
of 270
Research works
590
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Reef Ecologic

What is Reef Ecologic 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
Environmental ScienceField #2,078 of 5,407 15.5%161
Physical SciencesDomain #7,449 of 17,446 13.0%327

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

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Reef Ecologic is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (24%), Health Professions (17%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 49.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 24.3% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 12.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 13.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 23.3% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 16.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 13.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 14.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 6.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 12.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKReef Ecologic123fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences23%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 Science3024.3%
    2. Engineering1713.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences64.5%
    4. Computer Science43.4%
    5. Energy21.3%
    6. Materials Science21.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    8. Chemistry10.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Health Professions2116.7%
    2. Medicine75.3%
    3. Veterinary11.0%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities108.1%
    2. Social Sciences32.3%
    3. Psychology21.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    5. Decision Sciences10.8%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences86.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology22.0%
    4. Neuroscience11.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.01× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.88× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.90× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.89× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.33× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.68× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.82× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary7.68×1 works
  2. Health Professions6.33×21 works
  3. Environmental Science4.89×30 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.88×6 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.82×10 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology2.01×2 works
  7. Energy1.41×2 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.32×8 works
  9. Engineering0.90×17 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.82×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×4 works
  12. Neuroscience0.60×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.49×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.44×4 works
  16. Psychology0.41×2 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.39×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.37×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.35×2 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×0 works
  21. Nursing0.31×0 works
  22. Medicine0.27×6 works
  23. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  24. Social Sciences0.18×3 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Reef Ecologic?

Ranked on the quality score, Jonathan Hanger, Nathan A. Cook and John Trudinger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Reef Ecologic.

  1. 1 Jonathan Hanger Australia · #1,707,302 worldwide 593 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Nathan A. Cook Australia · #2,093,317 worldwide 1.1k citations · 25 works
  3. 3 John Trudinger Australia · #2,238,778 worldwide 514 citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Omid Ansari Australia · #2,642,201 worldwide 521 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Jon J. Hanger Australia · #3,028,819 worldwide 1.7k citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Adam Kingsley Smith Australia · #3,524,201 worldwide 2.5k citations · 106 works
  7. 7 Paul Downton Australia · #3,546,270 worldwide 289 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Pekka Matilainen Australia · #4,282,673 worldwide 205 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Stephen S. Phillips Australia · #4,322,347 worldwide 635 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Steve Raaymakers Australia · #4,327,442 worldwide 296 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Reef Ecologic

What are the most cited papers from Reef Ecologic?

The most cited paper from Reef Ecologic is "Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation" (Raymond B. Huey, Michael Kearney, Andrew K. Krockenberger et al., 2012), with 1,469 citations. Next come "Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005" (927) and "Coral restoration – A systematic review of current methods, successes, failures and future directions" (753).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation Raymond B. Huey, Michael Kearney, Andrew K. Krockenberger et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 7 May 2012 1,469
2 Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005 C. Mark Eakin et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 15 Nov 2010 927
3 Coral restoration – A systematic review of current methods, successes, failures and future directions Lisa Boström‐Einarsson, Russell C. Babcock, Elisa Bayraktarov et al. · PLoS ONE ReviewOpen access 30 Jan 2020 753
4 Decline in Relative Abundance of Bottlenose Dolphins Exposed to Long‐Term Disturbance Lars Bejder, Amy K. Samuels, Hal Whitehead et al. · Conservation Biology 9 Aug 2006 654
5 Real-time determination of meteor-related parameters utilizing modern digital technology Wayne Keith Hocking, Brian Fuller, Brenton G. W. Vandepeer · Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 2001 639
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Reef Ecologic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, History, Narrative, Medical Ethics, Aging, Caregiving, Elderly and Healthcare Legislation.

▲ 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 Change20▲ 6.1×45 topics
  2. Quality of Life9▲ 5.0×6 topics
  3. History8▲ 9.7×2 topics
  4. Narrative8▲ 44×2 topics
  5. Mental Health8▲ 4.7×3 topics
  6. Aging8▲ 12×2 topics
  7. Healthcare8▲ 5.8×2 topics
  8. Medical Ethics8▲ 53×2 topics
  9. Caregiving8▲ 94×1 topic
  10. Elderly8▲ 27×1 topic
  11. Healthcare Legislation8▲ 117×1 topic
  12. Hermeneutics8▲ 81×1 topic
  13. Interpretation8▲ 172×1 topic
  14. Patient Rights8▲ 94×1 topic
  15. Population Dynamics8▲ 24×7 topics
  16. Ocean Acidification6▲ 64×2 topics
  17. Conservation6▲ 11×11 topics
  18. Trophic Cascades5▲ 45×2 topics
  19. Marine Ecosystems5▲ 72×2 topics
  20. Vibration Control4▲ 55×2 topics
  21. Bleaching4▲ 101×1 topic
  22. Coral Reefs4▲ 101×1 topic
  23. Climate Change Impacts4▲ 26×4 topics
  24. Habitat Selection4▲ 42×2 topics
  25. Health Effects4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  26. Invasive Species4▲ 7.3×9 topics
  27. Biodiversity4▲ 3.9×12 topics
  28. Animal Movement3▲ 49×1 topic
  29. Occupancy Rates3▲ 49×1 topic
  30. Environmental Noise3▲ 57×1 topic
  31. Noise Pollution3▲ 57×1 topic
  32. Coastal Protection3▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Predator-Prey Interactions3▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Conservation Biology2▲ 19×4 topics
  36. Benthic Communities2▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Marine Biodiversity2▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 17×4 topics
  40. Wave Propagation2▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Reef Ecologic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity, Health, Medicine and Society, Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 8 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 8 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 8 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 4 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 3 fractional worksNoise Effects and Manage…3Noise Effects and Management: 3 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 2 fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 2 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 2 fractional works
PhilosophyGeneral Health ProfessionsEcologySpeech and Hearing4 others

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

  1. 1 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 8 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 8 works
  3. 3 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 8 works
  4. 4 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 4 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 3 works
  6. 6 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 3 works
  7. 7 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control Automotive Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  10. 10 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.2%domestic only76.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Reef Ecologic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower 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 Reef Ecologic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Reef Ecologic0.00045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Reef Ecologic 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%Reef Ecologic10.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.8% in 2017.

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