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Scripps Institution of Oceanography

In research, Scripps Institution of Oceanography stands highest in Physical Sciences (#714 of 12,888 worldwide), Oceanography (#11 of 156 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#98 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Atmospheric Science — Oceanography is 53.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,034
of 28,054 · #415 all time
Rank in United States
#181
of 4,192
Research works
14k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
755k
54.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Scripps Institution of Oceanography known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #714 of 12,888 26.0%867 #304
OceanographySubfield #11 of 156 24.0%175 #2
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #98 of 1,209 26.9%402 #21
Environmental ScienceField #488 of 3,551 26.0%287 #71
Life SciencesDomain #1,596 of 7,800 28.2%167 #1008
GeophysicsSubfield #51 of 237 33.1%81 #19
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #92 of 301 26.7%108 #20
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,141 of 3,579 27.7%114 #553
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #182 of 535 29.5%102 #23
Health SciencesDomain #4,672 of 11,982 29.5%96 #4440

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Scripps Institution of Oceanography 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#304 #714
  2. Oceanography#2 #11
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#21 #98
  4. Environmental Science#71 #488
  5. Life Sciences#1,008 #1,596
  6. Geophysics#19 #51
  7. Atmospheric Science#20 #92
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#553 #1,141
  9. Global and Planetary Change#23 #182
  10. Health Sciences#4,440 #4,672
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Scripps Institution of Oceanography specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 53.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 174.7 works53×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 401.8 works22×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 108.3 works21×
  4. GeophysicsSubfield · 81.3 works20×
  5. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 20.5 works15×
  6. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 102.4 works12×
  7. EcologySubfield · 86.3 works9.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.82× its world share, 114 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.39× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.61× its world share, 30 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21.92× its world share, 402 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 78 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.94× its world share, 287 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.78× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 75 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 21.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography?

Ranked on the composite score, Farooq Azam, Lisa A. Levin and Catherine Constable lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

  1. 1 Farooq Azam United States · #7,633 worldwide 1.6k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Lisa A. Levin United States · #7,891 worldwide 1.5k citations · 115 works
  3. 3 Catherine Constable United States · #8,638 worldwide 895 citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Steven Constable United States · #10,993 worldwide 779 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Robert L. Parker United States · #13,969 worldwide 727 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Roger Revelle United States · #18,216 worldwide 436 citations · 64 works
  7. 7 V. Ramanathan United States · #18,668 worldwide 833 citations · 69 works
  8. 8 Peter Lonsdale United States · #22,346 worldwide 742 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 A.A. Benson United States · #26,580 worldwide 572 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Walter Munk United States · #27,055 worldwide 447 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Which keywords describe research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Circulation, Global Warming, Data Assimilation, Remote Sensing, Marine Sediments, Acoustic Techniques and Seafloor Mapping.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Change264▲ 8.4×73 topics
  2. Ocean Circulation97▲ 64×3 topics
  3. Global Warming90▲ 19×11 topics
  4. Remote Sensing76▲ 5.3×26 topics
  5. Machine Learning72▲ 1.88×37 topics
  6. Data Assimilation70▲ 38×4 topics
  7. Marine Sediments51▲ 71×2 topics
  8. Acoustic Techniques48▲ 127×1 topic
  9. Seafloor Mapping48▲ 127×1 topic
  10. Climate Change Impact47▲ 18×3 topics
  11. Oceanic Modeling46▲ 120×1 topic
  12. Tidal Analysis46▲ 120×1 topic
  13. Hydrological Cycle42▲ 37×2 topics
  14. Greenhouse Gas Emissions36▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Conservation36▲ 7.1×16 topics
  16. Population Dynamics35▲ 12×10 topics
  17. Ocean Acidification35▲ 41×3 topics
  18. Extreme Events34▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Climate Modeling34▲ 40×1 topic
  20. Precipitation Extremes34▲ 40×1 topic
  21. Tropical Cyclones32▲ 50×2 topics
  22. Plate Tectonics31▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Harmful Algal Blooms31▲ 35×3 topics
  24. Sea Level Rise31▲ 21×3 topics
  25. Eutrophication30▲ 25×5 topics
  26. Acoustic Communication29▲ 50×2 topics
  27. Wave Modeling29▲ 49×2 topics
  28. Tomography29▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Nutrient Limitation27▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Dissolved Organic Matter27▲ 55×1 topic
  31. Oceanic Carbon Cycle27▲ 55×1 topic
  32. Predator-Prey Interactions26▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Anthropogenic Noise25▲ 74×1 topic
  34. Marine Mammals25▲ 74×1 topic
  35. Geodetic Measurements25▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Benthic Communities24▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Marine Biodiversity24▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Arctic24▲ 18×4 topics
  39. Climate Change Impacts23▲ 17×6 topics
  40. Subduction23▲ 27×3 topics

Which research topics does Scripps Institution of Oceanography publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Underwater Acoustics Research, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Climate variability and models and Marine and coastal ecosystems.

Underwater Acoustics Research: 48 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 46 fractional worksClimate variability and …34Climate variability and models: 34 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…27Marine and coastal ecosystems: 27 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 25 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 21 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …20earthquake and tectonic studies: 20 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 18 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 17 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 17 fractional works
OceanographyGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcologyAtmospheric Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 48 works
  2. 2 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 46 works
  3. 3 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 34 works
  4. 4 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 27 works
  5. 5 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 25 works
  6. 6 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 21 works
  7. 7 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 20 works
  8. 8 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 18 works
  9. 9 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 17 works
  10. 10 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 17 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 available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Scripps Institution of Oceanography's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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