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Sea World

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Research works
16
▲ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
150
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Sea World

Not ranked overall: Sea World 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 Sea World work in?

In all years, 46% of research at Sea World is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (32%), Immunology and Microbiology (13%), Veterinary (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 46.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 32.2% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 18.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 6.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 33.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 12.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 20.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEquine: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 9.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSea World16fractional works, all years
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences20%

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 3 domains and 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science532.2%
    2. Engineering16.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences16.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology212.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences210.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology29.7%
    4. Neuroscience00.7%
    1. Veterinary210.8%
    2. Medicine29.4%
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: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.53× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.79× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.01× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyVeterinary: 147.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinary1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 147.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary147.46×1 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.79×1 works
  3. Environmental Science6.01×2 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology3.53×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.57×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.23×0 works
  7. Engineering1.21×1 works
  8. Neuroscience1.12×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.82×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Sea World?

The most cited paper from Sea World is "Natural outbreak of Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) infection in wild giant Queensland grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch), and other wild fish in northern Queensland, Australia" (RO Bowater, J.C. Forbes-Faulkner, Ian G. Anderson et al., 2012), with 150 citations. Next come "Disease risk analysis in sea turtles: A baseline study to inform conservation efforts" (47) and "Diagnosing pregnancy in free-ranging dugongs using fecal progesterone metabolite concentrations and body morphometrics: A population application" (44).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Natural outbreak of Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) infection in wild giant Queensland grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch), and other wild fish in northern Queensland, Australia RO Bowater, J.C. Forbes-Faulkner, Ian G. Anderson et al. · Journal of Fish Diseases 10 Feb 2012 150
2 Disease risk analysis in sea turtles: A baseline study to inform conservation efforts Narges Mashkour et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 23 Oct 2020 47
3 Diagnosing pregnancy in free-ranging dugongs using fecal progesterone metabolite concentrations and body morphometrics: A population application Elizabeth A. Burgess, Janet M. Lanyon, Janine L. Brown et al. · General and Comparative Endocrinology 24 Feb 2012 44
4 Emerging Infectious Diseases in Free-Ranging Wildlife–Australian Zoo Based Wildlife Hospitals Contribute to National Surveillance Keren Cox-Witton, Andrea Reiss, Rupert Woods et al. · PLoS ONE Open access May 2014 41
5 Fatal cetacean morbillivirus infection in an Australian offshore bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) BM Stone, DJ Blyde, Jeremiah T. Saliki et al. · Australian Veterinary Journal 18 Oct 2011 39
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Sea World publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine animal studies overview, Veterinary Equine Medical Research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies and Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia.

Marine animal studies ov…1Marine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksVeterinary Equine Medica…0Veterinary Equine Medical Research: 0 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…0Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 0 fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology …0Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 0 fractional worksOcean Acidification Effects and Responses: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 0 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and…0Offshore Engineering and Technologies: 0 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 0 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 0 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 0 fractional works
EcologyEquineGlobal and Planetary ChangeSmall Animals4 others

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

  1. 1 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Veterinary Equine Medical Research Equine 0 works
  3. 3 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  4. 4 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia Small Animals 0 works
  5. 5 Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses Oceanography 0 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 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 available47.4%not open52.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.7%domestic only62.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sea World's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% higher 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 Sea World as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000052% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Sea World over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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