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Seattle Aquarium

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Research works
88
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

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

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: 2.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.91× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.73× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 4.85× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 20.77× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.70× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 20.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Seattle Aquarium?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Fisheries, Ethical Considerations, Biodiversity, Fisheries Sustainability and Invasive Species.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change23▲ 10.0×30 topics
  2. Conservation13▲ 31×11 topics
  3. Population Dynamics12▲ 44×8 topics
  4. Fisheries8▲ 211×2 topics
  5. Ethical Considerations7▲ 25×4 topics
  6. Biodiversity7▲ 10×12 topics
  7. Fisheries Sustainability6▲ 59×2 topics
  8. Invasive Species6▲ 12×9 topics
  9. Marine Ecosystems6▲ 126×2 topics
  10. Predator-Prey Interactions6▲ 72×2 topics
  11. Neurobiology6▲ 20×2 topics
  12. Acoustic Communication6▲ 108×2 topics
  13. Environmental Impact6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  14. Anthropogenic Noise6▲ 189×1 topic
  15. Marine Mammals6▲ 189×1 topic
  16. Molecular Phylogeny6▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Environmental Effects5▲ 52×2 topics
  18. Reproductive Strategies5▲ 87×2 topics
  19. Camouflage5▲ 328×1 topic
  20. Cephalopods5▲ 328×1 topic
  21. Ecosystem Management4▲ 60×3 topics
  22. Trophic Cascades4▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Aquaculture4▲ 19×7 topics
  24. Ocean Acidification4▲ 58×2 topics
  25. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 16×4 topics
  26. Sustainability4▲ 2.6×9 topics
  27. Ecology4▲ 21×3 topics
  28. Genetic Diversity4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  29. Fish Population Dynamics4▲ 72×1 topic
  30. Marine Fisheries4▲ 72×1 topic
  31. Rays3▲ 170×1 topic
  32. Sharks3▲ 170×1 topic
  33. Conservation Challenges3▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Freshwater Biodiversity3▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Bleaching3▲ 96×1 topic
  36. Coral Reefs3▲ 96×1 topic
  37. Genetic Structure3▲ 36×3 topics
  38. Water Quality2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  39. Biogeography2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  40. Ecosystem Services2▲ 7.6×5 topics

Which research topics does Seattle Aquarium publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine animal studies overview, Marine and fisheries research, Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Marine animal studies ov…2Marine animal studies overview: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksAviation Industry Analysis and Trends: 1 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 1 fractional worksCephalopods and Marine B…0Cephalopods and Marine Biology: 0 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 0 fractional worksMercury impact and mitigation studies: 0 fractional worksTrace Elements in Health: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology: 0 fractional works
EcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 2 works
  2. 2 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  3. 3 Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  5. 5 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Cephalopods and Marine Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  7. 7 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 0 works
  8. 8 Mercury impact and mitigation studies Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  9. 9 Trace Elements in Health Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  10. 10 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available30.7%not open69.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Seattle Aquarium's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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