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Nonprofit · Silver Spring · United States

SeaWeb

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Research works
8
▲ 227% vs 2018-21
Citations
62
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
63%
world 18%
SeaWeb

Not ranked overall: SeaWeb 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 SeaWeb work in?

In all years, 51% of research at SeaWeb is in Life Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (38%), Environmental Science (20%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 4 fractional works · 50.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 38.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 13.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 9.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 4.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 7.6% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 5.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 30.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 19.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSeaWeb8fractional works, all years
Life Sciences51%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences8%

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 4 domains and 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences338.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology17.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology03.1%
    4. Neuroscience02.0%
    1. Environmental Science219.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences17.4%
    3. Computer Science01.5%
    4. Engineering01.3%
    5. Materials Science00.8%
    1. Medicine110.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting03.8%
    2. Social Sciences03.0%
    3. Psychology01.3%
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: 14.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksMedicinePsychology: 2.26× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.15×1 works
  2. Psychology2.26×0 works
  3. Materials Science1.18×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×0 works
  5. Medicine0.72×0 works
  6. Environmental Science0.66×0 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.37×0 works

What are the most cited papers from SeaWeb?

The most cited paper from SeaWeb is "The rising tide of ocean diseases: unsolved problems and research priorities" (C. Drew Harvell, Richard B. Aronson, Nancy Baron et al., 2004), with 298 citations. Next come "The green seaweed Ulva : tomorrow’s “wheat of the sea” in foods, feeds, nutrition, and biomaterials" (73) and "Distribution of Laminariaceae around Scotland" (23).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The rising tide of ocean diseases: unsolved problems and research priorities C. Drew Harvell, Richard B. Aronson, Nancy Baron et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Open access Sep 2004 298
2 The green seaweed Ulva : tomorrow’s “wheat of the sea” in foods, feeds, nutrition, and biomaterials Laurie C. Hofmann et al. · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition Open access 9 Jul 2024 73
3 Distribution of Laminariaceae around Scotland F. T. Walker · ICES Journal of Marine Science Dec 1954 23
4 Occurrence of antibodies against Neospora caninum and/or Toxoplasma gondii in dogs with neurological signs Nicolle Fridlund Plugge, Fabiano Montiani‐Ferreira, Rosária Regina Tesoni de Barros Richartz et al. · Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology Open access Sep 2011 21
5 Engineering and Economic Aspects of Marine Plankton Harvesting Peter B. N. Jackson · ICES Journal of Marine Science Dec 1954 16
All 15 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does SeaWeb publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices, Psychological Testing and Assessment, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds.

Food, Nutrition, and Cul…1Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices: 1 fractional worksPsychological Testing and Assessment: 0 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 0 fractional worksSeaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds: 0 fractional worksProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides: 0 fractional worksCollagen: Extraction and Characterization: 0 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 0 fractional works
Food ScienceApplied PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental healthAquatic Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices Food Science 1 works
  2. 2 Psychological Testing and Assessment Applied Psychology 0 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  4. 4 Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds Aquatic Science 0 works
  5. 5 Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Collagen: Extraction and Characterization Biomaterials 0 works
  7. 7 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  9. 9 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal plant biology 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors62.8%domestic only37.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has SeaWeb's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 227% 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 SeaWeb as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00000054% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%SeaWeb0.000018% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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