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Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine

In research, Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,448 of 21,541 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#2,094 of 2,661 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 34.0× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#18,563
of 42,892
Rank in France
#1,190
of 2,321
Research works
431
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.3k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine 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
Physical SciencesDomain #10,448 of 21,541 12.4%371
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #2,094 of 2,661 16.5%205

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine 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).

What does Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 34.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 31.7 works34×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 34.01× its world share, 32 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.83× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.91× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 34.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine?

Ranked on the composite score, Rémy Baraille, Y. Stéphan and Thierry Garlan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine.

  1. 1 Rémy Baraille France · #518,229 worldwide 157 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Y. Stéphan France · #554,001 worldwide 72 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Thierry Garlan France · #690,856 worldwide 101 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Patrick Guyomard France · #934,079 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine

Which keywords describe research at Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine?

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

▲ 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 Change15▲ 9.4×18 topics
  2. Ocean Circulation8▲ 104×3 topics
  3. Data Assimilation7▲ 77×4 topics
  4. Machine Learning7▲ 3.6×12 topics
  5. Remote Sensing7▲ 9.1×15 topics
  6. Oceanic Modeling6▲ 317×1 topic
  7. Tidal Analysis6▲ 317×1 topic
  8. Marine Sediments6▲ 159×2 topics
  9. Acoustic Techniques6▲ 295×1 topic
  10. Seafloor Mapping6▲ 295×1 topic
  11. Wave Modeling5▲ 177×2 topics
  12. Sediment Transport5▲ 50×4 topics
  13. Sea-Level Rise4▲ 64×2 topics
  14. Global Warming4▲ 18×4 topics
  15. Tropical Cyclones4▲ 127×2 topics
  16. Sea Level Rise4▲ 48×2 topics
  17. Climate Change Impacts3▲ 49×2 topics
  18. Coastal Dynamics3▲ 186×1 topic
  19. Shoreline Change3▲ 186×1 topic
  20. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 22×4 topics
  21. Ocean Waves2▲ 165×1 topic
  22. Wind Stress2▲ 165×1 topic
  23. Geodetic Measurements2▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Non-Destructive Testing2▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Hurricanes2▲ 101×1 topic
  26. Storm Surge2▲ 101×1 topic
  27. GRACE2▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  29. groundwater depletion2▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Natural Gas2▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Tectonics2▲ 22×3 topics
  32. Geophysical Surveys2▲ 48×2 topics
  33. Holocene2▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Sedimentation2▲ 44×2 topics
  35. Coastal Protection1▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Mediterranean1▲ 25×3 topics
  37. Dissolved Organic Matter1▲ 54×1 topic
  38. Eutrophication1▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Fluvial Systems1▲ 82×1 topic
  40. Global Carbon Budget1▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Underwater Acoustics Research, Coastal and Marine Dynamics and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing.

  1. 1 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 6 works
  2. 2 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 6 works
  3. 3 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 3 works
  4. 4 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 2 works
  5. 5 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  6. 6 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 2 works
  7. 7 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 1 works
  8. 8 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  9. 9 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 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 available39.0%not open61.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.6%domestic only79.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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