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Shanghai Ocean University

In research, Shanghai Ocean University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#675 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#214 of 3,334 worldwide) and Engineering (#591 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science, Physiology and Oceanography (Aquatic Science is 23.0× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#1,265
of 22,385 · #1,781 all time
Rank in China
#284
of 2,481
Research works
14k
▲ 114% vs 2018-21
Citations
165k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%

What is Shanghai Ocean University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #675 of 10,670 13.8%2,780 #913
Environmental ScienceField #214 of 3,334 11.7%971 #422
EngineeringField #591 of 5,901 16.9%963 #968
Aquatic ScienceSubfield #10 of 74 15.7%200 #50
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #439 of 3,157 15.3%548 #885
Life SciencesDomain #1,034 of 6,403 11.1%1,384 #1709
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #278 of 908 26.0%105 #418
Food ScienceSubfield #169 of 517 17.0%103 #416
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #980 of 2,964 8.7%562 #1637
Health SciencesDomain #3,446 of 9,902 15.0%246 #4682

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanghai Ocean University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#913 #675
  2. Environmental Science#422 #214
  3. Engineering#968 #591
  4. Aquatic Science#50 #10
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#885 #439
  6. Life Sciences#1,709 #1,034
  7. Civil and Structural Engineering#418 #278
  8. Food Science#416 #169
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,637 #980
  10. Health Sciences#4,682 #3,446
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Shanghai Ocean University work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Shanghai Ocean University is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Environmental Science (21%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,248 fractional works · 59.6% of its workEngineering: 1,123 fractional works · 20.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 159 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 140 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 132 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 121 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 114 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 101 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 84 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 72 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 68 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,121 fractional works · 20.6% of its workEcology: 317 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 253 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 88 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 83 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 78 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 76 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 71 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 64 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 330 fractional works · 6.1% of its workOceanography: 185 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 80 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 232 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 102 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomaterials: 89 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 220 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 99 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 62 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 82 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 58 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 51 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1,618 fractional works · 29.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 657 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 383 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGenetics: 77 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 629 fractional works · 11.6% of its workAquatic Science: 228 fractional works · 4.2% of its workFood Science: 119 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 103 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 87 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 53 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 267 fractional works · 4.9% of its workImmunology: 250 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMicrobiology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 294 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 75 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 71 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 66 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 54 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 286 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMedicine: 231 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhysiology: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNursing: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKShanghai OceanUniversity5,446fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1,12320.6%
    2. Environmental Science1,12120.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3306.1%
    4. Materials Science2324.3%
    5. Computer Science2204.0%
    6. Chemistry821.5%
    7. Energy581.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy370.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering240.4%
    10. Mathematics210.4%
  1. Life Sciences1,61829.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology65712.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62911.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology2674.9%
    4. Neuroscience500.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics150.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting751.4%
    2. Social Sciences711.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance661.2%
    4. Decision Sciences360.7%
    5. Psychology240.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities220.4%
    1. Medicine2314.2%
    2. Nursing370.7%
    3. Health Professions140.3%
    4. Dentistry20.0%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Shanghai Ocean University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aquatic Science takes 23.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 227.8 works23×
  2. PhysiologySubfield · 36.7 works12×
  3. OceanographySubfield · 185.1 works12×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 102.5 works8.6×
  5. EcologySubfield · 317.1 works7.4×
  6. ImmunologySubfield · 249.8 works6.7×
  7. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 252.6 works6.1×
  8. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 159.2 works5.6×
← 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: 2.43× its world share, 629 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.26× its world share, 656 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.86× its world share, 267 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.26× its world share, 24 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.96× its world share, 82 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 220 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.86× its world share, 330 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.15× its world share, 58 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.37× its world share, 1,123 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.14× its world share, 1,121 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 232 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 21 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 37 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 230 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 37 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 75 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 66 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 71 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.86×267 works
  2. Environmental Science4.14×1,121 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.86×330 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.43×629 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.26×656 works
  6. Nursing1.39×37 works
  7. Engineering1.37×1,123 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.26×24 works
  9. Materials Science1.22×232 works
  10. Energy1.15×58 works
  11. Chemistry0.96×82 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.80×15 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.69×36 works
  14. Neuroscience0.57×50 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×66 works
  16. Computer Science0.52×220 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×75 works
  18. Mathematics0.33×21 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.30×37 works
  20. Medicine0.22×230 works
  21. Veterinary0.22×2 works
  22. Psychology0.15×24 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.14×22 works
  24. Health Professions0.10×14 works
  25. Social Sciences0.10×71 works
  26. Dentistry0.09×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Shanghai Ocean University?

Ranked on the quality score, Oleg Gaidai, Alia Ashraf and Youji Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanghai Ocean University.

  1. 1 Oleg Gaidai China · #17,094 worldwide 8.1k citations · 249 works
  2. 2 Alia Ashraf China · #102,255 worldwide 721 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Youji Wang China · #117,283 worldwide 8.7k citations · 313 works
  4. 4 Zirui Liu China · #157,504 worldwide 1.4k citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Zhaocai Wang China · #157,925 worldwide 3.2k citations · 135 works
  6. 6 Menghong Hu China · #171,486 worldwide 7k citations · 248 works
  7. 7 Yu Guang Cao China · #175,593 worldwide 2.1k citations · 89 works
  8. 8 Yongheng Zhu China · #177,147 worldwide 3k citations · 76 works
  9. 9 Wenbo Zhang China · #199,043 worldwide 4k citations · 106 works
  10. 10 Vladimir Yakimov China · #199,269 worldwide 1.1k citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Shanghai Ocean University

What are the most cited papers from Shanghai Ocean University?

The most cited paper from Shanghai Ocean University is "Self-powered soft robot in the Mariana Trench" (Guorui Li et al., 2021), with 1,213 citations. Next come "Nonlinear bending of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite plates in thermal environments" (1,163) and "Sorption behavior and mechanism of hydrophilic organic chemicals to virgin and aged microplastics in freshwater and seawater" (1,079).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Self-powered soft robot in the Mariana Trench Guorui Li et al. · Nature 3 Mar 2021 1,213
2 Nonlinear bending of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite plates in thermal environments Hui‐Shen Shen · Composite Structures 22 Apr 2009 1,163
3 Sorption behavior and mechanism of hydrophilic organic chemicals to virgin and aged microplastics in freshwater and seawater Guangzhou Liu, Zhilin Zhu, Yuxin Yang et al. · Environmental Pollution Dec 2018 1,079
4 Draft genome sequence of Camellia sinensis var. sinensis provides insights into the evolution of the tea genome and tea quality Chaoling Wei et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 20 Apr 2018 994
5 The future of food from the sea Christopher Costello et al. · Nature Open access 19 Aug 2020 916
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shanghai Ocean University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aquaculture, Climate Change, Innate Immunity, Environmental Impact, Gut Microbiota, Nutrition, Antibiotic Resistance and Probiotics.

▲ 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-now 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 Change529▲ 3.6×79 topics
  2. Aquaculture476▲ 34×8 topics
  3. Environmental Impact290▲ 3.1×52 topics
  4. Sustainability193▲ 1.45×56 topics
  5. Innate Immunity190▲ 11×11 topics
  6. Gut Microbiota184▲ 9.8×7 topics
  7. Nutrition179▲ 7.5×8 topics
  8. Antibiotic Resistance174▲ 8.1×11 topics
  9. Probiotics168▲ 13×6 topics
  10. Fatty Acids165▲ 29×5 topics
  11. Omega-3 Fatty Acids162▲ 41×2 topics
  12. Fish Feed161▲ 58×1 topic
  13. Sustainable Feeds161▲ 58×1 topic
  14. Marine Environment159▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Remote Sensing154▲ 2.3×33 topics
  16. Cytokines151▲ 9.5×6 topics
  17. Stress Response150▲ 46×2 topics
  18. Fish Immunology148▲ 60×1 topic
  19. Viral Diseases148▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Biomedical Applications143▲ 2.2×33 topics
  21. Fisheries Sustainability137▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Ecosystem Services127▲ 6.0×9 topics
  23. Food Security127▲ 4.3×14 topics
  24. Conservation113▲ 4.8×15 topics
  25. Lipid Oxidation110▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Antioxidants106▲ 4.4×16 topics
  27. Consumer Perception97▲ 7.6×8 topics
  28. Trophic Cascades93▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Ecosystem Management93▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Modified Atmosphere Packaging93▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Fish Population Dynamics92▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Marine Fisheries92▲ 42×1 topic
  33. DNA Barcoding91▲ 9.7×8 topics
  34. Bivalve Molluscs91▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Oyster Reefs91▲ 57×1 topic
  36. Physiological Adaptation90▲ 51×2 topics
  37. Meat Quality87▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Protein Oxidation85▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Spoilage Microbiota85▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Ocean Acidification78▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does Shanghai Ocean University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Marine and fisheries research and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

  1. 1 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 161 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 148 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 92 works
  4. 4 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 91 works
  5. 5 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 85 works
  6. 6 Physiological and biochemical adaptations Ecology 68 works
  7. 7 Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms Immunology 57 works
  8. 8 Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides Molecular Biology 49 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 44 works
  10. 10 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 43 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 available35.2%not open64.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shanghai Ocean University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 114% 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 Shanghai Ocean University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Shanghai Ocean University0.024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Shanghai Ocean University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Shanghai Ocean University13.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2023.

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