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Shedd Aquarium

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Research works
110
▲ 96% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Shedd 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: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.19× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.48× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.34× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Shedd Aquarium?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Fisheries Sustainability, Marine Ecosystems, Bleaching, Coral Reefs, Invasive Species and Freshwater Biodiversity.

▲ 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 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change11▲ 14×19 topics
  2. Ocean Acidification5▲ 229×2 topics
  3. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 163×2 topics
  4. Marine Ecosystems4▲ 251×2 topics
  5. Bleaching3▲ 345×1 topic
  6. Coral Reefs3▲ 345×1 topic
  7. Invasive Species3▲ 26×6 topics
  8. Freshwater Biodiversity3▲ 168×2 topics
  9. Conservation3▲ 22×8 topics
  10. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 42×2 topics
  11. Population Dynamics3▲ 37×6 topics
  12. Benthic Communities2▲ 137×2 topics
  13. Conservation Challenges2▲ 165×1 topic
  14. Flow Regulation2▲ 165×1 topic
  15. Marine Biodiversity2▲ 137×2 topics
  16. Coastal Protection2▲ 114×2 topics
  17. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 59×2 topics
  18. Trophic Cascades2▲ 73×2 topics
  19. Aquaculture2▲ 26×4 topics
  20. Ecosystem Management2▲ 112×1 topic
  21. Marine Fisheries2▲ 161×1 topic
  22. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 42×3 topics
  23. Gut Microbiota2▲ 17×4 topics
  24. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 30×4 topics
  25. Kelp Forests2▲ 186×1 topic
  26. Seagrasses2▲ 186×1 topic
  27. Innate Immunity1▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Probiotics1▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.5×6 topics
  30. Conservation Genetics1▲ 108×2 topics
  31. Fish Immunology1▲ 90×1 topic
  32. Stress Response1▲ 71×1 topic
  33. Biodiversity Loss1▲ 74×3 topics
  34. Biogeography1▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Biodiversity1▲ 4.8×6 topics

Which research topics does Shedd Aquarium publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and fisheries research and Marine and coastal plant biology.

Coral and Marine Ecosyst…3Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 3 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 2 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 2 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 1 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…1Marine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 1 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 1 fractional worksFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology: 1 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 0 fractional works
EcologyNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeOceanography1 others

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

  1. 1 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 3 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  4. 4 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 2 works
  5. 5 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 1 works
  6. 6 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 1 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 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 available39.1%not open60.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shedd Aquarium's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 96% higher 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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