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The Mediterranean Science Commission

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Research works
13
▼ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
583
44.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
85%
world 18%
The Mediterranean Science Commission

Not ranked overall: The Mediterranean Science Commission 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 The Mediterranean Science Commission work in?

In all years, 60% of research at The Mediterranean Science Commission is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (44%), Social Sciences (11%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 59.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 44.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 11.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 8.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 27.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 9.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKThe MediterraneanScience…13fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences28%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science644.0%
    2. Engineering18.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences15.7%
    4. Computer Science01.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Social Sciences211.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance19.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities02.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting02.5%
    5. Psychology01.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology16.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.0%
    1. Health Professions02.0%
    2. Medicine00.5%
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: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceSocial Sciences: 3.50× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science4.05×0 works
  2. Social Sciences3.50×1 works
  3. Engineering1.22×0 works
  4. Computer Science1.17×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.97×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.68×0 works

What are the most cited papers from The Mediterranean Science Commission?

The most cited paper from The Mediterranean Science Commission is "Consequences of climate-driven biodiversity changes for ecosystem functioning of North European rocky shores" (SJ Hawkins, HE Sugden, Nova Mieszkowska et al., 2009), with 274 citations. Next come "Tracking Signals of Change in Mediterranean Fish Diversity Based on Local Ecological Knowledge" (205) and "A global map of coastal recreation values: Results from a spatially explicit meta-analysis" (197).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consequences of climate-driven biodiversity changes for ecosystem functioning of North European rocky shores SJ Hawkins, HE Sugden, Nova Mieszkowska et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 26 Oct 2009 274
2 Tracking Signals of Change in Mediterranean Fish Diversity Based on Local Ecological Knowledge Ernesto Azzurro, Paula Moschella, Francesc Maynou · PLoS ONE Open access 22 Sep 2011 205
3 A global map of coastal recreation values: Results from a spatially explicit meta-analysis Andrea Ghermandi, Paulo A.L.D. Nunes · Ecological Economics Open access 4 Dec 2012 197
4 Climate change, biological invasions, and the shifting distribution of Mediterranean fishes: A large‐scale survey based on local ecological knowledge Ernesto Azzurro et al. · Global Change Biology 20 May 2019 176
5 Using Meta-Analysis and GIS for Value Transfer and Scaling Up: Valuing Climate Change Induced Losses of European Wetlands Luke Brander, Ingo Bräuer, Holger Gerdes et al. · Environmental and Resource Economics Open access 29 Dec 2011 145
All 46 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does The Mediterranean Science Commission publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Military Technology and Strategies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Business and Economic Development.

Military Technology and Strategies: 0 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 0 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksBusiness and Economic De…0Business and Economic Development: 0 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…0Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 0 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 0 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringTransportationSociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law5 others

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

  1. 1 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 0 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  5. 5 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 0 works
  8. 8 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 0 works
  10. 10 Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation Environmental Engineering 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 available64.0%not open36.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors85.0%domestic only15.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Mediterranean Science Commission's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% lower 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 The Mediterranean Science Commission as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000067% in 2024.

still counting0.000020%0.000040%0.000060%The Mediterranean Science Commission0.0000014% in 202520102020

Fractional works of The Mediterranean Science Commission over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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