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The Ocean Cleanup

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Research works
67
▲ 322% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
69.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: The Ocean Cleanup is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

What does The Ocean Cleanup specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical Sciences takes 2.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical SciencesDomain · 20.6 works2.4×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 2.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.04× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 13.49× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.23× 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, 13.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Ocean Cleanup?

Ranked on the composite score, Laurent Lebreton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Ocean Cleanup.

  1. 1 Laurent Lebreton Netherlands · #148,433 worldwide 589 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at The Ocean Cleanup

Which keywords describe research at The Ocean Cleanup?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Recycling, Waste Management, Environmental Impact, Marine Environment, Microplastics, Terrestrial Ecosystems, E-Waste and Environmental Impacts.

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

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Recycling13▲ 148×4 topics
  2. Waste Management12▲ 137×3 topics
  3. Environmental Impact11▲ 28×8 topics
  4. Marine Environment9▲ 284×2 topics
  5. Microplastics9▲ 392×1 topic
  6. Terrestrial Ecosystems9▲ 392×1 topic
  7. E-Waste4▲ 175×1 topic
  8. Environmental Impacts4▲ 59×1 topic
  9. Renewable Energy2▲ 5.5×2 topics
  10. Oil and Gas1▲ 161×1 topic
  11. Subsea1▲ 644×1 topic
  12. Sustainability1▲ 2.5×4 topics

Which research topics does The Ocean Cleanup publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Offshore Engineering and Technologies and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

Microplastics and Plasti…9Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 9 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…4Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 4 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and…1Offshore Engineering and Technologies: 1 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 1 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring Technologies: 1 fractional worksMarine and Offshore Engineering Studies: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Environmental Chemistry: 0 fractional worksFluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions: 0 fractional worksMunicipal Solid Waste Management: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 0 fractional works
PollutionIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringOcean EngineeringBiomaterials3 others

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

  1. 1 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 9 works
  2. 2 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 1 works
  5. 5 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  6. 6 Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies Ocean Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry Ocean Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions Computational Mechanics 0 works
  9. 9 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 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 available68.1%not open31.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.3%domestic only49.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Ocean Cleanup's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 322% 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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