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Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center

In research, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,868 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics and Astronomy and Astrophysics — Environmental Chemistry is 111.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,886
of 28,054 · #38,082 all time
Rank in United States
#4,180
of 4,192
Research works
216
▲ 62% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #12,868 of 12,888 1.1%120 #20394

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center 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 Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Chemistry takes 111.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 30.8 works112×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 48.9 works111×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 30.4 works46×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 49.9 works25×
  5. Physics and AstronomyField · 30.4 works11×
  6. Environmental ScienceField · 37.5 works6.0×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25.20× its world share, 50 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.98× its world share, 38 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 10.84× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyVeterinary: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 25.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert J. Byrne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center.

  1. 1 Robert J. Byrne United States · #708,267 worldwide 40 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center

Which keywords describe research at Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Seismic Noise, Tomography, Anaerobic, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Methane Oxidation, Climate Change and Fisheries Sustainability.

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

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Seismic Noise49▲ 805×1 topic
  2. Tomography49▲ 214×1 topic
  3. Anaerobic30▲ 347×1 topic
  4. Ionosphere30▲ 432×1 topic
  5. Magnetosphere30▲ 432×1 topic
  6. Methane Oxidation30▲ 296×1 topic
  7. Climate Change5▲ 1.54×14 topics
  8. Conservation2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  9. Invasive Species2▲ 3.0×5 topics
  10. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 13×2 topics
  11. Population Dynamics1▲ 4.1×4 topics
  12. Sea-Level Rise1▲ 8.8×3 topics
  13. Biodiversity1▲ 1.18×4 topics
  14. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 3.9×2 topics
  15. Aquaculture1▲ 3.2×4 topics
  16. Metabolic Rate1▲ 13×1 topic
  17. Temperature1▲ 7.2×1 topic

Which research topics does Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Seismic Waves and Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics and Physiological and biochemical adaptations.

Seismic Waves and Analysis49Seismic Waves and Analysis: 49 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…30Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 30 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…30Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 30 fractional worksPhysiological and biochemical adaptations: 1 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 1 fractional worksScience Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional works
GeophysicsEnvironmental ChemistryAstronomy and AstrophysicsEcology5 others

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

  1. 1 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 49 works
  2. 2 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 30 works
  3. 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 30 works
  4. 4 Physiological and biochemical adaptations Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  10. 10 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 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 available69.9%not open30.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% 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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