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Virginia Marine Resources Commission

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Research works
21
▲ 4160% vs 2018-21
Citations
410
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Virginia Marine Resources Commission

Not ranked overall: Virginia Marine Resources Commission is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Virginia Marine Resources Commission work in?

In all years, 47% of research at Virginia Marine Resources Commission is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (38%), Medicine (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%).

Physical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 47.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 37.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 18.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 10.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 26.5% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 18.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 16.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 9.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKVirginia MarineResources…21fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences16%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science837.6%
    2. Engineering16.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences02.0%
    4. Mathematics01.5%
    1. Medicine418.6%
    2. Health Professions14.7%
    3. Veterinary13.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14.7%
    2. Social Sciences14.7%
    3. Psychology13.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting13.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences16.8%
    2. Neuroscience13.1%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Virginia Marine Resources Commission?

Ranked on the quality score, James A. Wesson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Virginia Marine Resources Commission.

  1. 1 James A. Wesson United States · #1,795,010 worldwide 1k citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Virginia Marine Resources Commission

What are the most cited papers from Virginia Marine Resources Commission?

The most cited paper from Virginia Marine Resources Commission is "Millennial-scale sustainability of the Chesapeake Bay Native American oyster fishery" (Torben C. Rick, Leslie A. Reeder-Myers, Courtney A. Hofman et al., 2016), with 122 citations. Next come "Population Studies of the Native Eastern Oyster,Crassostrea virginica, (Gmelin, 1791) in the James River, Virginia, USA" (87) and "Oyster (Crassostrea virginica, Gmelin 1791) Population Dynamics on Public Reefs in the Great Wicomico River, Virginia, USA" (67).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Millennial-scale sustainability of the Chesapeake Bay Native American oyster fishery Torben C. Rick, Leslie A. Reeder-Myers, Courtney A. Hofman et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 23 May 2016 122
2 Population Studies of the Native Eastern Oyster,Crassostrea virginica, (Gmelin, 1791) in the James River, Virginia, USA Roger L. Mann, Melissa Southworth, Juliana M. Harding et al. · Journal of Shellfish Research Open access Apr 2009 87
3 Oyster (Crassostrea virginica, Gmelin 1791) Population Dynamics on Public Reefs in the Great Wicomico River, Virginia, USA Melissa Southworth, Juliana M. Harding, James A. Wesson et al. · Journal of Shellfish Research Open access Aug 2010 67
4 Modelling non-stationary natural mortality in catch-at-age models Yan Jiao, Eric P. Smith, Rob O'Reilly et al. · ICES Journal of Marine Science Open access 7 Dec 2011 54
5 The Path to an Ecosystem Approach for Forage Fish Management: A Case Study of Atlantic Menhaden Kristen A. Anstead et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science Open access 7 May 2021 51
All 37 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Virginia Marine Resources Commission?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Trophic Cascades, Aquaculture, Sustainability, Ecosystem Services and Marine Environment.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 18 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 6.4×8 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 101×2 topics
  3. Environmental Impact2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  4. Sustainability2▲ 6.1×2 topics
  5. Trophic Cascades2▲ 90×2 topics
  6. Aquaculture2▲ 40×2 topics
  7. Epidemiology2▲ 2.4×5 topics
  8. Ecosystem Services2▲ 28×2 topics
  9. Marine Environment2▲ 94×1 topic
  10. Oyster Reefs2▲ 272×1 topic
  11. Ecosystem Management2▲ 112×1 topic
  12. Marine Fisheries2▲ 161×1 topic
  13. Oxidative Stress2▲ 4.3×3 topics
  14. Invasive Species2▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Carnosine1▲ 131×1 topic
  16. Cerebral Palsy1▲ 62×1 topic
  17. ICF Model1▲ 120×1 topic
  18. ß-Alanine Supplementation1▲ 131×1 topic

Which research topics does Virginia Marine Resources Commission publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine and fisheries research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Education, Law, and Society.

Marine and fisheries res…1Marine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…0Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 0 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…0Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 0 fractional worksEducation, Law, and Society: 0 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Law: 0 fractional worksCrustacean biology and e…0Crustacean biology and ecology: 0 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 0 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 0 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeSafety ResearchPolitical Science and International RelationsEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  2. 2 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  3. 3 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 0 works
  4. 4 Education, Law, and Society Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Law Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  6. 6 Crustacean biology and ecology Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 0 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 0 works
  10. 10 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions 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 available41.9%not open58.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.3%domestic only97.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Virginia Marine Resources Commission's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4160% 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 Virginia Marine Resources Commission as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00000090% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Virginia Marine Resources Commission0.000014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Virginia Marine Resources Commission over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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