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Western Fisheries Research Center

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World rank, all time
#23,367
of 42,892
Rank in ??
#382
of 1,041
Research works
181
▼ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.7k
31.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

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: 2.04× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 14.20× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.96× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Western Fisheries Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, James R. Winton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Fisheries Research Center.

  1. 1 James R. Winton ?? · #480,544 worldwide 129 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Western Fisheries Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Western Fisheries Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Fisheries Sustainability, Freshwater Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation Challenges, Flow Regulation and Aquaculture.

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

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change8▲ 12×17 topics
  2. Invasive Species6▲ 58×5 topics
  3. Fisheries Sustainability5▲ 262×2 topics
  4. Freshwater Biodiversity4▲ 291×2 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 78×2 topics
  6. Conservation Challenges4▲ 356×1 topic
  7. Flow Regulation4▲ 356×1 topic
  8. Aquaculture3▲ 57×4 topics
  9. Fish Immunology2▲ 239×1 topic
  10. Gut Microbiota2▲ 31×1 topic
  11. Innate Immunity2▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Probiotics2▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Biodiversity2▲ 11×9 topics
  14. Conservation Genetics2▲ 202×2 topics
  15. Trophic Cascades2▲ 80×2 topics
  16. Ecosystem Management2▲ 106×1 topic
  17. Marine Fisheries2▲ 153×1 topic
  18. Sediment Transport2▲ 42×2 topics
  19. DNA Barcoding1▲ 38×3 topics
  20. Epidemiology1▲ 1.52×5 topics
  21. Ecosystem Engineering1▲ 199×2 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity1▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Aquatic Invasions1▲ 249×1 topic
  24. Biodiversity Loss1▲ 94×2 topics
  25. Freshwater Mussels1▲ 249×1 topic
  26. Geomorphological Effects1▲ 129×2 topics
  27. Pathogenesis1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  28. River Restoration1▲ 111×2 topics

Which research topics does Western Fisheries Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Marine and fisheries research and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior.

Fish Ecology and Managem…4Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 4 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 2 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Eco…1Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment T…1Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Bio…1Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 1 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 1 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 1 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationImmunologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 2 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  4. 4 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 1 works
  8. 8 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  9. 9 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 1 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 available37.8%not open62.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Western Fisheries Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% lower 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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