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World Maritime University

In research, World Maritime University stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,055 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,359 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,574 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ocean Engineering and Environmental Engineering — Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law is 28.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,549
of 28,054 · #22,231 all time
Rank in Sweden
#76
of 125
Research works
1k
▲ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.7k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is World Maritime University 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
Environmental ScienceField #2,055 of 3,551 24.0%97 #3614
Physical SciencesDomain #8,359 of 12,888 26.0%188 #13381
EngineeringField #4,574 of 6,636 31.8%65 #7734
Social SciencesDomain #8,180 of 10,521 21.7%83 #10327

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where World Maritime University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Environmental Science#3,614 #2,055
  2. Physical Sciences#13,381 #8,359
  3. Engineering#7,734 #4,574
  4. Social Sciences#10,327 #8,180
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does World Maritime University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law takes 28.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 45.7 works28×
  2. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 29.7 works20×
  3. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 23.2 works15×
  4. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 21.9 works15×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 1.93× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.61× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.55× its world share, 65 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.00× its world share, 97 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.52× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.13× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at World Maritime University?

Ranked on the composite score, Laura Carballo Piñeiro, Dong‐Wook Song and Dimitrios Dalaklis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Maritime University.

  1. 1 Laura Carballo Piñeiro Sweden · #402,864 worldwide 2 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Dong‐Wook Song Sweden · #413,511 worldwide 74 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Dimitrios Dalaklis Sweden · #562,531 worldwide 41 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Michael Baldauf Sweden · #617,906 worldwide 36 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Olof Lindén Sweden · #965,384 worldwide 51 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Aykut I. Ölçer Sweden · #1,005,478 worldwide 94 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Jens-Uwe Schröder-Hinrichs Sweden · #1,091,858 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Proshanto K. Mukherjee Sweden · #1,219,803 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Gray Sweden · #1,353,413 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Johan Hollander Sweden · #1,487,634 worldwide 47 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at World Maritime University

Which keywords describe research at World Maritime University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Climate Change, Maritime Transportation, International Law, Shipping, Supply Chain Management, Sustainability and Human Factors.

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

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change51▲ 6.8×28 topics
  2. Environmental Impact50▲ 10×14 topics
  3. Maritime Transportation46▲ 312×2 topics
  4. International Law35▲ 41×8 topics
  5. Sustainability34▲ 4.9×25 topics
  6. Shipping30▲ 216×2 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management28▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Human Factors27▲ 123×3 topics
  9. Emissions25▲ 45×5 topics
  10. Fuel Consumption25▲ 120×2 topics
  11. Risk Assessment24▲ 13×2 topics
  12. Collision Avoidance24▲ 46×1 topic
  13. Unmanned Surface Vehicles24▲ 279×1 topic
  14. Air Quality24▲ 46×2 topics
  15. Emission Control Areas22▲ 355×1 topic
  16. Ship Propulsion22▲ 355×1 topic
  17. Logistics22▲ 49×2 topics
  18. Biodiversity Conservation21▲ 20×5 topics
  19. Access and Benefit Sharing21▲ 554×1 topic
  20. Marine Genetic Resources21▲ 554×1 topic
  21. Container Terminals21▲ 288×1 topic
  22. Operations Research21▲ 42×1 topic
  23. Stakeholder Engagement18▲ 75×2 topics
  24. Ecosystem-Based Management18▲ 203×1 topic
  25. Marine Spatial Planning18▲ 203×1 topic
  26. Global Trade15▲ 28×7 topics
  27. Renewable Energy13▲ 3.2×17 topics
  28. Diplomacy12▲ 45×2 topics
  29. Maritime Security12▲ 489×1 topic
  30. Piracy12▲ 489×1 topic
  31. International Relations10▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Recycling9▲ 8.8×3 topics
  33. Waste Management9▲ 8.2×3 topics
  34. Geopolitics9▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Governance9▲ 9.3×2 topics
  36. Oil and Gas9▲ 83×2 topics
  37. Arctic8▲ 27×3 topics
  38. Marine Environment8▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Maritime Transport8▲ 103×1 topic
  40. Northern Sea Route8▲ 103×1 topic

Which research topics does World Maritime University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Maritime Navigation and Safety, Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency, International Maritime Law Issues and Maritime Ports and Logistics.

Maritime Navigation and Safety: 24 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 22 fractional worksInternational Maritime L…21International Maritime Law Issues: 21 fractional worksMaritime Ports and Logis…21Maritime Ports and Logistics: 21 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Manag…18Coastal and Marine Management: 18 fractional worksMaritime Security and Hi…12Maritime Security and History: 12 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 8 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 7 fractional worksLaw, logistics, and international trade: 5 fractional worksInternational Environmental Law and Policies: 5 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 24 works
  2. 2 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 22 works
  3. 3 International Maritime Law Issues Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 21 works
  4. 4 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 21 works
  5. 5 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 18 works
  6. 6 Maritime Security and History Transportation 12 works
  7. 7 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  8. 8 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 7 works
  9. 9 Law, logistics, and international trade Accounting 5 works
  10. 10 International Environmental Law and Policies Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 5 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 available60.1%not open39.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.2%domestic only79.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has World Maritime University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% 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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