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Top Aquatic Science Research Institutions

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 67 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina · Beijing 100.0 36.9% 245 2.3k#24
2 Ocean University of ChinaChina · Qingdao 83.5 34.0% 218 2k#1
3 Chinese Academy of Fishery SciencesChina · Beijing 73.9 30.2% 253 2k#3
4 Ningbo UniversityChina · Ningbo 67.0 33.5% 149 1.4k#13
5 Guangdong Ocean UniversityChina · Zhanjiang 61.7 37.7% 165 1.8k#15
6 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina · Shanghai 57.4 32.5% 200 1.8k#9
7 Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina · Dalian 53.7 49.7% 77 1.1k#44
8 Zhejiang Ocean UniversityChina · Zhoushan 50.5 36.1% 87 959#46
9 National Institute of Oceanography and FisheriesEgypt · Alexandria 47.7 21.6% 104 788#33
10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 45.2 29.7% 98 880#6
11 Jimei UniversityChina · Xiamen 43.0 36.6% 82 916#70
12 Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyChina · Qingdao 40.9 28.6% 121 1.2k#20
13 Central Institute of Fisheries EducationIndia · Mumbai 39.0 23.0% 127 719#64
14 Dalian Ocean UniversityChina · Dalian 37.2 29.3% 117 753#56
15 Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam KarimovUzbekistan · Tashkent 35.6 30.5% 104 721—
16 Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization EngineersUzbekistan · Tashkent 34.1 11.8% 178 504#14
17 Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBangladesh · Mymensingh 32.6 27.1% 74 467#69
18 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina · Nanjing 31.3 38.5% 67 646#32
19 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina · Wuhan 30.0 34.8% 66 2k#40
20 IPB UniversityIndonesia · Bogor 28.8 4.1% 358 582#47
21 Pukyong National UniversitySouth Korea · Busan 27.6 25.6% 61 509#4
22 National Research and Innovation AgencyIndonesia · Jakarta 26.5 5.9% 203 403—
23 Universiti Malaysia TerengganuMalaysia · Kuala Terengganu 25.4 17.2% 82 465—
24 Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia · Seri Kembangan 24.4 16.5% 77 435#52
25 Bangladesh Fisheries Research InstituteBangladesh · Mymensingh 23.4 17.3% 72 322—
26 University of BrawijayaIndonesia · Malang 22.5 4.0% 251 372—
27 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia · Surabaya 21.6 5.3% 205 308—
28 Tamil Nadu Dr. J Jayalalitha Fisheries UniversityIndia · Nagapattinam 20.8 14.5% 77 272—
29 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil · Florianópolis 19.9 13.0% 64 391—
30 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia · Semarang 19.1 1.9% 293 348—
31 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil · São Paulo 18.3 10.9% 83 362#27
32 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 17.6 4.5% 136 289—
33 National Taiwan Ocean UniversityTaiwan · Keelung 16.8 16.4% 63 252#62
34 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia · Makassar 16.1 4.2% 144 217—
35 Ministry of Marine Affairs and FisheriesIndonesia · Jakarta 15.4 4.4% 149 232—
36 University of MataramIndonesia · Mataram 14.8 1.3% 274 265—
37 Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia · Banda Aceh 14.1 3.8% 133 194—
38 Central Marine Fisheries Research InstituteIndia · Ernakulam 13.5 6.7% 97 258—
39 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia · Bandung 12.9 1.6% 224 225—
40 Can Tho UniversityVietnam · Can Tho 12.3 10.2% 68 188—
41 Samarkand State University named after Sharof RashidovUzbekistan · Samarkand 11.7 3.5% 122 45—
42 Tashkent State Agrarian UniversityUzbekistan · Tashkent 11.1 6.7% 75 113—
43 Department of FisheriesZambia · Lusaka 10.5 4.8% 81 93—
44 Ege UniversityTürkiye · Izmir 10.0 7.4% 62 137—
45 Riau UniversityIndonesia · Pekanbaru 9.5 0.5% 235 147—
46 Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute named Seidnazar SeydiTurkmenistan · Turkmenabat 8.9 5.1% 80 0—
47 Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia · Palembang 8.4 1.7% 114 112—
48 Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia · Banjarmasin 7.9 2.2% 120 53—
49 Udayana UniversityIndonesia · Denpasar 7.4 2.2% 117 116—
50 Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia · Samarinda 7.0 2.0% 119 102—
51 Jenderal Soedirman UniversityIndonesia · Purwokerto 6.5 1.2% 142 135—
52 Sam Ratulangi UniversityIndonesia · Manado 6.0 1.8% 105 97—
53 Lampung UniversityIndonesia · Bandar Lampung 5.6 1.0% 117 103—
54 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia · Semarang 5.1 0.7% 122 103—
55 University of BasrahIraq · Basra 4.7 0.1% 152 204—
56 University of PattimuraIndonesia · Ambon City 4.3 0.7% 114 101—
57 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan 3.8 1.7% 79 91—
58 Tadulako UniversityIndonesia · Palu 3.4 2.1% 70 78—
59 Universitas Halu OleoIndonesia · Kendari 3.0 0.4% 98 76—
60 University of Bangka BelitungIndonesia · Pangkalpinang 2.6 0.5% 88 71—
61 State University of GorontaloIndonesia · Gorontalo 2.2 0.2% 98 63—
62 University of Nusa CendanaIndonesia · Kupang 1.8 0.1% 101 50—
63 Samudra UniversityIndonesia · Langsa 146.4 0.9% 69 65—
64 Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia · Pontianak 108.9 0.2% 88 58—
65 Jambi UniversityIndonesia · Jambi City 72.1 0.6% 72 39—
66 Universitas Teuku UmarIndonesia · Meulaboh 35.8 0.7% 64 31—
67 Universitas JemberIndonesia · Jember 0.0 0.0% 73 67—

institutions ranked worldwide in Aquatic Science (67). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 IPB UniversityIndonesia 358 works
  2. 2 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 293 works
  3. 3 University of MataramIndonesia 274 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of Fishery SciencesChina 253 works
  5. 5 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 251 works
  6. 6 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 245 works
  7. 7 Riau UniversityIndonesia 235 works
  8. 8 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 224 works
  9. 9 Ocean University of ChinaChina 218 works
  10. 10 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 205 works
  11. 11 National Research and Innovation AgencyIndonesia 203 works
  12. 12 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 200 works
  13. 13 Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization EngineersUzbekistan 178 works
  14. 14 Guangdong Ocean UniversityChina 165 works
  15. 15 University of BasrahIraq 152 works

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