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Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth

Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth is a research topic within Aquatic Science. Science Explorer counts 65k research works in it since 1950. 19.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the metabolism and nutrition of aquaculture feeds, with an emphasis on sustainable sources of nutrients such as fish meal and fish oil replacements, utilization of plant proteins, carbohydrates, and biofloc technology. It also explores the impact of different dietary components on fish health and growth performance.

  • Aquaculture
  • Nutrition
  • Fish Feed
  • Fatty Acids
  • Sustainable Feeds
  • Fish Health
  • Protein Sources
  • Carbohydrates
  • Biofloc Technology
  • Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Research works
65k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
12k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
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Which countries lead Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.9k and 807 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.9k works
  2. 2 India 807 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 765 works
  4. 4 Brazil 751 works
  5. 5 United States 648 works
  6. 6 Egypt 333 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 273 works
  8. 8 Spain 228 works
  9. 9 Japan 217 works
  10. 10 Iran 215 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 40.3%India: 11.4%Indonesia: 10.8%Brazil: 10.6%6 others listed: 27.0%40%largest
China2,860 · 40.3%India807 · 11.4%Indonesia765 · 10.8%Brazil751 · 10.6%6 others listed1,914 · 27.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences publishes the most Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth research, followed by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Shanghai Ocean University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Fishery SciencesChina 182 works
  2. 2 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 159 works
  3. 3 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 144 works
  4. 4 Guangdong Ocean UniversityChina 120 works
  5. 5 Ocean University of ChinaChina 113 works
  6. 6 Ningbo UniversityChina 98 works
  7. 7 Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyChina 73 works
  8. 8 Central Institute of Fisheries EducationIndia 63 works
  9. 9 IPB UniversityIndonesia 58 works
  10. 10 Dalian Ocean UniversityChina 55 works

Who are the leading researchers in Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth include M. Williams and Ki‐Hyun Kim.

  1. 1 M. Williams United Kingdom 2.8k citations
  2. 2 Ki‐Hyun Kim South Korea 2.3k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth research done?

The largest centres of Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nagapattinam.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 514 works
  2. 2 Qingdao China 243 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 203 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 154 works
  5. 5 Zhanjiang China 127 works
  6. 6 Jakarta Indonesia 117 works
  7. 7 Ningbo China 114 works
  8. 8 Wuhan China 104 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 98 works
  10. 10 Xiamen China 97 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NagapattinamIN · 35.9 works105×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth?

Among universities, judged by research, Kafrelsheikh University, Shantou University and Dalian Polytechnic University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 38.75%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Kafrelsheikh University: 24, 46.8%Shantou University: 25, 47.8%Dalian Polytechnic University: 26, 49.4%Huzhou University: 28, 40.1%Ningbo University: 98, 36.1%Universiti Malaysia Terengganu: 32, 24.7%Zhejiang Ocean University: 53, 41.2%Sylhet Agricultural University: 15, 31.4%University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice: 26, 32.0%Bangladesh Agricultural University: 33, 38.0%Dalian Polytechnic U…Shantou UniversityKafrelsheikh Univers…Huzhou University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Kafrelsheikh UniversityEgypt 77.646.8%18.4×24 +458.1%
2 Shantou UniversityChina 74.247.8%13.4×25 +173.9%
3 Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 73.949.4%13.8×26 +186.4%
4 Huzhou UniversityChina 70.540.1%15.6×28 +190.0%
5 Ningbo UniversityChina 67.236.1%17.2×98 +35.8%
6 Universiti Malaysia TerengganuMalaysia 67.024.7%20.8×32 +308.0%
7 Zhejiang Ocean UniversityChina 66.141.2%29.4×53 +37.2%
8 Sylhet Agricultural UniversityBangladesh 65.131.4%46.9×15 +537.4%
9 University of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceCzechia 64.832.0%41.6×26 +102.0%
10 Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBangladesh 64.738.0%32.2×33 +64.9%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.