Aquatic and Environmental Studies
Aquatic and Environmental Studies is a research topic within Earth-Surface Processes. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 5.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the numerical modeling and analysis of coastal hydrodynamic processes in shallow water basins, including sediment transport, wave processes, and ecological consequences. It also explores the development of ecosystem models, sustainable rehabilitation methods, and the environmental impact of anthropogenic activities in coastal areas.
- Numerical Modeling
- Hydrodynamic Processes
- Shallow Water Flows
- Coastal Zone
- Sediment Transport
- High-Performance Computing
- Ecosystem Models
- Biological Rehabilitation
- Wave Processes
- Environmental Impact
- Research works
- 13k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 690 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +88% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Aquatic and Environmental Studies research?
By volume, Russia and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 162 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Russia 1.2k works
- 2 United States 162 works
- 3 China 162 works
- 4 Ukraine 138 works
- 5 Uzbekistan 47 works
- 6 Kazakhstan 44 works
- 7 Germany 40 works
- 8 India 33 works
- 9 Japan 23 works
- 10 United Kingdom 23 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Aquatic and Environmental Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Aquatic and Environmental Studies research, followed by Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of Sciences and Lomonosov Moscow State University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Russian Academy of Sciences Russia 65 works
- 2 Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of Sciences Russia 58 works
- 3 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia 52 works
- 4 All-Russian Research Institute Fisheries and Oceanography Russia 43 works
- 5 Marine Hydrophysical Institute Russia 41 works
- 6 Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics Russia 29 works
- 7 Weatherford College United States 27 works
- 8 Institute of Biology of Inland Waters named Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin Russia 27 works
- 9 Institute of Water Problems Russia 24 works
- 10 Don State Technical University Russia 23 works
Where is Aquatic and Environmental Studies research done?
The largest centres of Aquatic and Environmental Studies research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Rostov-on-Don (Russia) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Borok, Sevastopol' and Rostov-on-Don.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow Russia 469 works
- 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 90 works
- 3 Rostov-on-Don Russia 70 works
- 4 Kyiv Ukraine 51 works
- 5 Sevastopol' Russia 45 works
- 6 Novosibirsk Russia 44 works
- 7 Vladivostok Russia 36 works
- 8 Irkutsk Russia 31 works
- 9 Tashkent Uzbekistan 31 works
- 10 Beijing China 30 works
Where it is the local speciality
- BorokRU · 27.2 works510×
- Sevastopol'RU · 45.4 works489×
- Rostov-on-DonRU · 70.2 works65×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Aquatic and Environmental Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Aquatic and Environmental Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Don State Technical University, Lomonosov Moscow State University and Volgograd State 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don State Technical University Russia | 70.9 | 7.4% | 86.2× | 22 | — |
| 2 | Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia | 63.3 | 1.7% | 27.7× | 52 | +127.7% |
| 3 | Volgograd State University Russia | 55.8 | 3.6% | 71.1× | 9 | +314.3% |
| 4 | Kaliningrad State Technical University Russia | 55.2 | 3.1% | 180.4× | 11 | +636.1% |
| 5 | St Petersburg University Russia | 51.4 | 2.4% | 13.4× | 14 | +134.5% |
| 6 | Southern Federal University Russia | 48.6 | 0.0% | 46.1× | 18 | +249.3% |
| 7 | Weatherford College United States | 46.5 | 0.0% | 9.3× | 28 | +170.0% |
| 8 | Moscow State University Tajikistan | 46.2 | 0.5% | 29.3× | 17 | +17.0% |
| 9 | Moscow State University of Civil Engineering Russia | 43.8 | 0.0% | 39.3× | 12 | +359.1% |
| 10 | Northern (Arctic) Federal University Russia | 40.4 | 0.0% | 72.9× | 8 | +487.6% |
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 Aquatic and Environmental Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 88% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Aquatic and Environmental Studies.
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.