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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. 1 Russia 1.2k works
  2. 2 United States 162 works
  3. 3 China 162 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 138 works
  5. 5 Uzbekistan 47 works
  6. 6 Kazakhstan 44 works
  7. 7 Germany 40 works
  8. 8 India 33 works
  9. 9 Japan 23 works
  10. 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.

Russia: 64.5%United States: 8.6%China: 8.6%Ukraine: 7.3%6 others listed: 11.1%64%largest
Russia1,219 · 64.5%United States162 · 8.6%China162 · 8.6%Ukraine138 · 7.3%6 others listed210 · 11.1%

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. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 65 works
  2. 2 Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 58 works
  3. 3 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 52 works
  4. 4 All-Russian Research Institute Fisheries and OceanographyRussia 43 works
  5. 5 Marine Hydrophysical InstituteRussia 41 works
  6. 6 Keldysh Institute of Applied MathematicsRussia 29 works
  7. 7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 27 works
  8. 8 Institute of Biology of Inland Waters named Ivan Dmitrievich PapaninRussia 27 works
  9. 9 Institute of Water ProblemsRussia 24 works
  10. 10 Don State Technical UniversityRussia 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. 1 Moscow Russia 469 works
  2. 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 90 works
  3. 3 Rostov-on-Don Russia 70 works
  4. 4 Kyiv Ukraine 51 works
  5. 5 Sevastopol' Russia 45 works
  6. 6 Novosibirsk Russia 44 works
  7. 7 Vladivostok Russia 36 works
  8. 8 Irkutsk Russia 31 works
  9. 9 Tashkent Uzbekistan 31 works
  10. 10 Beijing China 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BorokRU · 27.2 works510×
  2. Sevastopol'RU · 45.4 works489×
  3. Rostov-on-DonRU · 70.2 works65×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Aquatic and Environmental Studies than the world average.

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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.

0%5%10%mean 1.87%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Don State Technical University: 22, 7.4%Lomonosov Moscow State University: 52, 1.7%Volgograd State University: 9, 3.6%Kaliningrad State Technical University: 11, 3.1%St Petersburg University: 14, 2.4%Southern Federal University: 18, 0.0%Weatherford College: 28, 0.0%Moscow State University: 17, 0.5%Moscow State University of Civil Engineering: 12, 0.0%Northern (Arctic) Federal University: 8, 0.0%Don State Technical …Volgograd State Univ…Kaliningrad State Te…Lomonosov Moscow Sta…
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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 Don State Technical UniversityRussia 70.97.4%86.2×22 —
2 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 63.31.7%27.7×52 +127.7%
3 Volgograd State UniversityRussia 55.83.6%71.1×9 +314.3%
4 Kaliningrad State Technical UniversityRussia 55.23.1%180.4×11 +636.1%
5 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 51.42.4%13.4×14 +134.5%
6 Southern Federal UniversityRussia 48.60.0%46.1×18 +249.3%
7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 46.50.0%9.3×28 +170.0%
8 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 46.20.5%29.3×17 +17.0%
9 Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringRussia 43.80.0%39.3×12 +359.1%
10 Northern (Arctic) Federal UniversityRussia 40.40.0%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.

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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.