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Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics is a research topic within Environmental Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the phenomenon of eutrophication in freshwater and coastal marine ecosystems, particularly its role in promoting harmful algal blooms dominated by cyanobacteria. The papers discuss the links between eutrophication, climate change, nutrient control, and the management of lakes and reservoirs to mitigate the impacts of harmful algal blooms. Additionally, they explore the ecological and health implications of toxins produced by cyanobacteria in the context of eutrophication.

  • Eutrophication
  • Harmful Algal Blooms
  • Cyanobacteria
  • Nutrient Control
  • Climate Change
  • Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Toxins
  • Phosphorus
  • Lake Management
  • Water Quality
Research works
41k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
42% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Which countries lead Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.1k and 890 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.1k works
  2. 2 United States 890 works
  3. 3 Brazil 454 works
  4. 4 India 404 works
  5. 5 Russia 248 works
  6. 6 Canada 211 works
  7. 7 Germany 208 works
  8. 8 France 205 works
  9. 9 Japan 189 works
  10. 10 Spain 185 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: 41.7%United States: 17.3%Brazil: 8.8%India: 7.9%6 others listed: 24.3%42%largest
China2,140 · 41.7%United States890 · 17.3%Brazil454 · 8.8%India404 · 7.9%6 others listed1,247 · 24.3%

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

Which institutions lead Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 317 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 136 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 81 works
  4. 4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 60 works
  5. 5 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 56 works
  6. 6 Hohai UniversityChina 52 works
  7. 7 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 38 works
  8. 8 Nanjing Normal UniversityChina 37 works
  9. 9 Leibniz AssociationGermany 36 works
  10. 10 Chinese Research Academy of Environmental SciencesChina 33 works

Who are the leading researchers in Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics include Heng Li, Kai You Wang and Lei Jiang.

  1. 1 Heng Li United States 270k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  4. 4 David Tilman United States 209k citations
  5. 5 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations
  6. 6 Yuming Guo Australia 175k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics?

The most cited paper in Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics is "Generic Assignments, Strain Histories and Properties of Pure Cultures of Cyanobacteria" (Rosmarie Rippka, Roger Y. Stanier, Josette Deruelles et al., 1979), with 7,814 citations. Next come "NONPOINT POLLUTION OF SURFACE WATERS WITH PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN" (5,882) and "Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems" (4,676).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Generic Assignments, Strain Histories and Properties of Pure Cultures of Cyanobacteria Rosmarie Rippka, Roger Y. Stanier, Josette Deruelles et al. · Microbiology Mar 1979 7,814
2 NONPOINT POLLUTION OF SURFACE WATERS WITH PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN Stephen R. Carpenter, N. F. Caraco, David L. Correll et al. · Ecological Applications Aug 1998 5,882
3 Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems James J. Elser, Matthew E. S. Bracken, Elsa E. Cleland et al. · Ecology Letters Open access 8 Oct 2007 4,676
4 A trophic state index for lakes1 Robert E. Carlson · Limnology and Oceanography Mar 1977 4,337
5 Controlling Eutrophication: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Daniel J. Conley, Hans W. Paerl, Robert Warren Howarth et al. · Science 19 Feb 2009 3,953
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Wuhan (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Borok, Iligan City and Chattanooga.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 504 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 246 works
  3. 3 WuhanChina 150 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 93 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 87 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 79 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 73 works
  8. 8 KunmingChina 70 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 69 works
  10. 10 Xi'anChina 56 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BorokRU · 26.6 works160×
  2. Iligan CityPH · 23.3 works27×
  3. ChattanoogaUS · 22.2 works24×
  4. RethymnoGR · 27.9 works22×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hohai University and Universidade do Porto 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%mean 18.99%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade do PortoUniversity of Chines…Beijing Normal Unive…Hohai University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 69.020.3%5.6×60 -0.5%
2Hohai UniversityChina 66.716.0%13.4×52 +15.7%
3Universidade do PortoPortugal 61.122.7%4.7×20 +23.0%
4Beijing Normal UniversityChina 60.519.1%5.3×28 +48.5%
5Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 57.729.8%7.9×16 +18.9%
6Nanjing Normal UniversityChina 57.410.0%15.3×37 +33.5%
7China University of GeosciencesChina 55.420.7%5.7×17 +179.7%
8University of HelsinkiFinland 54.311.0%4.4×20 +28.7%
9Tongji UniversityChina 53.018.5%2.2×22 +23.5%
10Nanjing UniversityChina 51.921.8%2.9×18 +38.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, country by country

Is Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics.

still counting19801990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics0.033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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