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Coastal and Marine Dynamics

Coastal and Marine Dynamics is a research topic within Earth-Surface Processes. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 19.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to coastal dynamics, including sea-level rise, shoreline change, wave modeling, coastal vulnerability, beach erosion, sediment transport, climate change impacts, coastal management, and remote sensing techniques. The papers collectively aim to understand and address the complex interactions between natural processes and human activities in coastal environments.

  • Coastal Dynamics
  • Sea-Level Rise
  • Shoreline Change
  • Wave Modeling
  • Coastal Vulnerability
  • Beach Erosion
  • Sediment Transport
  • Climate Change Impacts
  • Coastal Management
  • Remote Sensing
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+35%
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Which countries lead Coastal and Marine Dynamics research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 966 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 United States 966 works
  3. 3 India 401 works
  4. 4 France 259 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 252 works
  6. 6 Italy 218 works
  7. 7 Spain 190 works
  8. 8 Australia 187 works
  9. 9 Netherlands 169 works
  10. 10 Japan 163 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: 32.4%United States: 23.3%India: 9.7%France: 6.2%6 others listed: 28.4%32%largest
China1,343 · 32.4%United States966 · 23.3%India401 · 9.7%France259 · 6.2%6 others listed1,178 · 28.4%

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

Which institutions lead Coastal and Marine Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ocean University of China publishes the most Coastal and Marine Dynamics research, followed by Dalian University of Technology and Delft University of Technology.

Who are the leading researchers in Coastal and Marine Dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Coastal and Marine Dynamics include Norden E. Huang.

  1. 1 Norden E. Huang United States 5.4k citations

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

Where is Coastal and Marine Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Coastal and Marine Dynamics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Nanjing (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Vicksburg, Zhoushan and Santander.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 217 works
  2. 2 Qingdao China 149 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 127 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 121 works
  5. 5 Delft Netherlands 92 works
  6. 6 Dalian China 82 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 82 works
  8. 8 Chennai India 62 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 62 works
  10. 10 Paris France 55 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VicksburgUS · 21.6 works114×
  2. ZhoushanCN · 33.1 works28×
  3. SantanderES · 29.0 works23×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Coastal and Marine Dynamics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Coastal and Marine Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, Zhejiang Ocean University, Delft University of Technology and University of Strathclyde 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 30.78%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Zhejiang Ocean University: 32, 29.0%Delft University of Technology: 57, 29.4%University of Strathclyde: 10, 49.7%Ocean University of China: 88, 27.2%Jiangsu University of Science and Technology: 17, 33.1%Dalian University of Technology: 63, 32.1%National Institute of Technology Karnataka: 21, 21.5%East China Normal University: 29, 30.4%University of Plymouth: 15, 33.8%Hohai University: 56, 21.6%University of Strath…Delft University of …Zhejiang Ocean Unive…Ocean University of …
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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 Zhejiang Ocean UniversityChina 70.229.0%32.5×32 +293.5%
2 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 67.829.4%14.4×57 +12.3%
3 University of StrathclydeUnited Kingdom 67.649.7%6.5×10 +382.8%
4 Ocean University of ChinaChina 67.127.2%29.3×88 +25.0%
5 Jiangsu University of Science and TechnologyChina 65.733.1%9.5×17 +265.7%
6 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 63.932.1%11.2×63 -30.2%
7 National Institute of Technology KarnatakaIndia 59.921.5%19.3×21 +184.6%
8 East China Normal UniversityChina 58.230.4%10.1×29 -14.9%
9 University of PlymouthUnited Kingdom 57.933.8%21.4×15 -3.4%
10 Hohai UniversityChina 57.021.6%17.1×56 -22.5%

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 Coastal and Marine Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Coastal and Marine Dynamics.

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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.