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Coastal and Marine Management

Coastal and Marine Management is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the importance of marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based management in achieving sustainable use of marine resources. It addresses topics such as integrated coastal management, ocean governance, the blue economy, cumulative impacts, stakeholder engagement, and the assessment of ecosystem health. The cluster emphasizes the need for a holistic approach to managing marine environments while considering the socioeconomic aspects and aligning with sustainable development goals.

  • Marine Spatial Planning
  • Ecosystem-Based Management
  • Integrated Coastal Management
  • Ocean Governance
  • Blue Economy
  • Cumulative Impacts
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Coastal Zone Management
  • Ecosystem Health
  • Sustainable Development Goals
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+22%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Coastal and Marine Management

Which countries lead Coastal and Marine Management research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.1k and 886 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.1k works
  2. 2 United States 886 works
  3. 3 Brazil 510 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 486 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 402 works
  6. 6 India 313 works
  7. 7 France 293 works
  8. 8 Australia 288 works
  9. 9 Italy 230 works
  10. 10 Spain 220 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: 22.6%United States: 18.9%Brazil: 10.9%Indonesia: 10.4%6 others listed: 37.2%23%largest
China1,058 · 22.6%United States886 · 18.9%Brazil510 · 10.9%Indonesia486 · 10.4%6 others listed1,745 · 37.2%

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

Which institutions lead Coastal and Marine Management research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Coastal and Marine Management research, followed by Ocean University of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 115 works
  2. 2 Ocean University of ChinaChina 83 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 59 works
  4. 4 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 45 works
  5. 5 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina 42 works
  6. 6 National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUnited States 35 works
  7. 7 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 27 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 26 works
  9. 9 UiT The Arctic University of NorwayNorway 25 works
  10. 10 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Coastal and Marine Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Coastal and Marine Management include Jun Wang, Philippe Ciais and Paul M. Thompson.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  3. 3 Paul M. Thompson United States 196k citations
  4. 4 F. Stuart Chapin United States 185k citations
  5. 5 Carl Folke Sweden 182k 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 Coastal and Marine Management?

The most cited paper in Coastal and Marine Management is "Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity" (Johan Rockström et al., 2009), with 7,171 citations. Next come "Spreading Dead Zones and Consequences for Marine Ecosystems" (6,753) and "A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems" (6,637).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity Johan Rockström et al. · Ecology and Society Open access 2009 7,171
2 Spreading Dead Zones and Consequences for Marine Ecosystems Robert J. Díaz, Rutger Rosenberg · Science 14 Aug 2008 6,753
3 A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems Benjamin S. Halpern, Shaun Walbridge, Kimberly A. Selkoe et al. · Science Open access 14 Feb 2008 6,637
4 Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg, Peter J. Mumby, Anthony J. Hooten et al. · Science Open access 13 Dec 2007 5,989
5 Depletion, Degradation, and Recovery Potential of Estuaries and Coastal Seas Heike K. Lotze, Hunter S. Lenihan, Bruce J. Bourque et al. · Science 22 Jun 2006 3,407
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Where is Coastal and Marine Management research done?

The largest centres of Coastal and Marine Management research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Shanghai (China) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Campeche and Malmo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 183 works
  2. 2 QingdaoChina 131 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 85 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 84 works
  5. 5 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 69 works
  6. 6 JakartaIndonesia 68 works
  7. 7 DalianChina 65 works
  8. 8 São PauloBrazil 63 works
  9. 9 LondonUnited Kingdom 58 works
  10. 10 NanjingChina 54 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CampecheMX · 21.5 works46×
  2. MalmoSE · 21.2 works26×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Coastal and Marine Management than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, Ocean University of China, Wageningen University & Research and University of Portsmouth 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 25.42%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Portsm…The University of Qu…Wageningen Universit…Ocean University of …
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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
1Ocean University of ChinaChina 67.915.5%24.6×83 +84.9%
2Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 65.622.0%7.5×18 +2.4%
3University of PortsmouthUnited Kingdom 63.029.6%14.7×15 +39.0%
4The University of QueenslandAustralia 62.022.4%2.9×19 +37.3%
5University of British ColumbiaCanada 61.738.8%1.8×14 -0.8%
6Deakin UniversityAustralia 61.039.8%2.9×9 +184.8%
7The University of Western AustraliaAustralia 60.020.8%5.4×16 +60.5%
8James Cook UniversityAustralia 59.720.4%12.4×12 -26.1%
9Oregon State UniversityUnited States 59.234.2%6.3×12 +21.8%
10UiT The Arctic University of NorwayNorway 59.010.7%21.2×25 +37.7%

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 Coastal and Marine Management, country by country

Is Coastal and Marine Management research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Coastal and Marine Management.

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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 Coastal and Marine Management as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.034% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Coastal and Marine Management0.036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Coastal and Marine Management 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%Coastal and Marine Management10.0% 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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