Echinoderm biology and ecology
Echinoderm biology and ecology is a research topic within Aquatic Science. Science Explorer counts 9.1k research works in it since 1950. 24.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
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- Sea Cucumbers
- Functional Foods
- Aquaculture
- Triterpene Glycosides
- Regeneration
- Echinodermata
- Biological Activities
- Pharmacological Potential
- Holothuroidea
- Sustainable Management
- Research works
- 9.1k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 24.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +28% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Echinoderm biology and ecology research?
By volume, China and Indonesia publish the most (380 and 160 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 380 works
- 2 Indonesia 160 works
- 3 United States 122 works
- 4 India 67 works
- 5 Russia 57 works
- 6 Japan 56 works
- 7 France 47 works
- 8 Australia 43 works
- 9 Italy 40 works
- 10 South Korea 39 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 Echinoderm biology and ecology research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Dalian Ocean University publishes the most Echinoderm biology and ecology research, followed by Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Dalian Ocean UniversityChina 30 works
- 2 Ocean University of ChinaChina 29 works
- 3 Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyChina 19 works
- 4 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 18 works
- 5 Ningbo UniversityChina 16 works
- 6 Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 14 works
- 7 Institute of OceanologyChina 13 works
- 8 A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 13 works
- 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 12 works
- 10 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 10 works
Who are the leading researchers in Echinoderm biology and ecology?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Echinoderm biology and ecology include Fereidoon Shahidi, Philippe Dúbois and Carl Djerassi.
- 1 Fereidoon Shahidi Canada 2.2k citations
- 2 Philippe Dúbois Belgium 2k citations
- 3 Carl Djerassi United States 1.9k citations
- 4 David Lane United States 1.4k citations
- 5 Peter Perlmann Sweden 1.3k citations
- 6 Eric H. Davidson United States 1.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Echinoderm biology and ecology research done?
The largest centres of Echinoderm biology and ecology research in 2022–2025 are Qingdao (China), Dalian (China), Beijing (China) and Vladivostok (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Vladivostok, Qingdao and Dalian.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- VladivostokRU · 31.8 works63×
- QingdaoCN · 78.2 works15×
- DalianCN · 57.6 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Echinoderm biology and ecology than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Echinoderm biology and ecology?
Among universities, judged by research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Dalian Ocean University and Ocean University of China 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 | Memorial University of NewfoundlandCanada | 80.0 | 50.4% | 28.8× | 9 | +303.6% |
| 2 | Dalian Ocean UniversityChina | 66.8 | 33.5% | 253.7× | 30 | -30.3% |
| 3 | Ocean University of ChinaChina | 66.7 | 31.4% | 37.8× | 29 | -51.3% |
| 4 | Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina | 65.9 | 47.0% | 54.1× | 14 | +22.4% |
| 5 | Ningbo UniversityChina | 61.5 | 20.0% | 19.7× | 16 | +154.2% |
| 6 | Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia | 29.5 | 3.2% | 8.0× | 10 | +87.3% |
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 Echinoderm biology and ecology research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Echinoderm biology and ecology.
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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.