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Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Fish Biology and Ecology Studies is a research topic within Aquatic Science. Science Explorer counts 47k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the length-weight relationships, morphology, biodiversity, and biogeography of various fish species, with an emphasis on freshwater ecosystems. It also explores genetic diversity, conservation, and the influence of environmental factors on fish populations.

  • Fish
  • Length-Weight Relationships
  • Morphology
  • Biodiversity
  • Biogeography
  • Freshwater
  • Conservation
  • Genetic Diversity
  • Phylogenetic Analysis
  • Environmental Factors
Research works
47k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Which countries lead Fish Biology and Ecology Studies research?

By volume, India and Indonesia publish the most (1.3k and 882 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 1.3k works
  2. 2 Indonesia 882 works
  3. 3 United States 668 works
  4. 4 Brazil 577 works
  5. 5 China 537 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 414 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 293 works
  8. 8 Bangladesh 261 works
  9. 9 Russia 242 works
  10. 10 Iraq 226 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.

India: 24.4%Indonesia: 16.3%United States: 12.3%Brazil: 10.6%6 others listed: 36.4%24%largest
India1,324 · 24.4%Indonesia882 · 16.3%United States668 · 12.3%Brazil577 · 10.6%6 others listed1,972 · 36.4%

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

Which institutions lead Fish Biology and Ecology Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Fish Biology and Ecology Studies research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and University of Basrah.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 264 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 120 works
  3. 3 University of BasrahIraq 109 works
  4. 4 Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde StuttgartGermany 74 works
  5. 5 Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael 65 works
  6. 6 Zoological Survey of IndiaIndia 64 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 64 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 53 works
  9. 9 National Institute of Oceanography and FisheriesEgypt 45 works
  10. 10 IPB UniversityIndonesia 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Fish Biology and Ecology Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Fish Biology and Ecology Studies include Eric S. Lander, Richard M. Durbin and Jun Wang.

  1. 1 Eric S. Lander United States 524k citations
  2. 2 Richard M. Durbin United Kingdom 410k citations
  3. 3 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  4. 4 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  5. 5 Huanming Yang China 246k citations
  6. 6 Steven J.M. Jones Canada 200k citations
  7. 7 Paul M. Thompson United States 196k citations
  8. 8 Stephen R. Carpenter United States 165k citations
  9. 9 Carlos Manuel Duarte Saudi Arabia 152k 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 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies?

The most cited paper in Fish Biology and Ecology Studies is "Stomach contents analysis—a review of methods and their application" (Eric J. Hyslop, 1980), with 4,422 citations. Next come "DNA barcoding Australia's fish species" (4,368) and "Cube law, condition factor and weight-length relationships: history, meta-analysis and recommendations" (4,242).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Stomach contents analysis—a review of methods and their application Eric J. Hyslop · Journal of Fish Biology Oct 1980 4,422
2 DNA barcoding Australia's fish species Robert DeC. Ward, Tyler Zemlak, Bronwyn H Innes et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 15 Sep 2005 4,368
3 Cube law, condition factor and weight-length relationships: history, meta-analysis and recommendations Rainer Froese · Journal of Applied Ichthyology 7 Jul 2006 4,242
4 Normal table of Xenopus laevis (Daudin) John Bertrand Gurdon · Trends in Genetics Oct 1995 2,889
5 ALLOMETRY AND SIZE IN ONTOGENY AND PHYLOGENY Stephen Jay Gould · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Review Nov 1966 2,332
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Where is Fish Biology and Ecology Studies research done?

The largest centres of Fish Biology and Ecology Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Ernakulam (India), Basra (Iraq) and Kolkata (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bārākpur, Nagapattinam and Mymensingh.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 132 works
  2. 2 ErnakulamIndia 113 works
  3. 3 BasraIraq 110 works
  4. 4 KolkataIndia 110 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 108 works
  6. 6 JakartaIndonesia 105 works
  7. 7 São PauloBrazil 84 works
  8. 8 DhakaBangladesh 76 works
  9. 9 StuttgartGermany 74 works
  10. 10 MymensinghBangladesh 70 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BārākpurIN · 41.6 works196×
  2. NagapattinamIN · 30.6 works98×
  3. MymensinghBD · 69.6 works59×
  4. SuncheonKR · 32.8 works45×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fish Biology and Ecology Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Fish Biology and Ecology Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Sylhet Agricultural University, James Cook University and University of Crete 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 17.96%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Guizhou Normal Unive…James Cook UniversitySylhet Agricultural …University of Crete
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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
1Sylhet Agricultural UniversityBangladesh 59.923.4%82.1×19 +28.1%
2James Cook UniversityAustralia 57.134.0%7.4×9 -24.3%
3University of CreteGreece 55.66.3%38.4×37 +100.5%
4Guizhou Normal UniversityChina 55.242.3%10.2×8 -
5University of BasrahIraq 53.91.8%61.5×109 +56.7%
6Universidade do PortoPortugal 50.931.3%1.6×8 +29.6%
7Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 50.317.3%15.7×28 +56.2%
8Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael 50.06.1%15.8×65 -15.8%
9Can Tho UniversityVietnam 49.98.9%25.1×30 +45.4%
10Khulna UniversityBangladesh 47.88.2%40.5×26 +270.9%

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 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, country by country

Is Fish Biology and Ecology Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Fish Biology and Ecology 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fish Biology and Ecology Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.037% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Fish Biology and Ecology Studies0.036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fish Biology and Ecology Studies 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%Fish Biology and Ecology Studies9.7% 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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