Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Fish Ecology and Management Studies is a research topic within Nature and Landscape Conservation. Science Explorer counts 77k research works in it since 1950. 22.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the importance, threats, status, and conservation challenges related to freshwater biodiversity. It covers topics such as flow regulation, hydropower dam construction, environmental flows, invasive species, climate change impacts, fisheries sustainability, and habitat fragmentation in river ecosystems.
- Freshwater Biodiversity
- Conservation Challenges
- Flow Regulation
- Hydropower Dam Construction
- Environmental Flows
- Invasive Species
- Climate Change
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Habitat Fragmentation
- River Ecosystems
- Research works
- 77k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 17k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +8% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Fish Ecology and Management Studies research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.4k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 2.4k works
- 2 China 1.2k works
- 3 Canada 602 works
- 4 India 488 works
- 5 Brazil 440 works
- 6 Australia 380 works
- 7 Japan 344 works
- 8 United Kingdom 319 works
- 9 Russia 316 works
- 10 France 303 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 Fish Ecology and Management Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, United States Geological Survey publishes the most Fish Ecology and Management Studies research, followed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States Geological Survey United States 102 works
- 2 Fisheries and Oceans Canada Canada 88 works
- 3 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 54 works
- 4 All-Russian Research Institute Fisheries and Oceanography Russia 49 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences China 48 works
- 6 United States Fish and Wildlife Service United States 47 works
- 7 NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service United States 42 works
- 8 Shanghai Ocean University China 41 works
- 9 Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency Japan 38 works
- 10 University of British Columbia Canada 37 works
Who are the leading researchers in Fish Ecology and Management Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Fish Ecology and Management Studies include David A. Patterson, Carlos M. Duarte and Lawrence M. Page.
- 1 David A. Patterson 5.1k citations
- 2 Carlos M. Duarte 4.1k citations
- 3 Lawrence M. Page 3.7k citations
- 4 F. Blanc 3.6k citations
- 5 Pierre Legendre 3.5k citations
- 6 Stephen R. Carpenter 3.2k citations
- 7 William M. Gardner 2.7k citations
- 8 Simon A. Levin 2.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Fish Ecology and Management Studies research done?
The largest centres of Fish Ecology and Management Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Ottawa (Canada), Washington D.C. (United States) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bārākpur.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BārākpurIN · 29.7 works129×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fish Ecology and Management Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Fish Ecology and Management Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice and BOKU University 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 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden | 60.5 | 25.7% | 23.1× | 35 | -6.3% |
| 2 | University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice Czechia | 59.0 | 25.8% | 35.8× | 20 | +54.6% |
| 3 | BOKU University Austria | 57.9 | 25.8% | 16.0× | 16 | +55.4% |
| 4 | Norwegian University of Life Sciences Norway | 55.3 | 33.5% | 15.4× | 13 | -22.0% |
| 5 | James Cook University Australia | 55.0 | 28.3% | 15.2× | 20 | -9.9% |
| 6 | Murdoch University Australia | 53.6 | 28.7% | 10.8× | 11 | +12.8% |
| 7 | Carleton University Canada | 52.4 | 30.8% | 8.0× | 22 | +16.0% |
| 8 | Charles Sturt University Australia | 52.1 | 26.4% | 9.3× | 12 | +81.9% |
| 9 | Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique Canada | 51.8 | 30.3% | 12.9× | 10 | +1.3% |
| 10 | Shanghai Ocean University China | 51.3 | 21.1% | 18.5× | 41 | -53.4% |
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 Fish Ecology and Management Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Fish Ecology and Management Studies.
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.