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International Maritime Law Issues

International Maritime Law Issues is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the legal, scientific, and commercial aspects of marine genetic resources, focusing on access and benefit sharing, biodiversity conservation, and the implications of international law such as UNCLOS and the Nagoya Protocol. It also delves into issues related to bioprospecting, continental shelf delimitation, and governance of high seas for environmental protection.

  • Marine Genetic Resources
  • Access and Benefit Sharing
  • International Law
  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • UNCLOS
  • Nagoya Protocol
  • Bioprospecting
  • Continental Shelf Delimitation
  • High Seas Governance
  • Environmental Protection
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+15%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
25% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
International Maritime Law Issues

Which countries lead International Maritime Law Issues research?

By volume, Indonesia and China publish the most (501 and 328 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 501 works
  2. 2 China 328 works
  3. 3 United States 312 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 206 works
  5. 5 Australia 153 works
  6. 6 France 127 works
  7. 7 India 113 works
  8. 8 Germany 90 works
  9. 9 Canada 71 works
  10. 10 Russia 70 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.

Indonesia: 25.4%China: 16.6%United States: 15.8%United Kingdom: 10.5%6 others listed: 31.6%25%largest
Indonesia501 · 25.4%China328 · 16.6%United States312 · 15.8%United Kingdom206 · 10.5%6 others listed624 · 31.6%

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

Which institutions lead International Maritime Law Issues research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indonesia Defense University publishes the most International Maritime Law Issues research, followed by Dalian Maritime University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia Defense UniversityIndonesia 47 works
  2. 2 Dalian Maritime UniversityChina 34 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 33 works
  4. 4 University of WollongongAustralia 26 works
  5. 5 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 25 works
  6. 6 World Maritime UniversitySweden 23 works
  7. 7 Nantes UniversitéFrance 22 works
  8. 8 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 22 works
  9. 9 Wuhan UniversityChina 21 works
  10. 10 Ocean University of ChinaChina 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in International Maritime Law Issues?

The most-cited researchers publishing on International Maritime Law Issues include David John Hunter, Carlos Manuel Duarte and Johan Rockström.

  1. 1 David John Hunter Australia 211k citations
  2. 2 Carlos Manuel Duarte Saudi Arabia 152k citations
  3. 3 Johan Rockström Sweden 128k 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 International Maritime Law Issues?

The most cited paper in International Maritime Law Issues is "The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change" (Philippe Sands, 1992), with 3,629 citations. Next come "The Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources" (1,134) and "The importance of marine spatial planning in advancing ecosystem-based sea use management" (1,027).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Philippe Sands · Review of European Community & International Environmental Law Sep 1992 3,629
2 The Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources Kal Raustiala, David G. Victor · International Organization Apr 2004 1,134
3 The importance of marine spatial planning in advancing ecosystem-based sea use management Fanny Douvere · Marine Policy 25 Jun 2008 1,027
4 International Maritime Organization Jerneja Penca · The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 2009 855
5 Early origins and evolution of microRNAs and Piwi-interacting RNAs in animals Andrew W. Grimson, Mansi Srivastava, Bryony Fahey et al. · Nature Open access Oct 2008 779
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is International Maritime Law Issues research done?

The largest centres of International Maritime Law Issues research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Moscow (Russia), Bogor (Indonesia) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Malmo, Wollongong and Nantes.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 74 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 53 works
  3. 3 BogorIndonesia 53 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 50 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 50 works
  6. 6 DalianChina 44 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 44 works
  8. 8 Washington D.C.United States 39 works
  9. 9 SurabayaIndonesia 39 works
  10. 10 BandungIndonesia 38 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MalmoSE · 22.8 works68×
  2. WollongongAU · 25.7 works29×
  3. NantesFR · 24.0 works14×
  4. BogorID · 52.7 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in International Maritime Law Issues than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study International Maritime Law Issues?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Wollongong, Ocean University of China and Dalian Maritime 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 15.12%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Ocean University of …Dalian Maritime Univ…University of Wollon…World Maritime Unive…
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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
1University of WollongongAustralia 78.718.9%30.9×26 +58.6%
2Ocean University of ChinaChina 77.525.7%13.9×20 +255.5%
3Dalian Maritime UniversityChina 75.620.3%33.7×34 +129.0%
4World Maritime UniversitySweden 66.212.7%601.1×23 +100.9%
5University of BristolUnited Kingdom 56.712.5%7.5×12 +271.1%
6Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 55.217.3%5.6×11 -11.2%
7Indonesia Defense UniversityIndonesia 54.20.8%134.2×47 +94.0%
8UiT The Arctic University of NorwayNorway 54.211.3%28.5×14 -26.6%
9East China University of Political Science and LawChina 51.019.9%125.3×10 +171.9%
10Australian National UniversityAustralia 48.011.8%8.9×13 -6.6%

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 International Maritime Law Issues, country by country

Is International Maritime Law Issues research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are International Maritime Law Issues.

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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 International Maritime Law Issues as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

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Fractional works of International Maritime Law Issues 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%International Maritime Law Issues10.3% 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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