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Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Isotope Analysis in Ecology is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 48k research works in it since 1950. 25.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of stable isotopes in trophic ecology, including estimating trophic position, analyzing food webs, conducting isotope analysis for ecological studies, exploring carbon and nitrogen dynamics, and investigating terrestrial-aquatic linkages. The papers cover a wide range of topics such as Bayesian mixing models, diet reconstruction, and ecosystem structure.

  • Stable Isotopes
  • Trophic Position
  • Food Web
  • Isotope Analysis
  • Ecological Studies
  • Carbon and Nitrogen
  • Ecosystem Structure
  • Bayesian Mixing Models
  • Diet Reconstruction
  • Terrestrial-Aquatic Linkages
Research works
48k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
12k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
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Which countries lead Isotope Analysis in Ecology research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.2k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.2k works
  2. 2 China 1.1k works
  3. 3 France 375 works
  4. 4 Japan 314 works
  5. 5 Germany 285 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 262 works
  7. 7 Canada 256 works
  8. 8 Brazil 202 works
  9. 9 Russia 192 works
  10. 10 Spain 175 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.

United States: 28.3%China: 24.4%France: 8.6%Japan: 7.2%6 others listed: 31.5%28%largest
United States1,235 · 28.3%China1,066 · 24.4%France375 · 8.6%Japan314 · 7.2%6 others listed1,372 · 31.5%

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

Which institutions lead Isotope Analysis in Ecology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Isotope Analysis in Ecology research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 73 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 57 works
  3. 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 32 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 30 works
  5. 5 Ocean University of ChinaChina 29 works
  6. 6 The University of TokyoJapan 25 works
  7. 7 United States Geological SurveyUnited States 21 works
  8. 8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 21 works
  9. 9 Japan Fisheries Research and Education AgencyJapan 21 works
  10. 10 China University of GeosciencesChina 20 works

Where is Isotope Analysis in Ecology research done?

The largest centres of Isotope Analysis in Ecology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Moscow (Russia) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 315 works
  2. 2 Paris France 132 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 88 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 82 works
  5. 5 Qingdao China 69 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 69 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 67 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 51 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C. United States 50 works
  10. 10 Ottawa Canada 49 works
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Where is the best place to study Isotope Analysis in Ecology?

Among universities, judged by research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University and UiT The Arctic University of Norway 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 23.87%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 11, 25.7%Shanghai Ocean University: 30, 17.0%UiT The Arctic University of Norway: 10, 28.0%California Institute of Technology: 15, 24.8%University of Bremen: 13, 27.7%Ocean University of China: 29, 16.7%China University of Geosciences: 20, 28.4%University of California, Santa Cruz: 12, 26.9%Universidade Federal do Rio Grande: 10, 13.3%University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa: 10, 30.2%UiT The Arctic Unive…Swedish University o…California Institute…Shanghai Ocean Unive…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 56.925.7%11.4×11 +13.4%
2 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 56.117.0%21.4×30 +56.9%
3 UiT The Arctic University of NorwayNorway 53.828.0%10.0×10 -13.2%
4 California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 53.724.8%10.5×15 -8.2%
5 University of BremenGermany 52.827.7%8.9×13 +23.1%
6 Ocean University of ChinaChina 51.716.7%9.4×29 +20.0%
7 China University of GeosciencesChina 51.528.4%7.3×20 +10.1%
8 University of California, Santa CruzUnited States 51.526.9%10.3×12 -14.7%
9 Universidade Federal do Rio GrandeBrazil 51.213.3%10.5×10 +166.8%
10 University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaUnited States 50.330.2%8.4×10 +0.1%

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 Isotope Analysis in Ecology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2009.

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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.

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.