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Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

Marine and Coastal Ecosystems is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1956. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to the human impact on marine ecology and fisheries, including studies on water quality, biodiversity, heavy metal contamination, sustainable livelihoods of fishing communities, climate change adaptation, and the economic development of coastal regions. The papers also explore the dynamics of marine ecosystems and the management of fisheries resources.

  • Marine Ecology
  • Fisheries Management
  • Environmental Impact
  • Water Quality
  • Biodiversity
  • Heavy Metals
  • Sustainable Livelihoods
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Community Dynamics
  • Economic Development
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1956
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+23%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
94% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

Which countries lead Marine and Coastal Ecosystems research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (6.9k and 95 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 6.9k works
  2. 2 ?? 95 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 84 works
  4. 4 United States 78 works
  5. 5 India 57 works
  6. 6 Philippines 43 works
  7. 7 China 39 works
  8. 8 Japan 27 works
  9. 9 Canada 27 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 23 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: 93.6%??: 1.3%Malaysia: 1.1%United States: 1.1%6 others listed: 2.9%94%largest
Indonesia6,946 · 93.6%??95 · 1.3%Malaysia84 · 1.1%United States78 · 1.1%6 others listed215 · 2.9%

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

Which institutions lead Marine and Coastal Ecosystems research?

By volume in 2022-now, Diponegoro University publishes the most Marine and Coastal Ecosystems research, followed by IPB University and University of Mataram.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 289 works
  2. 2 IPB UniversityIndonesia 237 works
  3. 3 University of MataramIndonesia 223 works
  4. 4 University of PattimuraIndonesia 181 works
  5. 5 Riau UniversityIndonesia 179 works
  6. 6 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia 155 works
  7. 7 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 144 works
  8. 8 Sam Ratulangi UniversityIndonesia 132 works
  9. 9 Universitas Halu OleoIndonesia 129 works
  10. 10 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 124 works

Who are the leading researchers in Marine and Coastal Ecosystems?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Marine and Coastal Ecosystems include Daniel F Pauly and Hisao Ogawa.

  1. 1 Daniel F Pauly Canada 91k citations
  2. 2 Hisao Ogawa Japan 62k 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 Marine and Coastal Ecosystems?

The most cited paper in Marine and Coastal Ecosystems is "Marine biodiversity: patterns, threats and conservation needs" (John S. Gray, 1997), with 720 citations. Next come "Influence of live coral cover on coral-reef fish communities" (465) and "Conservation and management of seahorses and other Syngnathidae" (308).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Marine biodiversity: patterns, threats and conservation needs John S. Gray · Biodiversity and Conservation 1997 720
2 Influence of live coral cover on coral-reef fish communities JO Bell, René Galzin · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 1984 465
3 Conservation and management of seahorses and other Syngnathidae Amanda C. J. Vincent, Sarah J. Foster, Heather J. Koldewey · Journal of Fish Biology Jun 2011 308
4 A global review of seahorse aquaculture Heather J. Koldewey, Keith M. Martin–Smith · Aquaculture Open access 30 Nov 2009 268
5 Sea cucumber culture, farming and sea ranching in the tropics: Progress, problems and opportunities Steven W. Purcell, Cathy A. Hair, David Jonathan Mills · Aquaculture 7 Sep 2012 259
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Marine and Coastal Ecosystems research done?

The largest centres of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Semarang (Indonesia), Makassar (Indonesia) and Surabaya (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tanjung Pinang, Manokwari and Pangkalpinang.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 600 works
  2. 2 SemarangIndonesia 469 works
  3. 3 MakassarIndonesia 386 works
  4. 4 SurabayaIndonesia 366 works
  5. 5 BogorIndonesia 330 works
  6. 6 BandungIndonesia 281 works
  7. 7 MataramIndonesia 256 works
  8. 8 MedanIndonesia 213 works
  9. 9 MalangIndonesia 205 works
  10. 10 PekanbaruIndonesia 201 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Tanjung PinangID · 109.1 works138×
  2. ManokwariID · 39.7 works84×
  3. PangkalpinangID · 78.8 works66×
  4. Ambon CityID · 196.3 works65×
  5. MeulabohID · 54.5 works61×
  6. TernateID · 67.7 works60×
  7. TarakanID · 32.2 works59×
  8. KendariID · 143.6 works46×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Marine and Coastal Ecosystems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Marine and Coastal Ecosystems?

Among universities, judged by research, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Universitas Pekalongan and University of Mataram score highest, combining citation 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 14.01%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universitas PekalonganUniversiti Malaysia …IPB UniversityUniversity of Mataram
above the meannear itbelow it

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.

Citation 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
1Universiti Malaysia TerengganuMalaysia 68.222.5%15.3×14 +50.9%
2Universitas PekalonganIndonesia 66.926.8%12.9×17 +63.2%
3University of MataramIndonesia 66.311.5%42.6×223 +78.9%
4IPB UniversityIndonesia 62.612.5%65.0×237 -13.2%
5Universitas Maritim Raja Ali HajiIndonesia 61.411.6%152.1×109 +24.0%
6Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 60.712.8%56.6×289 -32.9%
7Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia 60.412.1%36.2×155 +3.3%
8Trunojoyo UniversityIndonesia 59.513.8%37.3×64 +32.2%
9Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 59.38.8%25.5×144 +11.4%
10University of PattimuraIndonesia 59.07.7%74.0×181 +94.9%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, country by country

Is Marine and Coastal Ecosystems research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Marine and Coastal Ecosystems.

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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 Marine and Coastal Ecosystems as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Marine and Coastal Ecosystems0.029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems 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%Marine and Coastal Ecosystems9.5% in 202520102020

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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