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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. 3.6% 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%
607
per year above
Top-10% rate
3.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+168%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Marine and Coastal Ecosystems research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (6.3k and 84 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 6.3k works
  2. 2 ?? 84 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 76 works
  4. 4 United States 67 works
  5. 5 India 50 works
  6. 6 Philippines 37 works
  7. 7 China 30 works
  8. 8 Canada 23 works
  9. 9 Japan 22 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 21 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: 93.8%??: 1.3%Malaysia: 1.1%United States: 1.0%6 others listed: 2.7%94%largest
Indonesia6,258 · 93.8%??84 · 1.3%Malaysia76 · 1.1%United States67 · 1.0%6 others listed183 · 2.7%

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

Which institutions lead Marine and Coastal Ecosystems research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Diponegoro University publishes the most Marine and Coastal Ecosystems research, followed by IPB University and University of Mataram.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 266 works
  2. 2 IPB UniversityIndonesia 218 works
  3. 3 University of MataramIndonesia 202 works
  4. 4 University of PattimuraIndonesia 170 works
  5. 5 Riau UniversityIndonesia 170 works
  6. 6 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia 143 works
  7. 7 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 130 works
  8. 8 Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia 118 works
  9. 9 Sam Ratulangi UniversityIndonesia 118 works
  10. 10 Universitas Halu OleoIndonesia 114 works

Where is Marine and Coastal Ecosystems research done?

The largest centres of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 540 works
  2. 2 Semarang Indonesia 428 works
  3. 3 Makassar Indonesia 351 works
  4. 4 Surabaya Indonesia 316 works
  5. 5 Bogor Indonesia 302 works
  6. 6 Bandung Indonesia 250 works
  7. 7 Mataram Indonesia 228 works
  8. 8 Pekanbaru Indonesia 190 works
  9. 9 Malang Indonesia 189 works
  10. 10 Medan Indonesia 188 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Tanjung PinangID · 102.3 works140×
  2. ManokwariID · 37.2 works84×
  3. PangkalpinangID · 74.8 works68×
  4. Ambon CityID · 184.2 works64×
  5. MeulabohID · 53.2 works61×
  6. TernateID · 63.6 works61×
  7. TarakanID · 29.7 works59×
  8. KendariID · 127.5 works44×
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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, IPB University, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology and Hasanuddin 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%2.5%5%7.5%mean 2.95%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →IPB University: 218, 3.5%Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology: 37, 6.8%Hasanuddin University: 143, 2.8%University of Mataram: 202, 1.7%University of Brawijaya: 112, 2.1%Universitas Sumatera Utara: 55, 3.5%Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji: 102, 2.2%Cenderawasih University: 33, 4.5%Padjadjaran University: 130, 1.4%University of Pattimura: 170, 1.0%Sepuluh Nopember Ins…IPB UniversityHasanuddin UniversityUniversity of Mataram
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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 IPB UniversityIndonesia 70.13.5%58.7×218 +335.3%
2 Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 69.76.8%13.3×37 +431.6%
3 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia 65.32.8%32.8×143 +427.7%
4 University of MataramIndonesia 63.61.7%37.8×202 +929.5%
5 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 61.92.1%19.4×112 +494.4%
6 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 61.73.5%12.8×55 +694.7%
7 Universitas Maritim Raja Ali HajiIndonesia 61.42.2%139.9×102 +3050.4%
8 Cenderawasih UniversityIndonesia 61.44.5%38.0×33 +565.0%
9 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 60.81.4%23.9×130 +440.8%
10 University of PattimuraIndonesia 60.71.0%68.3×170 +403.1%

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 Marine and Coastal Ecosystems research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 168% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.