Marine and Coastal Research
Marine and Coastal Research is a research topic within Ocean Engineering. Science Explorer counts 5.6k research works in it since 1950. 5.9% 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 marine safety, industrial risk management, and accident prevention in various industries such as shipbuilding, nuclear power plants, and aquaculture. It includes studies on fire resistance design, human error analysis, wireless sensor networks, and the application of augmented reality in education. The focus is on enhancing safety measures and preventing accidents in marine and industrial environments.
- Marine Safety
- Industrial Risk Management
- Chemical Accidents Prevention
- Shipbuilding Industry
- Fire Resistance Design
- Nuclear Power Plants
- Aquaculture Production Efficiency
- Human Error Analysis
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Augmented Reality Education
- Research works
- 5.6k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 331 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -13% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Marine and Coastal Research research?
By volume, China and South Korea publish the most (405 and 286 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 405 works
- 2 South Korea 286 works
- 3 Japan 105 works
- 4 United States 65 works
- 5 Indonesia 59 works
- 6 India 42 works
- 7 Russia 25 works
- 8 Türkiye 25 works
- 9 United Kingdom 22 works
- 10 Egypt 16 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Marine and Coastal Research research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Dalian Maritime University publishes the most Marine and Coastal Research research, followed by Shanghai Maritime University and Wuhan University of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Dalian Maritime UniversityChina 28 works
- 2 Shanghai Maritime UniversityChina 25 works
- 3 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 20 works
- 4 Korea Institute of Ocean Science and TechnologySouth Korea 19 works
- 5 Korea Maritime and Ocean UniversitySouth Korea 16 works
- 6 China General Nuclear Power Corporation (China)China 12 works
- 7 Beijing Language and Culture UniversityChina 9 works
- 8 Pukyong National UniversitySouth Korea 9 works
- 9 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 8 works
- 10 China Waterborne Transport Research InstituteChina 8 works
Who are the leading researchers in Marine and Coastal Research?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Marine and Coastal Research include C. Guedes Soares and Hyoung Seop Kim.
- 1 C. Guedes Soares Portugal 2.7k citations
- 2 Hyoung Seop Kim South Korea 2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Marine and Coastal Research research done?
The largest centres of Marine and Coastal Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Busan (South Korea) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Busan, Daejeon and Dalian.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BusanKR · 66.9 works61×
- DaejeonKR · 34.4 works16×
- DalianCN · 34.2 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Marine and Coastal Research than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Marine and Coastal Research?
Among universities, judged by research, Dalian Maritime University, Wuhan University of Technology and Shanghai 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.
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 | Dalian Maritime UniversityChina | 61.8 | 22.4% | 64.0× | 28 | +0.7% |
| 2 | Wuhan University of TechnologyChina | 57.0 | 18.2% | 20.2× | 20 | +29.7% |
| 3 | Shanghai Maritime UniversityChina | 47.1 | 19.5% | 84.1× | 25 | -54.9% |
| 4 | Korea Maritime and Ocean UniversitySouth Korea | 44.0 | 19.9% | 296.2× | 16 | -69.1% |
| 5 | Harbin Engineering UniversityChina | 29.4 | 8.7% | 13.1× | 8 | +30.7% |
| 6 | Pukyong National UniversitySouth Korea | 28.7 | 12.1% | 48.0× | 9 | -45.4% |
| 7 | Beijing Language and Culture UniversityChina | 13.8 | 3.5% | 66.7× | 9 | — |
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 Research research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Marine and Coastal Research.
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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.