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Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

Marine Ecology and Invasive Species is a research topic within Global and Planetary Change. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 20.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of marine invasions and biodiversity loss in the Mediterranean Sea, addressing the threats posed by invasive species, global shipping, climate change, and hull fouling. It explores the implications for ecosystem functioning and emphasizes the importance of effective ballast water management.

  • Marine Invasions
  • Biodiversity
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Invasive Species
  • Global Shipping
  • Climate Change
  • Biological Invasions
  • Hull Fouling
  • Ballast Water Management
  • Ecosystem Functioning
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+14%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Marine Ecology and Invasive Species research?

By volume, the United States and Italy publish the most (338 and 241 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 338 works
  2. 2 Italy 241 works
  3. 3 China 193 works
  4. 4 Spain 161 works
  5. 5 France 135 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 130 works
  7. 7 Brazil 126 works
  8. 8 Russia 120 works
  9. 9 Japan 101 works
  10. 10 India 88 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: 20.7%Italy: 14.8%China: 11.8%Spain: 9.9%6 others listed: 42.9%21%largest
United States338 · 20.7%Italy241 · 14.8%China193 · 11.8%Spain161 · 9.9%6 others listed700 · 42.9%

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

Which institutions lead Marine Ecology and Invasive Species research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn publishes the most Marine Ecology and Invasive Species research, followed by Universidad de Ibagué and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Stazione Zoologica Anton DohrnItaly 21 works
  2. 2 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 20 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 18 works
  4. 4 Ege UniversityTürkiye 18 works
  5. 5 Hellenic Centre for Marine ResearchGreece 16 works
  6. 6 University of PalermoItaly 15 works
  7. 7 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 15 works
  8. 8 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye 15 works
  9. 9 National Research CouncilItaly 12 works
  10. 10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 12 works

Where is Marine Ecology and Invasive Species research done?

The largest centres of Marine Ecology and Invasive Species research in 2022–2025 are Rome (Italy), Paris (France), Moscow (Russia) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ibagué.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Rome Italy 52 works
  2. 2 Paris France 51 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 48 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 33 works
  5. 5 Barcelona Spain 32 works
  6. 6 Izmir Türkiye 30 works
  7. 7 Madrid Spain 29 works
  8. 8 Naples Italy 27 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 26 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 24 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IbaguéCO · 20.0 works61×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Marine Ecology and Invasive Species than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Marine Ecology and Invasive Species?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Palermo, University of Haifa and University of Bergen 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 14.4%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Palermo: 16, 16.6%University of Haifa: 9, 29.8%University of Bergen: 8, 26.6%University of Salento: 11, 19.8%University of Vienna: 9, 30.6%Stellenbosch University: 10, 5.0%Universidad de Ibagué: 20, 0.0%Ege University: 18, 4.2%Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi: 15, 3.4%Shanghai Ocean University: 12, 8.0%University of HaifaUniversity of BergenUniversity of SalentoUniversity of Palermo
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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 University of PalermoItaly 67.416.6%17.0×16 +97.2%
2 University of HaifaIsrael 65.129.8%14.1×9 +55.1%
3 University of BergenNorway 64.626.6%11.0×8 +90.1%
4 University of SalentoItaly 57.719.8%33.6×11 -3.1%
5 University of ViennaAustria 57.030.6%6.8×9 +39.8%
6 Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa 54.35.0%10.0×10 +234.7%
7 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 50.50.0%82.8×20 —
8 Ege UniversityTürkiye 50.24.2%19.5×18 -13.0%
9 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye 50.13.4%21.2×15 +82.2%
10 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 45.38.0%18.4×12 -5.7%

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 Ecology and Invasive Species research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Marine Ecology and Invasive Species.

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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.