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Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology is a research topic within Paleontology. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 26.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolution and diversity of cnidarians, with a focus on jellyfish blooms, genomic organization, neural systems, Wnt signaling, stem cells, toxins, and their implications for metazoan evolution. The research covers a wide range of topics including phylogenomics, gene expression, ecological impacts, and the molecular mechanisms underlying various biological processes in cnidarians.

  • Cnidarian Evolution
  • Jellyfish Blooms
  • Genomic Organization
  • Neural Systems
  • Wnt Signaling
  • Stem Cells
  • Toxins
  • Metazoan Evolution
  • Placozoans
  • Hydra
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
26.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+9%
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Which countries lead Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (251 and 157 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 251 works
  2. 2 China 157 works
  3. 3 Brazil 125 works
  4. 4 Russia 89 works
  5. 5 India 85 works
  6. 6 France 67 works
  7. 7 Japan 62 works
  8. 8 Spain 60 works
  9. 9 Germany 59 works
  10. 10 Australia 56 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: 24.8%China: 15.5%Brazil: 12.4%Russia: 8.8%6 others listed: 38.4%25%largest
United States251 · 24.8%China157 · 15.5%Brazil125 · 12.4%Russia89 · 8.8%6 others listed388 · 38.4%

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

Which institutions lead Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad de Ibagué publishes the most Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Who are the leading researchers in Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology include Carlos M. Duarte.

  1. 1 Carlos M. Duarte Saudi Arabia 4.1k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology research done?

The largest centres of Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Moscow (Russia), Ibagué (Colombia) 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 São Paulo Brazil 46 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 45 works
  3. 3 Ibagué Colombia 39 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 30 works
  5. 5 Paris France 28 works
  6. 6 Mexico City Mexico 18 works
  7. 7 Qingdao China 18 works
  8. 8 Brisbane Australia 16 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 14 works
  10. 10 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IbaguéCO · 39.0 works196×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Bergen, The University of Queensland and Lomonosov Moscow State 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%20%40%60%mean 25.8%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Bergen: 8, 48.7%The University of Queensland: 9, 46.2%Lomonosov Moscow State University: 13, 25.7%Universidad de Ibagué: 39, 0.0%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 11, 18.3%Universidade de São Paulo: 13, 15.9%University of BergenThe University of Qu…Lomonosov Moscow Sta…Universidad de Ibagué
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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 BergenNorway 75.148.7%18.3×8 +95.5%
2 The University of QueenslandAustralia 58.946.2%6.5×9 +73.4%
3 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 56.125.7%9.0×13 +43.2%
4 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 51.00.0%264.6×39
5 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 32.418.3%6.5×11 +2.7%
6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 28.915.9%4.5×13 +16.8%

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 Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology.

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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.