Marine Sponges and Natural Products
Marine Sponges and Natural Products is a research topic within Biotechnology. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 19.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the evolution, ecology, and biotechnological potential of sponge-associated microorganisms. It explores the diverse microbial communities inhabiting sponges, their role in marine natural product production, and their potential as a source of new antimicrobial drugs. The papers also investigate the phylogenetic diversity, host specificity, and functional interactions of these microbial symbionts.
- Sponge-Associated Microorganisms
- Marine Natural Products
- Microbial Symbionts
- Bioprospecting
- Evolution of Animal Complexity
- Metagenomics
- Antimicrobial Drugs
- Pharmacology
- Bacterial Community
- Host-Specific Microbiomes
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -6% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Marine Sponges and Natural Products research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (744 and 274 works in 2022–2025).
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Marine Sponges and Natural Products research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Marine Sponges and Natural Products research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ocean University of China.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 31 works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 20 works
- 3 Ocean University of ChinaChina 19 works
- 4 Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyChina 18 works
- 5 Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry. GB Elyakova Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 15 works
- 6 Museums VictoriaAustralia 14 works
- 7 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 14 works
- 8 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 13 works
- 9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 13 works
- 10 Institute of OceanologyChina 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Marine Sponges and Natural Products?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Marine Sponges and Natural Products include Barry M. Trost, E. J. Corey and David W. C. MacMillan.
- 1 Barry M. Trost United States 3.8k citations
- 2 E. J. Corey United States 3.6k citations
- 3 David W. C. MacMillan United States 3.5k citations
- 4 Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg Australia 2.9k citations
- 5 Carl Djerassi United States 1.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Marine Sponges and Natural Products research done?
The largest centres of Marine Sponges and Natural Products research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Guangzhou (China) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Vladivostok and Haikou.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing China 124 works
- 2 Qingdao China 66 works
- 3 Guangzhou China 61 works
- 4 Tokyo Japan 46 works
- 5 Shanghai China 43 works
- 6 Vladivostok Russia 31 works
- 7 Chennai India 29 works
- 8 Nanjing China 28 works
- 9 Wuhan China 26 works
- 10 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 26 works
Where it is the local speciality
- VladivostokRU · 31.1 works34×
- HaikouCN · 22.1 works9.2×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Marine Sponges and Natural Products than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Marine Sponges and Natural Products?
Among universities, judged by research, Ocean University of China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Universidade do Porto 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 | Ocean University of ChinaChina | 57.0 | 19.9% | 13.3× | 19 | -21.5% |
| 2 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 55.0 | 30.3% | 4.2× | 20 | +79.5% |
| 3 | Universidade do PortoPortugal | 54.4 | 39.4% | 5.5× | 8 | +43.6% |
| 4 | Zhejiang Ocean UniversityChina | 52.9 | 10.5% | 20.0× | 9 | +361.3% |
| 5 | Ningbo UniversityChina | 50.5 | 19.8% | 6.6× | 10 | +481.0% |
| 6 | Shenyang Pharmaceutical UniversityChina | 48.8 | 28.6% | 22.1× | 8 | -24.0% |
| 7 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 41.4 | 33.8% | 2.5× | 11 | — |
| 8 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina | 41.1 | 17.6% | 5.1× | 14 | +65.2% |
| 9 | King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia | 40.0 | 6.3% | 6.9× | 11 | +55.6% |
| 10 | Universidad de IbaguéColombia | 38.6 | 0.0% | 54.9× | 13 | — |
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 Sponges and Natural Products research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2006. The fastest-growing topics are Marine Sponges and Natural Products.
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.