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Marine Toxins and Detection Methods

Marine Toxins and Detection Methods is a research topic within Environmental Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 21.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the study of harmful algal blooms, particularly the production and effects of marine toxins produced by dinoflagellates. It covers a wide range of topics including shellfish poisoning, neurotoxins such as saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin, ciguatera, domoic acid toxicity, and the public health implications of these marine toxins.

  • Harmful Algal Blooms
  • Marine Toxins
  • Dinoflagellates
  • Shellfish Poisoning
  • Neurotoxins
  • Ciguatera
  • Saxitoxin
  • Domoic Acid
  • Tetrodotoxin
  • Public Health
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-12%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Marine Toxins and Detection Methods research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (282 and 184 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 282 works
  2. 2 United States 184 works
  3. 3 Japan 79 works
  4. 4 Spain 69 works
  5. 5 France 60 works
  6. 6 South Korea 44 works
  7. 7 Mexico 43 works
  8. 8 India 41 works
  9. 9 Russia 33 works
  10. 10 Italy 33 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.

China: 32.5%United States: 21.2%Japan: 9.0%Spain: 8.0%6 others listed: 29.2%33%largest
China282 · 32.5%United States184 · 21.2%Japan79 · 9.0%Spain69 · 8.0%6 others listed253 · 29.2%

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

Which institutions lead Marine Toxins and Detection Methods research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ocean University of China publishes the most Marine Toxins and Detection Methods research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ocean University of ChinaChina 12 works
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 9 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 9 works
  4. 4 IfremerFrance 8 works
  5. 5 A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 8 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 8 works
  7. 7 Institute of OceanologyChina 8 works
  8. 8 Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyChina 7 works
  9. 9 Xiamen UniversityChina 7 works
  10. 10 Japan Fisheries Research and Education AgencyJapan 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Marine Toxins and Detection Methods?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Marine Toxins and Detection Methods include Yoshinori Yamamoto, Alois Fürstner and William A. Catterall.

  1. 1 Yoshinori Yamamoto Japan 1.7k citations
  2. 2 Alois Fürstner Germany 1.7k citations
  3. 3 William A. Catterall United States 1.7k citations

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

Where is Marine Toxins and Detection Methods research done?

The largest centres of Marine Toxins and Detection Methods research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Mexico City (Mexico) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Qingdao.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 46 works
  2. 2 Qingdao China 32 works
  3. 3 Mexico City Mexico 20 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 18 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 17 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 17 works
  7. 7 Paris France 16 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 15 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 14 works
  10. 10 Xiamen China 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. QingdaoCN · 31.9 works7.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Marine Toxins and Detection Methods than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Marine Toxins and Detection Methods?

Among universities, judged by research, Ocean University of China and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Ocean University of ChinaChina 64.29.6%20.2×12 -13.7%
2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 43.45.9%8.1×9 -3.8%

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 Toxins and Detection Methods research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025.

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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.