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. 10.0% 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%
- 1.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +8% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
China
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Marine Toxins and Detection Methods research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (350 and 225 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
China
350 works
- 2
United States
225 works
- 3
Japan
99 works
- 4
Spain
84 works
- 5
France
73 works
- 6
India
56 works
- 7
South Korea
54 works
- 8
Mexico
49 works
- 9
Germany
45 works
- 10
Italy
43 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.
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Which institutions lead Marine Toxins and Detection Methods research?
By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Marine Toxins and Detection Methods research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
29 works
- 2
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
26 works
- 3
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russia
24 works
- 4
Ocean University of ChinaChina
15 works
- 5
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain
15 works
- 6
National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUnited States
11 works
- 7
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico
10 works
- 8
IfremerFrance
9 works
- 9
Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina
9 works
- 10
Leibniz AssociationGermany
9 works
Who are the leading researchers in Marine Toxins and Detection Methods?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Marine Toxins and Detection Methods include Hua Zhang and Carlos Manuel Duarte.
- 1
Hua Zhang
Singapore
196k citations
- 2
Carlos Manuel Duarte
Saudi Arabia
152k 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-now are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Mexico City (Mexico) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Qingdao.
Largest cities, 2022-now
Where it is the local speciality
- QingdaoCN · 39.4 works7.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Marine Toxins and Detection Methods than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Marine Toxins and Detection Methods?
Among universities, judged by research, Ocean University of China, Xiamen University and Universidade de Vigo 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 first ten of the table below, at the default weights. 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 |
84.8 | 17.0% | 22.3× | 15 | +47.1% |
| 2 | Xiamen UniversityChina |
52.1 | 15.8% | 6.9× | 8 | +107.8% |
| 3 | Universidade de VigoSpain |
41.2 | 9.9% | 24.2× | 8 | -18.5% |
| 4 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico |
29.6 | 1.3% | 7.8× | 10 | +88.3% |
Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.
Every institution in Marine Toxins and Detection Methods, country by countryIs Marine Toxins and Detection Methods research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Marine Toxins and Detection Methods.
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Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Marine Toxins and Detection Methods as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0056% in 2024.
Fractional works of Marine Toxins and Detection Methods over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year.
Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.
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.
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