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Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses is a research topic within Oceanography. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 28.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems, focusing on the effects of elevated CO2 emissions on seawater pH, calcifying organisms, and overall biodiversity. The research covers a wide range of marine organisms and habitats, highlighting the complex biological responses and potential shifts in ecosystem functioning due to ongoing global change.

  • Ocean Acidification
  • Marine Organisms
  • CO2 Emissions
  • Calcifying Organisms
  • Ecosystem Impacts
  • Seawater pH
  • Shellfish Calcification
  • Biological Responses
  • Global Change
  • Biodiversity Shifts
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
28.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
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Which countries lead Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (517 and 420 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 517 works
  2. 2 China 420 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 127 works
  4. 4 Australia 120 works
  5. 5 France 115 works
  6. 6 Germany 101 works
  7. 7 Canada 95 works
  8. 8 Spain 81 works
  9. 9 India 77 works
  10. 10 Italy 72 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: 30.0%China: 24.3%United Kingdom: 7.4%Australia: 7.0%6 others listed: 31.3%30%largest
United States517 · 30.0%China420 · 24.3%United Kingdom127 · 7.4%Australia120 · 7.0%6 others listed540 · 31.3%

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

Which institutions lead Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ocean University of China publishes the most Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses research, followed by Xiamen University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ocean University of ChinaChina 26 works
  2. 2 Xiamen UniversityChina 24 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 18 works
  4. 4 GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research KielGermany 18 works
  5. 5 Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyChina 17 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 15 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 15 works
  8. 8 University of British ColumbiaCanada 15 works
  9. 9 University of TasmaniaAustralia 14 works
  10. 10 Institute of OceanologyChina 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses include Carlos M. Duarte, Camille Parmesan and Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg.

  1. 1 Carlos M. Duarte Saudi Arabia 4.1k citations
  2. 2 Camille Parmesan United States 3.9k citations
  3. 3 Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg Australia 2.9k citations
  4. 4 Jean‐François Lamarque United States 2.6k citations

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

Where is Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses research done?

The largest centres of Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Paris (France) and Xiamen (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kiel.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 82 works
  2. 2 Qingdao China 72 works
  3. 3 Paris France 42 works
  4. 4 Xiamen China 33 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 31 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 28 works
  7. 7 Seattle United States 26 works
  8. 8 Kiel Germany 23 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C. United States 22 works
  10. 10 Barcelona Spain 20 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KielDE · 23.4 works25×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Tasmania, Xiamen University and Ocean University of China 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%25%50%mean 33.94%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Tasmania: 14, 33.7%Xiamen University: 24, 33.4%Ocean University of China: 26, 31.4%University of California, Santa Barbara: 9, 58.6%Guangdong Ocean University: 11, 50.8%Dalhousie University: 8, 40.7%Shanghai Ocean University: 15, 19.4%University of Bremen: 8, 27.1%University of British Columbia: 15, 27.5%University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: 8, 16.8%University of Califo…University of TasmaniaXiamen UniversityOcean University of …
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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 TasmaniaAustralia 68.033.7%28.7×14 +96.5%
2 Xiamen UniversityChina 65.633.4%13.8×24 +0.3%
3 Ocean University of ChinaChina 65.031.4%21.9×26 -5.3%
4 University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States 64.358.6%11.6×9 +17.9%
5 Guangdong Ocean UniversityChina 62.950.8%30.8×11 —
6 Dalhousie UniversityCanada 58.140.7%10.3×8 +48.9%
7 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 56.519.4%28.9×15 +73.3%
8 University of BremenGermany 48.927.1%14.7×8 +41.7%
9 University of British ColumbiaCanada 46.627.5%6.4×15 +16.8%
10 University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceUnited States 43.416.8%241.4×8 +28.6%

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 Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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