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Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation

Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation is a research topic within Pollution. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the detection, tracking, and environmental impact of oil spills, with a particular emphasis on the Deepwater Horizon incident. It covers topics such as remote sensing techniques, use of dispersants, biodegradation, health effects, and modeling of oil spill trajectories. The research aims to advance the understanding and management of marine pollution caused by oil spills.

  • Oil Spill Detection
  • Remote Sensing
  • Deepwater Horizon
  • Environmental Impact
  • Dispersants
  • Marine Pollution
  • SAR Imaging
  • Biodegradation
  • Oil Spill Modeling
  • Health Effects
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation

Which countries lead Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (669 and 290 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 669 works
  2. 2 United States 290 works
  3. 3 India 144 works
  4. 4 Brazil 114 works
  5. 5 Canada 99 works
  6. 6 Russia 93 works
  7. 7 France 82 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 67 works
  9. 9 Nigeria 67 works
  10. 10 Italy 55 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: 39.8%United States: 17.3%India: 8.6%Brazil: 6.8%6 others listed: 27.6%40%largest
China669 · 39.8%United States290 · 17.3%India144 · 8.6%Brazil114 · 6.8%6 others listed463 · 27.6%

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

Which institutions lead Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation research?

By volume in 2022-now, Dalian Maritime University publishes the most Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Dalian Maritime UniversityChina 40 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 40 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 36 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 31 works
  5. 5 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 21 works
  6. 6 Ocean University of ChinaChina 20 works
  7. 7 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina 19 works
  8. 8 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 13 works
  9. 9 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 13 works
  10. 10 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation include Guangming Zeng, David Julian McClements and J. Mueller.

  1. 1 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations
  2. 2 David Julian McClements United States 185k citations
  3. 3 J. Mueller France 178k citations
  4. 4 Carlos Manuel Duarte Saudi Arabia 152k citations
  5. 5 ‪Damià Barceló Spain 132k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation?

The most cited paper in Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation is "Measurement of the Roughness of the Sea Surface from Photographs of the Sun’s Glitter" (Charles L. Cox, Walter Heinrich Munk, 1954), with 2,606 citations. Next come "Review of technologies for oil and gas produced water treatment" (2,258) and "Long-Term Ecosystem Response to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill" (1,590).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Measurement of the Roughness of the Sea Surface from Photographs of the Sun’s Glitter Charles L. Cox, Walter Heinrich Munk · Journal of the Optical Society of America Nov 1954 2,606
2 Review of technologies for oil and gas produced water treatment A. Fakhru’l‐Razi, Alireza Pendashteh, Luqman Chuah Abdullah et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials 20 May 2009 2,258
3 Long-Term Ecosystem Response to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Charles H. Peterson, Stanley D. Rice, Jeffrey W. Short et al. · Science 18 Dec 2003 1,590
4 Absorption by dissolved organic matter of the sea (yellow substance) in the UV and visible domains1 Annick Bricaud, André Morel, Louis Marie Prieur · Limnology and Oceanography 1981 1,580
5 Optical modeling of the upper ocean in relation to its biogenous matter content (case I waters) André Morel · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 15 Sep 1988 1,442
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation research done?

The largest centres of Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Dalian (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dalian and Qingdao.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 135 works
  2. 2 QingdaoChina 66 works
  3. 3 DalianChina 52 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 39 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 37 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 34 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 32 works
  8. 8 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 28 works
  9. 9 OttawaCanada 26 works
  10. 10 ChennaiIndia 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DalianCN · 51.7 works8.3×
  2. QingdaoCN · 65.9 works8.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation?

Among universities, judged by research, China University of Petroleum, East China, Dalian Maritime University and Harbin Engineering 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%10%20%mean 12.59%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Harbin Engineering U…China University of …Dalian Maritime Univ…Ocean University of …
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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.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 75.217.2%21.6×21 +77.9%
2Dalian Maritime UniversityChina 70.615.6%52.3×40 +86.6%
3Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 66.221.2%9.8×11 +62.2%
4Ocean University of ChinaChina 62.311.7%19.0×20 +68.5%
5Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 58.720.2%7.8×13 +109.8%
6Shanghai Maritime UniversityChina 52.917.5%21.4×11 +161.8%
7China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 36.212.3%10.1×8 +0.1%
8University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 29.43.1%3.4×13 +5.4%
9University of Port HarcourtNigeria 28.03.4%27.9×10 +63.2%
10Zhejiang Ocean UniversityChina 26.73.7%24.6×9 +6.5%

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 Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation, country by country

Is Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0089% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation 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.

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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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