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Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Physiological and biochemical adaptations is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the metabolic theory of ecology and the impacts of climate change on organisms, focusing on topics such as metabolic rate, temperature effects, physiological adaptation, thermal tolerance, and evolutionary responses to environmental stressors.

  • Metabolic Rate
  • Climate Change
  • Temperature
  • Physiological Adaptation
  • Thermal Tolerance
  • Ectotherms
  • Oxygen Limitation
  • Body Size
  • Diapause
  • Evolutionary Response
Research works
38k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Which countries lead Physiological and biochemical adaptations research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 985 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 United States 985 works
  3. 3 Canada 328 works
  4. 4 France 165 works
  5. 5 Japan 161 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 159 works
  7. 7 India 156 works
  8. 8 Germany 155 works
  9. 9 Russia 154 works
  10. 10 Australia 154 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: 35.4%United States: 26.3%Canada: 8.8%France: 4.4%6 others listed: 25.1%35%largest
China1,324 · 35.4%United States985 · 26.3%Canada328 · 8.8%France165 · 4.4%6 others listed940 · 25.1%

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

Which institutions lead Physiological and biochemical adaptations research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Physiological and biochemical adaptations research, followed by Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 92 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Fishery SciencesChina 70 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 69 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 68 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 66 works
  6. 6 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 63 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 54 works
  8. 8 University of British ColumbiaCanada 43 works
  9. 9 Ocean University of ChinaChina 40 works
  10. 10 Ningbo UniversityChina 32 works

Who are the leading researchers in Physiological and biochemical adaptations?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Physiological and biochemical adaptations include Jun Wang, Xiaogang Wang and Huanming Yang.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Huanming Yang China 246k 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 Physiological and biochemical adaptations?

The most cited paper in Physiological and biochemical adaptations is "Oxidants, oxidative stress and the biology of ageing" (Toren Finkel, Nikki J. Holbrook, 2000), with 9,446 citations. Next come "TOWARD A METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY" (7,970) and "Exaptation—a Missing Term in the Science of Form" (5,178).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Oxidants, oxidative stress and the biology of ageing Toren Finkel, Nikki J. Holbrook · Nature Nov 2000 9,446
2 TOWARD A METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY James H. Brown, James F. Gillooly, Andrew P. Allen et al. · Ecology Jul 2004 7,970
3 Exaptation—a Missing Term in the Science of Form Stephen Jay Gould, Elisabeth S. Vrba · Paleobiology 1982 5,178
4 A General Model for the Origin of Allometric Scaling Laws in Biology Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown, Brian Joseph Enquist · Science 4 Apr 1997 5,083
5 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS, MOLECULAR CHAPERONES, AND THE STRESS RESPONSE: Evolutionary and Ecological Physiology Martin E. Feder, Gretchen E. Hofmann · Annual Review of Physiology Review Mar 1999 4,360
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Physiological and biochemical adaptations research done?

The largest centres of Physiological and biochemical adaptations research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Qingdao (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zhoushan and Zhanjiang.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 244 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 100 works
  3. 3 QingdaoChina 84 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 62 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 59 works
  6. 6 OttawaCanada 59 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 56 works
  8. 8 NanjingChina 51 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 48 works
  10. 10 NingboChina 43 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ZhoushanCN · 30.3 works31×
  2. ZhanjiangCN · 33.3 works19×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Physiological and biochemical adaptations than the world average.

See Physiological and biochemical adaptations on the map

Where is the best place to study Physiological and biochemical adaptations?

Among universities, judged by research, Guangdong Ocean University, Shanghai Ocean University and Gansu Agricultural 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%30%mean 17.66%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Gansu Agricultural U…Guangdong Ocean Univ…Shanghai Ocean Unive…University of Britis…
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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
1Guangdong Ocean UniversityChina 73.424.8%45.6×31 +174.7%
2Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 72.315.2%68.8×68 +75.1%
3Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina 68.525.4%22.4×14 +186.8%
4University of British ColumbiaCanada 63.811.1%8.1×43 -2.7%
5Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 61.620.2%12.1×20 +26.4%
6University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States 60.221.5%7.1×10 +146.0%
7Dalian Ocean UniversityChina 59.415.8%76.6×26 +107.3%
8Ningbo UniversityChina 59.013.5%11.9×32 +52.2%
9Lund UniversitySweden 57.420.0%4.8×12 +29.6%
10Ocean University of ChinaChina 57.39.1%17.9×40 +29.3%

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 Physiological and biochemical adaptations, country by country

Is Physiological and biochemical adaptations research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Physiological and biochemical adaptations.

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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 Physiological and biochemical adaptations as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Physiological and biochemical adaptations 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.

still counting5%10%15%Physiological and biochemical adaptations10.0% in 2025200020102020

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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