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Polar Research and Ecology

Polar Research and Ecology is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 20.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the microbial diversity, adaptation, and ecological roles of microorganisms in Antarctic ecosystems, including permafrost, glaciers, and extreme cold environments. It explores the impact of climate change on Antarctic microbiota and the biogeographical distribution of extremophiles. The research covers a wide range of topics such as psychrophilic lifestyles, biodiversity, and the influence of human activities on Antarctic environments.

  • Antarctic
  • microorganisms
  • biodiversity
  • permafrost
  • glaciers
  • psychrophiles
  • climate change
  • ecology
  • biogeography
  • extremophiles
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+26%
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Which countries lead Polar Research and Ecology research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (291 and 249 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 291 works
  2. 2 China 249 works
  3. 3 Russia 168 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 120 works
  5. 5 Australia 98 works
  6. 6 France 76 works
  7. 7 Germany 74 works
  8. 8 Brazil 71 works
  9. 9 India 64 works
  10. 10 Italy 57 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: 22.9%China: 19.6%Russia: 13.3%United Kingdom: 9.5%6 others listed: 34.7%23%largest
United States291 · 22.9%China249 · 19.6%Russia168 · 13.3%United Kingdom120 · 9.5%6 others listed440 · 34.7%

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

Which institutions lead Polar Research and Ecology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Tasmania publishes the most Polar Research and Ecology research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and British Antarctic Survey.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of TasmaniaAustralia 24 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 22 works
  3. 3 British Antarctic SurveyUnited Kingdom 14 works
  4. 4 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 12 works
  5. 5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 11 works
  6. 6 Korea Polar Research InstituteSouth Korea 10 works
  7. 7 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 9 works
  8. 8 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 9 works
  9. 9 Australian Antarctic DivisionAustralia 9 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Polar Research and Ecology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Polar Research and Ecology include Dahe Qin, J. W. Head and James M. Tiedje.

  1. 1 Dahe Qin China 4.2k citations
  2. 2 J. W. Head United States 2.3k citations
  3. 3 James M. Tiedje United States 2.1k citations

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

Where is Polar Research and Ecology research done?

The largest centres of Polar Research and Ecology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Hobart (Australia) and Saint Petersburg (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hobart.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 82 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 66 works
  3. 3 Hobart Australia 36 works
  4. 4 Saint Petersburg Russia 34 works
  5. 5 Paris France 27 works
  6. 6 Cambridge United Kingdom 25 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 21 works
  8. 8 Lanzhou China 19 works
  9. 9 Santiago Chile 19 works
  10. 10 Madrid Spain 16 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HobartAU · 35.9 works78×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polar Research and Ecology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Polar Research and Ecology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Tasmania, St Petersburg University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 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%20%40%mean 19.48%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Tasmania: 24, 9.1%St Petersburg University: 12, 8.2%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 11, 45.0%Aarhus University: 9, 29.8%Lomonosov Moscow State University: 9, 5.3%University of Chines…Aarhus UniversityUniversity of TasmaniaSt Petersburg Univer…
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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 53.69.1%61.9×24 -13.8%
2 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 47.68.2%13.6×12 +184.6%
3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 44.945.0%3.5×11 +56.5%
4 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 43.129.8%6.8×9 +18.9%
5 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 32.85.3%5.9×9 +212.6%

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 Polar Research and Ecology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Polar Research and Ecology.

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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.