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Australian Institute of Marine Science
Short name
AIMS
Country, city
Australia, Townsville
Publications
4 113
Citations
249 376
h-index
206
Top-3 journals
Coral Reefs
Coral Reefs (328 publications)
Marine Biology
Marine Biology (159 publications)
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (159 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 foreign organizations

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1974

Total publications
4113
Total citations
249376
Citations per publication
60.63
Average publications per year
77.6
Average authors per publication
6.48
h-index
206
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.

Top-30

Fields of science

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Aquatic Science, 1535, 37.32%
Aquatic Science
1535 publications, 37.32%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 1157, 28.13%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
1157 publications, 28.13%
Ecology, 673, 16.36%
Ecology
673 publications, 16.36%
Oceanography, 666, 16.19%
Oceanography
666 publications, 16.19%
Multidisciplinary, 413, 10.04%
Multidisciplinary
413 publications, 10.04%
General Medicine, 226, 5.49%
General Medicine
226 publications, 5.49%
Pollution, 216, 5.25%
Pollution
216 publications, 5.25%
Global and Planetary Change, 205, 4.98%
Global and Planetary Change
205 publications, 4.98%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 178, 4.33%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
178 publications, 4.33%
Genetics, 164, 3.99%
Genetics
164 publications, 3.99%
Environmental Chemistry, 164, 3.99%
Environmental Chemistry
164 publications, 3.99%
Water Science and Technology, 163, 3.96%
Water Science and Technology
163 publications, 3.96%
General Environmental Science, 162, 3.94%
General Environmental Science
162 publications, 3.94%
Microbiology, 161, 3.91%
Microbiology
161 publications, 3.91%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 158, 3.84%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
158 publications, 3.84%
Nature and Landscape Conservation, 153, 3.72%
Nature and Landscape Conservation
153 publications, 3.72%
Biochemistry, 116, 2.82%
Biochemistry
116 publications, 2.82%
Ocean Engineering, 114, 2.77%
Ocean Engineering
114 publications, 2.77%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 105, 2.55%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
105 publications, 2.55%
Animal Science and Zoology, 96, 2.33%
Animal Science and Zoology
96 publications, 2.33%
Molecular Biology, 88, 2.14%
Molecular Biology
88 publications, 2.14%
Geology, 80, 1.95%
Geology
80 publications, 1.95%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 74, 1.8%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
74 publications, 1.8%
Physiology, 69, 1.68%
Physiology
69 publications, 1.68%
Plant Science, 67, 1.63%
Plant Science
67 publications, 1.63%
Geochemistry and Petrology, 67, 1.63%
Geochemistry and Petrology
67 publications, 1.63%
Ecological Modeling, 66, 1.6%
Ecological Modeling
66 publications, 1.6%
General Chemistry, 65, 1.58%
General Chemistry
65 publications, 1.58%
Environmental Engineering, 62, 1.51%
Environmental Engineering
62 publications, 1.51%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 61, 1.48%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
61 publications, 1.48%
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Journals

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Coral Reefs
328 publications, 7.97%
Marine Biology
159 publications, 3.87%
PLoS ONE
159 publications, 3.87%
Scientific Reports
131 publications, 3.19%
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
130 publications, 3.16%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
123 publications, 2.99%
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
105 publications, 2.55%
Frontiers in Marine Science
97 publications, 2.36%
Global Change Biology
74 publications, 1.8%
Molecular Ecology
69 publications, 1.68%
Marine and Freshwater Research
67 publications, 1.63%
Aquaculture
58 publications, 1.41%
Limnology and Oceanography
57 publications, 1.39%
Continental Shelf Research
55 publications, 1.34%
ISME Journal
48 publications, 1.17%
Science
45 publications, 1.09%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
39 publications, 0.95%
PeerJ
38 publications, 0.92%
Environmental Microbiology
38 publications, 0.92%
Ecology and Evolution
38 publications, 0.92%
Journal of Fish Biology
34 publications, 0.83%
Biological Conservation
32 publications, 0.78%
Nature
31 publications, 0.75%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
30 publications, 0.73%
Science of the Total Environment
30 publications, 0.73%
Nature Communications
29 publications, 0.71%
Marine Environmental Research
25 publications, 0.61%
Hydrobiologia
24 publications, 0.58%
Ecological Applications
24 publications, 0.58%
Oecologia
23 publications, 0.56%
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Publishers

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Springer Nature
1195 publications, 29.05%
Elsevier
1038 publications, 25.24%
Wiley
764 publications, 18.58%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
169 publications, 4.11%
Frontiers Media S.A.
137 publications, 3.33%
Oxford University Press
97 publications, 2.36%
CSIRO Publishing
95 publications, 2.31%
The Royal Society
73 publications, 1.77%
MDPI
69 publications, 1.68%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
67 publications, 1.63%
Taylor & Francis
54 publications, 1.31%
PeerJ
38 publications, 0.92%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
32 publications, 0.78%
American Society for Microbiology
30 publications, 0.73%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
30 publications, 0.73%
Inter-Research Science Center
27 publications, 0.66%
Cambridge University Press
23 publications, 0.56%
American Geophysical Union
22 publications, 0.53%
Copernicus
17 publications, 0.41%
The Company of Biologists
13 publications, 0.32%
Magnolia Press
11 publications, 0.27%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
10 publications, 0.24%
Annual Reviews
8 publications, 0.19%
University of Chicago Press
7 publications, 0.17%
SAGE
6 publications, 0.15%
Hindawi Limited
6 publications, 0.15%
American Meteorological Society
5 publications, 0.12%
IOP Publishing
5 publications, 0.12%
eLife Sciences Publications
5 publications, 0.12%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
5 publications, 0.12%
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With other organizations

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James Cook University
1271 publications, 30.9%
University of Western Australia
676 publications, 16.44%
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
545 publications, 13.25%
University of Queensland
443 publications, 10.77%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
383 publications, 9.31%
University of Melbourne
208 publications, 5.06%
University of Tasmania
205 publications, 4.98%
Australian Research Council
190 publications, 4.62%
Curtin University
172 publications, 4.18%
University of New South Wales
139 publications, 3.38%
Charles Darwin University
119 publications, 2.89%
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
115 publications, 2.8%
Deakin University
112 publications, 2.72%
Macquarie University
112 publications, 2.72%
University of Technology Sydney
110 publications, 2.67%
Southern Cross University
110 publications, 2.67%
University of Adelaide
109 publications, 2.65%
Australian National University
98 publications, 2.38%
University of Sydney
98 publications, 2.38%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
98 publications, 2.38%
Queensland University of Technology
73 publications, 1.77%
Murdoch University
64 publications, 1.56%
Griffith University
63 publications, 1.53%
Flinders University
55 publications, 1.34%
University of the Sunshine Coast
53 publications, 1.29%
Monash University
50 publications, 1.22%
University of Auckland
49 publications, 1.19%
University of Miami
48 publications, 1.17%
Stanford University
47 publications, 1.14%
Dalhousie University
47 publications, 1.14%
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With foreign organizations

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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
115 publications, 2.8%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
98 publications, 2.38%
University of Auckland
49 publications, 1.19%
University of Miami
48 publications, 1.17%
Stanford University
47 publications, 1.14%
Dalhousie University
47 publications, 1.14%
University of British Columbia
47 publications, 1.14%
University of Exeter
47 publications, 1.14%
Victoria University of Wellington
44 publications, 1.07%
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
42 publications, 1.02%
Newcastle University
40 publications, 0.97%
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
39 publications, 0.95%
University of California, San Diego
38 publications, 0.92%
University of California, Santa Barbara
37 publications, 0.9%
University of Texas at Austin
37 publications, 0.9%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
37 publications, 0.9%
Lancaster University
35 publications, 0.85%
University of Washington
34 publications, 0.83%
Oregon State University
33 publications, 0.8%
University of Vienna
33 publications, 0.8%
University of Windsor
33 publications, 0.8%
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research
31 publications, 0.75%
University of California, Santa Cruz
31 publications, 0.75%
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
31 publications, 0.75%
Florida International University
29 publications, 0.71%
Pennsylvania State University
28 publications, 0.68%
University of Bristol
28 publications, 0.68%
University of Bremen
28 publications, 0.68%
University of Copenhagen
27 publications, 0.66%
Sorbonne University
27 publications, 0.66%
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With other countries

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USA, 776, 18.87%
USA
776 publications, 18.87%
United Kingdom, 397, 9.65%
United Kingdom
397 publications, 9.65%
Canada, 231, 5.62%
Canada
231 publications, 5.62%
Germany, 201, 4.89%
Germany
201 publications, 4.89%
New Zealand, 189, 4.6%
New Zealand
189 publications, 4.6%
France, 177, 4.3%
France
177 publications, 4.3%
Saudi Arabia, 112, 2.72%
Saudi Arabia
112 publications, 2.72%
Japan, 107, 2.6%
Japan
107 publications, 2.6%
Spain, 97, 2.36%
Spain
97 publications, 2.36%
China, 91, 2.21%
China
91 publications, 2.21%
Netherlands, 85, 2.07%
Netherlands
85 publications, 2.07%
Denmark, 75, 1.82%
Denmark
75 publications, 1.82%
Italy, 63, 1.53%
Italy
63 publications, 1.53%
South Africa, 62, 1.51%
South Africa
62 publications, 1.51%
Brazil, 61, 1.48%
Brazil
61 publications, 1.48%
Portugal, 55, 1.34%
Portugal
55 publications, 1.34%
Switzerland, 55, 1.34%
Switzerland
55 publications, 1.34%
Indonesia, 45, 1.09%
Indonesia
45 publications, 1.09%
New Caledonia, 44, 1.07%
New Caledonia
44 publications, 1.07%
Austria, 42, 1.02%
Austria
42 publications, 1.02%
Belgium, 42, 1.02%
Belgium
42 publications, 1.02%
Israel, 41, 1%
Israel
41 publications, 1%
Sweden, 41, 1%
Sweden
41 publications, 1%
Malaysia, 38, 0.92%
Malaysia
38 publications, 0.92%
Norway, 37, 0.9%
Norway
37 publications, 0.9%
Mexico, 36, 0.88%
Mexico
36 publications, 0.88%
French Polynesia, 34, 0.83%
French Polynesia
34 publications, 0.83%
Singapore, 32, 0.78%
Singapore
32 publications, 0.78%
Philippines, 31, 0.75%
Philippines
31 publications, 0.75%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1974 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.