| # | Institution | Articles | Citations | R ARank | R CRank |
|---|
| 1 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 34 | 10,652 | 71 | 15 |
| 2 | University of California | 50 | 7,730 | 2.9K | 975 |
| 3 | NOAA | 14 | 5,163 | 188 | 32 |
| 4 | National Center for Atmospheric Research | 5 | 4,691 | 215 | 37 |
| 5 | University of Miami | 13 | 3,359 | 870 | 109 |
| 6 | California State University | 1 | 3,246 | 5.5K | 31 |
| 7 | Oregon State University | 19 | 2,872 | 567 | 155 |
| 8 | University of Washington | 23 | 2,731 | 1.9K | 821 |
| 9 | University of South Carolina | 8 | 2,038 | 1.4K | 156 |
| 10 | University of Hawaii | 5 | 1,904 | 941 | 97 |
| 11 | GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel | 5 | 1,721 | 101 | 17 |
| 12 | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute | 7 | 1,710 | 47 | 14 |
| 13 | University of Georgia | 6 | 1,705 | 2.5K | 357 |
| 14 | ETH Zürich | 4 | 1,629 | 2.5K | 439 |
| 15 | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | 8 | 1,434 | 87 | 26 |
| 16 | Stanford University | 11 | 1,421 | 2.6K | 1.2K |
| 17 | University of Tasmania | 6 | 1,357 | 1.0K | 115 |
| 18 | Stony Brook University | 8 | 1,316 | 1.1K | 321 |
| 19 | Australian Institute of Marine Science | 3 | 1,240 | 119 | 30 |
| 20 | University of California, Santa Barbara | 3 | 1,194 | 1.1K | 170 |
| 21 | United States Geological Survey | 6 | 1,154 | 331 | 119 |
| 22 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 6 | 1,115 | 1.8K | 546 |
| 23 | University of Southern California | 6 | 1,112 | 3.3K | 922 |
| 24 | National Center for Scientific Research | 8 | 1,111 | 4.1K | 1.4K |
| 25 | Rutgers University | 6 | 1,098 | 2.8K | 686 |
| 26 | Cornell University | 3 | 1,068 | 4.7K | 1.1K |
| 27 | California Polytechnic State University | 4 | 1,053 | 197 | 16 |
| 28 | Brown University | 3 | 958 | 2.8K | 538 |
| 29 | University of Maine | 5 | 956 | 629 | 97 |
| 30 | Dalhousie University | 6 | 930 | 1.7K | 386 |
| 31 | Hopkins Marine Station | 6 | 898 | 40 | 15 |
| 32 | Louisiana State University | 5 | 881 | 2.1K | 403 |
| 33 | College of William & Mary | 2 | 850 | 256 | 19 |
| 34 | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science | 3 | 842 | 133 | 35 |
| 35 | Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research | 1 | 808 | 408 | 82 |
| 36 | Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées | 2 | 789 | 128 | 22 |
| 37 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 5 | 785 | 638 | 148 |
| 38 | University of Florida | 2 | 768 | 7.6K | 1.5K |
| 39 | University of Queensland | 3 | 762 | 5.6K | 1.4K |
| 40 | University of Plymouth | 3 | 704 | 1.1K | 166 |
| 41 | University of Copenhagen | 3 | 667 | 4.7K | 1.3K |
| 42 | University of Western Brittany | 2 | 653 | 545 | 41 |
| 43 | University of South Florida | 5 | 635 | 2.3K | 627 |
| 43 | Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland | 2 | 635 | 86 | 21 |
| 45 | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center | 2 | 626 | 140 | 45 |
| 46 | European University of Brittany | 1 | 616 | 240 | 7 |
| 47 | University of Texas at Austin | 5 | 607 | 5.0K | 1.9K |
| 48 | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2 | 593 | 510 | 155 |
| 49 | University of Connecticut | 2 | 587 | 4.4K | 793 |
| 50 | Ghent University | 2 | 584 | 5.0K | 1.1K |
| 51 | Natural History Museum | 3 | 569 | 688 | 191 |
| 52 | Middle East Technical University | 1 | 536 | 2.5K | 206 |
| 52 | Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation | 1 | 536 | 356 | 35 |
| 52 | University of São Paulo | 1 | 536 | 9.4K | 1.5K |
| 52 | Central Washington University | 1 | 536 | 353 | 20 |
| 52 | National Institute of Oceanography | 1 | 536 | 346 | 49 |
| 57 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2 | 530 | 4.4K | 1.2K |
| 58 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 6 | 524 | 2.4K | 1.5K |
| 59 | Smithsonian Institution | 3 | 521 | 472 | 140 |
| 60 | IFREMER | 3 | 486 | 185 | 57 |
| 61 | Northwestern University | 1 | 482 | 7.0K | 1.7K |
| 62 | San Francisco State University | 2 | 470 | 926 | 118 |
| 63 | Duke University | 5 | 467 | 2.7K | 1.3K |
| 64 | Museums Victoria | 1 | 461 | 54 | 3 |
| 64 | University of the Sunshine Coast | 1 | 461 | 1.0K | 48 |
| 64 | National University of Ireland | 1 | 461 | 2.4K | 278 |
| 64 | Zoological Society of London | 1 | 461 | 252 | 67 |
| 68 | Columbia University | 5 | 435 | 4.3K | 2.2K |
| 69 | Scripps Institution of Oceanography | 2 | 433 | 292 | 123 |
| 70 | University of New South Wales | 3 | 431 | 5.2K | 1.7K |
| 71 | University of Guelph | 1 | 430 | 3.8K | 724 |
| 72 | Swansea University | 1 | 418 | 3.1K | 370 |
| 73 | University of Delaware | 4 | 402 | 2.0K | 778 |
| 74 | Western Washington University | 1 | 400 | 957 | 78 |
| 75 | Old Dominion University | 3 | 395 | 1.0K | 221 |
| 76 | University of Hamburg | 2 | 393 | 3.0K | 696 |
| 77 | Florida International University | 3 | 382 | 1.7K | 434 |
| 78 | Florida State University | 3 | 380 | 2.6K | 894 |
| 79 | Macquarie University | 2 | 379 | 3.0K | 634 |
| 80 | University of British Columbia | 4 | 375 | 5.7K | 2.7K |
| 81 | University of Virginia | 3 | 365 | 3.8K | 1.5K |
| 82 | CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere | 2 | 360 | 195 | 85 |
| 83 | University of Vigo | 1 | 358 | 1.7K | 233 |
| 84 | Australian National University | 2 | 356 | 4.1K | 1.3K |
| 85 | Princeton University | 5 | 353 | 2.0K | 1.3K |
| 86 | University of New Hampshire | 2 | 338 | 1.6K | 405 |
| 87 | TU Dresden | 1 | 328 | 3.8K | 786 |
| 88 | J. Craig Venter Institute | 2 | 318 | 136 | 89 |
| 89 | CNES | 1 | 312 | 348 | 61 |
| 90 | University of Wollongong | 1 | 310 | 3.7K | 661 |
| 90 | National Wetlands Research Center | 1 | 310 | 60 | 21 |
| 92 | Harvard University | 4 | 303 | 3.7K | 2.3K |
| 93 | National Oceanography Centre | 4 | 302 | 134 | 86 |
| 94 | École Normale Supérieure | 2 | 285 | 1.0K | 374 |
| 95 | Sorbonne University | 5 | 282 | 768 | 294 |
| 96 | University of Southampton | 4 | 277 | 3.1K | 1.7K |
| 96 | University of Alaska Fairbanks | 1 | 277 | 952 | 227 |
| 98 | Nicholas School of the Environment | 2 | 276 | 275 | 135 |
| 99 | University of Western Australia | 3 | 266 | 3.2K | 1.6K |
| 99 | University of Rhode Island | 4 | 266 | 906 | 502 |
| 99 | University of California, Merced | 1 | 266 | 370 | 55 |
| 102 | University of St Andrews | 1 | 262 | 2.2K | 489 |
| 102 | Mote Marine Laboratory | 1 | 262 | 70 | 20 |
| 102 | Field Museum of Natural History | 1 | 262 | 360 | 108 |
| 105 | University of North Carolina | 2 | 256 | 4.9K | 2.0K |
| 106 | University of Oregon | 3 | 249 | 1.8K | 878 |
| 107 | University of Minnesota | 1 | 246 | 10.0K | 3.5K |
| 108 | Naval Postgraduate School | 2 | 245 | 534 | 158 |
| 109 | Pennsylvania State University | 2 | 241 | 7.3K | 3.0K |
| 110 | Aarhus University | 2 | 227 | 4.5K | 1.9K |
| 111 | Bedford Institute of Oceanography | 3 | 225 | 176 | 119 |
| 112 | Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom | 2 | 224 | 75 | 53 |
| 113 | Simon Fraser University | 1 | 223 | 4.4K | 1.1K |
| 114 | Delft University of Technology | 2 | 218 | 2.8K | 1.3K |
| 115 | Xiamen University | 1 | 216 | 3.2K | 793 |
| 115 | Fukushima University | 1 | 216 | 301 | 17 |
| 115 | Edith Cowan University | 1 | 216 | 1.6K | 321 |
| 115 | Norwegian University of Life Sciences | 1 | 216 | 1.2K | 388 |
| 115 | International Atomic Energy Agency | 1 | 216 | 483 | 122 |
| 120 | University of Alabama | 2 | 210 | 3.7K | 1.3K |
| 121 | United States Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | 207 | 862 | 332 |
| 121 | Moss Landing Marine Laboratories | 1 | 207 | 119 | 46 |
| 123 | University of Colorado | 2 | 206 | 4.6K | 2.1K |
| 124 | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute | 2 | 205 | 269 | 165 |
| 124 | University of Tennessee | 1 | 205 | 6.2K | 1.8K |
| 126 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 3 | 202 | 337 | 150 |
| 127 | Japan Meteorological Agency | 1 | 183 | 73 | 28 |
| 128 | Technical University of Denmark | 1 | 181 | 3.4K | 1.3K |
| 129 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | 3 | 174 | 6.7K | 4.2K |
| 130 | University of South Alabama | 1 | 165 | 1.6K | 392 |
| 131 | British Antarctic Survey | 2 | 161 | 321 | 244 |
| 131 | Natural Environment Research Council | 2 | 161 | 238 | 190 |
| 133 | Temple University | 1 | 155 | 4.4K | 1.4K |
| 134 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2 | 150 | 565 | 320 |
| 135 | Nova Southeastern University | 1 | 149 | 1.1K | 237 |
| 136 | University of Oxford | 1 | 140 | 9.7K | 4.3K |
| 136 | University of East Anglia | 1 | 140 | 3.5K | 1.3K |
| 138 | Saint Louis University | 1 | 135 | 2.4K | 698 |
| 138 | Hatfield Marine Science Center | 1 | 135 | 121 | 59 |
| 138 | Hampden–Sydney College | 1 | 135 | 108 | 34 |
| 141 | Duke University Marine Laboratory | 1 | 133 | 141 | 78 |
| 142 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 132 | 5.2K | 2.3K |
| 143 | Roger Williams University | 2 | 126 | 55 | 35 |
| 144 | Portland State University | 1 | 125 | 2.0K | 646 |
| 144 | University of the Littoral Opal Coast | 2 | 125 | 146 | 78 |
| 146 | East Carolina University | 1 | 118 | 2.7K | 887 |
| 147 | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research | 1 | 115 | 313 | 189 |
| 148 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | 1 | 114 | 1.4K | 619 |
| 149 | Memorial University of Newfoundland | 3 | 111 | 1.6K | 1.2K |
| 150 | Newcastle University | 1 | 106 | 5.4K | 2.5K |
| 150 | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | 2 | 106 | 1.4K | 1.1K |
| 152 | University of Bremen | 1 | 103 | 2.6K | 1.1K |
| 152 | University of Oldenburg | 1 | 103 | 1.1K | 445 |
| 154 | University of Sydney | 2 | 102 | 7.3K | 4.6K |
| 155 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 100 | 3.2K | 1.6K |
| 156 | McGill University | 2 | 98 | 6.9K | 4.6K |
| 157 | Marine Biological Laboratory | 1 | 97 | 42 | 34 |
| 158 | Bangor University | 1 | 96 | 1.7K | 833 |
| 158 | French National Institute of Health and Medical Research | 1 | 96 | 3.0K | 1.8K |
| 160 | University of Palermo | 1 | 92 | 3.2K | 1.4K |
| 161 | University of Cambridge | 2 | 84 | 7.1K | 5.0K |
| 162 | Jackson School of Geosciences | 1 | 81 | 236 | 149 |
| 163 | National Sun Yat-sen University | 1 | 77 | 1.8K | 859 |
| 163 | Academia Sinica | 1 | 77 | 3.5K | 1.8K |
| 165 | California Institute of Technology | 2 | 74 | 2.3K | 2.1K |
| 165 | Radboud University Nijmegen | 1 | 74 | 4.3K | 2.6K |
| 165 | University of Groningen | 1 | 74 | 5.9K | 3.5K |
| 168 | Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn | 1 | 71 | 263 | 164 |
| 169 | University of California, San Diego | 2 | 70 | 4.2K | 3.5K |
| 170 | University of Padua | 1 | 69 | 6.6K | 3.9K |
| 171 | Hakai Institute | 1 | 68 | 27 | 18 |
| 171 | Southern California Coastal Water Research Project | 1 | 68 | 14 | 17 |
| 173 | Yale University | 3 | 67 | 4.0K | 4.1K |
| 174 | Stockholm University | 1 | 65 | 4.3K | 2.5K |
| 174 | University of Sheffield | 1 | 65 | 6.6K | 4.0K |
| 176 | Boston University | 2 | 64 | 4.1K | 3.3K |
| 177 | Rice University | 2 | 62 | 2.2K | 2.0K |
| 178 | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | 1 | 59 | 3.1K | 1.8K |
| 179 | University of Michigan | 1 | 58 | 10.6K | 7.0K |
| 179 | North Carolina State University | 2 | 58 | 4.3K | 3.7K |
| 179 | University of Exeter | 1 | 58 | 4.4K | 2.7K |
| 182 | Weizmann Institute of Science | 1 | 51 | 2.0K | 1.6K |
| 182 | University of Haifa | 1 | 51 | 3.0K | 1.8K |
| 184 | National University of Singapore | 1 | 50 | 7.7K | 5.0K |
| 184 | Deakin University | 1 | 50 | 4.2K | 2.7K |
| 184 | University of Portsmouth | 1 | 50 | 2.1K | 1.3K |
| 184 | Northeastern University | 1 | 50 | 5.0K | 3.2K |
| 188 | Freie Universität Berlin | 1 | 48 | 4.4K | 2.9K |
| 188 | Istanbul Technical University | 1 | 48 | 2.1K | 1.2K |
| 188 | University of Liverpool | 1 | 48 | 6.2K | 4.1K |
| 188 | Leibniz Association | 1 | 48 | 70 | 77 |
| 188 | Colorado State University | 1 | 48 | 4.7K | 3.3K |
| 188 | National Observatory of Athens | 1 | 48 | 235 | 181 |
| 194 | University of Edinburgh | 1 | 42 | 7.8K | 5.3K |
| 194 | John C. Stennis Space Center | 2 | 42 | 133 | 177 |
| 194 | University of Technology Sydney | 1 | 42 | 2.8K | 1.8K |
| 197 | United States Naval Research Laboratory | 1 | 38 | 1.1K | 920 |
| 198 | Tohoku University | 1 | 37 | 5.1K | 3.6K |
| 199 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 35 | 5.8K | 4.4K |
| 199 | University of the Azores | 1 | 35 | 375 | 299 |
| 201 | Pierre and Marie Curie University | 1 | 34 | 2.7K | 2.5K |
| 201 | Lille North of France University | 1 | 34 | 450 | 551 |
| 203 | University of Cape Town | 1 | 33 | 4.4K | 3.3K |
| 203 | University of Southern Denmark | 1 | 33 | 3.2K | 2.6K |
| 203 | Universidad de Oriente | 1 | 33 | 361 | 151 |
| 203 | Instituto Geofísico del Perú | 1 | 33 | 48 | 46 |
| 207 | University of Victoria | 1 | 30 | 3.7K | 2.9K |
| 207 | Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences | 1 | 30 | 74 | 84 |
| 207 | Gulf of Maine Research Institute | 1 | 30 | 25 | 30 |
| 210 | Université du Québec à Rimouski | 1 | 29 | 391 | 355 |
| 211 | University of Antwerp | 1 | 28 | 3.9K | 3.3K |
| 211 | Utrecht University | 1 | 28 | 6.2K | 5.3K |
| 211 | University of Waikato | 1 | 28 | 1.8K | 1.6K |
| 211 | University of Twente | 1 | 28 | 3.0K | 2.7K |
| 215 | Boston College | 1 | 25 | 2.3K | 2.0K |
| 215 | Universidade Federal Fluminense | 1 | 25 | 2.9K | 1.6K |
| 215 | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | 1 | 25 | 1.5K | 1.5K |
| 215 | Tulane University | 1 | 25 | 3.2K | 2.8K |
| 215 | Universidade Federal do Pará | 1 | 25 | 1.7K | 1.0K |
| 220 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 21 | 7.4K | 6.6K |
| 221 | University of Vienna | 1 | 20 | 5.5K | 4.9K |
| 222 | Marche Polytechnic University | 1 | 17 | 2.4K | 2.6K |
| 223 | Arizona State University | 1 | 16 | 6.6K | 6.3K |
| 223 | Ocean Conservancy | 1 | 16 | 14 | 29 |
| 225 | Peking University | 1 | 15 | 5.5K | 5.3K |
| 225 | University of Oklahoma | 1 | 15 | 4.4K | 4.4K |
| 225 | University of Houston | 1 | 15 | 4.5K | 4.4K |
| 225 | Beijing Normal University | 1 | 15 | 2.9K | 2.9K |
| 225 | Montana State University | 1 | 15 | 2.1K | 2.4K |
| 230 | Technical University of Berlin | 1 | 9 | 3.0K | 3.7K |
| 231 | Ocean University of China | 1 | 8 | 1.8K | 2.1K |
| 232 | University of Jena | 1 | 7 | 3.0K | 3.8K |
| 233 | Washington State University | 1 | 6 | 4.8K | 5.9K |
| 234 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 | 5 | 1.4K | 2.1K |
| 235 | University of Southern Mississippi | 1 | 4 | 1.6K | 2.3K |
