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Research in Alma

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Alma, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Alma College.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
980
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
7.9%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Alma?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Alma CollegeUniversity 979 #17,531
2United Way of Gratiot & Isabella CountiesNonprofit 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

What is Alma strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Alma is most concentrated in Physics and Astronomy (8.3× the world share in Physics and Astronomy).

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 30.8 works8.3×
← less than its size predictsmore →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Alma?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Spectroscopy, Physical Activity, Experimental Tools, Smartphones, High-Intensity Interval Training, Quantum Information and Mental Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Public Health8▲ 3.4×12 topics
  2. Mental Health7▲ 2.8×10 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.3×6 topics
  4. Spectroscopy6▲ 20×3 topics
  5. Physical Activity5▲ 6.7×5 topics
  6. Experimental Tools5▲ 231×1 topic
  7. Smartphones5▲ 93×1 topic
  8. High-Intensity Interval Training5▲ 26×2 topics
  9. Quantum Information4▲ 22×3 topics
  10. Entanglement4▲ 16×3 topics
  11. Heart Failure4▲ 5.4×2 topics
  12. Cardiorespiratory Fitness4▲ 55×1 topic
  13. Exercise Capacity4▲ 55×1 topic
  14. Nationalism4▲ 4.9×6 topics
  15. Science4▲ 9.3×5 topics
  16. Physical Fitness4▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Quantum Mechanics3▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Social Justice3▲ 3.3×7 topics
  19. Chronic Diseases3▲ 7.2×2 topics
  20. Bell Inequality3▲ 50×1 topic
  21. Biosensors3▲ 3.5×3 topics
  22. Cultural Impact3▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Decoherence3▲ 50×1 topic
  24. Internationalism3▲ 93×2 topics
  25. Exercise3▲ 14×1 topic
  26. Sedentary Behavior3▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Optical Lattices3▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Atomic Energy3▲ 492×1 topic
  29. Cold War3▲ 25×1 topic
  30. Microcavities3▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Radio Astronomy3▲ 72×1 topic
  32. Transits of Venus3▲ 168×1 topic
  33. Climate Consequences2▲ 140×1 topic
  34. Heart Rate Variability2▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Nuclear War2▲ 140×1 topic
  36. Relativity2▲ 51×2 topics
  37. Autonomic Nervous System2▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Feedback Control2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  39. Photonics2▲ 46×2 topics
  40. Physiological Time Series2▲ 24×1 topic

What research is done in Alma?

  1. 1 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  4. 4 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 3 works
  5. 5 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  6. 6 Twentieth Century Scientific Developments History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
  7. 7 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  10. 10 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works

Research output over time

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