Research in Anchorage
Science Explorer records 70 research institutions in Anchorage, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute and Institute of the North.
- Research institutions
- 70 4 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 7.5k ▲ 13% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 12.0% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Anchorage?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Alaska AnchorageUniversity | 3,279 | #6,670 | |
| 2 | Institute of the NorthNonprofit | 658 | #25,144 | |
| 3 | Pain and Headache CenterHospital / health system | 626 | #25,536 | |
| 4 | Alaska Heart and Vascular InstituteHospital / health system | 458 | #12,583 | |
| 5 | Alaska Department of Health and Social ServicesGovernment institution | 297 | #34,363 all time | |
| 6 | Alaska Department of Natural ResourcesGovernment institution | 285 | #18,792 all time | |
| 7 | Alaska Biological Research (United States)Company | 277 | #15,897 all time | |
| 8 | Alaska Native Tribal Health ConsortiumNonprofit | 262 | #30,574 all time | |
| 9 | Alaska Pacific UniversityUniversity | 244 | #18,781 all time | |
| 10 | Alaska Native Medical CenterHospital / health system | 242 | #31,973 all time | |
| 11 | Anchorage School DistrictUniversity | 181 | #37,739 all time | |
| 12 | Southcentral FoundationNonprofit | 110 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Providence Alaska Medical CenterHospital / health system | 65 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Scientific Fishery Systems (United States)Company | 64 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Alaska Neurology CenterHospital / health system | 63 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Mind Matters Research (United States)Company | 37 | not ranked | |
| 17 | CIRI FoundationNonprofit | 34 | not ranked | |
| 18 | International Union for Circumpolar HealthHospital / health system | 30 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Anchorage Associates in Radiation MedicineHospital / health system | 27 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Alaska Women's Cancer CareHospital / health system | 24 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Calista Elders CouncilInstitution | 19 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Renewable Energy Alaska ProjectUniversity | 18 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Municipality of AnchorageGovernment institution | 17 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Chugach School DistrictUniversity | 15 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Alaska Geological SocietyNonprofit | 14 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Volunteers of America AlaskaNonprofit | 11 | not ranked | |
| 27 | North Pacific Fishery Management CouncilInstitution | 11 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Chugachmiut (United States)Company | 11 | not ranked | |
| 29 | North Pacific Research BoardNonprofit | 10 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Alaska Native Science CommissionNonprofit | 10 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Alaska Breast Care & SurgeryHospital / health system | 10 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Alaska Native Health BoardInstitution | 9 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Challenge AlaskaNonprofit | 8 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Ocean Bay (United States)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Rural Alaska Community Action ProgramNonprofit | 7 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Alaska Community Action on ToxicsNonprofit | 7 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Alaska Oncology & HematologyHospital / health system | 7 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Alaska Institute for JusticeNonprofit | 6 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Aleutian Pribilof Islands AssociationInstitution | 6 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Providence Health & Services AlaskaHospital / health system | 6 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Anchorage MuseumArchive | 5 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Alaska Historical SocietyNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Alaska Wildlife AllianceNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Anchorage and Valley Radiation Therapy CentersHospital / health system | 5 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Alaska State LibraryArchive | 4 | not ranked | |
| 46 | United Way of AnchorageNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Alaska Department of Public SafetyGovernment institution | 4 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Cook Inlet Tribal CouncilNonprofit | 3 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Inuit Circumpolar CouncilNonprofit | 3 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Yukon River Drainage Fisheries AssociationNonprofit | 3 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Bering Sea Fishermen’s AssociationInstitution | 3 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Old Harbor Native (United States)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Aleut International AssociationNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee CouncilGovernment institution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Alaska Humanities ForumFunder | 2 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Stone Soup GroupNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Launch Alaska (United States)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce DevelopmentGovernment institution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 59 | First Alaskans InstituteNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Alaska Federation of NativesNonprofit | 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.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
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What is Anchorage strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Anchorage is most concentrated in Atmospheric Science and General Health Professions (7.1× the world share in Atmospheric Science).
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 37.8 works7.1×
- General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 60.5 works3.6×
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 Anchorage?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Arctic, Food Security, Hydrology, Remote Sensing, Epidemiology, Vulnerability and Mental Health.
- Northern Sea Route
- Plant Breeding
- Indigenous Health
- Shipping
- Settler Colonialism
- Drought Tolerance
- International Relations
- Carbon Feedback
- Permafrost
- Social Support
- Soil Fertility
- Arctic Indigenous Peoples
- Nutrition Transition
- Guidelines
- Vulnerability
- Heart Failure
- Treatment
- Arctic
- Mental Health
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Remote Sensing
- Food Security
- Risk Factors
- Hydrology
- Social Justice
- Traditional Knowledge
- Ecological Knowledge
- community-based monitoring
- Resilience
- Health Equity
- Methane Emissions
- Thawing
- Geopolitics
- Oil and Gas
- Decolonization
- Historical Trauma
- Genetic Improvement
- Maritime Transport
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
- Climate Change138▲ 4.2×69 topics
- Epidemiology60▲ 1.25×101 topics
- Sustainability42▲ 1.43×52 topics
- Mental Health41▲ 2.3×34 topics
- Remote Sensing39▲ 2.6×23 topics
- Arctic35▲ 26×4 topics
- Food Security31▲ 4.7×11 topics
- Treatment29▲ 1.96×39 topics
- Risk Factors26▲ 1.98×31 topics
- Heart Failure24▲ 4.7×10 topics
- Hydrology23▲ 15×3 topics
- Vulnerability22▲ 8.1×6 topics
- Social Justice21▲ 3.0×18 topics
- Guidelines19▲ 3.3×11 topics
- Traditional Knowledge19▲ 37×3 topics
- Nutrition Transition18▲ 46×2 topics
- Ecological Knowledge18▲ 33×2 topics
- Arctic Indigenous Peoples18▲ 83×1 topic
- community-based monitoring18▲ 83×1 topic
- Soil Fertility17▲ 6.2×5 topics
- Resilience17▲ 2.9×15 topics
- Social Support17▲ 2.5×15 topics
- Health Equity15▲ 4.7×5 topics
- Permafrost15▲ 29×2 topics
- Methane Emissions15▲ 24×2 topics
- Carbon Feedback14▲ 33×1 topic
- Thawing14▲ 33×1 topic
- International Relations14▲ 4.6×10 topics
- Geopolitics12▲ 6.3×6 topics
- Drought Tolerance11▲ 6.4×5 topics
- Oil and Gas11▲ 25×2 topics
- Settler Colonialism11▲ 22×2 topics
- Decolonization11▲ 11×2 topics
- Shipping11▲ 18×2 topics
- Historical Trauma11▲ 63×1 topic
- Indigenous Health11▲ 63×1 topic
- Genetic Improvement10▲ 9.5×3 topics
- Plant Breeding10▲ 8.8×2 topics
- Maritime Transport10▲ 30×1 topic
- Northern Sea Route10▲ 30×1 topic
What research is done in Anchorage?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 18 works
- 2 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 14 works
- 3 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 11 works
- 4 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
- 5 Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement Agronomy and Crop Science 9 works
- 6 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 9 works
- 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 8 works
- 8 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 8 works
- 9 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 7 works
- 10 Agriculture and Biological Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 works
Research output over time
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