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Research in Arcata

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Arcata, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Cal Poly Humboldt.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.8k
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
141k
20.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Arcata

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Arcata?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Cal Poly HumboldtUniversity 6,814 #4,716
2Breast and GYN Health ProjectHospital / health system 9 not ranked
3United Indian Health ServicesNonprofit 4 not ranked
4InternewsNonprofit 3 not ranked
5Pacific Sociological AssociationInstitution 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. 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.

Cal Poly Humboldt: 99.8%Breast and GYN Health Project: 0.1%United Indian Health Services: 0.1%Internews: 0.0%1 other listed: 0.0%100%largest
Cal Poly Humboldt6,814 · 99.8%Breast and GYN Health Project9 · 0.1%United Indian Health Services4 · 0.1%Internews3 · 0.0%1 other listed1 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Arcata work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Arcata is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Environmental Science (16%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 256 fractional works · 47.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 136 fractional works · 25.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 42 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 25 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 48 fractional works · 9.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 38 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 178 fractional works · 33.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 84 fractional works · 15.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 24 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEcology: 24 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 65 fractional works · 12.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 38 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKArcata536fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences48%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences13625.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities489.0%
    3. Psychology387.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance173.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting112.0%
    6. Decision Sciences71.3%
    1. Environmental Science8415.7%
    2. Computer Science264.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences234.3%
    4. Engineering214.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy91.7%
    6. Mathematics61.1%
    7. Materials Science40.8%
    8. Chemistry30.5%
    9. Energy10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences387.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology152.8%
    3. Neuroscience91.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine264.9%
    2. Health Professions91.6%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Arcata strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Arcata is most concentrated in Global and Planetary Change and Ecology (6.1× the world share in Global and Planetary Change).

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 21.7 works6.1×
  2. EcologySubfield · 21.2 works5.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.24× its world share, 75 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.13× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.47× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.21× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 119 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.24×75 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.13×42 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.72×20 works
  4. Psychology2.21×32 works
  5. Social Sciences2.02×119 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.54×34 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.47×15 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.17×5 works
  9. Neuroscience1.04×8 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.77×8 works
  11. Mathematics0.72×4 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×10 works
  13. Health Professions0.63×8 works
  14. Computer Science0.58×21 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×3 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×13 works
  17. Energy0.31×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.30×2 works
  19. Engineering0.28×20 works
  20. Veterinary0.27×0 works
  21. Medicine0.26×23 works
  22. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.21×3 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.10×0 works
  26. Nursing0.09×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Arcata?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Gender, Conservation, Globalization, Habitat Fragmentation and Ecosystem Resilience.

▲ 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-now 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. Climate Change60▲ 4.1×78 topics
  2. Globalization25▲ 2.4×63 topics
  3. Biodiversity22▲ 5.3×24 topics
  4. Invasive Species20▲ 9.0×14 topics
  5. Gender18▲ 6.4×25 topics
  6. Human Rights18▲ 3.3×43 topics
  7. Conservation16▲ 6.8×15 topics
  8. Identity15▲ 3.9×35 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation14▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Ecosystem Resilience14▲ 17×5 topics
  11. Remote Sensing13▲ 1.99×22 topics
  12. Colonialism12▲ 4.9×22 topics
  13. Nationalism11▲ 4.8×21 topics
  14. Population Dynamics11▲ 8.0×10 topics
  15. Biogeography11▲ 7.3×15 topics
  16. Global Change10▲ 7.4×5 topics
  17. Ecosystem10▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Social Justice10▲ 3.1×22 topics
  19. Ethics9▲ 3.5×25 topics
  20. Soil Properties9▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Literature9▲ 3.1×21 topics
  22. Cultural Studies8▲ 4.3×15 topics
  23. Forest Fires8▲ 35×1 topic
  24. Wildfire Activity8▲ 35×1 topic
  25. Conservation Biology8▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Migration8▲ 4.1×14 topics
  27. Molecular Phylogeny7▲ 8.3×9 topics
  28. Memory7▲ 5.5×12 topics
  29. Trophic Cascades7▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Biological Invasions7▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Global Governance7▲ 5.5×9 topics
  32. Citizen Science7▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Community Ecology6▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Habitat Selection6▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Species Richness6▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Functional Diversity6▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Race6▲ 9.0×10 topics
  38. Fisheries Sustainability6▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Paleoclimatology6▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Model Evaluation6▲ 8.1×2 topics

What research is done in Arcata?

Fire effects on ecosystems: 7 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 6 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…4Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…4Species Distribution and Climate Change: 4 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 4 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 3 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evol…3Plant Diversity and Evolution: 3 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 3 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 3 fractional worksAging and Gerontology Re…3Aging and Gerontology Research: 3 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcologyEcological Modeling4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  3. 3 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 4 works
  5. 5 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 4 works
  6. 6 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  7. 7 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  8. 8 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  9. 9 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  10. 10 Aging and Gerontology Research Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 3 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Arcata16.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.2% in 2010.

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