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Research in Arcata

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Arcata, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Cal Poly Humboldt.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.8k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
18.7%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 #7,524
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 2022–2025. 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.

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.

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.

Which keywords describe research in Arcata?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Conservation, Globalization, Habitat Fragmentation, Ecosystem Resilience and Gender.

▲ 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. Climate Change53▲ 4.2×70 topics
  2. Globalization23▲ 2.5×54 topics
  3. Biodiversity20▲ 5.9×22 topics
  4. Invasive Species19▲ 9.6×14 topics
  5. Human Rights16▲ 3.3×41 topics
  6. Conservation15▲ 7.6×14 topics
  7. Gender14▲ 5.4×20 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation13▲ 12×5 topics
  9. Identity13▲ 3.7×30 topics
  10. Ecosystem Resilience12▲ 17×5 topics
  11. Remote Sensing12▲ 2.0×21 topics
  12. Colonialism10▲ 4.8×19 topics
  13. Biogeography10▲ 8.6×13 topics
  14. Nationalism10▲ 4.8×20 topics
  15. Ecosystem10▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Global Change10▲ 8.3×5 topics
  17. Population Dynamics10▲ 8.6×10 topics
  18. Literature9▲ 3.4×19 topics
  19. Ethics8▲ 3.6×22 topics
  20. Social Justice8▲ 3.0×19 topics
  21. Culture8▲ 3.2×18 topics
  22. Soil Properties8▲ 9.8×3 topics
  23. Resilience8▲ 3.5×10 topics
  24. Conservation Biology7▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Cultural Studies7▲ 4.1×11 topics
  26. Forest Fires7▲ 36×1 topic
  27. Wildfire Activity7▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Migration7▲ 4.4×13 topics
  29. Molecular Phylogeny7▲ 9.6×9 topics
  30. Biological Invasions7▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Memory7▲ 6.0×12 topics
  32. Citizen Science7▲ 15×4 topics
  33. Community Ecology6▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Trophic Cascades6▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Global Governance6▲ 5.8×9 topics
  36. Species Richness6▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Functional Diversity6▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Habitat Selection6▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Model Evaluation5▲ 9.1×2 topics
  40. Paleoclimatology5▲ 13×2 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.