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Research in Arecibo

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The largest by output are Arecibo Observatory and University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo.

Research institutions
2
Research works
626
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
25.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1963-2026
64 years on the record
Arecibo

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Which research institutions are in Arecibo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Arecibo ObservatoryArchive 436 #19,749 all time
2University of Puerto Rico at AreciboUniversity 190 #22,964 all time

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.

Which fields of science does Arecibo work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Arecibo is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (22%), Social Sciences (14%), Arts and Humanities (13%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 41.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 22.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 13 fractional works · 19.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 33.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 13.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 13.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 7.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 13.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKArecibo66fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences34%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy1522.4%
    2. Computer Science45.5%
    3. Engineering35.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences34.6%
    5. Environmental Science23.0%
    6. Chemistry00.5%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences913.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities913.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting33.9%
    4. Psychology11.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology46.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.7%
    3. Neuroscience11.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.0%
    1. Medicine68.8%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Dentistry00.7%
    4. Nursing00.5%
    5. Veterinary00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Arecibo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Cultural Identity, Cultural Studies, Postcolonialism, Latin American Literature, Literary Criticism, Social Movements and Ethics.

▲ 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. Literature4▲ 12×8 topics
  2. Cultural Identity4▲ 12×4 topics
  3. Cultural Studies4▲ 16×6 topics
  4. Postcolonialism4▲ 37×3 topics
  5. Ethics3▲ 10×6 topics
  6. Latin American Literature3▲ 318×2 topics
  7. Literary Criticism3▲ 104×2 topics
  8. Social Movements3▲ 18×3 topics
  9. Autofiction3▲ 448×1 topic
  10. Education3▲ 2.8×8 topics
  11. fantastic genre3▲ 865×1 topic
  12. Radio Astronomy3▲ 192×2 topics
  13. Technology2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  14. Digitalization2▲ 17×2 topics
  15. Gravitational Waves2▲ 62×2 topics
  16. Epoch of Reionization2▲ 255×1 topic
  17. Low-Frequency Telescopes2▲ 255×1 topic
  18. Identity2▲ 4.3×5 topics
  19. Privacy2▲ 10×2 topics
  20. Solar Wind2▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Gender2▲ 5.4×5 topics
  22. Regulation2▲ 5.4×3 topics
  23. Artificial Intelligences2▲ 665×1 topic
  24. Legal Personhood2▲ 134×1 topic
  25. Teacher Training2▲ 4.2×4 topics
  26. Archaeology2▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Mars2▲ 74×1 topic
  28. Martian Surface2▲ 74×1 topic
  29. Philosophy2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  30. Poetry2▲ 72×2 topics
  31. Genetic Diversity2▲ 5.1×2 topics
  32. Holocene2▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Solar System Abundances2▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Terrestrial Planets2▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Entrepreneurship1▲ 5.4×5 topics
  36. Corporate Social Responsibility1▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Narrative1▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Binary Black Hole1▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Educational Reform1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Supernovae1▲ 23×2 topics

What research is done in Arecibo?

Latin American Literature Analysis: 3 fractional worksRadio Astronomy Observations and Technology: 2 fractional worksLiterary and Philosophic…2Literary and Philosophical Studies: 2 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…2Planetary Science and Exploration: 2 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 1 fractional worksComparative Literary Ana…1Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 1 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 1 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience, Education …1Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function: 1 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryAstronomy and AstrophysicsPolitical Science and International RelationsCognitive Neuroscience

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

  1. 1 Latin American Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  2. 2 Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  3. 3 Literary and Philosophical Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  4. 4 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  5. 5 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  6. 6 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  8. 8 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  9. 9 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  10. 10 Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works

Research output over time

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