Research in Auckland
Science Explorer records 75 research institutions in Auckland, New Zealand. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Auckland, Auckland University of Technology and Springer Nature (New Zealand).
- Research institutions
- 75 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 116k ▲ 12% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 22.7% 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 Auckland?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of AucklandUniversity | 68,220 | #267 | |
| 2 | Auckland University of TechnologyUniversity | 15,589 | #1,481 | |
| 3 | Plant & Food ResearchResearch facility | 4,911 | #5,587 | |
| 4 | Auckland City HospitalHospital / health system | 4,520 | #7,322 | |
| 5 | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric ResearchResearch facility | 3,984 | #4,428 | |
| 6 | Unitec Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 1,811 | #14,475 | |
| 7 | Middlemore HospitalHospital / health system | 1,518 | #18,631 | |
| 8 | Springer Nature (New Zealand)Company | 1,417 | #1,883 | |
| 9 | North Shore HospitalHospital / health system | 1,162 | #21,510 | |
| 10 | Greenlane Clinical CentreHospital / health system | 1,140 | #23,166 | |
| 11 | Auckland District Health BoardHospital / health system | 1,088 | #19,132 | |
| 12 | Starship Children's HealthHospital / health system | 920 | #17,719 | |
| 13 | Media Design SchoolUniversity | 668 | #32,124 all time | |
| 14 | Fonterra (New Zealand)Company | 658 | #17,193 | |
| 15 | Theranostics (New Zealand)Company | 621 | #7,893 | |
| 16 | Maurice Wilkins CentreResearch facility | 602 | #8,202 | |
| 17 | Auckland Institute of StudiesUniversity | 599 | #21,404 | |
| 18 | Counties Manukau District Health BoardHospital / health system | 588 | #17,300 | |
| 19 | General Electric (New Zealand)Company | 532 | #15,631 all time | |
| 20 | Waitemata District Health BoardHospital / health system | 517 | #21,353 | |
| 21 | Wolters Kluwer HealthCompany | 472 | #19,018 all time | |
| 22 | Manukau Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 458 | #26,884 | |
| 23 | Kohler (New Zealand)Company | 414 | #30,723 all time | |
| 24 | Health Research Council of New ZealandGovernment institution | 403 | #21,863 all time | |
| 25 | Brain Research New ZealandResearch facility | 317 | #14,315 | |
| 26 | Bayer (New Zealand)Company | 315 | #3,708 | |
| 27 | St John New ZealandNonprofit | 253 | #22,884 all time | |
| 28 | Auckland CouncilGovernment institution | 250 | #28,147 all time | |
| 29 | Laidlaw CollegeUniversity | 230 | #35,549 all time | |
| 30 | Chelsea Primary SchoolUniversity | 196 | #26,036 all time | |
| 31 | Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (New Zealand)Company | 116 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Fred Hollows FoundationNonprofit | 107 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Mt Albert Primary SchoolUniversity | 102 | not ranked | |
| 34 | New Zealand College of ChiropracticUniversity | 98 | not ranked | |
| 35 | National Heart Foundation of New ZealandNonprofit | 81 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Whitecliffe College of Arts and DesignUniversity | 77 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Carey Baptist CollegeUniversity | 73 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Lion FoundationNonprofit | 70 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Good Shepherd CollegeUniversity | 64 | not ranked | |
| 40 | NZ Respiratory & Sleep InstituteHospital / health system | 51 | not ranked | |
| 41 | MedTech CoREResearch facility | 44 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Mercy Angiography UnitHospital / health system | 42 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Mercy HospitalHospital / health system | 42 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Auckland UniServices (New Zealand)Company | 39 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Worldwise Travellers Health & Vaccination CentresHospital / health system | 32 | not ranked | |
| 46 | New Zealand Christians in ScienceInstitution | 27 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Mental Health FoundationNonprofit | 21 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Health and Disability CommissionerInstitution | 17 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Millar (New Zealand)Company | 16 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Mackie Research (New Zealand)Company | 15 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Pulse Energy (New Zealand)Company | 12 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Neuren Pharmaceuticals (New Zealand)Company | 12 | not ranked | |
| 53 | LanzaTech (New Zealand)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Natus (New Zealand)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Farm Cove ObservatoryResearch facility | 7 | not ranked | |
| 56 | New Zealand eScience InfrastructureResearch facility | 7 | not ranked | |
| 57 | AFT Pharmaceuticals (New Zealand)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Kode Biotech (New Zealand)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Child Cancer FoundationNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Digitech Services (New Zealand)Company | 5 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Auckland strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Auckland is most concentrated in Public Administration, Health and Gastroenterology (4.0× the world share in Public Administration).
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 40.4 works4.0×
- HealthSubfield · 157.5 works2.8×
- GastroenterologySubfield · 58.2 works2.6×
- Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 125.3 works2.6×
- OceanographySubfield · 130.0 works2.5×
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 Auckland?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Sustainability, Mental Health, Inflammation, Globalization, Deep Learning and Vulnerability.
- Indigenous Health
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- Settler Colonialism
- Reflective Practice
- Neoliberalism
- Prevalence
- Primary Care
- Health Equity
- Invasive Species
- Social Capital
- Vulnerability
- Obesity
- Treatment
- Oxidative Stress
- Risk Factors
- Quality of Life
- Mental Health
- Inflammation
- Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Globalization
- Public Health
- Environmental Impact
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Depression
- Resilience
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Social Justice
- Mortality
- Anxiety
- Well-being
- Ecosystem Services
- Ethical Considerations
- Decolonization
- Preterm Infants
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems
- Historical Trauma
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
- Epidemiology968▲ 1.30×133 topics
- Climate Change781▲ 1.54×105 topics
- Deep Learning558◆ 0.87×80 topics
- Sustainability521◆ 1.14×110 topics
- Machine Learning472▼ 0.77×90 topics
- Inflammation463▲ 1.18×82 topics
- Globalization451▲ 1.22×124 topics
- Mental Health405▲ 1.47×43 topics
- Public Health366▲ 1.34×64 topics
- Quality of Life306◆ 1.13×57 topics
- Environmental Impact284◆ 0.89×59 topics
- Risk Factors279▲ 1.35×37 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease268▲ 1.29×39 topics
- Oxidative Stress252▼ 0.82×62 topics
- Depression242▲ 1.46×25 topics
- Treatment240◆ 1.05×49 topics
- Resilience228▲ 2.5×17 topics
- Obesity210▲ 1.48×28 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome201▲ 1.31×24 topics
- Vulnerability198▲ 4.7×8 topics
- Social Justice184▲ 1.67×41 topics
- Social Capital175▲ 1.76×18 topics
- Mortality165▲ 1.52×13 topics
- Invasive Species160▲ 2.0×21 topics
- Anxiety159▲ 1.78×12 topics
- Health Equity157▲ 3.1×6 topics
- Well-being148▲ 2.0×14 topics
- Primary Care145▲ 2.0×15 topics
- Ecosystem Services143▲ 1.97×12 topics
- Prevalence142▲ 1.86×15 topics
- Ethical Considerations140▲ 2.2×18 topics
- Neoliberalism138▲ 2.1×26 topics
- Decolonization127▲ 8.4×6 topics
- Reflective Practice124▲ 3.5×7 topics
- Preterm Infants93▲ 4.0×4 topics
- Settler Colonialism75▲ 9.3×2 topics
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems72▲ 12×3 topics
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge72▲ 9.2×2 topics
- Historical Trauma70▲ 27×1 topic
- Indigenous Health70▲ 27×1 topic
What research is done in Auckland?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 70 works
- 2 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 55 works
- 3 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 54 works
- 4 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 51 works
- 5 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 46 works
- 6 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 45 works
- 7 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 45 works
- 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 42 works
- 9 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 42 works
- 10 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 40 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.