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Research in Bellingham

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Bellingham, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Western Washington University and International Society for Optics and Photonics.

Research institutions
10
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.6k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.3%
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 Bellingham?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Western Washington UniversityUniversity 7,472 #5,488
2International Society for Optics and PhotonicsNonprofit 367 #25,495
3Bellingham Technical CollegeUniversity 214 #30,850 all time
4Whatcom Community CollegeUniversity 208 #33,302 all time
5Adaptive Cognitive SystemsResearch facility 160 #17,813 all time
6PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical CenterHospital / health system 55 not ranked
7TOKU-E (United States)Company 42 not ranked
8Northwest Indian CollegeUniversity 32 not ranked
9Northwest Straits FoundationNonprofit 6 not ranked
10Lummi Indian Business CouncilGovernment institution 3 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.

Western Washington University: 87.3%International Society for Optics and Photonics: 4.3%Bellingham Technical College: 2.5%Whatcom Community College: 2.4%6 others listed: 3.5%87%largest
Western Washington University7,472 · 87.3%International Society for Optics and Photonics367 · 4.3%Bellingham Technical College214 · 2.5%Whatcom Community College208 · 2.4%6 others listed298 · 3.5%

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

Which keywords describe research in Bellingham?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Globalization, History, Climate Change, Colonialism, Identity, Intersectionality and STEM Education.

▲ 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 Change40▲ 1.46×53 topics
  2. Globalization39▲ 1.93×51 topics
  3. Machine Learning32◆ 0.96×53 topics
  4. Education31▲ 1.76×36 topics
  5. Gender28▲ 5.0×26 topics
  6. Mental Health27▲ 1.80×29 topics
  7. History26▲ 3.6×28 topics
  8. Identity23▲ 3.1×30 topics
  9. Colonialism20▲ 4.2×21 topics
  10. Culture19▲ 3.5×23 topics
  11. STEM Education19▲ 4.2×6 topics
  12. Literature19▲ 3.3×21 topics
  13. Innovation18▲ 1.66×19 topics
  14. Social Justice17▲ 2.8×18 topics
  15. Nationalism16▲ 3.4×16 topics
  16. Ethics16▲ 3.2×23 topics
  17. Intersectionality15▲ 7.9×6 topics
  18. Tectonics14▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Student Engagement14▲ 3.3×12 topics
  20. Engineering Education13▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Religion13▲ 2.6×17 topics
  22. Teacher Preparation12▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Politics12▲ 4.1×12 topics
  24. Democracy11▲ 3.1×12 topics
  25. Migration11▲ 3.3×11 topics
  26. Emotion11▲ 5.3×9 topics
  27. Neuroscience11▲ 3.5×10 topics
  28. Feminism11▲ 3.7×9 topics
  29. Society10▲ 5.3×11 topics
  30. Global Governance10▲ 4.4×9 topics
  31. Plate Tectonics9▲ 6.0×3 topics
  32. Self-Regulation9▲ 5.1×4 topics
  33. Academic Achievement9▲ 5.0×8 topics
  34. Race9▲ 7.5×10 topics
  35. Public Opinion8▲ 5.9×5 topics
  36. Sedimentation7▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Holocene7▲ 6.2×3 topics
  38. Social Identity7▲ 7.3×4 topics
  39. Implicit Bias7▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Cultural Psychology6▲ 14×3 topics

What research is done in Bellingham?

Geological formations an…6Geological formations and processes: 6 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…6Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 6 fractional worksScience Education and Pedagogy: 6 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…6Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 6 fractional worksSocial and Intergroup Ps…5Social and Intergroup Psychology: 5 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 5 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 5 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in …5Critical Race Theory in Education: 5 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 4 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 4 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesGeophysicsEducationAtmospheric Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 6 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 6 works
  3. 3 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 6 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 6 works
  5. 5 Social and Intergroup Psychology Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  6. 6 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 5 works
  7. 7 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 5 works
  8. 8 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  9. 9 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 4 works

Research output over time

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