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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-now are Western Washington University and International Society for Optics and Photonics.

Research institutions
10
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.6k
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
189k
22.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Bellingham

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 Bellingham?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Western Washington UniversityUniversity 7,472 #4,728
2International Society for Optics and PhotonicsNonprofit 367 #18,902
3Bellingham Technical CollegeUniversity 214 #15,022 all time
4Whatcom Community CollegeUniversity 208 #14,851 all time
5Adaptive Cognitive SystemsResearch facility 160 #34,736 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-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.

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 fields of science does Bellingham work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Bellingham is in Social Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Engineering (10%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 525 fractional works · 40.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 287 fractional works · 22.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 85 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEducation: 59 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 31 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGender Studies: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 87 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 32 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 24 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 79 fractional works · 6.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 37 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 501 fractional works · 38.9% of its workEngineering: 124 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 44 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedia Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 114 fractional works · 8.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 39 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 72 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 26 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 66 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeophysics: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 56 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 151 fractional works · 11.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 71 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 41 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 111 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMedicine: 85 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBellingham1,288fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences41%

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 Sciences28722.3%
    2. Psychology876.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities796.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting372.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance201.6%
    6. Decision Sciences141.1%
    1. Engineering1249.6%
    2. Computer Science1148.8%
    3. Materials Science725.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences665.1%
    5. Environmental Science564.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy201.6%
    7. Chemistry201.6%
    8. Mathematics191.5%
    9. Energy60.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology715.5%
    2. Neuroscience413.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences272.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology70.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.4%
    1. Medicine856.6%
    2. Health Professions241.9%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Bellingham?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Biodegradable Polymers, Renewable Resources, Globalization, Education, History, Ethics and Shape Memory Polymers.

▲ 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. Machine Learning46◆ 1.07×55 topics
  2. Climate Change44▲ 1.25×57 topics
  3. Globalization42▲ 1.68×54 topics
  4. Education40▲ 1.80×42 topics
  5. Mental Health30▲ 1.64×30 topics
  6. Gender30▲ 4.3×27 topics
  7. History28▲ 3.2×29 topics
  8. Identity26▲ 2.7×33 topics
  9. Ethics24▲ 3.7×27 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications23▲ 1.50×17 topics
  11. Colonialism23▲ 3.7×25 topics
  12. Literature21▲ 3.0×23 topics
  13. STEM Education21▲ 3.6×6 topics
  14. Culture21▲ 3.1×23 topics
  15. Biodegradable Polymers20▲ 9.0×4 topics
  16. Renewable Resources20▲ 8.7×3 topics
  17. Polymer Composites19▲ 5.4×3 topics
  18. Social Justice18▲ 2.4×19 topics
  19. Nationalism17▲ 2.9×16 topics
  20. Intersectionality16▲ 6.7×8 topics
  21. Shape Memory Polymers16▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Self-Healing16▲ 32×1 topic
  23. Supramolecular Polymers16▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Tectonics15▲ 9.7×3 topics
  25. Engineering Education14▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Student Engagement14▲ 2.7×12 topics
  27. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance13▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Catalytic Transformation13▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Lignin Valorization13▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Teacher Preparation12▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Global Governance12▲ 3.9×11 topics
  32. Politics12▲ 3.6×12 topics
  33. Race12▲ 7.8×11 topics
  34. Emotion12▲ 4.3×9 topics
  35. Society11▲ 4.5×11 topics
  36. Raman Spectroscopy11▲ 4.3×6 topics
  37. Plate Tectonics10▲ 5.2×3 topics
  38. Medicine9▲ 8.5×4 topics
  39. Perception9▲ 9.9×4 topics
  40. Engineering9▲ 15×2 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

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting20%40%Bellingham10.2% 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 31.9% in 2007.

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