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Research in Chania

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Chania, Greece. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Technical University of Crete and Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.8k
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
186k
27.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1960-2026
67 years on the record
Chania

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 Chania?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Technical University of CreteUniversity 5,910 #3,743
2Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of ChaniaUniversity 685 #14,696
3Chania General Hospital ”St. George”Hospital / health system 234 #31,402 all time
4Telecommunication Systems Research InstituteResearch facility 1 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.

Technical University of Crete: 86.5%Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania: 10.0%Chania General Hospital ”St. George”: 3.4%Telecommunication Systems Research Institute: 0.0%87%largest
Technical University of Crete5,910 · 86.5%Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania685 · 10.0%Chania General Hospital ”St. George”234 · 3.4%Telecommunication Systems Research Institute1 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Chania work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research in Chania is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Environmental Science (16%), Computer Science (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 977 fractional works · 70.4% of its workEngineering: 408 fractional works · 29.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 77 fractional works · 5.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 61 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 46 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 35 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 34 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 217 fractional works · 15.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 44 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 33 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 28 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 177 fractional works · 12.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 54 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 34 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 23 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 48 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 33 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 29 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 190 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 66 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 1.9% of its workTransportation: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 51 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 24 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 118 fractional works · 8.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 78 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPlant Science: 38 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 103 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMedicine: 84 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKChania1,388fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences14%

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. Engineering40829.4%
    2. Environmental Science21715.6%
    3. Computer Science17712.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences483.5%
    5. Energy332.4%
    6. Materials Science292.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy201.5%
    8. Chemistry201.4%
    9. Mathematics151.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.7%
    1. Social Sciences664.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting513.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance241.7%
    4. Decision Sciences221.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities141.0%
    6. Psychology120.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences785.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology241.7%
    3. Neuroscience130.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine846.0%
    2. Health Professions161.2%
    3. Nursing20.1%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Chania strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Chania is most concentrated in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (5.7× the world share in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering).

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 22.6 works5.7×
  2. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 33.6 works5.1×
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 30.6 works4.9×
  4. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 55.8 works4.2×
  5. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 24.0 works3.8×
← 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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 67 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.79× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.71× its world share, 162 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 43 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.14× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.00× its world share, 366 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.87× its world share, 173 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.94× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.67× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 75 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.17× its world share, 46 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 60 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science2.87×173 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.26×43 works
  3. Energy2.14×24 works
  4. Engineering2.00×366 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.79×8 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.74×20 works
  7. Computer Science1.71×162 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.17×46 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.15×67 works
  10. Mathematics0.94×13 works
  11. Chemistry0.89×17 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×22 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.67×18 works
  14. Neuroscience0.63×12 works
  15. Materials Science0.60×25 works
  16. Health Professions0.46×15 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.40×14 works
  18. Social Sciences0.39×60 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×1 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×21 works
  21. Medicine0.32×75 works
  22. Psychology0.27×10 works
  23. Nursing0.16×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.08×0 works
  26. Veterinary0.07×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Chania?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Deep Learning and Life Cycle Assessment.

▲ 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. Climate Change98▲ 2.6×72 topics
  2. Sustainability89▲ 2.6×62 topics
  3. Machine Learning89▲ 1.92×66 topics
  4. Environmental Impact86▲ 3.6×47 topics
  5. Renewable Energy80▲ 4.0×39 topics
  6. Deep Learning70▲ 1.47×64 topics
  7. Remote Sensing52▲ 3.1×30 topics
  8. Neural Networks36▲ 1.69×29 topics
  9. Health Effects35▲ 4.2×20 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency34▲ 2.6×30 topics
  11. Life Cycle Assessment28▲ 7.3×8 topics
  12. Circular Economy28▲ 7.3×8 topics
  13. Recycling26▲ 4.8×8 topics
  14. Greenhouse Gas Emissions25▲ 6.6×8 topics
  15. Renewable Energy Integration25▲ 5.4×5 topics
  16. Waste Management23▲ 4.1×7 topics
  17. Power Electronics22▲ 4.8×7 topics
  18. Metal Recovery21▲ 7.8×3 topics
  19. Biochar20▲ 8.6×4 topics
  20. Intelligent Transportation Systems19▲ 9.3×4 topics
  21. Solar Energy18▲ 4.3×5 topics
  22. Smart Grid18▲ 3.6×7 topics
  23. Traffic Flow17▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Reinforcement Learning17▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Environmental Impacts17▲ 4.5×8 topics
  26. Resource Management16▲ 6.8×6 topics
  27. Autonomous Vehicles16▲ 5.4×4 topics
  28. Sustainability Assessment16▲ 8.0×7 topics
  29. Rare Earth Elements15▲ 7.4×3 topics
  30. Renewable Fuels15▲ 8.6×3 topics
  31. Biomass14▲ 8.8×5 topics
  32. Hydrogen14▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Photovoltaic Systems14▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control14▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Microscopic Simulation14▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Soil Properties14▲ 5.7×4 topics
  37. Sustainable Technology12▲ 8.0×2 topics
  38. Gasification12▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Battery Recycling12▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Hydrometallurgical Processes12▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Chania?

Traffic control and mana…13Traffic control and management: 13 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…9Microgrid Control and Optimization: 9 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 9 fractional worksThermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes: 8 fractional worksWater-Energy-Food Nexus Studies: 8 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 8 fractional worksVehicle Routing Optimization Methods: 7 fractional worksTransportation Planning …7Transportation Planning and Optimization: 7 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 7 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Management: 6 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringMechanical EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringWater Science and Technology5 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 13 works
  2. 2 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 9 works
  4. 4 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  5. 5 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 8 works
  6. 6 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 8 works
  7. 7 Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 7 works
  9. 9 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  10. 10 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Chania15.3% 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 33.8% in 2015.

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