Research in Columbia
Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Columbia. The largest by output are Columbia Environmental Research Center and South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Association.
- Research institutions
- 2
- Research works
- 195 ▲ 56% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 23.3% 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 Columbia?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia Environmental Research CenterResearch facility | 194 | #28,226 all time | |
| 2 | South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury AssociationNonprofit | 1 | 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.
What is Columbia strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Columbia is most concentrated in Environmental Science (14.3× the world share in Environmental Science).
- Environmental ScienceField · 26.5 works14×
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 Columbia?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Freshwater Biodiversity, Fisheries Sustainability, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation Challenges, Flow Regulation and Bioaccumulation.
- Wastewater Treatment
- Pharmaceuticals
- Eutrophication
- Microbial Communities
- Biogeography
- Freshwater Mussels
- Ecosystem Engineering
- River Restoration
- Toxicity
- Aquatic Organisms
- Health Effects
- Conservation
- Pesticides
- Aquaculture
- Conservation Genetics
- Water Quality
- Bioaccumulation
- Conservation Challenges
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Invasive Species
- Climate Change
- Freshwater Biodiversity
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Flow Regulation
- Environmental Impact
- Biodiversity
- Global Distribution
- Oxidative Stress
- Ecological Impact
- Biomarkers
- Sediment Transport
- Environmental Risk Assessment
- DNA Barcoding
- Environmental Impacts
- Environmental Exposure
- Aquatic Environment
- Freshwater
- Brominated Flame Retardants
- Genetic Diversity
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
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
- Climate Change10▲ 9.8×20 topics
- Invasive Species7▲ 47×9 topics
- Freshwater Biodiversity6▲ 245×2 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability5▲ 164×2 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 63×3 topics
- Conservation Challenges5▲ 274×1 topic
- Flow Regulation5▲ 274×1 topic
- Bioaccumulation4▲ 114×3 topics
- Environmental Impact3▲ 5.0×14 topics
- Water Quality3▲ 22×6 topics
- Biodiversity3▲ 10×10 topics
- Conservation Genetics3▲ 188×2 topics
- Global Distribution3▲ 108×3 topics
- Aquaculture2▲ 25×4 topics
- Oxidative Stress2▲ 4.1×5 topics
- Pesticides2▲ 95×3 topics
- Ecological Impact2▲ 129×2 topics
- Conservation2▲ 14×5 topics
- Biomarkers2▲ 8.1×2 topics
- Health Effects2▲ 9.3×5 topics
- Sediment Transport2▲ 35×3 topics
- Aquatic Organisms2▲ 198×1 topic
- Environmental Risk Assessment2▲ 62×1 topic
- Toxicity2▲ 12×5 topics
- DNA Barcoding2▲ 31×3 topics
- River Restoration2▲ 119×2 topics
- Environmental Impacts2▲ 17×2 topics
- Ecosystem Engineering2▲ 150×1 topic
- Environmental Exposure2▲ 38×2 topics
- Freshwater Mussels2▲ 221×1 topic
- Aquatic Environment1▲ 45×2 topics
- Biogeography1▲ 14×3 topics
- Freshwater1▲ 75×2 topics
- Microbial Communities1▲ 8.0×2 topics
- Brominated Flame Retardants1▲ 89×1 topic
- Eutrophication1▲ 32×3 topics
- Genetic Diversity1▲ 7.5×3 topics
- Pharmaceuticals1▲ 47×2 topics
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons1▲ 61×1 topic
- Wastewater Treatment1▲ 14×2 topics
What research is done in Columbia?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
- 2 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
- 3 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 2 works
- 4 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
- 5 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 1 works
- 6 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 1 works
- 7 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 1 works
- 8 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 1 works
- 9 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 1 works
- 10 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 1 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.