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Research in El Paso

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in El Paso, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are The University of Texas at El Paso and El Paso Community College.

Research institutions
12
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
348k
17.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
El Paso

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 El Paso?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1The University of Texas at El PasoUniversity 17,965 #1,296
2El Paso Community CollegeUniversity 279 #20,623
3Border Network for Human RightsNonprofit 61 not ranked
4El Paso Public LibraryArchive 16 not ranked
5Western Sky Medical ResearchResearch facility 16 not ranked
6El Paso Museum of HistoryArchive 5 not ranked
7El Paso Community FoundationInstitution 4 not ranked
8Rio Grande Council of GovernmentsGovernment institution 1 not ranked
9Robert E. and Evelyn McKee FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
10Tom Lea InstituteInstitution 1 not ranked
11Cancer and Chronic Disease ConsortiumNonprofit 1 not ranked
12AlivianeNonprofit 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.

The University of Texas at El Paso: 97.9%El Paso Community College: 1.5%Border Network for Human Rights: 0.3%El Paso Public Library: 0.1%8 others listed: 0.2%98%largest
The University of Texas at El Paso18k · 97.9%El Paso Community College279 · 1.5%Border Network for Human Rights61 · 0.3%El Paso Public Library16 · 0.1%8 others listed30 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does El Paso work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in El Paso is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (17%), Engineering (16%), Social Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 1,581 fractional works · 42.5% of its workEngineering: 597 fractional works · 16.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 106 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 88 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 74 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 42 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 371 fractional works · 10.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 156 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 46 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 149 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 145 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 85 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 76 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 72 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 72 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 59 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,040 fractional works · 27.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 460 fractional works · 12.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 129 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 110 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 180 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 60 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 55 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 117 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAccounting: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 108 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 77 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 101 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 74 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 738 fractional works · 19.8% of its workMedicine: 633 fractional works · 17.0% of its workSurgery: 83 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 55 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 48 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 46 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 46 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 45 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 87 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 54 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 364 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 186 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 108 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 72 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 66 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKEl Paso3,722fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences28%

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. Engineering59716.0%
    2. Computer Science37110.0%
    3. Environmental Science1494.0%
    4. Materials Science1453.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences762.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy721.9%
    7. Mathematics721.9%
    8. Chemistry591.6%
    9. Energy300.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.3%
  2. Social Sciences1,04027.9%
    1. Social Sciences46012.4%
    2. Psychology1804.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1173.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1082.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities1012.7%
    6. Decision Sciences742.0%
    1. Medicine63317.0%
    2. Health Professions872.3%
    3. Nursing100.3%
    4. Dentistry70.2%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1865.0%
    2. Neuroscience721.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences661.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology300.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics110.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is El Paso strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in El Paso is most concentrated in Statistics and Probability, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Media Technology (3.6× the world share in Statistics and Probability).

  1. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 25.3 works3.6×
  2. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 44.5 works3.2×
  3. Media TechnologySubfield · 32.2 works3.1×
  4. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 24.7 works3.0×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 58 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 154 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 63 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.03× its world share, 53 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.32× its world share, 337 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 66 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.94× its world share, 28 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.11× its world share, 548 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 131 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.11× its world share, 127 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.67× its world share, 64 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 64 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 76 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 524 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 84 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 106 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 65 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 101 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.61× its world share, 161 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 408 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.04×65 works
  2. Mathematics1.67×64 works
  3. Psychology1.61×161 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.44×101 works
  5. Computer Science1.32×337 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.29×66 works
  7. Neuroscience1.18×63 works
  8. Engineering1.11×548 works
  9. Materials Science1.11×127 works
  10. Chemistry1.03×53 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.01×106 works
  12. Social Sciences0.98×408 works
  13. Energy0.94×28 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×10 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.89×84 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×154 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.88×64 works
  18. Health Professions0.88×76 works
  19. Medicine0.83×524 works
  20. Environmental Science0.81×131 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.79×9 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.74×24 works
  23. Nursing0.57×9 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×58 works
  25. Dentistry0.37×6 works
  26. Veterinary0.23×1 works

Which keywords describe research in El Paso?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Additive Manufacturing, Mental Health, Microstructure, Epidemiology, Sustainability and Biomedical Engineering.

▲ 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 Learning165▲ 1.33×77 topics
  2. Deep Learning144◆ 1.12×68 topics
  3. Epidemiology138◆ 0.93×120 topics
  4. Sustainability109▲ 1.20×65 topics
  5. Mental Health92▲ 1.72×35 topics
  6. Climate Change86▼ 0.85×77 topics
  7. Globalization80◆ 1.09×70 topics
  8. Neural Networks79▲ 1.38×32 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties74▲ 2.0×30 topics
  10. Education69◆ 1.08×60 topics
  11. Microstructure63▲ 3.2×18 topics
  12. Additive Manufacturing57▲ 4.9×7 topics
  13. Nanoparticles56▲ 1.20×41 topics
  14. Public Health55◆ 1.02×43 topics
  15. Risk Factors53▲ 1.30×35 topics
  16. Social Justice49▲ 2.2×26 topics
  17. Big Data46▲ 1.29×22 topics
  18. STEM Education42▲ 2.5×8 topics
  19. Corporate Governance42▲ 1.54×18 topics
  20. Biomedical Engineering39▲ 7.4×2 topics
  21. Applications38▲ 3.7×6 topics
  22. Higher Education37▲ 1.86×21 topics
  23. Artificial Neural Networks36▲ 2.1×9 topics
  24. 3D Printing36▲ 4.3×5 topics
  25. Polymer Composites36▲ 3.6×7 topics
  26. Student Engagement34▲ 2.3×13 topics
  27. Engineering Education32▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Materials31▲ 3.6×5 topics
  29. Ceramics31▲ 5.7×4 topics
  30. Career Development29▲ 6.6×5 topics
  31. Challenges29▲ 6.8×2 topics
  32. Fused Deposition Modeling29▲ 7.3×1 topic
  33. Firm Performance28▲ 4.2×4 topics
  34. Backpropagation Learning24▲ 8.6×1 topic
  35. Self-Organizing Maps24▲ 8.6×1 topic
  36. Process Parameters23▲ 5.8×3 topics
  37. Assessment Methods21▲ 5.3×3 topics
  38. Metallic Components20▲ 7.8×1 topic
  39. Selective Laser Melting20▲ 7.8×1 topic
  40. Acculturation19▲ 6.9×2 topics

What research is done in El Paso?

Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 26 fractional worksNeural Networks and Applications: 24 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing M…18Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 18 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…14Corporate Finance and Governance: 14 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 14 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 13 fractional worksCareer Development and D…12Career Development and Diversity: 12 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 11 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 11 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision …10Multi-Criteria Decision Making: 10 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceMechanical EngineeringAccounting5 others

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

  1. 1 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 26 works
  2. 2 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 24 works
  3. 3 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 18 works
  4. 4 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 14 works
  5. 5 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 14 works
  6. 6 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 13 works
  7. 7 Career Development and Diversity Safety Research 12 works
  8. 8 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 11 works
  9. 9 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 11 works
  10. 10 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 10 works

Research output over time

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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 counting10%20%30%El Paso13.8% 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 27.8% in 2016.

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