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Research in Ensenada

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Ensenada, Mexico. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada Institute of Technology and Pronatura Noroeste.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.9k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
89k
14.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1960-2026
67 years on the record
Ensenada

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 Ensenada?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de EnsenadaResearch facility 4,927 #9,923
2Ensenada Institute of TechnologyUniversity 548 #15,899
3Pronatura NoroesteArchive 469 #20,595

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.

Which fields of science does Ensenada work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research in Ensenada is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (17%), Engineering (16%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (15%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 773 fractional works · 70.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 191 fractional works · 17.4% of its workEcology: 68 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 52 fractional works · 4.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 178 fractional works · 16.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 53 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 2.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 26 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 23 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 165 fractional works · 15.0% of its workOceanography: 60 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeophysics: 58 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPaleontology: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 112 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 39 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 24 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 52 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 41 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 181 fractional works · 16.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 80 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPlant Science: 22 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAquatic Science: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 71 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 84 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 24 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 64 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEnsenada1,101fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences8%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science19117.4%
    2. Engineering17816.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences16515.0%
    4. Computer Science11210.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy524.7%
    6. Materials Science413.7%
    7. Energy161.4%
    8. Chemistry111.0%
    9. Mathematics50.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences807.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology716.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology161.5%
    4. Neuroscience121.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Social Sciences393.5%
    2. Psychology242.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities80.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting60.5%
    6. Decision Sciences20.2%
    1. Medicine514.6%
    2. Health Professions100.9%
    3. Veterinary10.1%
    4. Nursing10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ensenada strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ensenada is most concentrated in Oceanography, Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (18.8× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 51.9 works19×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 51.8 works15×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 141.8 works9.2×
  4. EcologySubfield · 60.5 works7.8×
  5. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 47.5 works6.4×
← 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: 1.51× its world share, 70 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.38× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.37× its world share, 105 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.21× its world share, 142 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.49× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 161 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.51× its world share, 171 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 35 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.16× its world share, 47 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences9.21×142 works
  2. Environmental Science3.51×171 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.16×47 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.51×70 works
  5. Energy1.49×14 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.38×14 works
  7. Computer Science1.37×105 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.18×62 works
  9. Veterinary1.10×2 works
  10. Engineering1.09×161 works
  11. Materials Science1.01×35 works
  12. Neuroscience0.72×12 works
  13. Psychology0.67×20 works
  14. Chemistry0.62×10 works
  15. Mathematics0.38×4 works
  16. Health Professions0.35×9 works
  17. Nursing0.30×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.30×37 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.28×1 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×1 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×6 works
  22. Medicine0.24×45 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.24×7 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.22×2 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Ensenada?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Aquaculture, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Ocean Acidification, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation and Subduction.

▲ 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 Change137▲ 4.6×67 topics
  2. Machine Learning44▲ 1.21×58 topics
  3. Aquaculture36▲ 13×7 topics
  4. Conservation34▲ 7.1×16 topics
  5. Environmental Impact33▲ 1.74×33 topics
  6. Population Dynamics31▲ 11×10 topics
  7. Ocean Acidification31▲ 37×3 topics
  8. Biodiversity30▲ 3.6×23 topics
  9. Remote Sensing27▲ 2.0×25 topics
  10. Global Warming27▲ 5.8×10 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services24▲ 5.6×10 topics
  12. Ocean Circulation22▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Subduction22▲ 27×3 topics
  14. Trophic Cascades22▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Data Assimilation21▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Biogeography21▲ 6.9×13 topics
  17. Fisheries Sustainability21▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Invasive Species20▲ 4.3×15 topics
  19. Benthic Communities20▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Marine Biodiversity20▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Marine Ecosystems19▲ 32×2 topics
  22. Ecosystem Management18▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Phylogenetic Analysis18▲ 5.2×14 topics
  24. Climate Change Impact18▲ 7.1×4 topics
  25. Fish Population Dynamics18▲ 40×1 topic
  26. Marine Fisheries18▲ 40×1 topic
  27. Marine Environment16▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Harmful Algal Blooms16▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Molecular Phylogeny16▲ 8.6×11 topics
  30. Ecosystem Functioning15▲ 6.8×7 topics
  31. Plate Tectonics15▲ 9.1×3 topics
  32. Oceanic Modeling15▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Tidal Analysis15▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Bleaching15▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Coral Reefs15▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Geodetic Measurements14▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Climate Change Impacts14▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Ecosystem Resilience14▲ 8.3×5 topics
  39. Eutrophication13▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Coastal Protection13▲ 18×2 topics

What research is done in Ensenada?

Marine and fisheries res…16Marine and fisheries research: 16 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…14Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 14 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 12 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 12 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 12 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 12 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 11 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…10Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 10 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 10 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 9 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyGeophysicsAquatic Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 16 works
  2. 2 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 14 works
  3. 3 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 12 works
  4. 4 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 12 works
  5. 5 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 12 works
  6. 6 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 12 works
  7. 7 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 11 works
  8. 8 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 10 works
  9. 9 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 10 works
  10. 10 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 9 works

Research output over time

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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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ensenada7.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.2% in 2006.

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