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Research in Fairbanks

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Fairbanks, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Research institutions
17
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
14k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
419k
30.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Fairbanks

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 Fairbanks?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Alaska FairbanksUniversity 12,598 #1,850
2Alaska Volcano ObservatoryResearch facility 549 #13,160 all time
3University of Alaska SystemUniversity 547 #19,138 all time
4West Valley High SchoolUniversity 77 not ranked
5Tanana Chiefs ConferenceNonprofit 22 not ranked
6Arctic Research Consortium of the United StatesNonprofit 21 not ranked
7Fairbanks Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 20 not ranked
8Western History AssociationNonprofit 18 not ranked
9Fairbanks North Star Borough School DistrictUniversity 15 not ranked
10Cold Climate Housing Research CenterInstitution 6 not ranked
11Alaska Center for Children and AdultsNonprofit 6 not ranked
12Delta Greely School DistrictUniversity 5 not ranked
13Fairbanks North Star Borough LibraryArchive 2 not ranked
14Resource Center for Parents and ChildrenNonprofit 1 not ranked
15Cultural Heritage & EducationNonprofit 0 not ranked
16Yukon River Inter Tribal Watershed CouncilNonprofit 0 not ranked
17Fairbanks Native AssociationNonprofit 0 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.

University of Alaska Fairbanks: 90.7%Alaska Volcano Observatory: 4.0%University of Alaska System: 3.9%West Valley High School: 0.6%10 others listed: 0.8%91%largest
University of Alaska Fairbanks13k · 90.7%Alaska Volcano Observatory549 · 4.0%University of Alaska System547 · 3.9%West Valley High School77 · 0.6%10 others listed116 · 0.8%

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

Which fields of science does Fairbanks work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research in Fairbanks is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (24%), Environmental Science (22%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 948 fractional works · 68.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 339 fractional works · 24.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 180 fractional works · 12.9% of its workGeophysics: 80 fractional works · 5.7% of its workOceanography: 52 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPaleontology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 304 fractional works · 21.9% of its workEcology: 99 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 73 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 135 fractional works · 9.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 79 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 64 fractional works · 4.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 220 fractional works · 15.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 127 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 48 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 31 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 31 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 133 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 67 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 55 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 89 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMedicine: 47 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 37 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 33 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFairbanks1,390fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences16%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences33924.4%
    2. Environmental Science30421.9%
    3. Engineering1359.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy795.7%
    5. Computer Science372.7%
    6. Energy171.2%
    7. Materials Science141.0%
    8. Mathematics130.9%
    9. Chemistry80.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.2%
    1. Social Sciences1279.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance312.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities312.2%
    4. Psychology201.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting60.4%
    6. Decision Sciences50.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology674.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences553.9%
    3. Neuroscience70.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
    1. Medicine473.4%
    2. Health Professions372.6%
    3. Nursing40.3%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Fairbanks strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Fairbanks is most concentrated in Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (30.0× the world share in Atmospheric Science).

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 159.8 works30×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 70.2 works17×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 297.7 works16×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 45.9 works14×
  5. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 30.7 works12×
  6. EcologySubfield · 88.1 works9.3×
  7. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 52.2 works8.3×
← 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: 0.80× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 55 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15.74× its world share, 298 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.36× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 114 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.47× its world share, 268 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.41× its world share, 65 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 41 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 112 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 15.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences15.74×298 works
  2. Environmental Science4.47×268 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.41×65 works
  4. Energy1.36×15 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.16×30 works
  6. Health Professions1.00×32 works
  7. Veterinary0.96×2 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×55 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.80×46 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.77×27 works
  11. Mathematics0.74×10 works
  12. Social Sciences0.73×112 works
  13. Nursing0.68×4 works
  14. Engineering0.63×114 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.46×2 works
  16. Psychology0.43×16 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.39×5 works
  18. Chemistry0.36×7 works
  19. Computer Science0.34×32 works
  20. Neuroscience0.31×6 works
  21. Materials Science0.31×13 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×3 works
  23. Medicine0.18×41 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×5 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Fairbanks?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Arctic, Hydrology, Methane Emissions, Permafrost, Carbon Feedback and Thawing.

▲ 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 Change387▲ 10×83 topics
  2. Remote Sensing131▲ 7.7×30 topics
  3. Arctic117▲ 76×4 topics
  4. Hydrology104▲ 58×4 topics
  5. Methane Emissions62▲ 84×2 topics
  6. Sustainability62▲ 1.81×46 topics
  7. Permafrost61▲ 97×2 topics
  8. Carbon Feedback57▲ 120×1 topic
  9. Thawing57▲ 120×1 topic
  10. Ocean Circulation56▲ 29×3 topics
  11. Sea Level Rise52▲ 30×3 topics
  12. Biodiversity46▲ 4.4×26 topics
  13. Population Dynamics45▲ 13×11 topics
  14. Vulnerability44▲ 14×6 topics
  15. Conservation44▲ 7.3×20 topics
  16. Glacier42▲ 69×1 topic
  17. Water Availability42▲ 69×1 topic
  18. Food Security41▲ 5.4×11 topics
  19. Solar Wind40▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Decline39▲ 105×1 topic
  21. Sea Ice39▲ 105×1 topic
  22. Invasive Species39▲ 6.6×18 topics
  23. Microbial Communities33▲ 5.5×8 topics
  24. Tomography33▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Global Warming31▲ 5.2×14 topics
  26. Fisheries Sustainability29▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Traditional Knowledge29▲ 49×4 topics
  28. Ecological Knowledge28▲ 48×2 topics
  29. Methane Oxidation28▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Arctic Indigenous Peoples27▲ 113×1 topic
  31. Nutrition Transition27▲ 61×2 topics
  32. community-based monitoring27▲ 113×1 topic
  33. Anaerobic27▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Gas Hydrates27▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Trophic Cascades26▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Ionosphere25▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Magnetosphere25▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Seismic Noise25▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Surface Wave25▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Ecosystem Resilience24▲ 11×5 topics

What research is done in Fairbanks?

Climate change and permafrost: 52 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 38 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice…36Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 36 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…27Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 27 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 24 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 23 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…20Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 20 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 18 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 15 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 14 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceEnvironmental ChemistryGeneral Health ProfessionsGeophysics2 others

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

  1. 1 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 52 works
  2. 2 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 38 works
  3. 3 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 36 works
  4. 4 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 27 works
  5. 5 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 24 works
  6. 6 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 23 works
  7. 7 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 18 works
  9. 9 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 15 works
  10. 10 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 14 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 counting20%40%Fairbanks14.6% 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 35.2% in 2013.

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