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Research in Fairbanks

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Fairbanks, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Research institutions
18
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
14k
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
18.6%
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 Fairbanks?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Alaska FairbanksUniversity 12,469 #1,835
2Alaska Volcano ObservatoryResearch facility 549 #14,872 all time
3University of Alaska SystemUniversity 547 #20,736 all time
4West Valley High SchoolUniversity 77 not ranked
5Alaska Sea GrantInstitution 26 not ranked
6Tanana Chiefs ConferenceNonprofit 22 not ranked
7Arctic Research Consortium of the United StatesNonprofit 21 not ranked
8Fairbanks Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 20 not ranked
9Western History AssociationNonprofit 18 not ranked
10Fairbanks North Star Borough School DistrictUniversity 15 not ranked
11Cold Climate Housing Research CenterInstitution 6 not ranked
12Alaska Center for Children and AdultsNonprofit 6 not ranked
13Delta Greely School DistrictUniversity 5 not ranked
14Fairbanks North Star Borough LibraryArchive 2 not ranked
15Resource Center for Parents and ChildrenNonprofit 1 not ranked
16Cultural Heritage & EducationNonprofit 0 not ranked
17Yukon River Inter Tribal Watershed CouncilNonprofit 0 not ranked
18Fairbanks Native AssociationNonprofit 0 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.

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: 90.5%Alaska Volcano Observatory: 4.0%University of Alaska System: 4.0%West Valley High School: 0.6%11 others listed: 1.0%90%largest
University of Alaska Fairbanks12k · 90.5%Alaska Volcano Observatory549 · 4.0%University of Alaska System547 · 4.0%West Valley High School77 · 0.6%11 others listed142 · 1.0%

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

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×
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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 Fairbanks?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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
  1. Climate Change344▲ 11×80 topics
  2. Remote Sensing115▲ 7.7×29 topics
  3. Arctic106▲ 78×4 topics
  4. Hydrology94▲ 62×4 topics
  5. Methane Emissions56▲ 89×2 topics
  6. Sustainability56▲ 1.89×43 topics
  7. Permafrost54▲ 104×2 topics
  8. Carbon Feedback52▲ 127×1 topic
  9. Thawing52▲ 127×1 topic
  10. Ocean Circulation51▲ 32×3 topics
  11. Sea Level Rise47▲ 30×3 topics
  12. Population Dynamics40▲ 13×11 topics
  13. Vulnerability40▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Conservation39▲ 7.5×19 topics
  15. Glacier38▲ 72×1 topic
  16. Water Availability38▲ 72×1 topic
  17. Biodiversity38▲ 4.2×24 topics
  18. Food Security36▲ 5.5×10 topics
  19. Decline36▲ 112×1 topic
  20. Sea Ice36▲ 112×1 topic
  21. Invasive Species35▲ 6.8×17 topics
  22. Solar Wind32▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Microbial Communities32▲ 6.2×8 topics
  24. Tomography30▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Anaerobic27▲ 32×1 topic
  26. Methane Oxidation27▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Global Warming26▲ 5.3×14 topics
  28. Fisheries Sustainability25▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Ecological Knowledge25▲ 46×2 topics
  30. Traditional Knowledge25▲ 50×3 topics
  31. Arctic Indigenous Peoples24▲ 112×1 topic
  32. Nutrition Transition24▲ 61×2 topics
  33. Trophic Cascades24▲ 21×2 topics
  34. community-based monitoring24▲ 112×1 topic
  35. Seismic Noise23▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Surface Wave23▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Holocene22▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Habitat Fragmentation21▲ 8.0×5 topics
  39. Geodetic Measurements21▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Sea Level21▲ 18×2 topics

What research is done in Fairbanks?

  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.