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Research in Falmouth

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Falmouth, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Woodwell Climate Research Center.

Research institutions
9
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
859k
56.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Falmouth

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 Falmouth?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionFunder 12,661 #1,090
2Woodwell Climate Research CenterInstitution 1,119 #8,928
3Sea Education AssociationNonprofit 164 #25,942 all time
4Integrated Statistics (United States)Company 132 #30,358 all time
5Climate FoundationNonprofit 122 #32,963 all time
6Falmouth HospitalHospital / health system 94 not ranked
7National Graduate School of Quality ManagementUniversity 16 not ranked
8Society of General PhysiologistsInstitution 6 not ranked
9Associated Scientists at Woods HoleNonprofit 4 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.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 88.4%Woodwell Climate Research Center: 7.8%Sea Education Association: 1.1%Integrated Statistics (United States): 0.9%5 others listed: 1.7%88%largest
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution13k · 88.4%Woodwell Climate Research Center1,119 · 7.8%Sea Education Association164 · 1.1%Integrated Statistics (United States)132 · 0.9%5 others listed242 · 1.7%

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

Which fields of science does Falmouth work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research in Falmouth is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (38%), Environmental Science (32%), Engineering (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,331 fractional works · 85.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 598 fractional works · 38.3% of its workOceanography: 274 fractional works · 17.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 156 fractional works · 10.0% of its workGeophysics: 86 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 38 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPaleontology: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 495 fractional works · 31.7% of its workEcology: 173 fractional works · 11.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 153 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 51 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 32 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 103 fractional works · 6.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 45 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 70 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 49 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 110 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 59 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 41 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 85 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFalmouth1,562fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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 Sciences59838.3%
    2. Environmental Science49531.7%
    3. Engineering1036.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy704.5%
    5. Computer Science372.4%
    6. Chemistry90.6%
    7. Materials Science70.4%
    8. Mathematics50.3%
    9. Energy40.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology593.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences412.6%
    3. Neuroscience50.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
    1. Social Sciences352.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities151.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance140.9%
    4. Decision Sciences80.5%
    5. Psychology80.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting40.3%
    1. Medicine261.6%
    2. Health Professions80.5%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Falmouth strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Falmouth is most concentrated in Oceanography, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Atmospheric Science (62.6× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 238.6 works63×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 521.1 works24×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 139.4 works23×
  4. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 30.8 works19×
  5. GeophysicsSubfield · 76.0 works16×
  6. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 47.5 works16×
  7. EcologySubfield · 150.9 works14×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24.45× its world share, 521 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 95 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.46× its world share, 436 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.04× its world share, 62 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 24.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences24.45×521 works
  2. Environmental Science6.46×436 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.04×62 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×48 works
  5. Chemical Engineering0.57×3 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×36 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.49×6 works
  8. Engineering0.47×95 works
  9. Veterinary0.44×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.42×9 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×12 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.33×13 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×4 works
  14. Computer Science0.28×29 works
  15. Energy0.24×3 works
  16. Mathematics0.22×4 works
  17. Nursing0.21×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.19×4 works
  19. Health Professions0.19×7 works
  20. Social Sciences0.16×27 works
  21. Psychology0.15×6 works
  22. Materials Science0.11×5 works
  23. Dentistry0.10×1 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.09×0 works
  25. Medicine0.08×22 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Falmouth?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Circulation, Global Warming, Remote Sensing, Data Assimilation, Climate Change Impact, Oceanic Modeling and Tidal Analysis.

▲ 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 Change482▲ 11×80 topics
  2. Ocean Circulation151▲ 70×3 topics
  3. Remote Sensing119▲ 6.2×30 topics
  4. Global Warming116▲ 17×13 topics
  5. Data Assimilation92▲ 36×4 topics
  6. Climate Change Impact81▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Oceanic Modeling79▲ 142×1 topic
  8. Tidal Analysis79▲ 142×1 topic
  9. Conservation76▲ 11×18 topics
  10. Marine Sediments72▲ 72×2 topics
  11. Population Dynamics71▲ 18×11 topics
  12. Arctic64▲ 37×4 topics
  13. Acoustic Communication64▲ 78×2 topics
  14. Fisheries Sustainability60▲ 45×2 topics
  15. Acoustic Techniques60▲ 123×1 topic
  16. Seafloor Mapping60▲ 123×1 topic
  17. Harmful Algal Blooms57▲ 44×3 topics
  18. Ocean Acidification57▲ 48×3 topics
  19. Predator-Prey Interactions55▲ 45×3 topics
  20. Anthropogenic Noise54▲ 123×1 topic
  21. Marine Mammals54▲ 123×1 topic
  22. Eutrophication53▲ 30×4 topics
  23. Nutrient Limitation52▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Holocene51▲ 29×3 topics
  25. Dissolved Organic Matter49▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Oceanic Carbon Cycle49▲ 70×1 topic
  27. Sea Level Rise48▲ 25×3 topics
  28. Microbial Communities47▲ 6.9×8 topics
  29. Sea Level45▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Trophic Cascades45▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Paleoclimatology45▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Ecosystem Management44▲ 48×2 topics
  33. Fish Population Dynamics44▲ 70×1 topic
  34. Marine Fisheries44▲ 70×1 topic
  35. Ecosystem Services44▲ 7.2×9 topics
  36. Glacial Cycles42▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Monsoon Dynamics42▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Tropical Cyclones41▲ 46×2 topics
  39. Sea-Level Rise41▲ 22×5 topics
  40. Methane Oxidation41▲ 33×2 topics

What research is done in Falmouth?

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 66 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 57 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…50Marine animal studies overview: 50 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…42Marine and coastal ecosystems: 42 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 39 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 38 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…38Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 38 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 35 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 28 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 24 fractional works
OceanographyEcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 66 works
  2. 2 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 57 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 50 works
  4. 4 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 42 works
  5. 5 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 39 works
  6. 6 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 38 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 38 works
  8. 8 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 35 works
  9. 9 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 28 works
  10. 10 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 24 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%60%Falmouth21.0% 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 45.5% in 2012.

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