Research in Flagstaff
Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Flagstaff. The largest by output are Southwest Biological Science Center and City of Flagstaff.
- Research institutions
- 2
- Research works
- 193 ▲ 4% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 33.4% 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 Flagstaff?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southwest Biological Science CenterResearch facility | 190 | #18,617 all time | |
| 2 | City of FlagstaffGovernment institution | 3 | 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.
What is Flagstaff strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Flagstaff is most concentrated in Environmental Science (14.5× the world share in Environmental Science).
- Environmental ScienceField · 26.2 works14×
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 Flagstaff?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Conservation, Habitat Fragmentation, Sediment Transport, Ecosystem and Ecosystem Resilience.
- Wildfire Activity
- Conservation Biology
- Geomorphological Effects
- Soil Properties
- River Restoration
- Functional Diversity
- Biological Invasions
- Global Hydrology
- Flow Regulation
- Carbon Balance
- Sagebrush
- Evapotranspiration
- Hydrological Modeling
- Resilience
- Remote Sensing
- Land Use Change
- Ecosystem Resilience
- Sediment Transport
- Conservation
- Invasive Species
- Climate Change
- Biodiversity
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Ecosystem
- Global Change
- Model Evaluation
- Freshwater Biodiversity
- Water Resources
- Drought
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Wildlife Habitat
- Conservation Challenges
- Tree Mortality
- Uncertainty Assessment
- Community Ecology
- Species Richness
- Ecosystem Functioning
- Fluvial Processes
- Riparian Vegetation
- Forest Fires
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
- Climate Change19▲ 20×33 topics
- Invasive Species8▲ 55×9 topics
- Biodiversity7▲ 25×6 topics
- Conservation6▲ 36×6 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 65×4 topics
- Sediment Transport5▲ 84×3 topics
- Ecosystem5▲ 123×2 topics
- Ecosystem Resilience5▲ 87×4 topics
- Global Change4▲ 41×5 topics
- Land Use Change4▲ 34×3 topics
- Model Evaluation4▲ 80×2 topics
- Remote Sensing4▲ 8.1×10 topics
- Freshwater Biodiversity3▲ 134×2 topics
- Resilience3▲ 16×2 topics
- Water Resources3▲ 32×2 topics
- Hydrological Modeling3▲ 32×3 topics
- Drought3▲ 77×2 topics
- Evapotranspiration3▲ 93×2 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 80×2 topics
- Sagebrush3▲ 466×1 topic
- Wildlife Habitat3▲ 466×1 topic
- Carbon Balance2▲ 149×1 topic
- Conservation Challenges2▲ 141×1 topic
- Flow Regulation2▲ 141×1 topic
- Tree Mortality2▲ 149×1 topic
- Global Hydrology2▲ 99×1 topic
- Uncertainty Assessment2▲ 99×1 topic
- Biological Invasions2▲ 71×2 topics
- Community Ecology2▲ 74×1 topic
- Functional Diversity2▲ 113×1 topic
- Species Richness2▲ 100×2 topics
- River Restoration2▲ 150×2 topics
- Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 28×5 topics
- Soil Properties2▲ 29×3 topics
- Fluvial Processes2▲ 170×1 topic
- Geomorphological Effects2▲ 133×2 topics
- Riparian Vegetation2▲ 170×1 topic
- Conservation Biology2▲ 41×3 topics
- Forest Fires2▲ 94×1 topic
- Wildfire Activity2▲ 94×1 topic
What research is done in Flagstaff?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 3 works
- 2 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
- 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
- 4 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
- 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
- 6 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 2 works
- 7 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
- 8 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 1 works
- 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
- 10 Aeolian processes and effects Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.