Research in Hamilton
Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Hamilton, New Zealand. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Waikato, DairyNZ and Waikato Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 15 5 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 21k ▼ 15% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 23.3% 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 Hamilton?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of WaikatoUniversity | 16,981 | #2,311 | |
| 2 | Waikato HospitalHospital / health system | 1,558 | #19,004 | |
| 3 | Waikato Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 585 | #19,780 | |
| 4 | DairyNZNonprofit | 540 | #17,450 | |
| 5 | Waikato District Health BoardHospital / health system | 499 | #20,302 | |
| 6 | Clinical Trials New ZealandResearch facility | 286 | #24,176 all time | |
| 7 | Livestock Improvement CorporationInstitution | 258 | #35,806 all time | |
| 8 | Waikato Regional CouncilGovernment institution | 124 | #35,716 all time | |
| 9 | Braemar HospitalHospital / health system | 14 | not ranked | |
| 10 | Pathlab (New Zealand)Company | 13 | not ranked | |
| 11 | Maisey (New Zealand)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 12 | KuDosInstitution | 6 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Settlement Centre WaikatoNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Sepsis Trust NZInstitution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Waikato Medical Research FoundationNonprofit | 2 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Hamilton strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Hamilton is most concentrated in Health, Agronomy and Crop Science and Geography, Planning and Development (5.0× the world share in Health).
- HealthSubfield · 43.8 works5.0×
- Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 24.9 works3.5×
- Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 21.2 works3.5×
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 Hamilton?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Vulnerability, Mental Health, Decolonization, Sustainability, Resilience and Social Justice.
- Pacific
- Training Pathways
- Employment Patterns
- Financialization
- Student Retention
- Sea-Level Rise
- Indigenous Health
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems
- Neuroscience
- Monetary Policy
- Well-being
- Ethics
- Neoliberalism
- Social Capital
- Social Justice
- Public Health
- Environmental Impact
- Epidemiology
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Mental Health
- Mechanical Properties
- Vulnerability
- Resilience
- Decolonization
- Health Equity
- Microstructure
- Technology Integration
- Emotion Regulation
- Settler Colonialism
- Emotion
- Historical Trauma
- Reflective Practice
- Intersectionality
- Gender Identity
- Marker-Assisted Selection
- Vocational Education
- Workforce Skill Development
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 Change194▲ 2.4×85 topics
- Globalization110▲ 1.88×70 topics
- Sustainability97▲ 1.34×66 topics
- Epidemiology96▼ 0.81×110 topics
- Mental Health89▲ 2.0×36 topics
- Environmental Impact60▲ 1.19×39 topics
- Mechanical Properties55▲ 1.91×33 topics
- Public Health54▲ 1.26×41 topics
- Vulnerability51▲ 7.5×7 topics
- Social Justice49▲ 2.8×24 topics
- Resilience48▲ 3.3×13 topics
- Social Capital43▲ 2.8×16 topics
- Decolonization42▲ 17×5 topics
- Neoliberalism38▲ 3.6×16 topics
- Health Equity37▲ 4.6×6 topics
- Ethics35▲ 2.4×24 topics
- Microstructure34▲ 2.2×15 topics
- Well-being34▲ 3.0×14 topics
- Technology Integration33▲ 3.6×8 topics
- Monetary Policy31▲ 4.4×9 topics
- Emotion Regulation30▲ 3.2×9 topics
- Neuroscience29▲ 3.3×14 topics
- Settler Colonialism26▲ 21×2 topics
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems26▲ 28×2 topics
- Emotion25▲ 4.1×11 topics
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge25▲ 20×2 topics
- Historical Trauma25▲ 61×1 topic
- Indigenous Health25▲ 61×1 topic
- Reflective Practice24▲ 4.3×7 topics
- Sea-Level Rise24▲ 7.0×5 topics
- Intersectionality24▲ 4.4×11 topics
- Student Retention23▲ 20×2 topics
- Gender Identity22▲ 6.9×5 topics
- Financialization21▲ 7.0×3 topics
- Marker-Assisted Selection20▲ 8.7×2 topics
- Employment Patterns20▲ 13×2 topics
- Vocational Education19▲ 7.2×2 topics
- Training Pathways19▲ 24×1 topic
- Workforce Skill Development19▲ 24×1 topic
- Pacific18▲ 33×2 topics
What research is done in Hamilton?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 25 works
- 2 Education Systems and Policy Education 19 works
- 3 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 16 works
- 4 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 16 works
- 5 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 15 works
- 6 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 12 works
- 7 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 12 works
- 8 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 12 works
- 9 Structural Load-Bearing Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 12 works
- 10 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 12 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.