Research in Honolulu
Science Explorer records 77 research institutions in Honolulu, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Hawaii System and Hawaii Pacific University.
- Research institutions
- 77 6 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 72k ▼ 10% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.2M 31.1 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
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 Honolulu?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Honolulu work in?
In 2022-now, 35% of research in Honolulu is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (13%), Environmental Science (10%).
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
- Physical Sciences3,04735.2%
- Environmental Science8329.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences6097.0%
- Engineering5556.4%
- Physics and Astronomy3944.5%
- Computer Science3504.0%
- Materials Science1331.5%
- Chemistry690.8%
- Mathematics640.7%
- Energy290.3%
- Chemical Engineering120.1%
- Social Sciences2,29626.5%
- Social Sciences1,16213.4%
- Psychology5196.0%
- Arts and Humanities2823.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting1511.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1181.4%
- Decision Sciences640.7%
- Health Sciences2,16225.0%
- Medicine1,79920.8%
- Health Professions2903.3%
- Nursing490.6%
- Dentistry140.2%
- Veterinary100.1%
- Life Sciences1,15913.4%
What is Honolulu strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Honolulu is most concentrated in Oceanography, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atmospheric Science (8.1× the world share in Oceanography).
- OceanographySubfield · 162.5 works8.1×
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 217.7 works5.8×
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 130.8 works4.1×
- EcologySubfield · 220.4 works3.9×
- Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 426.3 works3.8×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Earth and Planetary Sciences3.78×426 works
- Physics and Astronomy2.18×349 works
- Psychology2.09×457 works
- Environmental Science1.81×646 works
- Health Professions1.41×267 works
- Nursing1.29×46 works
- Arts and Humanities1.21×251 works
- Medicine1.14×1,574 works
- Social Sciences1.10×1,006 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×376 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.91×66 works
- Neuroscience0.89×104 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.88×300 works
- Veterinary0.87×8 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×21 works
- Decision Sciences0.78×54 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×108 works
- Mathematics0.65×55 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.59×137 works
- Chemistry0.55×62 works
- Computer Science0.53×297 works
- Engineering0.44×478 works
- Energy0.38×25 works
- Dentistry0.37×13 works
- Chemical Engineering0.36×9 works
- Materials Science0.23×58 works
Which keywords describe research in Honolulu?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Ecology, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Evolution, Phylogeny and Mental Health.
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Bleaching
- Biomimetic Synthesis
- Taxonomy
- Benthic Communities
- Subterranean
- Cavefish
- Data Assimilation
- Migration
- Ocean Acidification
- Colonialism
- Adaptation
- Resilience
- Biogeography
- Risk Factors
- Population Dynamics
- Global Warming
- Public Health
- Biodiversity
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Mental Health
- Globalization
- Ecology
- Conservation
- Invasive Species
- Evolution
- Phylogeny
- History
- Marine Ecosystems
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Ocean Circulation
- Groundwater
- Genetic Analysis
- DNA Barcoding
- Fisheries
- Marine Biodiversity
- Surface Functionalization
- Peptide-Directed Materials
- Coral Reefs
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
- Climate Change663▲ 2.8×104 topics
- Epidemiology456▲ 1.32×132 topics
- Mental Health262▲ 2.1×41 topics
- Biodiversity235▲ 3.5×33 topics
- Globalization226▲ 1.33×109 topics
- Public Health177▲ 1.40×57 topics
- Ecology165▲ 11×10 topics
- Global Warming163▲ 4.4×15 topics
- Conservation159▲ 4.3×23 topics
- Population Dynamics157▲ 7.1×13 topics
- Invasive Species153▲ 4.2×20 topics
- Risk Factors150▲ 1.58×36 topics
- Evolution150▲ 6.5×18 topics
- Biogeography146▲ 6.0×20 topics
- Phylogeny136▲ 9.3×17 topics
- Resilience135▲ 3.2×16 topics
- History135▲ 2.2×39 topics
- Adaptation128▲ 5.0×14 topics
- Marine Ecosystems121▲ 25×2 topics
- Colonialism121▲ 2.9×35 topics
- Phylogenetic Analysis116▲ 4.3×16 topics
- Ocean Acidification115▲ 18×3 topics
- Ocean Circulation112▲ 9.4×3 topics
- Migration100▲ 3.4×20 topics
- Groundwater90▲ 11×6 topics
- Data Assimilation83▲ 5.9×4 topics
- Genetic Analysis82▲ 18×3 topics
- Cavefish80▲ 47×1 topic
- DNA Barcoding80▲ 5.3×9 topics
- Subterranean80▲ 47×1 topic
- Fisheries76▲ 20×3 topics
- Benthic Communities76▲ 14×2 topics
- Marine Biodiversity76▲ 14×2 topics
- Taxonomy75▲ 6.0×14 topics
- Surface Functionalization69▲ 14×2 topics
- Biomimetic Synthesis68▲ 41×1 topic
- Peptide-Directed Materials68▲ 41×1 topic
- Bleaching67▲ 24×1 topic
- Coral Reefs67▲ 24×1 topic
- Fisheries Sustainability66▲ 8.8×2 topics
What research is done in Honolulu?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 59 works
- 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 52 works
- 3 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 44 works
- 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 43 works
- 5 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 42 works
- 6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 41 works
- 7 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 38 works
- 8 Asian American and Pacific Histories Cultural Studies 38 works
- 9 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 36 works
- 10 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 34 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.5% in 2010.
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