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Research in Houghton

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Houghton, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Michigan Technological University, GS Engineering (United States) and Signature Research (United States).

Research institutions
7
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
17k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
16.9%
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 Houghton?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Michigan Technological UniversityUniversity 15,813 #1,754
2GS Engineering (United States)Company 897 #16,282
3Signature Research (United States)Company 366 #18,078
4Great Lakes Sound and Vibration (United States)Company 26 not ranked
5Endres Machining Innovations (United States)Company 25 not ranked
6REL (United States)Company 19 not ranked
7StabiLux Biosciences (United States)Company 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.

Michigan Technological University: 92.2%GS Engineering (United States): 5.2%Signature Research (United States): 2.1%Great Lakes Sound and Vibration (United States): 0.2%3 others listed: 0.3%92%largest
Michigan Technological University16k · 92.2%GS Engineering (United States)897 · 5.2%Signature Research (United States)366 · 2.1%Great Lakes Sound and Vibration (United States)26 · 0.2%3 others listed46 · 0.3%

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

What is Houghton strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Houghton is most concentrated in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Media Technology (4.0× the world share in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics).

  1. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 30.7 works4.0×
  2. Media TechnologySubfield · 29.3 works3.8×
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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 Houghton?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Life Cycle Assessment, Remote Sensing, Image Processing and Convolutional Neural Networks.

▲ 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. Deep Learning191▲ 2.3×80 topics
  2. Machine Learning167▲ 2.1×87 topics
  3. Climate Change118▲ 1.78×76 topics
  4. Renewable Energy77▲ 2.2×40 topics
  5. Sustainability76▲ 1.26×58 topics
  6. Remote Sensing66▲ 2.2×30 topics
  7. Environmental Impact66▲ 1.57×44 topics
  8. Neural Networks62▲ 1.63×35 topics
  9. Nanomaterials53▲ 2.0×17 topics
  10. Convolutional Neural Networks52▲ 2.9×14 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties50▲ 2.1×33 topics
  12. Security46▲ 2.9×19 topics
  13. Internet of Things46▲ 2.1×22 topics
  14. Image Processing44▲ 4.0×13 topics
  15. Life Cycle Assessment42▲ 6.2×8 topics
  16. Big Data37▲ 1.67×26 topics
  17. Recycling34▲ 3.6×9 topics
  18. Heat Transfer32▲ 2.6×16 topics
  19. Wireless Sensor Networks31▲ 2.8×20 topics
  20. Artificial Neural Networks30▲ 2.6×9 topics
  21. IoT29▲ 3.2×18 topics
  22. Rheology27▲ 5.7×8 topics
  23. Recycled Materials26▲ 9.4×2 topics
  24. Waste Management26▲ 2.6×6 topics
  25. Engineering Education25▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Metal Recovery23▲ 4.7×3 topics
  27. Environmental Impacts23▲ 3.4×9 topics
  28. Autonomous Vehicles22▲ 4.3×4 topics
  29. Defect Detection21▲ 6.4×3 topics
  30. Video Analysis21▲ 6.6×2 topics
  31. Air Quality20▲ 4.4×6 topics
  32. Asphalt20▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Bitumen Modification20▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Smartphones19▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Crack Detection18▲ 10×1 topic
  36. Pavement18▲ 10×1 topic
  37. Arduino18▲ 36×3 topics
  38. Accelerometer Sensors18▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Experimental Tools18▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Wave Propagation18▲ 6.5×4 topics

What research is done in Houghton?

  1. 1 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 20 works
  2. 2 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 18 works
  3. 3 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 18 works
  4. 4 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 13 works
  5. 5 IoT-based Smart Home Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  6. 6 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 11 works
  7. 7 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 9 works
  8. 8 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 9 works
  9. 9 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 9 works
  10. 10 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 8 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.