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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-now are Michigan Technological University, GS Engineering (United States) and Signature Research (United States).

Research institutions
7
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
17k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
393k
22.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Houghton

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 Houghton?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Michigan Technological UniversityUniversity 15,813 #1,024
2GS Engineering (United States)Company 897 #7,675
3Signature Research (United States)Company 366 #12,768
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-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.

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.

Which fields of science does Houghton work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research in Houghton is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Computer Science (14%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,116 fractional works · 72.5% of its workEngineering: 929 fractional works · 31.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 171 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 119 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 119 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 103 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 64 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 58 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 58 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 48 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 40 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 38 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 396 fractional works · 13.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 122 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 78 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 60 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 59 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 285 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 55 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 43 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 42 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 155 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 85 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 100 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 81 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 50 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 47 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 43 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 45 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 339 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 145 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 36 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 54 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 51 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 254 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 122 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 76 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 78 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 38 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 42 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 212 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMedicine: 168 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHoughton2,920fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences12%

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. Engineering92931.8%
    2. Computer Science39613.6%
    3. Environmental Science2859.8%
    4. Materials Science1555.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1003.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences812.8%
    7. Chemistry501.7%
    8. Energy471.6%
    9. Mathematics451.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering270.9%
    1. Social Sciences1455.0%
    2. Psychology541.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting511.8%
    4. Decision Sciences351.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities291.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance250.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1224.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences782.7%
    3. Neuroscience421.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology100.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    1. Medicine1685.8%
    2. Health Professions351.2%
    3. Nursing40.1%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 65 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 105 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 37 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.71× its world share, 23 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.01× its world share, 39 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.69× its world share, 322 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 67 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.69× its world share, 38 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.13× its world share, 786 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.01× its world share, 246 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.42× its world share, 122 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 35 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.69× its world share, 93 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 138 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 128 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering2.71×23 works
  2. Engineering2.13×786 works
  3. Environmental Science2.01×246 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.73×67 works
  5. Computer Science1.69×322 works
  6. Energy1.69×38 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.69×93 works
  8. Materials Science1.42×122 works
  9. Mathematics1.22×35 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.20×28 works
  11. Chemistry1.01×39 works
  12. Neuroscience0.92×37 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×105 works
  14. Psychology0.62×46 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×65 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.56×44 works
  17. Health Professions0.48×31 works
  18. Veterinary0.43×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.41×128 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×21 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.37×26 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×8 works
  23. Medicine0.29×138 works
  24. Nursing0.25×3 works
  25. Dentistry0.20×2 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Houghton?

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

▲ 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. Deep Learning238▲ 2.4×81 topics
  2. Machine Learning211▲ 2.2×89 topics
  3. Climate Change132▲ 1.66×80 topics
  4. Renewable Energy91▲ 2.1×40 topics
  5. Sustainability87▲ 1.22×63 topics
  6. Environmental Impact79▲ 1.59×48 topics
  7. Remote Sensing79▲ 2.2×30 topics
  8. Neural Networks77▲ 1.71×36 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties63▲ 2.2×34 topics
  10. Nanomaterials63▲ 2.1×17 topics
  11. Convolutional Neural Networks63▲ 3.0×14 topics
  12. Security60▲ 3.1×20 topics
  13. Internet of Things53▲ 2.1×23 topics
  14. Image Processing51▲ 4.0×13 topics
  15. Nanoparticles48▲ 1.32×39 topics
  16. Life Cycle Assessment48▲ 5.9×8 topics
  17. Big Data44▲ 1.58×26 topics
  18. Energy Efficiency42▲ 1.57×34 topics
  19. Recycling41▲ 3.6×9 topics
  20. Wireless Sensor Networks39▲ 3.0×20 topics
  21. IoT37▲ 3.4×18 topics
  22. Heat Transfer35▲ 2.5×16 topics
  23. Artificial Neural Networks34▲ 2.6×9 topics
  24. Rheology32▲ 5.7×8 topics
  25. Recycled Materials31▲ 9.6×2 topics
  26. Electric Vehicles31▲ 3.7×5 topics
  27. Autonomous Vehicles30▲ 5.0×4 topics
  28. Smart Grid30▲ 2.9×10 topics
  29. Metal Recovery30▲ 5.2×3 topics
  30. Environmental Impacts27▲ 3.4×9 topics
  31. Engineering Education27▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Air Quality24▲ 4.3×6 topics
  33. Defect Detection23▲ 6.3×3 topics
  34. Asphalt23▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Bitumen Modification23▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Video Analysis22▲ 6.0×2 topics
  37. Crack Detection20▲ 10×1 topic
  38. Pavement20▲ 10×1 topic
  39. Arduino19▲ 29×3 topics
  40. Smartphones19▲ 20×2 topics

What research is done in Houghton?

Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 20 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 18 fractional worksExperimental and Theoret…18Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 18 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…13Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 13 fractional worksIoT-based Smart Home Systems: 12 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 11 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…9Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 9 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 9 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Techn…8Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 8 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering5 others

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

  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.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Houghton16.6% 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 29.8% in 2016.

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