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Research in La Plata

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in La Plata. The largest by output are Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata, Instituto de Investigaciones y Políticas del Ambiente Construido (IIPAC) and Argentine-German Geodetic Observatory.

Research institutions
4
Research works
172
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.3%
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 La Plata?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Instituto de Astrofísica de La PlataResearch facility 155 #23,491 all time
2Instituto de Investigaciones y Políticas del Ambiente Construido (IIPAC)Research facility 16 not ranked
3Argentine-German Geodetic ObservatoryResearch facility 1 not ranked
4Laboratorio de Planificación y Gestión EstratégicaResearch facility 0 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.

Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata: 90.1%Instituto de Investigaciones y Políticas del Ambiente Construido (IIPAC): 9.3%Argentine-German Geodetic Observatory: 0.6%90%largest
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata155 · 90.1%Instituto de Investigaciones y Políticas del Ambiente Construido (IIPAC)16 · 9.3%Argentine-German Geodetic Observatory1 · 0.6%

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

What is La Plata strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in La Plata is most concentrated in Physics and Astronomy and Physical Sciences (32.8× the world share in Physics and Astronomy).

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 23.7 works33×
  2. Physical SciencesDomain · 28.1 works2.2×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in La Plata?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Star Formation, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Molecular Clouds, Protoplanetary Disks and Urbanization.

▲ 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Exoplanets6▲ 485×1 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics6▲ 485×1 topic
  3. Star Formation5▲ 288×2 topics
  4. Accretion Disks4▲ 295×2 topics
  5. Magnetic Fields4▲ 214×2 topics
  6. Globalization3▲ 5.1×2 topics
  7. Molecular Clouds3▲ 412×1 topic
  8. Protoplanetary Disks3▲ 412×1 topic
  9. Astronomical Instrumentation3▲ 382×1 topic
  10. Spectrograph3▲ 382×1 topic
  11. Urbanization3▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Residential3▲ 499×1 topic
  13. Segregation3▲ 116×1 topic
  14. Black Holes3▲ 89×3 topics
  15. Solar System Abundances2▲ 161×1 topic
  16. Terrestrial Planets2▲ 161×1 topic
  17. Gravitational Waves2▲ 121×2 topics
  18. Supernovae2▲ 82×2 topics
  19. Nucleosynthesis2▲ 125×3 topics
  20. Cosmology2▲ 84×2 topics
  21. Dark Matter2▲ 49×2 topics
  22. Gamma-Ray Bursts2▲ 203×1 topic
  23. Neutron Stars2▲ 203×1 topic
  24. Galaxies2▲ 176×1 topic
  25. Stellar Populations2▲ 176×1 topic
  26. Galactic Center1▲ 95×2 topics
  27. Event Horizon Telescope1▲ 162×1 topic
  28. X-Ray Astronomy1▲ 162×1 topic

What research is done in La Plata?

Stellar, planetary, and …6Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 6 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 3 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 3 fractional worksLatin American Urban Stu…3Latin American Urban Studies: 3 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…2Astro and Planetary Science: 2 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 2 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 2 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 1 fractional worksSustainable Building Design and Assessment: 1 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 1 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationUrban StudiesBuilding and Construction1 others

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  2. 2 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  3. 3 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 3 works
  4. 4 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 3 works
  5. 5 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  6. 6 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  8. 8 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  9. 9 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 1 works
  10. 10 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 1 works

Research output over time

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