Research in Las Cruces
Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Las Cruces, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are New Mexico State University.
- Research institutions
- 6 1 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 21k ▲ 9% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 17.2% 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 Las Cruces?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico State UniversityUniversity | 20,755 | #2,429 | |
| 2 | Lasen (United States)Company | 202 | #21,258 all time | |
| 3 | Scientific Data Systems (United States)Company | 57 | not ranked | |
| 4 | Vista Photonics (United States)Company | 11 | not ranked | |
| 5 | New Mexico Space Grant ConsortiumInstitution | 4 | not ranked | |
| 6 | Mesilla Valley HospiceHospital / health system | 3 | 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 Las Cruces strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Las Cruces is most concentrated in Agronomy and Crop Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Soil Science (7.3× the world share in Agronomy and Crop Science).
- Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 40.8 works7.3×
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 79.7 works6.5×
- Soil ScienceSubfield · 33.6 works4.7×
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 Las Cruces?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Solar Wind, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Large-Eddy Simulation, Diversity and Conservation.
- groundwater depletion
- Microbial Community
- Particle Image Velocimetry
- Boundary Layer Transition
- Sagebrush
- Ionosphere
- Turbulent Flows
- School Gardens
- Career Development
- Geodetic Measurements
- Coronal Mass Ejections
- Vortex Dynamics
- Teacher Preparation
- Student Engagement
- Diversity
- Heat Transfer
- Conservation
- Invasive Species
- Mental Health
- Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Biodiversity
- Solar Wind
- Resilience
- Large-Eddy Simulation
- Hydrological Modeling
- Ecosystem
- Population Dynamics
- Experiential Learning
- Solar Dynamics Observatory
- Soil Carbon Sequestration
- Agricultural Education
- Sea Level Rise
- Electron Acceleration
- Magnetosphere
- Wildlife Habitat
- Dairy Cattle
- Academic Performance
- GRACE
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 Change186▲ 2.9×77 topics
- Sustainability75▲ 1.30×59 topics
- Machine Learning67▼ 0.86×65 topics
- Mental Health52▲ 1.49×32 topics
- Biodiversity52▲ 2.9×21 topics
- Invasive Species45▲ 4.5×19 topics
- Solar Wind38▲ 17×2 topics
- Conservation38▲ 3.7×19 topics
- Resilience35▲ 3.1×13 topics
- Heat Transfer35▲ 3.0×15 topics
- Large-Eddy Simulation30▲ 6.7×5 topics
- Diversity29▲ 7.0×8 topics
- Hydrological Modeling29▲ 5.2×5 topics
- Student Engagement27▲ 2.9×12 topics
- Ecosystem26▲ 10×4 topics
- Teacher Preparation24▲ 14×4 topics
- Population Dynamics23▲ 3.9×11 topics
- Vortex Dynamics22▲ 8.0×4 topics
- Experiential Learning22▲ 18×6 topics
- Coronal Mass Ejections20▲ 23×1 topic
- Solar Dynamics Observatory20▲ 23×1 topic
- Geodetic Measurements19▲ 7.5×2 topics
- Soil Carbon Sequestration19▲ 11×2 topics
- Career Development19▲ 7.0×5 topics
- Agricultural Education19▲ 48×1 topic
- School Gardens19▲ 48×1 topic
- Sea Level Rise19▲ 6.2×3 topics
- Turbulent Flows18▲ 7.5×2 topics
- Electron Acceleration18▲ 11×2 topics
- Ionosphere18▲ 13×1 topic
- Magnetosphere18▲ 13×1 topic
- Sagebrush18▲ 50×1 topic
- Wildlife Habitat18▲ 50×1 topic
- Boundary Layer Transition17▲ 10×1 topic
- Dairy Cattle17▲ 14×2 topics
- Particle Image Velocimetry17▲ 10×1 topic
- Academic Performance17▲ 8.6×4 topics
- Microbial Community17▲ 9.1×4 topics
- GRACE17▲ 14×1 topic
- groundwater depletion17▲ 14×1 topic
What research is done in Las Cruces?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
- 2 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 19 works
- 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 works
- 4 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 18 works
- 5 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 17 works
- 6 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 17 works
- 7 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 16 works
- 8 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 14 works
- 9 Higher Education Research Studies Education 13 works
- 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 12 works
Research output over time
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