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Research in Las Cruces

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Las Cruces, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are New Mexico State University.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
482k
22.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Las Cruces

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 Las Cruces?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1New Mexico State UniversityUniversity 21,094 #1,894
2Lasen (United States)Company 202 #22,313 all time
3Scientific Data Systems (United States)Company 57 not ranked
4Vista Photonics (United States)Company 11 not ranked
5Mesilla Valley HospiceHospital / health system 3 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.

New Mexico State University: 98.7%Lasen (United States): 0.9%Scientific Data Systems (United States): 0.3%Vista Photonics (United States): 0.1%1 other listed: 0.0%99%largest
New Mexico State University21k · 98.7%Lasen (United States)202 · 0.9%Scientific Data Systems (United States)57 · 0.3%Vista Photonics (United States)11 · 0.1%1 other listed3 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Las Cruces work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research in Las Cruces is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,364 fractional works · 51.0% of its workEngineering: 474 fractional works · 17.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 74 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 72 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 62 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 55 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArchitecture: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 278 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEcology: 71 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 47 fractional works · 1.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 34 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 223 fractional works · 8.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 96 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 158 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 90 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInstrumentation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 81 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 56 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 36 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 612 fractional works · 22.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 301 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 89 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 86 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSafety Research: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 133 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 51 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 36 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 60 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 55 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 492 fractional works · 18.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 314 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPlant Science: 113 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 43 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoil Science: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 116 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 39 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 207 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMedicine: 137 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 50 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLas Cruces2,674fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences51%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences23%

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. Engineering47417.7%
    2. Environmental Science27810.4%
    3. Computer Science2238.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1585.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences813.0%
    6. Mathematics562.1%
    7. Materials Science361.3%
    8. Chemistry281.0%
    9. Energy230.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.2%
    1. Social Sciences30111.3%
    2. Psychology1335.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities602.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting552.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance331.2%
    6. Decision Sciences301.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31411.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1164.3%
    3. Neuroscience391.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology180.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.2%
    1. Medicine1375.1%
    2. Health Professions501.9%
    3. Nursing110.4%
    4. Veterinary70.3%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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).

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 40.8 works7.3×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 79.7 works6.5×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 33.6 works4.7×
← 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: 2.54× its world share, 286 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 100 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 33 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 23 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.10× its world share, 204 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 70 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.15× its world share, 410 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.08× its world share, 245 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.77× its world share, 49 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.63× its world share, 139 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 47 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 121 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.03× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 53 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 47 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 121 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 274 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy2.63×139 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.54×286 works
  3. Environmental Science2.08×245 works
  4. Veterinary2.03×6 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.89×70 works
  6. Mathematics1.77×49 works
  7. Psychology1.68×121 works
  8. Engineering1.15×410 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.13×26 works
  10. Computer Science1.10×204 works
  11. Energy1.01×22 works
  12. Social Sciences0.91×274 works
  13. Neuroscience0.87×33 works
  14. Nursing0.87×10 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×100 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.78×53 works
  17. Health Professions0.75×47 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.68×16 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.64×5 works
  20. Chemistry0.63×23 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×47 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.58×30 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×4 works
  24. Materials Science0.31×26 works
  25. Medicine0.27×121 works
  26. Dentistry0.12×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Las Cruces?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Solar Wind, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Large-Eddy Simulation, Sustainability, Vortex Dynamics and Diversity.

▲ 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. Climate Change212▲ 2.9×81 topics
  2. Sustainability84▲ 1.29×62 topics
  3. Machine Learning77▼ 0.86×70 topics
  4. Biodiversity58▲ 2.8×24 topics
  5. Mental Health53▲ 1.38×32 topics
  6. Invasive Species49▲ 4.3×20 topics
  7. Remote Sensing46▲ 1.40×30 topics
  8. Solar Wind42▲ 17×2 topics
  9. Conservation41▲ 3.6×20 topics
  10. Heat Transfer40▲ 3.0×15 topics
  11. Resilience38▲ 2.9×13 topics
  12. Large-Eddy Simulation35▲ 7.0×5 topics
  13. Hydrological Modeling33▲ 5.1×5 topics
  14. Vortex Dynamics32▲ 10×4 topics
  15. Diversity31▲ 6.7×8 topics
  16. Student Engagement30▲ 2.8×12 topics
  17. Ecosystem27▲ 9.6×4 topics
  18. Population Dynamics27▲ 3.9×12 topics
  19. Teacher Preparation26▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Ecosystem Functioning24▲ 4.4×7 topics
  21. Experiential Learning22▲ 16×6 topics
  22. Coronal Mass Ejections22▲ 23×1 topic
  23. Solar Dynamics Observatory22▲ 23×1 topic
  24. Soil Carbon Sequestration21▲ 9.9×2 topics
  25. Career Development20▲ 6.5×5 topics
  26. Turbulent Flows20▲ 7.9×2 topics
  27. Boundary Layer Transition20▲ 11×1 topic
  28. Particle Image Velocimetry20▲ 11×1 topic
  29. Electron Acceleration20▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Agricultural Education19▲ 47×1 topic
  31. Geodetic Measurements19▲ 6.9×2 topics
  32. School Gardens19▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Ionosphere19▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Magnetosphere19▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Microbial Community19▲ 8.5×5 topics
  36. Sagebrush19▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Wildlife Habitat19▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Academic Performance18▲ 8.0×4 topics
  39. Habitat Selection18▲ 9.4×2 topics
  40. Dairy Cattle18▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Las Cruces?

Solar and Space Plasma D…20Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 20 fractional worksDiverse Educational Inno…19Diverse Educational Innovations Studies: 19 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 18 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife M…18Rangeland and Wildlife Management: 18 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…17Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 17 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 17 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 16 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…14Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 14 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 13 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 12 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesEcologyComputational Mechanics4 others

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

  1. 1 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
  2. 2 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 19 works
  3. 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 works
  4. 4 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 18 works
  5. 5 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 17 works
  6. 6 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 17 works
  7. 7 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 16 works
  8. 8 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 14 works
  9. 9 Higher Education Research Studies Education 13 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 12 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%Las Cruces18.6% 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 29.3% in 2016.

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