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Research in Lawrence

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Lawrence, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Kansas.

Research institutions
19
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
56k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
19.3%
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 Lawrence?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of KansasUniversity 55,238 #1,004
2Center for Remote Sensing and Integrated SystemsResearch facility 247 #7,758 all time
3Haskell Indian Nations UniversityUniversity 55 not ranked
4Kalscott Engineering (United States)Company 25 not ranked
5TVN Systems (United States)Company 22 not ranked
6University Press of KansasInstitution 21 not ranked
7Central Plains Water Science CenterGovernment institution 16 not ranked
8Edge Enterprises (United States)Company 15 not ranked
9American Society of ParasitologistsInstitution 10 not ranked
10Allen Press (United States)Company 7 not ranked
11Pinnacle TechnologyCompany 7 not ranked
12Association for Tropical Biology and ConservationNonprofit 6 not ranked
13CritiTech (United States)Company 5 not ranked
14Society for the Study of Amphibians and ReptilesNonprofit 2 not ranked
15International Society for NeuroethologyInstitution 2 not ranked
16American Society of Ichthyologists and HerpetologistsArchive 1 not ranked
17KU EndowmentNonprofit 1 not ranked
18Intellispeak (United States)Company 0 not ranked
19Mycological Society of AmericaInstitution 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.

University of Kansas: 99.2%Center for Remote Sensing and Integrated Systems: 0.4%Haskell Indian Nations University: 0.1%Kalscott Engineering (United States): 0.0%13 others listed: 0.2%99%largest
University of Kansas55k · 99.2%Center for Remote Sensing and Integrated Systems247 · 0.4%Haskell Indian Nations University55 · 0.1%Kalscott Engineering (United States)25 · 0.0%13 others listed115 · 0.2%

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

What is Lawrence strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lawrence is most concentrated in Environmental Chemistry, Geography, Planning and Development and Paleontology (7.7× the world share in Environmental Chemistry).

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 105.2 works7.7×
  2. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 76.9 works6.0×
  3. PaleontologySubfield · 33.9 works4.5×
  4. Safety ResearchSubfield · 69.6 works4.0×
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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 Lawrence?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Epidemiology, Methane Oxidation, Anaerobic, Gas Hydrates, Mental Health and Microbial Communities.

▲ 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. Epidemiology281◆ 1.13×127 topics
  2. Climate Change250▲ 1.48×95 topics
  3. Globalization214▲ 1.73×99 topics
  4. Mental Health173▲ 1.87×41 topics
  5. Quality of Life134▲ 1.48×52 topics
  6. Identity106▲ 2.3×51 topics
  7. Microbial Communities104▲ 3.9×9 topics
  8. Methane Oxidation92▲ 18×2 topics
  9. Anaerobic92▲ 21×1 topic
  10. Gas Hydrates92▲ 21×1 topic
  11. Risk Factors91▲ 1.32×33 topics
  12. Gender90▲ 2.6×44 topics
  13. Depression83▲ 1.50×21 topics
  14. Biodiversity77▲ 1.64×29 topics
  15. Resilience76▲ 2.5×16 topics
  16. Genetics75▲ 1.71×25 topics
  17. Neoliberalism71▲ 3.2×23 topics
  18. Colonialism69▲ 2.3×33 topics
  19. Adolescents68▲ 2.9×7 topics
  20. Tomography61▲ 5.3×4 topics
  21. Hydrological Modeling59▲ 4.0×5 topics
  22. Feminism58▲ 3.3×22 topics
  23. Seismic Noise54▲ 18×1 topic
  24. Surface Wave54▲ 18×1 topic
  25. Evidence-Based Practice54▲ 6.7×7 topics
  26. Intersectionality53▲ 4.6×13 topics
  27. Sea Level Rise51▲ 6.4×3 topics
  28. Emotion50▲ 3.8×11 topics
  29. Geography45▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Geodetic Measurements45▲ 6.6×2 topics
  31. Special Education44▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Behavioral Interventions41▲ 8.3×3 topics
  33. Electron Acceleration41▲ 9.6×2 topics
  34. Solar Wind40▲ 6.9×2 topics
  35. GRACE40▲ 12×1 topic
  36. groundwater depletion40▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Ionosphere40▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Magnetosphere40▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Self-Determination38▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Universal Design for Learning38▲ 35×1 topic

What research is done in Lawrence?

  1. 1 Methane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaEnvironmental Chemistry 92 works
  2. 2 Seismic Waves and AnalysisGeophysics 54 works
  3. 3 Geophysics and Gravity MeasurementsOceanography 40 works
  4. 4 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysics 40 works
  5. 5 Disability Education and EmploymentSafety Research 38 works
  6. 6 Family and Disability Support ResearchClinical Psychology 32 works
  7. 7 Behavioral and Psychological StudiesDevelopmental and Educational Psychology 31 works
  8. 8 Historical Geography and Geographical ThoughtGeography, Planning and Development 30 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 26 works
  10. 10 Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchCognitive Neuroscience 25 works

Research output over time

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