Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
City · New Zealand

Research in Lower Hutt

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are GNS Science, Hutt Hospital and Open Polytechnic.

Research institutions
7
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.4k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
171k
26.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Lower Hutt

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 Lower Hutt?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1GNS ScienceResearch facility 4,211 #3,892
2Hutt HospitalHospital / health system 1,351 #17,146
3Open PolytechnicUniversity 465 #18,898
4The Family CentreNonprofit 192 #27,544 all time
5Safety Management Systems Aotearoa (New Zealand)Company 33 not ranked
6Natural Hazards Research PlatformResearch facility 1 not ranked
7Aqui-S (New Zealand)Company 1 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.

GNS Science: 67.3%Hutt Hospital: 21.6%Open Polytechnic: 7.4%The Family Centre: 3.1%3 others listed: 0.6%67%largest
GNS Science4,211 · 67.3%Hutt Hospital1,351 · 21.6%Open Polytechnic465 · 7.4%The Family Centre192 · 3.1%3 others listed35 · 0.6%

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

Which fields of science does Lower Hutt work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research in Lower Hutt is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (28%), Environmental Science (13%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 424 fractional works · 67.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 179 fractional works · 28.4% of its workGeophysics: 119 fractional works · 18.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 29 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 82 fractional works · 13.0% of its workEcology: 18 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 81 fractional works · 12.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 41 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 27 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 113 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 70 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 60 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMedicine: 47 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 33 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLower Hutt629fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences67%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences18%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences17928.4%
    2. Environmental Science8213.0%
    3. Engineering8112.9%
    4. Computer Science416.5%
    5. Materials Science142.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy132.1%
    7. Energy71.2%
    8. Mathematics30.5%
    9. Chemistry30.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences7011.1%
    2. Psychology121.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities101.6%
    4. Decision Sciences91.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting81.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.6%
    1. Medicine477.5%
    2. Health Professions101.6%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences142.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology142.2%
    3. Neuroscience30.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lower Hutt strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lower Hutt is most concentrated in Geophysics, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Atmospheric Science (53.5× the world share in Geophysics).

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 102.5 works53×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 157.9 works18×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 27.6 works11×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18.35× its world share, 158 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.30× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 69 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.78× its world share, 76 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.78× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 41 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 18.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences18.35×158 works
  2. Environmental Science2.78×76 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.64×9 works
  4. Energy1.30×7 works
  5. Veterinary1.15×1 works
  6. Social Sciences0.88×61 works
  7. Computer Science0.86×37 works
  8. Engineering0.84×69 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.78×10 works
  10. Health Professions0.67×10 works
  11. Psychology0.64×11 works
  12. Materials Science0.63×12 works
  13. Mathematics0.44×3 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×11 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×8 works
  16. Medicine0.39×41 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×11 works
  18. Chemistry0.33×3 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.33×5 works
  20. Neuroscience0.28×2 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×3 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.25×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.23×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  26. Nursing0.08×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Lower Hutt?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Subduction, Geodetic Measurements, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Plate Boundaries, Climate Change, Tectonics and Remote Sensing.

▲ 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 Change57▲ 3.3×64 topics
  2. Subduction48▲ 102×3 topics
  3. Geodetic Measurements48▲ 72×2 topics
  4. Plate Tectonics46▲ 48×3 topics
  5. Earthquakes45▲ 126×1 topic
  6. Plate Boundaries45▲ 126×1 topic
  7. Remote Sensing35▲ 4.6×18 topics
  8. Machine Learning34▲ 1.62×31 topics
  9. Tectonics32▲ 42×3 topics
  10. Thermodynamic Modeling27▲ 38×2 topics
  11. Geochronology27▲ 62×1 topic
  12. Zircon27▲ 62×1 topic
  13. Tomography27▲ 24×3 topics
  14. Holocene17▲ 24×3 topics
  15. Paleoclimatology17▲ 33×2 topics
  16. Sea Level17▲ 29×2 topics
  17. Solar Influence17▲ 38×2 topics
  18. Glacial Cycles17▲ 40×1 topic
  19. Monsoon Dynamics17▲ 40×1 topic
  20. Citizen Science16▲ 25×3 topics
  21. Superconductivity16▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Earthquake Detection14▲ 102×1 topic
  23. Seismic Signals14▲ 102×1 topic
  24. Crystal Structure Prediction13▲ 45×1 topic
  25. Mantle Dynamics13▲ 45×1 topic
  26. Seismic Noise13▲ 44×1 topic
  27. Surface Wave13▲ 44×1 topic
  28. GIS-based Modeling12▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Hazard11▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Landslide11▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Support Vector Machines11▲ 5.3×3 topics
  32. Geological Mapping10▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Vulnerability10▲ 6.8×8 topics
  34. Sea Level Rise10▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Hyperspectral Imaging10▲ 5.7×3 topics
  36. Ionospheric Anomalies9▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Seismic Electromagnetics9▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Compositional Data Analysis9▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Mineral Prospectivity9▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Shale Gas8▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Lower Hutt?

earthquake and tectonic …39earthquake and tectonic studies: 39 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 24 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 16 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquake Studies: 12 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 11 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 10 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 10 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 9 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 9 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 6 fractional works
GeophysicsAtmospheric ScienceArtificial IntelligenceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law1 others

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

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 39 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 24 works
  3. 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 16 works
  4. 4 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 12 works
  5. 5 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 11 works
  6. 6 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 10 works
  7. 7 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 10 works
  8. 8 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  9. 9 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 9 works
  10. 10 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 6 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 counting20%40%Lower Hutt22.7% 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 37.1% in 2016.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Lower Hutt. Posts are plain text and can be reported.