Research in Lower Hutt
Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are GNS Science, Open Polytechnic and Hutt Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 8 3 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 6.4k ▼ 8% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 23.9% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Lower Hutt?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GNS ScienceResearch facility | 4,211 | #4,406 | |
| 2 | Hutt HospitalHospital / health system | 1,351 | #22,642 | |
| 3 | Open PolytechnicUniversity | 465 | #21,168 | |
| 4 | The Family CentreNonprofit | 192 | #37,469 all time | |
| 5 | Measurement Standards Laboratory of New ZealandGovernment institution | 102 | not ranked | |
| 6 | Safety Management Systems Aotearoa (New Zealand)Company | 33 | not ranked | |
| 7 | Natural Hazards Research PlatformResearch facility | 1 | not ranked | |
| 8 | Aqui-S (New Zealand)Company | 1 | 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.
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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).
- GeophysicsSubfield · 102.5 works53×
- Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 157.9 works18×
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 27.6 works11×
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 Lower Hutt?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Subduction, Geodetic Measurements, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Plate Boundaries, Climate Change, Tectonics and Remote Sensing.
- Shale Gas
- Seismic Electromagnetics
- Mineral Prospectivity
- Vulnerability
- Mantle Dynamics
- Geological Mapping
- Hazard
- Surface Wave
- GIS-based Modeling
- Seismic Signals
- Citizen Science
- Glacial Cycles
- Sea Level
- Holocene
- Zircon
- Thermodynamic Modeling
- Machine Learning
- Plate Boundaries
- Plate Tectonics
- Subduction
- Climate Change
- Geodetic Measurements
- Earthquakes
- Remote Sensing
- Tectonics
- Geochronology
- Tomography
- Paleoclimatology
- Solar Influence
- Monsoon Dynamics
- Earthquake Detection
- Superconductivity
- Seismic Noise
- Support Vector Machines
- Landslide
- Crystal Structure Prediction
- Hyperspectral Imaging
- Compositional Data Analysis
- Ionospheric Anomalies
- Sea Level Rise
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 Change53▲ 3.6×59 topics
- Subduction41▲ 102×3 topics
- Geodetic Measurements41▲ 69×2 topics
- Plate Tectonics39▲ 47×3 topics
- Earthquakes39▲ 125×1 topic
- Plate Boundaries39▲ 125×1 topic
- Remote Sensing33▲ 4.9×18 topics
- Machine Learning31▲ 1.71×30 topics
- Tectonics29▲ 44×3 topics
- Thermodynamic Modeling25▲ 39×2 topics
- Geochronology24▲ 65×1 topic
- Zircon24▲ 65×1 topic
- Tomography21▲ 22×3 topics
- Holocene16▲ 26×3 topics
- Paleoclimatology16▲ 36×2 topics
- Sea Level16▲ 31×2 topics
- Solar Influence16▲ 41×2 topics
- Glacial Cycles16▲ 44×1 topic
- Monsoon Dynamics16▲ 44×1 topic
- Citizen Science14▲ 26×3 topics
- Earthquake Detection12▲ 108×1 topic
- Seismic Signals12▲ 108×1 topic
- Superconductivity12▲ 12×5 topics
- GIS-based Modeling11▲ 24×2 topics
- Seismic Noise11▲ 43×1 topic
- Surface Wave11▲ 43×1 topic
- Support Vector Machines10▲ 5.9×3 topics
- Hazard10▲ 26×1 topic
- Landslide10▲ 26×1 topic
- Geological Mapping10▲ 22×2 topics
- Crystal Structure Prediction10▲ 39×1 topic
- Mantle Dynamics10▲ 39×1 topic
- Hyperspectral Imaging9▲ 6.0×2 topics
- Vulnerability9▲ 7.4×8 topics
- Compositional Data Analysis9▲ 24×1 topic
- Mineral Prospectivity9▲ 24×1 topic
- Ionospheric Anomalies9▲ 41×1 topic
- Seismic Electromagnetics9▲ 41×1 topic
- Sea Level Rise8▲ 12×3 topics
- Shale Gas8▲ 11×2 topics
What research is done in Lower Hutt?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 39 works
- 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 24 works
- 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 16 works
- 4 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 12 works
- 5 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 11 works
- 6 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 10 works
- 7 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 10 works
- 8 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 9 works
- 9 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 9 works
- 10 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 6 works
Research output over time
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