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Research in Nelson

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Nelson, New Zealand. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Cawthron Institute and Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.3k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
25.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Nelson

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 Nelson?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Cawthron InstituteNonprofit 849 #15,976
2Nelson Marlborough Institute of TechnologyUniversity 418 #19,814

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.

Which fields of science does Nelson work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research in Nelson is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (40%), Medicine (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 161 fractional works · 56.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 113 fractional works · 39.6% of its workEcology: 38 fractional works · 13.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 32 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23 fractional works · 7.9% of its workOceanography: 18 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 57 fractional works · 20.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAquatic Science: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 12.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNelson286fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences12%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science11339.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences237.9%
    3. Engineering113.9%
    4. Computer Science72.4%
    5. Energy31.2%
    6. Materials Science20.5%
    7. Chemistry10.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology238.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences238.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology72.5%
    4. Neuroscience31.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Social Sciences196.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting62.0%
    3. Decision Sciences41.2%
    4. Psychology31.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    1. Medicine258.8%
    2. Health Professions62.1%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Nelson strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Nelson is most concentrated in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Science (17.7× the world share in Ecology).

  1. EcologySubfield · 32.3 works18×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 26.6 works15×
  3. Environmental ScienceField · 96.8 works8.4×
← 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: 1.86× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.61× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.00× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.11× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.21× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.36× its world share, 97 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.36×97 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.11×19 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.00×7 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.86×21 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.61×20 works
  6. Energy1.21×3 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.05×1 works
  8. Nursing0.99×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.82×5 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.77×2 works
  11. Veterinary0.61×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.60×2 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×3 works
  14. Medicine0.48×22 works
  15. Social Sciences0.39×12 works
  16. Chemistry0.30×1 works
  17. Psychology0.30×2 works
  18. Engineering0.26×9 works
  19. Computer Science0.25×4 works
  20. Materials Science0.17×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×1 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Nelson?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Aquaculture, Environmental Impact, Marine Environment, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Services, Food Security and Bivalve Molluscs.

▲ 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 Change46▲ 5.9×59 topics
  2. Aquaculture38▲ 53×7 topics
  3. Environmental Impact29▲ 6.0×22 topics
  4. Marine Environment26▲ 62×3 topics
  5. Sustainability25▲ 3.6×23 topics
  6. Invasive Species24▲ 20×11 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services23▲ 21×6 topics
  8. Food Security20▲ 13×6 topics
  9. Bivalve Molluscs18▲ 220×1 topic
  10. Oyster Reefs18▲ 220×1 topic
  11. Conservation Genetics13▲ 114×2 topics
  12. Harmful Algal Blooms13▲ 53×3 topics
  13. Fisheries Sustainability12▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Biodiversity12▲ 5.4×17 topics
  15. Ocean Acidification12▲ 54×3 topics
  16. DNA Barcoding11▲ 22×3 topics
  17. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 17×4 topics
  18. Benthic Communities10▲ 57×2 topics
  19. Marine Biodiversity10▲ 57×2 topics
  20. Omega-3 Fatty Acids10▲ 46×2 topics
  21. Ecosystem Functioning9▲ 16×6 topics
  22. Nutrition9▲ 7.4×4 topics
  23. Fatty Acids9▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Fish Feed9▲ 62×1 topic
  25. Freshwater Biodiversity9▲ 52×2 topics
  26. Conservation Challenges9▲ 67×1 topic
  27. Flow Regulation9▲ 67×1 topic
  28. Water Quality9▲ 7.5×9 topics
  29. Coastal Protection8▲ 43×2 topics
  30. Eutrophication8▲ 26×5 topics
  31. Biodiversity Loss7▲ 45×3 topics
  32. Environmental Impacts7▲ 9.5×4 topics
  33. Ecosystem Engineering7▲ 83×2 topics
  34. Global Change7▲ 9.2×6 topics
  35. Aquatic Invasions7▲ 115×1 topic
  36. Freshwater Mussels7▲ 115×1 topic
  37. Microbial Ecology6▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Ecosystem Resilience6▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Environmental DNA6▲ 113×1 topic
  40. Metabarcoding6▲ 113×1 topic

What research is done in Nelson?

Marine Bivalve and Aquac…16Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 16 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 9 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 8 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 6 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 6 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 5 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Eco…5Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 5 fractional worksMarine Toxins and Detection Methods: 4 fractional worksMarine Biology and Environmental Chemistry: 4 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 4 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAquatic ScienceNature and Landscape ConservationEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 16 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 9 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  4. 4 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 6 works
  5. 5 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 6 works
  6. 6 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 5 works
  7. 7 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 5 works
  8. 8 Marine Toxins and Detection Methods Environmental Chemistry 4 works
  9. 9 Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry Ocean Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 4 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 counting20%40%60%Nelson17.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 42.1% in 2010.

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