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Research in Nelson

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Nelson, New Zealand. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Cawthron Institute and Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.3k
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
19.8%
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 Nelson?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Cawthron InstituteNonprofit 849 #11,536
2Nelson Marlborough Institute of TechnologyUniversity 418 #21,172

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.

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×
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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 Nelson?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Aquaculture, Environmental Impact, Marine Environment, Ecosystem Services, Invasive Species, 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 2022–2025 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. Climate Change38▲ 6.1×51 topics
  2. Aquaculture34▲ 56×7 topics
  3. Environmental Impact26▲ 6.5×20 topics
  4. Marine Environment22▲ 67×3 topics
  5. Sustainability21▲ 3.8×19 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services20▲ 22×5 topics
  7. Invasive Species19▲ 19×10 topics
  8. Food Security16▲ 13×5 topics
  9. Bivalve Molluscs16▲ 236×1 topic
  10. Oyster Reefs16▲ 236×1 topic
  11. Harmful Algal Blooms11▲ 62×3 topics
  12. Conservation Genetics10▲ 120×2 topics
  13. Fisheries Sustainability10▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Biodiversity10▲ 5.6×15 topics
  15. DNA Barcoding10▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Ocean Acidification10▲ 57×3 topics
  17. Habitat Fragmentation9▲ 18×4 topics
  18. Omega-3 Fatty Acids9▲ 53×2 topics
  19. Nutrition9▲ 8.6×4 topics
  20. Fatty Acids9▲ 35×1 topic
  21. Fish Feed9▲ 70×1 topic
  22. Benthic Communities8▲ 58×2 topics
  23. Ecosystem Functioning8▲ 18×5 topics
  24. Marine Biodiversity8▲ 58×2 topics
  25. Freshwater Biodiversity8▲ 56×2 topics
  26. Conservation Challenges8▲ 68×1 topic
  27. Flow Regulation8▲ 68×1 topic
  28. Eutrophication7▲ 30×5 topics
  29. Water Quality7▲ 7.7×9 topics
  30. Gut Microbiota7▲ 8.1×5 topics
  31. Coastal Protection6▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Global Change6▲ 10×6 topics
  33. Microbial Ecology6▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 6.8×6 topics
  35. Innate Immunity6▲ 7.9×3 topics
  36. Marine Microbes6▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Microbial Biogeography6▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Environmental DNA6▲ 129×1 topic
  39. Metabarcoding6▲ 129×1 topic
  40. Probiotics5▲ 9.8×2 topics

What research is done in Nelson?

  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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