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Research in Olympia

Science Explorer records 35 research institutions in Olympia, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Crystal Research (United States), Washington State Department of Health and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Research institutions
35
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.1k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.9%
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 Olympia?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Crystal Research (United States)Company 1,075 #6,323
2The Evergreen State CollegeUniversity 944 #23,564
3Washington Department of Fish and WildlifeGovernment institution 707 #20,652
4Washington State Department of HealthFunder 690 #18,003
5Washington State Department of EcologyGovernment institution 255 #25,629 all time
6Washington Department of Natural ResourcesGovernment institution 254 #29,996 all time
7Washington State Department of AgricultureGovernment institution 180 #38,966 all time
8Washington Department of Social and Health ServicesGovernment institution 169 #28,387 all time
9Environmental Energy & EngineeringCompany 149 #20,792 all time
10Cascadia Research CollectiveNonprofit 140 #18,225 all time
11Providence St. Peter HospitalHospital / health system 119 not ranked
12Center for World Indigenous StudiesNonprofit 105 #27,955
13Office of Superintendent of Public InstructionGovernment institution 95 not ranked
14South Puget Sound Community CollegeUniversity 62 not ranked
15Northwest Indian Fisheries CommissionInstitution 37 not ranked
16Washington Student Achievement CouncilGovernment institution 35 not ranked
17Washington Employment Security DepartmentGovernment institution 27 not ranked
18Washington State Board for Community and Technical CollegesUniversity 21 not ranked
19Washington State Institute for Public PolicyGovernment institution 19 not ranked
20Washington Association of School AdministratorsNonprofit 10 not ranked
21Looking Glass Analytics (United States)Company 5 not ranked
22Washington State Board of EducationGovernment institution 4 not ranked
23Washington State Department of Early LearningGovernment institution 4 not ranked
24Association of Washington School PrincipalsNonprofit 3 not ranked
25Washington State Department of CommerceGovernment institution 3 not ranked
26Timberland Regional LibraryArchive 3 not ranked
27Office of Washington Secretary of StateGovernment institution 3 not ranked
28Pacific Shellfish InstituteNonprofit 3 not ranked
29Pacific Education InstituteNonprofit 3 not ranked
30Digital Learning DepartmentInstitution 2 not ranked
31Professional Educator Standards BoardGovernment institution 2 not ranked
32Community Youth ServicesNonprofit 2 not ranked
33Recreation and Conservation OfficeGovernment institution 1 not ranked
34Center for Strengthening the Teaching ProfessionNonprofit 1 not ranked
35Washington State GrangeNonprofit 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.

Crystal Research (United States): 20.9%The Evergreen State College: 18.4%Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife: 13.8%Washington State Department of Health: 13.4%31 others listed: 33.5%21%largest
Crystal Research (United States)1,075 · 20.9%The Evergreen State College944 · 18.4%Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife707 · 13.8%Washington State Department of Health690 · 13.4%31 others listed1,717 · 33.5%

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

What is Olympia strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Olympia is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology (14.4× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 24.3 works14×
  2. EcologySubfield · 58.7 works11×
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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 Olympia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Conservation, Habitat Fragmentation, Fisheries Sustainability, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics and Freshwater Biodiversity.

▲ 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 Change120▲ 6.3×78 topics
  2. Invasive Species42▲ 14×18 topics
  3. Epidemiology32◆ 1.14×85 topics
  4. Biodiversity29▲ 5.6×24 topics
  5. Conservation26▲ 8.6×17 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation26▲ 17×5 topics
  7. Public Health26▲ 2.5×35 topics
  8. Fisheries Sustainability25▲ 40×2 topics
  9. Population Dynamics24▲ 13×9 topics
  10. Sustainability22▲ 1.29×42 topics
  11. Mental Health20▲ 1.90×31 topics
  12. Freshwater Biodiversity18▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Trophic Cascades17▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Remote Sensing17▲ 1.96×22 topics
  15. Global Warming16▲ 5.7×12 topics
  16. Conservation Challenges16▲ 47×1 topic
  17. Flow Regulation16▲ 47×1 topic
  18. Ecosystem Services15▲ 5.3×9 topics
  19. Crystal Growth14▲ 7.1×10 topics
  20. Ecosystem Resilience14▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Sediment Transport12▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Global Change11▲ 5.8×6 topics
  23. Vulnerability10▲ 6.5×7 topics
  24. Ecosystem10▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Infectious Diseases10▲ 4.5×7 topics
  26. Energy Transition10▲ 9.9×3 topics
  27. Semiconductors10▲ 4.7×4 topics
  28. Acoustic Communication10▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Climate Change Impacts10▲ 12×6 topics
  30. Habitat Selection10▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Predator-Prey Interactions10▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Ecosystem Management9▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Marine Fisheries9▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Conservation Biology9▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Light-Emitting Diodes9▲ 8.2×3 topics
  36. Anthropogenic Noise9▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Marine Mammals9▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Model Evaluation9▲ 10×2 topics
  39. River Restoration9▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Economic Impacts8▲ 16×2 topics

What research is done in Olympia?

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 16 works
  2. 2 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 9 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 8 works
  5. 5 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  6. 6 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 6 works
  7. 7 Liquid Crystal Research Advancements Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 6 works
  8. 8 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 6 works
  9. 9 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 5 works
  10. 10 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 5 works

Research output over time

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