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Research in Puerto Ayora

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Puerto Ayora, Ecuador. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Charles Darwin Foundation.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
385
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
26.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1961-2026
66 years on the record
Puerto Ayora

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 Puerto Ayora?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Charles Darwin FoundationNonprofit 385 #17,839

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 Puerto Ayora work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Puerto Ayora is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (44%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 60 fractional works · 51.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 51 fractional works · 43.7% of its workEcology: 23 fractional works · 19.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 11 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 29.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 17.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workParasitology: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKPuerto Ayora117fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences7%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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science5143.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences75.9%
    3. Engineering10.9%
    4. Materials Science10.7%
    5. Energy00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2117.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology86.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology65.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Social Sciences87.1%
    2. Psychology21.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine65.4%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    3. Veterinary10.6%
    4. Nursing00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Puerto Ayora strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Puerto Ayora is most concentrated in Ecology (25.4× the world share in Ecology).

  1. EcologySubfield · 21.0 works25×
← 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 24 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: 3.89× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.36× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.66× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.67× its world share, 45 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.20× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.67×45 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology5.36×6 works
  3. Veterinary4.20×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.89×19 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.66×6 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×7 works
  7. Nursing0.81×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×1 works
  9. Psychology0.58×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.54×7 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×1 works
  12. Medicine0.31×6 works
  13. Health Professions0.30×1 works
  14. Energy0.27×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.14×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  19. Engineering0.06×1 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.02×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Puerto Ayora?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Conservation, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Marine Ecosystems, Molecular Phylogeny and Ocean Acidification.

▲ 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 Change33▲ 10×38 topics
  2. Population Dynamics19▲ 65×10 topics
  3. Conservation16▲ 33×17 topics
  4. Biodiversity14▲ 15×19 topics
  5. Invasive Species13▲ 26×17 topics
  6. Marine Ecosystems9▲ 142×2 topics
  7. Molecular Phylogeny8▲ 44×9 topics
  8. Ocean Acidification8▲ 88×3 topics
  9. Environmental Impact8▲ 3.8×19 topics
  10. Habitat Fragmentation7▲ 27×5 topics
  11. Climate Change Impacts7▲ 46×5 topics
  12. Global Change6▲ 21×4 topics
  13. Trophic Cascades6▲ 59×2 topics
  14. Predator-Prey Interactions6▲ 65×2 topics
  15. Ecosystem Services6▲ 13×7 topics
  16. Fisheries5▲ 106×2 topics
  17. Habitat Selection5▲ 63×2 topics
  18. Phylogeny5▲ 28×11 topics
  19. Bleaching5▲ 139×1 topic
  20. Coral Reefs5▲ 139×1 topic
  21. Conservation Biology5▲ 40×4 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity5▲ 9.8×8 topics
  23. Acoustic Communication5▲ 80×2 topics
  24. Biogeography5▲ 14×15 topics
  25. Ecology5▲ 23×4 topics
  26. Anthropogenic Noise4▲ 132×1 topic
  27. Marine Mammals4▲ 132×1 topic
  28. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 43×2 topics
  29. Genetic Structure4▲ 48×4 topics
  30. Host Specificity4▲ 32×4 topics
  31. Migration4▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Ecosystem4▲ 31×3 topics
  33. Community Ecology4▲ 38×2 topics
  34. Rays4▲ 145×1 topic
  35. Sharks4▲ 145×1 topic
  36. Ecosystem Management4▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Marine Fisheries4▲ 78×1 topic
  38. Avian Malaria3▲ 299×1 topic
  39. Haemosporidian Parasites3▲ 299×1 topic
  40. Sea-Level Rise3▲ 24×4 topics

What research is done in Puerto Ayora?

Coral and Marine Ecosyst…4Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 4 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…4Marine animal studies overview: 4 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 3 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 3 fractional worksBird parasitology and diseases: 3 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 3 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 3 fractional worksPlant and animal studies3Plant and animal studies: 3 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 2 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 2 fractional works
EcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationParasitology2 others

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

  1. 1 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 4 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 4 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  4. 4 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  5. 5 Bird parasitology and diseases Parasitology 3 works
  6. 6 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 3 works
  7. 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 3 works
  8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 2 works
  10. 10 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting10%20%30%Puerto Ayora17.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.5% in 2021.

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