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Research in Pullman

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Pullman, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Washington State University.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
53k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
2M
36.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Pullman

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 Pullman?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Washington State UniversityUniversity 59,816 #650
2Klar Scientific (United States)Company 9 not ranked
3American Aging AssociationInstitution 1 not ranked
4Palouse Discovery Science CenterNonprofit 1 not ranked
5Orielle (United States)Company 0 not ranked

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.

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.

Washington State University: 100.0%Klar Scientific (United States): 0.0%American Aging Association: 0.0%Palouse Discovery Science Center: 0.0%100%largest
Washington State University60k · 100.0%Klar Scientific (United States)9 · 0.0%American Aging Association1 · 0.0%Palouse Discovery Science Center1 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Pullman work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Pullman is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,642 fractional works · 43.6% of its workEngineering: 805 fractional works · 13.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 213 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 148 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 112 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 62 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 444 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 102 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 93 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 59 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 342 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 228 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 292 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOceanography: 165 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeophysics: 70 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 291 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 97 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 229 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 125 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomaterials: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 107 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1,448 fractional works · 23.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 744 fractional works · 12.3% of its workPlant Science: 384 fractional works · 6.3% of its workFood Science: 97 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 70 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 500 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 261 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 88 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 96 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 90 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,189 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 559 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 188 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 110 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 246 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 73 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 70 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 128 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 120 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 83 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 66 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 787 fractional works · 13.0% of its workMedicine: 587 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 78 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 65 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 134 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 110 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 67 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPullman6,066fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences20%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering80513.3%
    2. Environmental Science4447.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy3425.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2924.8%
    5. Computer Science2914.8%
    6. Materials Science2293.8%
    7. Chemistry1071.8%
    8. Mathematics520.8%
    9. Energy430.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering380.6%
  2. Life Sciences1,44823.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences74412.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5008.2%
    3. Neuroscience961.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology901.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics170.3%
  3. Social Sciences1,18919.6%
    1. Social Sciences5599.2%
    2. Psychology2464.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1282.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities1202.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance831.4%
    6. Decision Sciences550.9%
    1. Medicine5879.7%
    2. Health Professions1101.8%
    3. Veterinary480.8%
    4. Nursing370.6%
    5. Dentistry50.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Pullman strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Pullman is most concentrated in Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Astronomy and Astrophysics (10.6× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 163.1 works11×
  2. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 99.8 works8.4×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 226.5 works8.0×
  4. VeterinaryField · 40.2 works5.4×
  5. Small AnimalsSubfield · 31.7 works4.7×
  6. BiotechnologySubfield · 37.8 works4.4×
  7. ParasitologySubfield · 23.6 works4.1×
← 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: 2.56× its world share, 664 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.54× its world share, 449 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.49× its world share, 82 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 80 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.72× its world share, 33 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.15× its world share, 98 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 255 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.25× its world share, 278 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 39 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 718 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.48× its world share, 402 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.06× its world share, 203 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 43 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.73× its world share, 331 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 101 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 513 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 34 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.42× its world share, 40 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 108 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 117 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 47 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 76 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 219 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 510 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary5.42×40 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.25×278 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.73×331 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.56×664 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.72×33 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.54×449 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.49×82 works
  8. Environmental Science1.48×402 works
  9. Psychology1.31×219 works
  10. Nursing1.29×34 works
  11. Chemistry1.15×98 works
  12. Materials Science1.06×203 works
  13. Neuroscience0.90×80 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.89×47 works
  15. Engineering0.88×718 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.80×16 works
  17. Energy0.77×39 works
  18. Social Sciences0.74×510 works
  19. Health Professions0.70×101 works
  20. Mathematics0.68×43 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.68×108 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.66×117 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×76 works
  24. Computer Science0.60×255 works
  25. Medicine0.49×513 works
  26. Dentistry0.16×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Pullman?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Solar Wind, Hydrological Modeling, Geodetic Measurements, Sea Level Rise, GRACE, groundwater depletion and Ionosphere.

▲ 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 Change439▲ 2.7×94 topics
  2. Epidemiology225◆ 0.93×117 topics
  3. Solar Wind213▲ 38×2 topics
  4. Hydrological Modeling170▲ 12×5 topics
  5. Geodetic Measurements163▲ 26×2 topics
  6. Sea Level Rise159▲ 21×3 topics
  7. Machine Learning157▼ 0.78×72 topics
  8. GRACE156▲ 53×1 topic
  9. groundwater depletion156▲ 53×1 topic
  10. Ionosphere149▲ 45×1 topic
  11. Magnetosphere149▲ 45×1 topic
  12. Sustainability143◆ 0.96×79 topics
  13. Microbial Communities122▲ 4.6×10 topics
  14. Public Health105▲ 1.19×44 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress100◆ 1.00×55 topics
  16. Mental Health96◆ 1.10×35 topics
  17. Biomedical Applications86▲ 1.20×34 topics
  18. Methane Oxidation85▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Anaerobic84▲ 22×1 topic
  20. Gas Hydrates84▲ 22×1 topic
  21. Biodiversity83▲ 1.80×31 topics
  22. Genetics80▲ 1.87×24 topics
  23. Catalysis68▲ 1.69×25 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity68▲ 2.6×20 topics
  25. Coronal Mass Ejections64▲ 29×1 topic
  26. Solar Dynamics Observatory64▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Invasive Species62▲ 2.4×21 topics
  28. Genomics51▲ 2.9×12 topics
  29. Genome Sequencing47▲ 4.9×8 topics
  30. Host-Pathogen Interactions42▲ 8.5×5 topics
  31. QTL Mapping38▲ 5.4×6 topics
  32. Pathogen Transmission38▲ 8.9×3 topics
  33. Transcriptome Analysis37▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Genetic Mapping34▲ 7.1×6 topics
  35. Anthocyanins33▲ 7.8×3 topics
  36. Nutrient Uptake32▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Microbial Inactivation32▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Rootstock31▲ 9.6×2 topics
  39. Grapevine31▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Crop Improvement30▲ 10×2 topics

What research is done in Pullman?

Geophysics and Gravity M…156Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 156 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…149Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 149 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…84Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 84 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…64Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 64 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 28 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 24 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 24 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 22 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 20 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 19 fractional works
OceanographyAstronomy and AstrophysicsEnvironmental ChemistryNuclear and High Energy Physics3 others

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

  1. 1 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 156 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 149 works
  3. 3 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 84 works
  4. 4 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 64 works
  5. 5 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 28 works
  6. 6 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 24 works
  7. 7 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 24 works
  8. 8 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 22 works
  9. 9 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 20 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 19 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%Pullman17.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.0% in 2016.

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