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Research in Rotorua

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Rotorua, New Zealand. The largest by output are Future Forests Research, Rotorua Hospital and Geyserland Observatory.

Research institutions
3
Research works
2.4k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
66k
27.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Rotorua

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 Rotorua?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Future Forests ResearchResearch facility 752 #15,170 all time
2Rotorua HospitalHospital / health system 463 #20,238 all time
3Geyserland ObservatoryResearch facility 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.

Which fields of science does Rotorua work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research in Rotorua is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (30%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (17%), Engineering (14%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 185 fractional works · 55.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 100 fractional works · 30.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 22 fractional works · 6.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 20 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEcology: 18 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 47 fractional works · 14.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 17 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 86 fractional works · 26.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 56 fractional works · 16.8% of its workPlant Science: 24 fractional works · 7.4% of its workInsect Science: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKRotorua331fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences8%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science10030.3%
    2. Engineering4714.1%
    3. Materials Science175.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences72.2%
    5. Chemistry61.9%
    6. Energy41.1%
    7. Computer Science20.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5616.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology288.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine298.8%
    2. Health Professions41.1%
    3. Veterinary10.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences123.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.4%
    3. Psychology30.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities30.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.7%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Rotorua strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Rotorua is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Science (27.5× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 20.0 works28×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 20.8 works9.0×
  3. Environmental ScienceField · 95.0 works6.3×
← 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: 3.50× its world share, 51 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.19× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.96× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.27× its world share, 95 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.49× its world share, 16 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.04× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× 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, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science6.27×95 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.50×51 works
  3. Veterinary2.04×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.53×25 works
  5. Materials Science1.49×16 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.24×6 works
  7. Chemistry1.19×6 works
  8. Energy1.06×3 works
  9. Engineering0.96×44 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.73×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.73×5 works
  12. Health Professions0.45×4 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×0 works
  14. Medicine0.41×24 works
  15. Nursing0.32×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.31×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.31×12 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.30×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.29×3 works
  20. Psychology0.29×3 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×2 works
  22. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.15×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.12×1 works
  25. Computer Science0.08×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Rotorua?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biomass Estimation, Invasive Species, Aboveground Biomass, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Global Change and Allometric Models.

▲ 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 Change44▲ 4.9×60 topics
  2. Biomass Estimation22▲ 43×3 topics
  3. Invasive Species21▲ 15×16 topics
  4. Aboveground Biomass20▲ 69×2 topics
  5. Biodiversity17▲ 6.7×22 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation14▲ 12×8 topics
  7. Remote Sensing14▲ 3.5×20 topics
  8. Global Change13▲ 15×5 topics
  9. Allometric Models13▲ 82×2 topics
  10. Tropical Forests13▲ 113×2 topics
  11. Environmental Impact12▲ 2.2×25 topics
  12. Carbon Stocks12▲ 146×1 topic
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis12▲ 12×9 topics
  14. Tree Allometry12▲ 146×1 topic
  15. Biomedical Applications12▲ 3.0×22 topics
  16. Ecosystem Functioning12▲ 17×7 topics
  17. Biological Invasions11▲ 37×3 topics
  18. Global Warming11▲ 7.7×9 topics
  19. Ecosystem Resilience11▲ 21×5 topics
  20. Forest Management11▲ 53×4 topics
  21. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Conservation9▲ 6.6×12 topics
  23. Soil Properties9▲ 16×5 topics
  24. Terrestrial Laser Scanning8▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Ecosystem Services7▲ 5.6×7 topics
  26. Genetic Diversity7▲ 5.0×9 topics
  27. Economic Impacts7▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Forest Carbon Stocks7▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Fungal Pathogens7▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Lidar Remote Sensing7▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Ecosystem7▲ 20×4 topics
  32. Recycling7▲ 5.4×6 topics
  33. Host Specificity7▲ 18×5 topics
  34. Climate Change Impacts6▲ 16×5 topics
  35. Forest Carbon Sequestration6▲ 94×1 topic
  36. Sustainable Forest Management6▲ 94×1 topic
  37. Community Ecology6▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Bark Beetles6▲ 90×1 topic
  39. Forest Pests6▲ 90×1 topic
  40. Endophytic Fungi6▲ 19×2 topics

What research is done in Rotorua?

Forest ecology and management: 12 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 7 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 6 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 6 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 6 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 5 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…5Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 5 fractional worksLignin and Wood Chemistry: 5 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 5 fractional worksWood Treatment and Prope…4Wood Treatment and Properties: 4 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationEnvironmental EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
  2. 2 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  4. 4 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 6 works
  5. 5 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 6 works
  6. 6 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  7. 7 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  8. 8 Lignin and Wood Chemistry Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 5 works
  10. 10 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 4 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 counting20%40%Rotorua19.9% 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 33.5% in 2017.

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