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Research in Salaspils

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Salaspils, Latvia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava".

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
516
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
6.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1972-2026
55 years on the record
Salaspils

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 Salaspils?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava"University 516 #18,873

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 Salaspils work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research in Salaspils is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (44%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (30%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 128 fractional works · 59.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 94 fractional works · 43.8% of its workEcology: 29 fractional works · 13.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 28 fractional works · 12.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 25 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 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: 74 fractional works · 34.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 65 fractional works · 30.2% of its workPlant Science: 18 fractional works · 8.4% of its workInsect Science: 17 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSoil Science: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSalaspils216fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences59%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences5%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science9443.8%
    2. Engineering2310.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences73.1%
    4. Computer Science20.8%
    5. Energy10.4%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6530.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology83.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities62.8%
    2. Social Sciences31.6%
    3. Psychology10.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Medicine21.0%
    2. Nursing00.2%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Salaspils strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Salaspils is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change (55.4× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 25.5 works55×
  2. EcologySubfield · 25.3 works17×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 22.7 works15×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 84.1 works8.8×
← 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 25 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: 6.46× its world share, 59 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.77× its world share, 84 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.09× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.77×84 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.46×59 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.79×5 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.09×6 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×8 works
  6. Engineering0.68×20 works
  7. Nursing0.35×0 works
  8. Veterinary0.35×0 works
  9. Energy0.30×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×1 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  12. Psychology0.14×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.14×3 works
  14. Computer Science0.11×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  17. Medicine0.04×2 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Salaspils?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystem Functioning, Ecosystem Resilience, Biomass Estimation, Aboveground Biomass, Forest Management and Invasive Species.

▲ 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 Change55▲ 9.3×30 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation31▲ 39×8 topics
  3. Ecosystem Functioning27▲ 62×5 topics
  4. Ecosystem Resilience24▲ 71×3 topics
  5. Biomass Estimation23▲ 70×3 topics
  6. Aboveground Biomass22▲ 121×2 topics
  7. Forest Management21▲ 162×3 topics
  8. Invasive Species19▲ 21×10 topics
  9. Allometric Models19▲ 185×1 topic
  10. Carbon Stocks19▲ 339×1 topic
  11. Hydrology17▲ 61×2 topics
  12. Methane Emissions17▲ 148×2 topics
  13. Soil Carbon Sequestration17▲ 98×2 topics
  14. Microbial Processes16▲ 129×2 topics
  15. Carbon16▲ 121×1 topic
  16. Peatlands16▲ 405×1 topic
  17. Dead Wood16▲ 419×1 topic
  18. Saproxylic Beetles16▲ 419×1 topic
  19. Biodiversity14▲ 8.3×11 topics
  20. Climate Change Impacts12▲ 45×2 topics
  21. Conservation12▲ 12×7 topics
  22. Forest Carbon Sequestration11▲ 262×1 topic
  23. Sustainable Forest Management11▲ 262×1 topic
  24. Vegetation11▲ 48×2 topics
  25. Biological Invasions10▲ 52×2 topics
  26. Biomass9▲ 37×4 topics
  27. Soil Properties9▲ 25×5 topics
  28. Sustainable Agriculture9▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Global Warming9▲ 9.8×5 topics
  30. Environmental Impacts9▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Optimization9▲ 9.2×4 topics
  32. Uncertainty9▲ 85×3 topics
  33. Life Cycle Assessment9▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Microbial Communities9▲ 9.2×2 topics
  35. Nutrient Limitation9▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Soil Fertility9▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Bioenergy8▲ 71×3 topics
  38. Bioenergy Crops8▲ 319×1 topic
  39. Genetic Improvement8▲ 45×2 topics
  40. Switchgrass8▲ 319×1 topic

What research is done in Salaspils?

Forest ecology and management: 18 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 14 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodi…14Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 14 fractional worksForest Management and Po…11Forest Management and Policy: 11 fractional worksBioenergy crop production and management: 8 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 6 fractional worksForest Biomass Utilizati…6Forest Biomass Utilization and Management: 6 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 6 fractional worksTree Root and Stability Studies: 5 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 4 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationEcologyInsect ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change5 others

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

  1. 1 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 18 works
  2. 2 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 14 works
  3. 3 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 14 works
  4. 4 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  5. 5 Bioenergy crop production and management Agronomy and Crop Science 8 works
  6. 6 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 6 works
  7. 7 Forest Biomass Utilization and Management Mechanics of Materials 6 works
  8. 8 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 6 works
  9. 9 Tree Root and Stability Studies Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 4 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 counting5%10%15%Salaspils14.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.0% in 2025.

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