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Research in Socorro

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Socorro, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.5k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
162k
25.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Socorro

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 Socorro?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyUniversity 6,622 #2,515

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 Socorro work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research in Socorro is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 826 fractional works · 84.5% of its workEngineering: 335 fractional works · 34.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 59 fractional works · 6.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 54 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 52 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 31 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 28 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 124 fractional works · 12.6% of its workGeophysics: 60 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 24 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 113 fractional works · 11.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 28 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 90 fractional works · 9.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 32 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 56 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 33 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 40 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 27 fractional works · 2.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNumerical Analysis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFiltration and Separation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 71 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 46 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 35 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSocorro977fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences7%

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. Engineering33534.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences12412.6%
    3. Environmental Science11311.6%
    4. Computer Science909.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy565.7%
    6. Materials Science404.1%
    7. Mathematics272.8%
    8. Chemistry222.2%
    9. Energy141.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.6%
    1. Social Sciences343.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance141.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities101.1%
    4. Decision Sciences50.6%
    5. Psychology40.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting30.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology222.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences181.9%
    3. Neuroscience30.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine293.0%
    2. Health Professions50.5%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Socorro strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Socorro is most concentrated in Geophysics, Ocean Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences (19.1× the world share in Geophysics).

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 57.3 works19×
  2. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 45.9 works10×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 114.8 works8.5×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 29.2 works6.5×
  5. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 22.9 works6.0×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.71× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.44× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.27× its world share, 85 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.50× its world share, 115 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.47× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.19× its world share, 283 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.34× its world share, 100 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.18× its world share, 35 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.47× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.54× its world share, 49 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.50×115 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.54×49 works
  3. Mathematics2.47×25 works
  4. Environmental Science2.34×100 works
  5. Engineering2.19×283 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.71×5 works
  7. Energy1.47×12 works
  8. Chemistry1.44×19 works
  9. Computer Science1.27×85 works
  10. Materials Science1.18×35 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×12 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.55×5 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×19 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×17 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.34×8 works
  16. Social Sciences0.27×30 works
  17. Health Professions0.21×5 works
  18. Neuroscience0.19×3 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×2 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  21. Medicine0.15×25 works
  22. Dentistry0.14×1 works
  23. Psychology0.12×3 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×3 works
  25. Nursing0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Socorro?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, CO2 Sequestration, Tectonics, Plate Tectonics, Hydraulic Fracturing, Machine Learning and Thermodynamic Modeling.

▲ 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 Change70▲ 2.6×60 topics
  2. Machine Learning56▲ 1.72×46 topics
  3. Remote Sensing45▲ 3.7×25 topics
  4. CO2 Sequestration28▲ 15×4 topics
  5. Tectonics28▲ 23×3 topics
  6. Plate Tectonics27▲ 18×3 topics
  7. Hydraulic Fracturing26▲ 25×2 topics
  8. Thermodynamic Modeling25▲ 23×3 topics
  9. Porous Media21▲ 16×5 topics
  10. Fracture Propagation21▲ 36×1 topic
  11. Shale Gas Reservoirs21▲ 36×1 topic
  12. Optimization21▲ 4.8×13 topics
  13. Shale Gas20▲ 17×2 topics
  14. Geological Mapping20▲ 27×2 topics
  15. Geochronology20▲ 29×1 topic
  16. Zircon20▲ 29×1 topic
  17. Reactive Transport19▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Support Vector Machines19▲ 6.0×5 topics
  19. Multi-Agent Systems18▲ 9.7×4 topics
  20. Hyperspectral Imaging18▲ 6.7×5 topics
  21. Nanopores17▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Subduction17▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Compositional Data Analysis17▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Mineral Prospectivity17▲ 27×1 topic
  25. Gas Permeability16▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Pore Structure16▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Trajectory Optimization16▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Data Assimilation16▲ 9.7×3 topics
  29. Carbon Capture15▲ 34×2 topics
  30. Mudstones15▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Thermal Maturity15▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Geological Storage15▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Mineral Carbonation15▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Surfactants15▲ 15×4 topics
  35. Ensemble Kalman Filter15▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Holocene14▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Sea Level14▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Nanofluids14▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Disaster Management14▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Pore-scale Modeling14▲ 37×1 topic

What research is done in Socorro?

Geological and Geochemic…19Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 19 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…18Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 18 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…16Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 16 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …14Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 14 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 12 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 11 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…11Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 11 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 10 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 10 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…10Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 10 fractional works
GeophysicsMechanical EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceMechanics of Materials3 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 19 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 18 works
  3. 3 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 16 works
  4. 4 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 14 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 12 works
  6. 6 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 11 works
  7. 7 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 11 works
  8. 8 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 10 works
  9. 9 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 10 works
  10. 10 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 10 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%Socorro13.5% 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 31.6% in 2010.

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