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Research in Tacoma

Science Explorer records 29 research institutions in Tacoma, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Puget Sound, Pacific Lutheran University and Spectrum Research (United States).

Research institutions
29
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
248k
19.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Tacoma

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 Tacoma?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Puget SoundUniversity 3,298 #5,843
2Pacific Lutheran UniversityUniversity 1,576 #12,511
3Spectrum Research (United States)Company 609 #14,355
4St. Joseph Medical Center in TacomaHospital / health system 270 #25,549 all time
5Tacoma Community CollegeUniversity 233 #23,916 all time
6MultiCare Health SystemHospital / health system 230 #22,521 all time
7The Geneva FoundationNonprofit 170 #20,121 all time
8Northwest Medical SpecialtiesHospital / health system 162 #31,593 all time
9Mary Bridge Children's Health CenterHospital / health system 116 not ranked
10Washington Military DepartmentGovernment institution 75 not ranked
11MultiCare Tacoma General HospitalHospital / health system 66 not ranked
12Tacoma Pierce County Health DepartmentGovernment institution 65 not ranked
13Faith Evangelical College & SeminaryUniversity 42 not ranked
14Center for Urban WatersResearch facility 40 not ranked
15Tacoma Housing AuthorityUniversity 29 not ranked
16Revalesio (United states)Company 27 not ranked
17Visual Health InformationCompany 21 not ranked
18Tacoma/Valley Radiation Oncology CentersHospital / health system 19 not ranked
19Topia Technology (United States)Company 14 not ranked
20Washington State Historical SocietyNonprofit 5 not ranked
21American Society for Environmental HistoryInstitution 4 not ranked
22Bates Technical CollegeUniversity 4 not ranked
23Cardiac Study CenterInstitution 3 not ranked
24Baker FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
25Pierce County Library SystemArchive 1 not ranked
26Community Counseling InstituteNonprofit 1 not ranked
27Courage360Nonprofit 1 not ranked
28South Sound Care FoundationInstitution 0 not ranked
29Greater Tacoma Community FoundationNonprofit 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.

University of Puget Sound: 46.6%Pacific Lutheran University: 22.3%Spectrum Research (United States): 8.6%St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma: 3.8%23 others listed: 18.8%47%largest
University of Puget Sound3,298 · 46.6%Pacific Lutheran University1,576 · 22.3%Spectrum Research (United States)609 · 8.6%St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma270 · 3.8%23 others listed1,330 · 18.8%

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

Which fields of science does Tacoma work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research in Tacoma is in Health Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (16%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 607 fractional works · 34.1% of its workMedicine: 516 fractional works · 29.0% of its workSurgery: 82 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 44 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 39 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 34 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 72 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 39 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 604 fractional works · 34.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 286 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 105 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEducation: 43 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 114 fractional works · 6.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 49 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 95 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPhilosophy: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 55 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMarketing: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 404 fractional works · 22.7% of its workComputer Science: 143 fractional works · 8.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 39 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 113 fractional works · 6.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 73 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 162 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 78 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 40 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 43 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTacoma1,777fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences34%

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. Medicine51629.0%
    2. Health Professions724.0%
    3. Nursing130.8%
    4. Veterinary30.2%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
    1. Social Sciences28616.1%
    2. Psychology1146.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities955.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting553.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance301.7%
    6. Decision Sciences251.4%
    1. Computer Science1438.1%
    2. Engineering1136.3%
    3. Environmental Science734.1%
    4. Mathematics201.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences201.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy160.9%
    7. Materials Science100.5%
    8. Chemistry70.4%
    9. Energy20.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology784.4%
    2. Neuroscience432.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences251.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology130.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tacoma strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tacoma is most concentrated in Emergency Medicine (5.4× the world share in Emergency Medicine).

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 20.7 works5.4×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 65 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 123 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 98 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 64 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.00× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.53× its world share, 465 worksMedicineNursing: 1.73× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.82× its world share, 83 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 98 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 257 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.03×98 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.82×83 works
  3. Nursing1.73×13 works
  4. Medicine1.53×465 works
  5. Neuroscience1.50×38 works
  6. Health Professions1.49×62 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.46×22 works
  8. Social Sciences1.29×257 works
  9. Veterinary1.05×2 works
  10. Computer Science1.00×123 works
  11. Mathematics1.00×19 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×48 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×28 works
  14. Environmental Science0.82×64 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×65 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.78×12 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.75×19 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×3 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.45×16 works
  20. Engineering0.42×98 works
  21. Dentistry0.32×2 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×23 works
  23. Chemistry0.23×6 works
  24. Materials Science0.17×9 works
  25. Energy0.15×2 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.11×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Tacoma?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Public Health, History, Big Data, Religion, Gender and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology122▲ 1.73×118 topics
  2. Machine Learning53◆ 0.89×66 topics
  3. Deep Learning51▼ 0.84×66 topics
  4. Mental Health50▲ 1.96×33 topics
  5. Public Health46▲ 1.76×45 topics
  6. Globalization38◆ 1.10×65 topics
  7. Quality of Life38▲ 1.47×46 topics
  8. Education36▲ 1.17×52 topics
  9. Risk Factors35▲ 1.80×34 topics
  10. Big Data35▲ 2.0×21 topics
  11. Treatment34▲ 1.57×46 topics
  12. Healthcare33▲ 1.62×21 topics
  13. History32▲ 2.5×28 topics
  14. Gender27▲ 2.9×28 topics
  15. Religion26▲ 3.2×25 topics
  16. Identity25▲ 1.97×36 topics
  17. Management25▲ 1.78×29 topics
  18. Ethics25▲ 2.7×27 topics
  19. Social Justice24▲ 2.3×24 topics
  20. Mortality24▲ 2.3×13 topics
  21. Resilience22▲ 2.5×17 topics
  22. Complications21▲ 2.4×17 topics
  23. Colonialism21▲ 2.5×23 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis21▲ 1.99×16 topics
  25. Social Support20▲ 2.1×14 topics
  26. Philosophy20▲ 2.5×22 topics
  27. Gender Differences18▲ 2.8×14 topics
  28. Health Outcomes18▲ 3.8×8 topics
  29. Neuroscience18▲ 3.2×14 topics
  30. Psychological Impact17▲ 3.1×9 topics
  31. Neoliberalism17▲ 2.7×17 topics
  32. Intersectionality16▲ 4.6×9 topics
  33. Medical Education16▲ 3.3×11 topics
  34. Trauma16▲ 4.2×8 topics
  35. Cancer Risk16▲ 3.9×10 topics
  36. Resuscitation15▲ 6.3×4 topics
  37. Distributed Systems15▲ 4.8×5 topics
  38. Hemorrhage12▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Psychiatric Disorders12▲ 5.1×4 topics
  40. Injury Severity12▲ 8.5×2 topics

What research is done in Tacoma?

History and Theory of Ma…8History and Theory of Mathematics: 8 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…8Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 8 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 7 fractional worksFamily and Disability Su…7Family and Disability Support Research: 7 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 6 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 6 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 6 fractional worksVietnamese History and C…5Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 5 fractional worksNursing education and management: 5 fractional worksComplex Systems and Decision Making: 5 fractional works
Theoretical Computer ScienceEmergency MedicineCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineClinical Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 8 works
  2. 2 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 7 works
  5. 5 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  6. 6 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 6 works
  7. 7 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 6 works
  8. 8 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  9. 9 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 5 works
  10. 10 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 5 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Tacoma15.3% 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 24.5% in 2007.

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