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Research in Tempe

Science Explorer records 32 research institutions in Tempe, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Arizona State University, Engineering Arts (United States) and Radiant Research (United States).

Research institutions
32
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
103k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.9%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Tempe?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Arizona State UniversityUniversity 98,740 #196
2Engineering Arts (United States)Company 1,355 #20,273
3Radiant Research (United States)Company 616 #23,343
4Tempe Union High School DistrictUniversity 427 #17,017 all time
5Engineering Science Analysis (United States)Company 375 #29,235 all time
6Amkor Technology (United States)Company 350 #28,337 all time
7First Solar (United States)Company 175 #22,816 all time
8Power Systems Engineering Research CenterResearch facility 153 #36,222 all time
9Western International UniversityUniversity 124 #42,181 all time
10Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health SciencesHospital / health system 86 not ranked
11University of Advancing TechnologyUniversity 81 not ranked
12Maricopa County Community College DistrictUniversity 70 not ranked
13Sonoran Spine Research and Education FoundationNonprofit 53 not ranked
14Phoenix Analysis and Design Technologies (United States)Company 45 not ranked
15Kronos Longevity Research InstituteNonprofit 45 not ranked
16Rio Salado CollegeUniversity 41 not ranked
17Southwest Kidney InstituteHospital / health system 32 not ranked
18Morrison Vein InstituteHospital / health system 23 not ranked
19Alphacore (United States)Company 20 not ranked
20SpringActive (United States)Company 17 not ranked
21Neuroscript (United States)Company 15 not ranked
22Burge Environmental (United States)Company 9 not ranked
23Harrison Middleton UniversityUniversity 8 not ranked
24Biosensing Instrument (United States)Company 7 not ranked
25GoalisticsInstitution 5 not ranked
26DataSoft (United States)Company 4 not ranked
27Capstone Therapeutics (United States)Company 3 not ranked
28Lawrence Semiconductor Research LaboratoryResearch facility 3 not ranked
29Energy Quest Technologies (United States)Company 1 not ranked
30E-Line Media (United States)Company 1 not ranked
31Network for Computational Modeling in the Social and Ecological SciencesResearch facility 1 not ranked
32Arizona Cotton Growers AssociationInstitution 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

Arizona State University: 96.0%Engineering Arts (United States): 1.3%Radiant Research (United States): 0.6%Tempe Union High School District: 0.4%27 others listed: 1.7%96%largest
Arizona State University99k · 96.0%Engineering Arts (United States)1,355 · 1.3%Radiant Research (United States)616 · 0.6%Tempe Union High School District427 · 0.4%27 others listed1,747 · 1.7%

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

What is Tempe strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tempe is most concentrated in Safety Research, Hardware and Architecture and Public Administration (3.5× the world share in Safety Research).

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 136.1 works3.5×
  2. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 54.2 works3.4×
  3. Public AdministrationSubfield · 24.9 works3.3×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Tempe?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Globalization, Neural Networks, Sustainability and Public Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Deep Learning565▲ 1.17×81 topics
  2. Machine Learning535◆ 1.15×92 topics
  3. Climate Change480▲ 1.26×110 topics
  4. Mental Health449▲ 2.2×47 topics
  5. Sustainability382◆ 1.11×110 topics
  6. Globalization373▲ 1.34×138 topics
  7. Neural Networks326▲ 1.49×40 topics
  8. Epidemiology297▼ 0.53×130 topics
  9. Public Health288▲ 1.40×62 topics
  10. Education283▲ 1.16×112 topics
  11. Renewable Energy218◆ 1.07×46 topics
  12. Social Media214◆ 1.06×37 topics
  13. Identity176▲ 1.71×64 topics
  14. Gender171▲ 2.2×50 topics
  15. Big Data166▲ 1.30×32 topics
  16. Social Support163▲ 2.1×19 topics
  17. Depression159▲ 1.28×24 topics
  18. Resilience153▲ 2.2×17 topics
  19. Religion143▲ 2.1×37 topics
  20. Social Justice138▲ 1.66×44 topics
  21. Ethics136▲ 1.99×44 topics
  22. Colonialism135▲ 2.0×43 topics
  23. Social Capital125▲ 1.67×19 topics
  24. Nationalism121▲ 1.85×30 topics
  25. Student Engagement119▲ 2.1×15 topics
  26. Emotion Regulation115▲ 2.6×9 topics
  27. Health Disparities109▲ 2.9×9 topics
  28. Neoliberalism108▲ 2.1×26 topics
  29. Developmental Trajectories104▲ 6.0×3 topics
  30. Intersectionality103▲ 4.0×15 topics
  31. Emotion101▲ 3.5×12 topics
  32. Neighborhood Effects92▲ 6.0×3 topics
  33. Self-Regulation89▲ 3.5×6 topics
  34. Photovoltaics88▲ 3.8×4 topics
  35. Engineering Education75▲ 6.0×5 topics
  36. Social Identity70▲ 5.3×5 topics
  37. Youth Violence65▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Acculturation64▲ 6.0×2 topics
  39. Implicit Bias56▲ 8.7×2 topics
  40. Criminal Behavior56▲ 9.3×2 topics

What research is done in Tempe?

  1. 1 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 48 works
  2. 2 Crime Patterns and InterventionsSociology and Political Science 48 works
  3. 3 Topic ModelingArtificial Intelligence 43 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics 41 works
  5. 5 Semiconductor materials and devicesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 38 works
  6. 6 Career Development and DiversitySafety Research 36 works
  7. 7 Policing Practices and PerceptionsPolitical Science and International Relations 36 works
  8. 8 Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingElectrical and Electronic Engineering 36 works
  9. 9 Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSociology and Political Science 36 works
  10. 10 Planetary Science and ExplorationAstronomy and Astrophysics 34 works

Research output over time

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