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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-now are Arizona State University, Engineering Arts (United States) and Radiant Research (United States).

Research institutions
32
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
103k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3M
32.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Tempe

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 Tempe?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Arizona State UniversityUniversity 98,741 #181
2Engineering Arts (United States)Company 1,355 #9,440
3Radiant Research (United States)Company 616 #13,146
4Tempe Union High School DistrictUniversity 427 #4,673 all time
5Engineering Science Analysis (United States)Company 375 #17,514 all time
6Amkor Technology (United States)Company 350 #20,926 all time
7First Solar (United States)Company 175 #29,053 all time
8Power Systems Engineering Research CenterResearch facility 153 #30,361 all time
9Western International UniversityUniversity 124 #33,004 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-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.

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.

Which fields of science does Tempe work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Tempe is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Engineering (16%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 7,026 fractional works · 44.0% of its workEngineering: 2,550 fractional works · 16.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 828 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 330 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 234 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 193 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 179 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 169 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 99 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 97 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 92 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 88 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1,651 fractional works · 10.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 679 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 202 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 198 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 195 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 83 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 80 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 57 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 898 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 182 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 146 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 119 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 115 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 591 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 224 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 140 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 84 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 531 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 323 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 255 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 79 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 210 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 75 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 101 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 153 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 137 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 120 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5,735 fractional works · 35.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,900 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,048 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEducation: 473 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 306 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 160 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 150 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 114 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 90 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 89 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 84 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1,105 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 367 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 331 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 185 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 151 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 637 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 140 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 95 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 62 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 57 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 112 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 470 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 124 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 82 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 62 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 350 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 273 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 274 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 150 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 76 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,659 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMedicine: 1,184 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 172 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 129 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 111 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 74 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 57 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 333 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 419 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 262 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1,541 fractional works · 9.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 728 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 402 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 171 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 120 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 363 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 100 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 99 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 360 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 216 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 90 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 23 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTempe16kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences36%

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. Engineering2,55016.0%
    2. Computer Science1,65110.3%
    3. Environmental Science8985.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy5913.7%
    5. Materials Science5313.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2551.6%
    7. Mathematics2101.3%
    8. Chemistry1531.0%
    9. Energy1370.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering500.3%
  2. Social Sciences5,73535.9%
    1. Social Sciences2,90018.2%
    2. Psychology1,1056.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities6374.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting4702.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3502.2%
    6. Decision Sciences2741.7%
  3. Health Sciences1,65910.4%
    1. Medicine1,1847.4%
    2. Health Professions4192.6%
    3. Nursing350.2%
    4. Dentistry130.1%
    5. Veterinary80.0%
  4. Life Sciences1,5419.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7284.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3632.3%
    3. Neuroscience3602.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology680.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics230.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 321 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 632 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 57 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 309 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.90× its world share, 45 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 141 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 1,422 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 225 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 124 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 2,312 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 795 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.97× its world share, 480 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.14× its world share, 190 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.65× its world share, 520 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 378 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 1,027 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 33 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.35× its world share, 553 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 425 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 235 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 327 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.22× its world share, 959 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 2,606 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.22×959 works
  2. Decision Sciences1.72×235 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.65×520 works
  4. Social Sciences1.46×2,606 works
  5. Neuroscience1.35×309 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.35×553 works
  7. Computer Science1.29×1,422 works
  8. Mathematics1.14×190 works
  9. Environmental Science1.13×795 works
  10. Engineering1.09×2,312 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.08×327 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.01×225 works
  13. Health Professions1.01×378 works
  14. Materials Science0.97×480 works
  15. Energy0.95×124 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.93×425 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.90×45 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×632 works
  19. Chemistry0.64×141 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×321 works
  21. Nursing0.47×33 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.40×57 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×20 works
  24. Veterinary0.40×8 works
  25. Medicine0.38×1,027 works
  26. Dentistry0.16×11 works

Which keywords describe research in Tempe?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Machine Learning, Deep 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-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. Machine Learning631▲ 1.19×94 topics
  2. Deep Learning629◆ 1.14×81 topics
  3. Climate Change546▲ 1.26×110 topics
  4. Mental Health503▲ 2.2×47 topics
  5. Sustainability430◆ 1.10×113 topics
  6. Globalization413▲ 1.32×142 topics
  7. Neural Networks363▲ 1.47×40 topics
  8. Epidemiology340▼ 0.53×134 topics
  9. Public Health319▲ 1.37×64 topics
  10. Education310◆ 1.13×119 topics
  11. Renewable Energy239◆ 1.04×47 topics
  12. Social Media237◆ 1.07×37 topics
  13. Big Data214▲ 1.40×34 topics
  14. Identity198▲ 1.71×67 topics
  15. Gender190▲ 2.2×53 topics
  16. Social Support183▲ 2.1×20 topics
  17. Depression179▲ 1.28×24 topics
  18. Resilience173▲ 2.2×18 topics
  19. Ethics164▲ 2.0×49 topics
  20. Social Justice162▲ 1.70×47 topics
  21. Religion160▲ 2.2×38 topics
  22. History155▲ 1.40×55 topics
  23. Colonialism153▲ 2.0×44 topics
  24. Emotion Regulation134▲ 2.7×9 topics
  25. Student Engagement133▲ 2.1×15 topics
  26. Nationalism130▲ 1.82×30 topics
  27. Health Disparities123▲ 3.0×9 topics
  28. Intersectionality119▲ 3.9×15 topics
  29. Developmental Trajectories114▲ 6.0×3 topics
  30. Neuroscience114▲ 2.3×17 topics
  31. Emotion113▲ 3.4×12 topics
  32. Discrimination100▲ 3.0×9 topics
  33. Neighborhood Effects98▲ 5.8×3 topics
  34. Self-Regulation98▲ 3.4×6 topics
  35. Photovoltaics91▲ 3.7×4 topics
  36. Engineering Education77▲ 5.6×5 topics
  37. Social Identity77▲ 5.3×5 topics
  38. Acculturation72▲ 6.0×2 topics
  39. Youth Violence71▲ 9.7×3 topics
  40. Implicit Bias62▲ 8.7×2 topics

What research is done in Tempe?

Child and Adolescent Psy…48Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 48 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Inter…48Crime Patterns and Interventions: 48 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 43 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 41 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 38 fractional worksCareer Development and Diversity: 36 fractional worksPolicing Practices and Perceptions: 36 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neur…36Advanced Memory and Neural Computing: 36 fractional worksRacial and Ethnic Identity Research: 36 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 34 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySociology and Political ScienceArtificial IntelligenceAstronomy and Astrophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 48 works
  2. 2 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 48 works
  3. 3 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 43 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 41 works
  5. 5 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 38 works
  6. 6 Career Development and Diversity Safety Research 36 works
  7. 7 Policing Practices and Perceptions Political Science and International Relations 36 works
  8. 8 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 36 works
  9. 9 Racial and Ethnic Identity Research Sociology and Political Science 36 works
  10. 10 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 34 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%Tempe20.3% 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 35.9% in 2016.

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