Research in Thurso
Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Thurso, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Environmental Research Institute.
- Research institutions
- 1 1 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 582 ▼ 8% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 23.5% 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 Thurso?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Environmental Research InstituteNonprofit | 582 | #14,352 |
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.
What is Thurso strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Thurso is most concentrated in Environmental Science (9.3× the world share in Environmental Science).
- Environmental ScienceField · 37.4 works9.3×
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 Thurso?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Remote Sensing, Recycling, Waste Management, Water Quality, Microbial Communities and Habitat Selection.
- Migration Patterns
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Avian Ecology
- Eutrophication
- Trophic Cascades
- Resistance Genes
- Freshwater Biodiversity
- Wastewater Treatment
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Health Effects
- Carbon Sequestration
- Marine Environment
- Adsorption
- Pollution
- Population Dynamics
- Microbial Communities
- Invasive Species
- Waste Management
- Sustainability
- Environmental Impact
- Climate Change
- Remote Sensing
- Recycling
- Habitat Selection
- Land Use Change
- Water Quality
- Ecosystem Services
- Toxicity
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Ecosystem Resilience
- Human Health
- Aquatic Environment
- Antibiotics
- Microplastics
- Terrestrial Ecosystems
- Coastal Protection
- Global Carbon Budget
- Circular Economy
- Heavy Metals
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
- Climate Change16▲ 7.2×44 topics
- Environmental Impact8▲ 5.8×23 topics
- Remote Sensing5▲ 5.0×16 topics
- Sustainability4▲ 2.1×20 topics
- Recycling3▲ 11×4 topics
- Waste Management3▲ 9.7×3 topics
- Habitat Selection3▲ 45×2 topics
- Invasive Species3▲ 7.8×9 topics
- Land Use Change3▲ 11×6 topics
- Microbial Communities3▲ 7.8×6 topics
- Water Quality3▲ 8.3×7 topics
- Population Dynamics3▲ 13×6 topics
- Ecosystem Services2▲ 7.9×7 topics
- Pollution2▲ 16×3 topics
- Toxicity2▲ 7.2×12 topics
- Adsorption2▲ 14×5 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 34×2 topics
- Marine Environment2▲ 20×3 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 7.4×8 topics
- Carbon Sequestration2▲ 38×2 topics
- Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 18×3 topics
- Health Effects2▲ 4.5×10 topics
- Human Health2▲ 16×2 topics
- Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 9.5×6 topics
- Aquatic Environment2▲ 31×2 topics
- Wastewater Treatment2▲ 11×7 topics
- Antibiotics2▲ 29×1 topic
- Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 38×2 topics
- Microplastics2▲ 24×1 topic
- Resistance Genes2▲ 46×1 topic
- Terrestrial Ecosystems2▲ 24×1 topic
- Trophic Cascades2▲ 25×2 topics
- Coastal Protection2▲ 36×2 topics
- Eutrophication2▲ 21×3 topics
- Global Carbon Budget2▲ 30×2 topics
- Avian Ecology2▲ 98×1 topic
- Circular Economy2▲ 7.8×4 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 9.7×4 topics
- Heavy Metals2▲ 8.7×4 topics
- Migration Patterns2▲ 82×1 topic
What research is done in Thurso?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 2 works
- 2 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 2 works
- 3 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 2 works
- 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
- 5 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 2 works
- 6 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 1 works
- 7 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
- 8 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 1 works
- 9 Remote Sensing and Land Use Atmospheric Science 1 works
- 10 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
Research output over time
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