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Research in Tucson

Science Explorer records 120 research institutions in Tucson, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Arizona, Planetary Science Institute and Center for Neurosciences.

Research institutions
120
10 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
156k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2M
33.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Tucson

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 Tucson?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of ArizonaUniversity 130,687 #242
2Planetary Science InstituteNonprofit 10,499 #545
3Center for NeurosciencesHospital / health system 1,486 #5,944
4University High SchoolUniversity 1,269 #11,471
5Arizona Geological SurveyNonprofit 701 #20,045
6Arizona OncologyHospital / health system 649 #14,169 all time
7Vector (United States)Company 603 #13,065
8Infrared Laboratories (United States)Company 567 #10,975 all time
9Southwest University of Visual ArtsUniversity 453 #16,708
10Tucson Medical CenterHospital / health system 451 #19,221 all time
11Photometrics (United States)Company 446 #16,860 all time
12Applied Energetics (United States)Company 425 #19,573
13Middle East Studies Association of North AmericaInstitution 391 #19,403
14Environmental Education ExchangeNonprofit 324 #16,000 all time
15Arizona State MuseumArchive 317 #24,259 all time
16Critical Path InstituteNonprofit 267 #18,879
17Archaeology SouthwestNonprofit 267 #25,330 all time
18Pima Community CollegeUniversity 208 #23,686 all time
19Nonlinear Control Strategies (United States)Company 192 #21,449 all time
20Pima County Health DepartmentGovernment institution 183 #23,508 all time
21Western Research Company, Inc.Company 181 #31,766 all time
22Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing (United States)Company 147 #33,546 all time
23Arizona Sonora Desert MuseumArchive 147 #31,595 all time
24Materials and Electrochemical Research (United States)Company 147 #34,310 all time
25NP Photonics (United States)Company 136 #34,267 all time
26Tucson Unified School DistrictUniversity 125 #33,485 all time
27Breault Research Organization (United States)Company 114 not ranked
28Tucson Orthopaedic InstituteResearch facility 106 not ranked
29Large Synoptic Survey Telescope CorporationNonprofit 106 not ranked
30Physics, Materials and Applied Mathematics Research (United States)Company 91 not ranked
31Rincon Research (United States)Company 90 not ranked
32Paragon Space Development Corporation (United States)Company 85 not ranked
334D Technology (United States)Company 80 not ranked
34Indigo Information Services (United States)Company 78 not ranked
35Ridgetop Group (United States)Company 77 not ranked
36The Scatter Works (United States)Company 73 not ranked
37Sion Power (United States)Company 68 not ranked
38Reitan Neuropsychology LaboratoryResearch facility 62 not ranked
39Community Food BankNonprofit 59 not ranked
40HTG Molecular Diagnostics (United States)Company 57 not ranked
41Research Corporation Technologies (United States)Company 57 not ranked
42AdValue Photonics (United States)Company 54 not ranked
43Catalina Scientific (United States)Company 51 not ranked
44Watching Over Mothers & BabiesHospital / health system 50 not ranked
45Vatican Observatory FoundationNonprofit 35 not ranked
46Arizona Optical Systems (United States)Company 34 not ranked
47NuvOx Pharma (United States)Company 32 not ranked
48Sigma Technologies (United States)Company 30 not ranked
49Arizona Historical SocietyNonprofit 29 not ranked
50International Dark Sky AssociationNonprofit 27 not ranked
51ACF-Metals (United States)Company 27 not ranked
52International Foundation for Research in Experimental EconomicsNonprofit 24 not ranked
53Geost (United States)Company 23 not ranked
54Global Engineering Research and Technologies (United States)Company 22 not ranked
55Canyon Ranch InstituteNonprofit 21 not ranked
56Arizona Oncology FoundationNonprofit 19 not ranked
57Udall FoundationInstitution 19 not ranked
58Ogden Engineering & AssociatesInstitution 16 not ranked
59Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 16 not ranked
60LSVT Global (United States)Company 14 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 Arizona: 85.4%Planetary Science Institute: 6.9%Center for Neurosciences: 1.0%University High School: 0.8%56 others listed: 5.9%85%largest
University of Arizona131k · 85.4%Planetary Science Institute10k · 6.9%Center for Neurosciences1,486 · 1.0%University High School1,269 · 0.8%56 others listed9,073 · 5.9%

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

Which fields of science does Tucson work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Tucson is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Engineering (10%), Physics and Astronomy (10%).

Physical Sciences: 8,326 fractional works · 42.8% of its workEngineering: 2,002 fractional works · 10.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 402 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 345 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 263 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 153 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 151 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 147 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 126 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 84 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 81 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 79 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,870 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1,157 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 333 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInstrumentation: 118 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 106 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1,338 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGeophysics: 524 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 340 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 179 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 123 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,218 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 282 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 237 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 128 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 126 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 93 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 86 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1,160 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 502 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 170 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 152 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 113 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 288 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 155 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 179 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 174 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 124 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 76 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4,888 fractional works · 25.1% of its workMedicine: 4,324 fractional works · 22.2% of its workSurgery: 533 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 381 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 353 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 347 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 279 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 260 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 244 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 209 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 150 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 126 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 126 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 100 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 99 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 98 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 80 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 80 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 329 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 431 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 253 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 95 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 23 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,778 fractional works · 19.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,816 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 553 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 370 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 170 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 86 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 83 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 80 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 117 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 788 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 208 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 207 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 201 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 120 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 537 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 111 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 164 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 240 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 194 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 199 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 84 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 198 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 2,471 fractional works · 12.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,094 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 632 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 199 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 94 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 600 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 242 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 119 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 117 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 560 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 250 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 110 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 95 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 174 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 112 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTucson19kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences43%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences19%

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. Engineering2,00210.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1,8709.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1,3386.9%
    4. Environmental Science1,2186.3%
    5. Computer Science1,1606.0%
    6. Materials Science2881.5%
    7. Chemistry1790.9%
    8. Mathematics1740.9%
    9. Energy760.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering210.1%
  2. Health Sciences4,88825.1%
    1. Medicine4,32422.2%
    2. Health Professions4312.2%
    3. Nursing680.3%
    4. Veterinary420.2%
    5. Dentistry230.1%
  3. Social Sciences3,77819.4%
    1. Social Sciences1,8169.3%
    2. Psychology7884.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities5372.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2401.2%
    5. Decision Sciences1991.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting1981.0%
  4. Life Sciences2,47112.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,0945.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6003.1%
    3. Neuroscience5602.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1740.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics430.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tucson strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tucson is most concentrated in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Geophysics (11.7× the world share in Astronomy and Astrophysics).

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 1,028.7 works12×
  2. InstrumentationSubfield · 97.1 works11×
  3. GeophysicsSubfield · 447.2 works7.5×
  4. PaleontologySubfield · 93.7 works4.6×
  5. Physics and AstronomyField · 1,641.6 works4.3×
  6. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 1,143.2 works4.3×
  7. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 295.6 works3.9×
← 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: 0.66× its world share, 530 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 941 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.86× its world share, 147 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.72× its world share, 476 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 39 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 158 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 1,001 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.29× its world share, 1,143 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 63 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 1,786 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 1,054 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 242 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 159 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.34× its world share, 1,642 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 391 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 3,797 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 59 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.65× its world share, 38 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.97× its world share, 475 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 179 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 176 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 224 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 660 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 1,587 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy4.34×1,642 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.29×1,143 works
  3. Neuroscience1.72×476 works
  4. Veterinary1.65×38 works
  5. Psychology1.27×660 works
  6. Environmental Science1.25×1,054 works
  7. Medicine1.16×3,797 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.07×176 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.04×941 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.97×475 works
  11. Health Professions0.87×391 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.86×147 works
  13. Mathematics0.79×159 works
  14. Computer Science0.76×1,001 works
  15. Social Sciences0.74×1,587 works
  16. Nursing0.71×59 works
  17. Engineering0.70×1,786 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×530 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×39 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.62×224 works
  21. Chemistry0.59×158 works
  22. Energy0.41×63 works
  23. Materials Science0.41×242 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×179 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.30×18 works
  26. Dentistry0.22×18 works

Which keywords describe research in Tucson?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Plate Tectonics, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Solar Wind, Geodetic Measurements and Tectonics.

▲ 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 Change985▲ 1.86×115 topics
  2. Epidemiology939▲ 1.21×138 topics
  3. Machine Learning530▼ 0.82×89 topics
  4. Inflammation413◆ 1.00×83 topics
  5. Remote Sensing371▲ 1.56×40 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress354◆ 1.11×62 topics
  7. Plate Tectonics249▲ 8.4×3 topics
  8. Solar System Abundances242▲ 26×1 topic
  9. Terrestrial Planets242▲ 26×1 topic
  10. Solar Wind207▲ 12×2 topics
  11. Geodetic Measurements201▲ 9.8×2 topics
  12. Hydrological Modeling193▲ 4.2×5 topics
  13. Tectonics180▲ 7.7×3 topics
  14. Mars177▲ 27×1 topic
  15. Martian Surface177▲ 27×1 topic
  16. Tomography167▲ 4.9×5 topics
  17. Sea Level Rise156▲ 6.3×3 topics
  18. Thermodynamic Modeling152▲ 6.9×4 topics
  19. Electron Acceleration150▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Ionosphere148▲ 14×1 topic
  21. Magnetosphere148▲ 14×1 topic
  22. Exoplanets146▲ 19×1 topic
  23. Stellar Astrophysics146▲ 19×1 topic
  24. Star Formation143▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Paleoclimatology142▲ 8.8×2 topics
  26. Geochronology140▲ 10×1 topic
  27. Zircon140▲ 10×1 topic
  28. Holocene137▲ 6.3×3 topics
  29. Sea Level130▲ 7.2×2 topics
  30. Solar Influence122▲ 9.0×2 topics
  31. Ionospheric Anomalies121▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Seismic Electromagnetics121▲ 16×1 topic
  33. Glacial Cycles121▲ 9.5×1 topic
  34. Monsoon Dynamics121▲ 9.5×1 topic
  35. Magnetic Fields115▲ 8.9×3 topics
  36. GRACE113▲ 12×1 topic
  37. groundwater depletion113▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Accretion Disks112▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Subduction104▲ 7.2×3 topics
  40. Crystal Structure Prediction96▲ 10×1 topic

What research is done in Tucson?

Astro and Planetary Science: 214 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 151 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…139Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 139 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …131Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 131 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 116 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 115 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…111Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 111 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 109 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 76 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …76earthquake and tectonic studies: 76 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsGeophysicsOceanographyAtmospheric Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 214 works
  2. 2 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 151 works
  3. 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 139 works
  4. 4 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 131 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 116 works
  6. 6 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 115 works
  7. 7 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 111 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 109 works
  9. 9 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 76 works
  10. 10 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 76 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 counting20%40%Tucson16.5% 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 30.5% in 2008.

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