Research in Tucson
Science Explorer records 129 research institutions in Tucson, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Arizona, Planetary Science Institute and NSF NOIRLab.
- Research institutions
- 129 12 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 156k ▲ 8% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 17.4% 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 Tucson?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
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).
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 1,028.7 works12×
- InstrumentationSubfield · 97.1 works11×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 447.2 works7.5×
- PaleontologySubfield · 93.7 works4.6×
- Physics and AstronomyField · 1,641.6 works4.3×
- Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 1,143.2 works4.3×
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 295.6 works3.9×
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 Tucson?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Plate Tectonics, Solar Wind, Geodetic Measurements and Mars.
- Subduction
- Magnetic Fields
- Glacial Cycles
- groundwater depletion
- Seismic Electromagnetics
- Zircon
- Sea Level
- Star Formation
- Paleoclimatology
- Exoplanets
- Ionosphere
- Electron Acceleration
- Tectonics
- Mars
- Geodetic Measurements
- Plate Tectonics
- Solar System Abundances
- Oxidative Stress
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Remote Sensing
- Public Health
- Terrestrial Planets
- Solar Wind
- Hydrological Modeling
- Martian Surface
- Sea Level Rise
- Tomography
- Magnetosphere
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Thermodynamic Modeling
- Holocene
- Geochronology
- Ionospheric Anomalies
- GRACE
- Solar Influence
- Monsoon Dynamics
- Accretion Disks
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 Change869▲ 1.90×111 topics
- Epidemiology810▲ 1.20×137 topics
- Machine Learning464▼ 0.83×89 topics
- Inflammation359◆ 1.01×83 topics
- Remote Sensing331▲ 1.58×39 topics
- Oxidative Stress313◆ 1.13×62 topics
- Public Health253◆ 1.02×69 topics
- Solar System Abundances214▲ 26×1 topic
- Terrestrial Planets214▲ 26×1 topic
- Plate Tectonics204▲ 7.8×3 topics
- Solar Wind192▲ 12×2 topics
- Geodetic Measurements187▲ 10×2 topics
- Hydrological Modeling181▲ 4.5×5 topics
- Mars151▲ 28×1 topic
- Martian Surface151▲ 28×1 topic
- Tectonics151▲ 7.5×3 topics
- Sea Level Rise147▲ 6.8×3 topics
- Electron Acceleration141▲ 12×2 topics
- Tomography140▲ 4.5×5 topics
- Ionosphere139▲ 15×1 topic
- Magnetosphere139▲ 15×1 topic
- Exoplanets131▲ 19×1 topic
- Stellar Astrophysics131▲ 19×1 topic
- Paleoclimatology127▲ 9.1×2 topics
- Thermodynamic Modeling127▲ 6.6×4 topics
- Star Formation124▲ 14×2 topics
- Holocene124▲ 6.3×3 topics
- Sea Level118▲ 7.2×2 topics
- Geochronology116▲ 9.9×1 topic
- Zircon116▲ 9.9×1 topic
- Ionospheric Anomalies115▲ 17×1 topic
- Seismic Electromagnetics115▲ 17×1 topic
- GRACE111▲ 13×1 topic
- groundwater depletion111▲ 13×1 topic
- Solar Influence110▲ 9.2×2 topics
- Glacial Cycles109▲ 9.6×1 topic
- Monsoon Dynamics109▲ 9.6×1 topic
- Magnetic Fields101▲ 9.2×3 topics
- Accretion Disks98▲ 12×2 topics
- Subduction89▲ 7.1×3 topics
What research is done in Tucson?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 214 works
- 2 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 151 works
- 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 139 works
- 4 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 131 works
- 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 116 works
- 6 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 115 works
- 7 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 111 works
- 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 109 works
- 9 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 76 works
- 10 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 76 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.