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Research in Tuscaloosa

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Tuscaloosa, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Alabama, University of Alabama System and Geological Survey of Alabama.

Research institutions
12
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
39k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
922k
23.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Tuscaloosa

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 Tuscaloosa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of AlabamaUniversity 37,816 #729
2Geological Survey of AlabamaGovernment institution 429 #18,718
3University of Alabama SystemUniversity 200 #16,396
4P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates (United States)Company 157 #30,908 all time
5Stillman CollegeUniversity 115 not ranked
6University Transportation Center for AlabamaUniversity 102 not ranked
7Tuscaloosa City SchoolsUniversity 97 not ranked
8Bryce HospitalHospital / health system 55 not ranked
9525 Solutions (United States)Company 48 not ranked
10Shelton State Community CollegeUniversity 15 not ranked
11Tuscaloosa Public LibraryArchive 8 not ranked
12Child Abuse Prevention Services of TuscaloosaNonprofit 4 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 Alabama: 96.8%Geological Survey of Alabama: 1.1%University of Alabama System: 0.5%P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates (United States): 0.4%8 others listed: 1.1%97%largest
University of Alabama38k · 96.8%Geological Survey of Alabama429 · 1.1%University of Alabama System200 · 0.5%P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates (United States)157 · 0.4%8 others listed444 · 1.1%

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

Which fields of science does Tuscaloosa work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Tuscaloosa is in Physical Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Engineering (16%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,671 fractional works · 41.6% of its workEngineering: 1,004 fractional works · 15.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 175 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 148 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 130 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 105 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 70 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 62 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 405 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 88 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 66 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 59 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 369 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 113 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 78 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 223 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 129 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 182 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 180 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 116 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 96 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCatalysis: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,432 fractional works · 37.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,150 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 391 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEducation: 193 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 102 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 72 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 72 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 564 fractional works · 8.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 212 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 156 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 82 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 76 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 281 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 73 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 195 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAccounting: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 129 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 95 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 112 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 927 fractional works · 14.4% of its workMedicine: 638 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 90 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 69 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 63 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 240 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 148 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 398 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 154 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 91 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 115 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 88 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 102 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTuscaloosa6,427fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences38%

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. Engineering1,00415.6%
    2. Environmental Science4056.3%
    3. Computer Science3695.7%
    4. Materials Science2233.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1822.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1802.8%
    7. Mathematics1161.8%
    8. Chemistry961.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering580.9%
    10. Energy370.6%
  2. Social Sciences2,43237.8%
    1. Social Sciences1,15017.9%
    2. Psychology5648.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities2814.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1953.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1292.0%
    6. Decision Sciences1121.7%
    1. Medicine6389.9%
    2. Health Professions2403.7%
    3. Nursing360.6%
    4. Dentistry120.2%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1542.4%
    2. Neuroscience1151.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1021.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology160.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tuscaloosa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tuscaloosa is most concentrated in Communication (4.2× the world share in Communication).

  1. CommunicationSubfield · 65.1 works4.2×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 93 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 138 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 102 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.63× its world share, 52 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 84 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 317 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 158 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 32 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.06× its world share, 895 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 356 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.99× its world share, 196 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.54× its world share, 102 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.27× its world share, 159 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 213 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 560 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.48× its world share, 241 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 172 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 98 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 115 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.86× its world share, 492 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 1,004 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.86×492 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.63×52 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.80×98 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.79×158 works
  5. Mathematics1.54×102 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.48×241 works
  7. Health Professions1.43×213 works
  8. Social Sciences1.41×1,004 works
  9. Environmental Science1.27×356 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.27×159 works
  11. Neuroscience1.11×102 works
  12. Engineering1.06×895 works
  13. Nursing1.05×29 works
  14. Materials Science0.99×196 works
  15. Chemistry0.95×84 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×172 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.95×115 works
  18. Computer Science0.72×317 works
  19. Energy0.62×32 works
  20. Medicine0.52×560 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×138 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×8 works
  23. Dentistry0.38×10 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×93 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×15 works
  26. Veterinary0.24×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Tuscaloosa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Climate Change, Social Media, Gender, Social Support, Epidemiology, Hydrological Modeling and Resilience.

▲ 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 Change257▲ 1.47×87 topics
  2. Mental Health248▲ 2.7×41 topics
  3. Epidemiology200▼ 0.78×119 topics
  4. Machine Learning177▼ 0.83×78 topics
  5. Social Media156▲ 1.76×30 topics
  6. Deep Learning138▼ 0.62×74 topics
  7. Globalization138◆ 1.09×89 topics
  8. Sustainability124▼ 0.79×78 topics
  9. Public Health111▲ 1.18×46 topics
  10. Gender109▲ 3.1×45 topics
  11. Remote Sensing105▲ 1.33×32 topics
  12. Mechanical Properties100▲ 1.58×34 topics
  13. Depression97▲ 1.72×23 topics
  14. Risk Factors97▲ 1.37×34 topics
  15. Social Support92▲ 2.6×17 topics
  16. Identity92▲ 1.97×54 topics
  17. Resilience83▲ 2.6×15 topics
  18. Hydrological Modeling68▲ 4.4×5 topics
  19. Meta-Analysis68▲ 1.80×18 topics
  20. Ethics64▲ 1.98×38 topics
  21. Emotion Regulation64▲ 3.2×9 topics
  22. Risk Perception64▲ 3.7×7 topics
  23. Literature64▲ 1.80×42 topics
  24. Religion62▲ 2.1×29 topics
  25. Adolescents60▲ 2.6×9 topics
  26. Colonialism60▲ 1.98×40 topics
  27. Nationalism60▲ 2.1×27 topics
  28. Well-being60▲ 2.4×14 topics
  29. Student Engagement58▲ 2.3×13 topics
  30. Gender Differences57▲ 2.4×16 topics
  31. Disaster Management56▲ 5.7×4 topics
  32. Emotion55▲ 4.1×12 topics
  33. Feminism54▲ 2.9×18 topics
  34. Digital Divide49▲ 3.0×9 topics
  35. Self-Regulation47▲ 4.0×6 topics
  36. Developmental Trajectories46▲ 5.9×3 topics
  37. Psychopathology45▲ 4.0×4 topics
  38. Personality Traits40▲ 4.7×8 topics
  39. Neighborhood Effects37▲ 5.4×3 topics
  40. Psychopathy31▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Tuscaloosa?

Flood Risk Assessment an…27Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 27 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…23Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 23 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 22 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety21Traffic and Road Safety: 21 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 18 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 18 fractional worksPublic Relations and Crisis Communication: 18 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…17Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 17 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 17 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 17 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeClinical PsychologyWater Science and TechnologySafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality4 others

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

  1. 1 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 27 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 23 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 22 works
  4. 4 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 21 works
  5. 5 Social Media and Politics Communication 18 works
  6. 6 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  7. 7 Public Relations and Crisis Communication Communication 18 works
  8. 8 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 17 works
  9. 9 Media Studies and Communication Communication 17 works
  10. 10 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 17 works

Research output over time

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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%Tuscaloosa17.8% 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 31.2% in 2016.

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