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Research in Waco

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Waco, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Baylor University.

Research institutions
8
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
422k
20.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Waco

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 Waco?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Baylor UniversityUniversity 19,944 #555
2Center for Occupational Research and DevelopmentNonprofit 286 #5,865 all time
3Association for the Sciences of Limnology and OceanographyNonprofit 168 #34,432 all time
4Allergy Asthma Research InstituteResearch facility 59 not ranked
5Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest Medical CenterHospital / health system 18 not ranked
6Hillcrest ClinicsHospital / health system 10 not ranked
7Texas State Technical College WacoUniversity 9 not ranked
8Council of Scientific Society PresidentsInstitution 5 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.

Baylor University: 97.3%Center for Occupational Research and Development: 1.4%Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography: 0.8%Allergy Asthma Research Institute: 0.3%4 others listed: 0.2%97%largest
Baylor University20k · 97.3%Center for Occupational Research and Development286 · 1.4%Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography168 · 0.8%Allergy Asthma Research Institute59 · 0.3%4 others listed42 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Waco work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Waco is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (13%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,819 fractional works · 42.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 790 fractional works · 18.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 285 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEducation: 139 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 81 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 76 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 402 fractional works · 9.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 131 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 116 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 67 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 384 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPhilosophy: 102 fractional works · 2.4% of its workReligious studies: 83 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 56 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 124 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 79 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 53 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,368 fractional works · 32.2% of its workEngineering: 427 fractional works · 10.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 104 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 58 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 44 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 255 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 93 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 49 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 194 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 129 fractional works · 3.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 51 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 111 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 82 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 80 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 66 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 693 fractional works · 16.3% of its workMedicine: 542 fractional works · 12.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 73 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 135 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 86 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 364 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 160 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 95 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 116 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 70 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 60 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWaco4,244fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences43%

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. Social Sciences1,81942.9%
    1. Social Sciences79018.6%
    2. Psychology4029.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities3849.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1242.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance791.9%
    6. Decision Sciences401.0%
    1. Engineering42710.1%
    2. Computer Science2556.0%
    3. Environmental Science1944.6%
    4. Mathematics1293.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1112.6%
    6. Chemistry821.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences801.9%
    8. Materials Science661.6%
    9. Energy150.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.2%
    1. Medicine54212.8%
    2. Health Professions1353.2%
    3. Nursing130.3%
    4. Veterinary20.0%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1603.8%
    2. Neuroscience1162.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences601.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology190.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Waco strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Waco is most concentrated in Religious studies, Health and Philosophy (12.4× the world share in Religious studies).

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 77.7 works12×
  2. HealthSubfield · 72.1 works6.5×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 85.9 works5.3×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 53 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 136 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.65× its world share, 100 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.68× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.19× its world share, 70 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 226 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 72 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.67× its world share, 376 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 173 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 54 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.12× its world share, 93 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 97 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 122 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 474 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.17× its world share, 343 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 112 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 73 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.09× its world share, 353 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 716 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.17×343 works
  2. Psychology3.09×353 works
  3. Mathematics2.12×93 works
  4. Neuroscience1.65×100 works
  5. Social Sciences1.51×716 works
  6. Health Professions1.24×122 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.23×72 works
  8. Chemistry1.19×70 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.17×97 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.04×38 works
  11. Environmental Science0.93×173 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.93×112 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×73 works
  14. Computer Science0.78×226 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.68×136 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.68×9 works
  17. Engineering0.67×376 works
  18. Medicine0.66×474 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×8 works
  20. Nursing0.63×12 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×16 works
  22. Materials Science0.41×54 works
  23. Energy0.36×12 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×53 works
  25. Veterinary0.26×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.06×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Waco?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Mental Health, Well-being, Social Support, Psychological Adjustment, Spirituality, Resilience and Theology.

▲ 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. Mental Health217▲ 3.6×40 topics
  2. Religion175▲ 8.9×32 topics
  3. Epidemiology171◆ 1.01×108 topics
  4. Globalization138▲ 1.66×78 topics
  5. Social Support124▲ 5.4×16 topics
  6. Quality of Life117▲ 1.91×44 topics
  7. Well-being117▲ 7.1×14 topics
  8. Resilience89▲ 4.3×15 topics
  9. Nationalism82▲ 4.3×21 topics
  10. Health80▲ 4.8×19 topics
  11. Depression80▲ 2.1×22 topics
  12. Psychological Adjustment71▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Gender69▲ 3.0×38 topics
  14. Spirituality69▲ 16×6 topics
  15. Identity67▲ 2.2×45 topics
  16. Social Justice67▲ 2.6×27 topics
  17. Theology67▲ 17×5 topics
  18. Ethics66▲ 3.1×35 topics
  19. Coping62▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Emotion Regulation60▲ 4.5×9 topics
  21. Democracy58▲ 3.9×18 topics
  22. End-of-Life Care52▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Secularism50▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Politics49▲ 4.4×12 topics
  25. Community Development40▲ 5.1×4 topics
  26. Public Sphere39▲ 17×4 topics
  27. Biblical Monotheism38▲ 35×1 topic
  28. Jewish Society38▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Church History37▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Public Opinion37▲ 7.3×5 topics
  31. Pluralism37▲ 21×2 topics
  32. NGOs36▲ 9.2×4 topics
  33. Positive Psychology36▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Atheism36▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Civil Religion36▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Evidence-Based Practice35▲ 6.3×7 topics
  37. Humanitarianism34▲ 13×3 topics
  38. International Aid34▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Civil Society34▲ 7.3×6 topics
  40. Political Philosophy33▲ 14×4 topics

What research is done in Waco?

Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 49 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 35 fractional worksReligion and Society Int…34Religion and Society Interactions: 34 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…30Religion, Society, and Development: 30 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 29 fractional worksBehavioral and Psychological Studies: 23 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…19Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 19 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 19 fractional worksPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 18 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 18 fractional works
HealthReligious studiesSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 49 works
  2. 2 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 35 works
  3. 3 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 34 works
  4. 4 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  5. 5 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 29 works
  6. 6 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 23 works
  7. 7 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 19 works
  8. 8 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 19 works
  9. 9 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 18 works
  10. 10 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 18 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 counting10%20%30%Waco16.0% 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 29.1% in 2016.

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