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Research in Waimea

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Waimea, United States. The largest by output are Yes Technologies (United States), W.M. Keck Observatory and Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope.

Research institutions
5
Research works
1.8k
▼ 87% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
16.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Waimea

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Which research institutions are in Waimea?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Yes Technologies (United States)Company 772 #16,969 all time
2W.M. Keck ObservatoryResearch facility 655 #17,849 all time
3Canada–France–Hawaii TelescopeResearch facility 410 #23,774 all time
4Kohala CenterResearch facility 7 not ranked
5Malama Kai FoundationNonprofit 1 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.

Yes Technologies (United States): 41.8%W.M. Keck Observatory: 35.5%Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope: 22.2%Kohala Center: 0.4%1 other listed: 0.1%42%largest
Yes Technologies (United States)772 · 41.8%W.M. Keck Observatory655 · 35.5%Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope410 · 22.2%Kohala Center7 · 0.4%1 other listed1 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Waimea work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research in Waimea is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (49%), Engineering (22%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 97 fractional works · 83.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 57 fractional works · 49.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 31 fractional works · 26.7% of its workInstrumentation: 12 fractional works · 10.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 9.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 22.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWaimea117fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences10%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy5749.0%
    2. Engineering2622.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences65.3%
    4. Environmental Science32.8%
    5. Computer Science32.5%
    6. Chemistry11.1%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences54.6%
    2. Psychology32.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine22.1%
    2. Health Professions11.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.3%
    2. Neuroscience11.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Waimea strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Waimea is most concentrated in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (50.5× the world share in Astronomy and Astrophysics).

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 27.6 works50×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 52.2 works22×
← 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 25 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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.40× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.53× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 22.30× its world share, 52 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 22.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy22.30×52 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.40×6 works
  3. Engineering1.53×24 works
  4. Decision Sciences0.89×1 works
  5. Neuroscience0.78×1 works
  6. Environmental Science0.58×3 works
  7. Psychology0.55×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.54×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.48×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.42×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.36×5 works
  12. Computer Science0.34×3 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×2 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×0 works
  17. Medicine0.08×2 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Waimea?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Star Formation and Accretion Disks.

▲ 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. Astronomical Instrumentation12▲ 319×1 topic
  2. Spectrograph12▲ 319×1 topic
  3. Adaptive Optics10▲ 663×1 topic
  4. Wavefront Sensing10▲ 663×1 topic
  5. Exoplanets8▲ 175×1 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics8▲ 175×1 topic
  7. Star Formation7▲ 114×2 topics
  8. Accretion Disks5▲ 85×2 topics
  9. Magnetic Fields5▲ 64×2 topics
  10. Remote Sensing5▲ 3.4×7 topics
  11. Black Holes5▲ 41×2 topics
  12. Turbulence4▲ 40×2 topics
  13. Supernovae4▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Molecular Clouds4▲ 123×1 topic
  15. Protoplanetary Disks4▲ 123×1 topic
  16. Cosmology4▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Dark Matter4▲ 27×3 topics
  18. Galaxies4▲ 105×1 topic
  19. Stellar Populations4▲ 105×1 topic
  20. Imaging4▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Gravitational Waves3▲ 52×2 topics
  22. Structural Health Monitoring3▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Laser3▲ 149×1 topic
  24. Quantum3▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Semiconductor3▲ 8.7×1 topic
  26. Optical 3D Laser Measurement3▲ 210×1 topic
  27. Position-Sensitive Detector3▲ 210×1 topic
  28. Nucleosynthesis3▲ 55×3 topics
  29. Radio Astronomy3▲ 116×2 topics
  30. Gamma-Ray Bursts3▲ 94×1 topic
  31. Neutron Stars3▲ 94×1 topic
  32. Higher Education3▲ 4.3×3 topics
  33. Electron Acceleration2▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Solar Wind2▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Compound Eyes2▲ 220×1 topic
  36. Freeform Optics2▲ 220×1 topic
  37. Solar System Abundances2▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Terrestrial Planets2▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Academic Freedom2▲ 395×1 topic
  40. Political Bias2▲ 395×1 topic

What research is done in Waimea?

Astronomy and Astrophysi…11Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 11 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 10 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 8 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 4 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 3 fractional worksOptical Systems and Lase…3Optical Systems and Laser Technology: 3 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 3 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 3 fractional worksAdvanced optical system design: 2 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 2 fractional works
InstrumentationAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsAstronomy and AstrophysicsComputational Mechanics2 others

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

  1. 1 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 11 works
  2. 2 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 10 works
  3. 3 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  4. 4 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  5. 5 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 3 works
  6. 6 Optical Systems and Laser Technology Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  8. 8 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  9. 9 Advanced optical system design Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

20%40%60%all institutions10.0% in 2024Waimea9.3% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 57.4% in 1999.

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