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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
▲ 524% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.9%
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 Waimea?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Yes Technologies (United States)Company 772 #36,972 all time
2W.M. Keck ObservatoryResearch facility 655 #6,143 all time
3Canada–France–Hawaii TelescopeResearch facility 410 #7,422 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 2022–2025. 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.

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.

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.

Which keywords describe research in Waimea?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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
  1. Astronomical Instrumentation11▲ 419×1 topic
  2. Spectrograph11▲ 419×1 topic
  3. Adaptive Optics10▲ 720×1 topic
  4. Wavefront Sensing10▲ 720×1 topic
  5. Exoplanets8▲ 182×1 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics8▲ 182×1 topic
  7. Star Formation7▲ 121×2 topics
  8. Accretion Disks5▲ 93×2 topics
  9. Magnetic Fields5▲ 68×2 topics
  10. Remote Sensing4▲ 3.5×7 topics
  11. Black Holes4▲ 41×2 topics
  12. Supernovae4▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Turbulence4▲ 41×2 topics
  14. Molecular Clouds4▲ 136×1 topic
  15. Protoplanetary Disks4▲ 136×1 topic
  16. Structural Health Monitoring3▲ 41×2 topics
  17. Gravitational Waves3▲ 54×2 topics
  18. Imaging3▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Optical 3D Laser Measurement3▲ 265×1 topic
  20. Position-Sensitive Detector3▲ 265×1 topic
  21. Quantum3▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Cosmology3▲ 45×2 topics
  23. Dark Matter3▲ 26×3 topics
  24. Galaxies3▲ 107×1 topic
  25. Laser3▲ 144×1 topic
  26. Semiconductor3▲ 8.8×1 topic
  27. Stellar Populations3▲ 107×1 topic
  28. Nucleosynthesis3▲ 57×3 topics
  29. Gamma-Ray Bursts3▲ 97×1 topic
  30. Higher Education3▲ 4.7×3 topics
  31. Neutron Stars3▲ 97×1 topic
  32. Radio Astronomy2▲ 101×2 topics
  33. Compound Eyes2▲ 249×1 topic
  34. Freeform Optics2▲ 249×1 topic
  35. Academic Freedom2▲ 463×1 topic
  36. Political Bias2▲ 463×1 topic
  37. Solar System Abundances2▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Terrestrial Planets2▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Electron Acceleration2▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Solar Wind2▲ 19×2 topics

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

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