Santa Fe Institute
In research, Santa Fe Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#702 of 6,403 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,120 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,877 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (Statistical and Nonlinear Physics is 17.9× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,282 of 22,385 · #799 all time
- Rank in United States
- #278 of 3,332
- Research works
- 2.9k ▲ 39% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 227k 79.0 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 14.3% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.11× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 61% world 40%
- International
- 39% world 18%
What is Santa Fe Institute known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life SciencesDomain | #702 of 6,403 | 13.1% | 107 | #528 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #1,120 of 9,585 | 20.7% | 154 | #583 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,877 of 10,670 | 10.3% | 291 | #1008 | |
| Social SciencesField | #1,367 of 5,988 | 18.7% | 74 | #635 | |
| EngineeringField | #2,800 of 5,901 | 1.9% | 78 | #1904 | |
| Physics and AstronomyField | #876 of 1,417 | 13.4% | 62 | #608 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Santa Fe Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Life Sciences#528 #702
- Social Sciences#583 #1,120
- Physical Sciences#1,008 #1,877
- Social Sciences#635 #1,367
- Engineering#1,904 #2,800
- Physics and Astronomy#608 #876
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Santa Fe Institute work in?
In 2022-now, 49% of research at Santa Fe Institute is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (12%), Social Sciences (12%), Physics and Astronomy (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.
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 institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences31948.9%
- Engineering8112.4%
- Physics and Astronomy7010.7%
- Computer Science497.5%
- Environmental Science436.6%
- Materials Science243.7%
- Mathematics182.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences182.8%
- Chemistry111.7%
- Energy20.3%
- Chemical Engineering20.3%
- Social Sciences16925.9%
- Social Sciences8112.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance274.1%
- Psychology243.7%
- Decision Sciences162.5%
- Arts and Humanities132.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting81.2%
- Life Sciences12619.3%
- Health Sciences385.8%
- Medicine335.1%
- Health Professions40.6%
- Nursing10.1%
- Veterinary00.0%
What does Santa Fe Institute specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics takes 17.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 36.6 works18×
Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.
Field profile
Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 25 fields, with their numbers
- Physics and Astronomy4.83×70 works
- Neuroscience2.72×29 works
- Decision Sciences2.58×16 works
- Mathematics2.36×18 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.99×69 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.91×27 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.76×18 works
- Environmental Science1.33×43 works
- Psychology1.22×24 works
- Chemistry1.08×11 works
- Materials Science1.07×24 works
- Social Sciences0.98×81 works
- Computer Science0.96×49 works
- Chemical Engineering0.88×2 works
- Engineering0.83×81 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.75×23 works
- Arts and Humanities0.71×13 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.61×4 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×1 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.37×8 works
- Energy0.36×2 works
- Medicine0.27×33 works
- Health Professions0.23×4 works
- Nursing0.21×1 works
- Veterinary0.21×0 works
- Physics and Astronomy 4.8×
- Neuroscience 2.7×
- Decision Sciences 2.6×
- Mathematics 2.4×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2.0×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.9×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.8×
- Environmental Science 1.3×
- Psychology 1.2×
- Chemistry 1.1×
- Materials Science 1.1×
- Social Sciences 1.0×
- Computer Science 1.0×
- Chemical Engineering 0.9×
- Engineering 0.8×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.8×
- Arts and Humanities 0.7×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.6×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.4×
- Energy 0.4×
- Medicine 0.3×
- Health Professions 0.2×
- Nursing 0.2×
- Veterinary 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at Santa Fe Institute?
Ranked on the quality score, Samuel Bowles, Elhanan Borenstein and J. Doyne Farmer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Santa Fe Institute.
- 1
Samuel Bowles
United States · #17,028 worldwide 40k citations · 425 works
- 2
Elhanan Borenstein
United States · #38,098 worldwide 14k citations · 221 works
- 3
J. Doyne Farmer
United States · #50,350 worldwide 30k citations · 356 works
- 4
Jennifer A. Dunne
United States · #52,326 worldwide 13k citations · 131 works
- 5
Michael Lachmann
United States · #54,834 worldwide 19k citations · 134 works
- 6
Geoffrey B. West
United States · #74,379 worldwide 41k citations · 294 works
- 7
Marcus John Hamilton
United States · #78,385 worldwide 4.8k citations · 135 works
- 8
Cristopher Moore
United States · #88,658 worldwide 23k citations · 346 works
- 9
Herbert M. Gintis
United States · #94,455 worldwide 36k citations · 412 works
- 10
Melanie S. Mitchell
United States · #110,111 worldwide 20k citations · 199 works
Which keywords describe research at Santa Fe Institute?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Network Dynamics, Social Influence, Altruism, Cooperation, Social Networks, Evolution, Cultural Evolution and Microbial Communities.
- Spatial Patterns
- Fairness
- Neuronal Oscillations
- Working Memory
- Complex Systems
- Epidemic Spreading
- Invasive Species
- Bounded Confidence
- Infectious Diseases
- Genetic Dynamics
- Polarization
- Biodiversity
- Indirect Reciprocity
- Adaptation
- Natural Selection
- Cultural Evolution
- Social Networks
- Cooperation
- Social Influence
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Network Dynamics
- Altruism
- Microbial Communities
- Evolution
- Agent-Based Modeling
- Mutation
- Evolutionary Games
- Population Genetics
- Network Analysis
- Experimental Evolution
- Synchronization
- Metal Nanoparticles
- Community Structure
- Opinion Dynamics
- Scale-Free Networks
- Modeling
- Cortical Networks
- Phase Transitions
- Fractal Dimension
Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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 Change29▲ 1.61×61 topics
- Machine Learning26▲ 1.17×45 topics
- Network Dynamics24▲ 38×3 topics
- Social Influence21▲ 15×2 topics
- Altruism19▲ 34×4 topics
- Cooperation19▲ 44×4 topics
- Microbial Communities19▲ 6.5×5 topics
- Social Networks18▲ 10×6 topics
- Evolution18▲ 10×6 topics
- Cultural Evolution17▲ 52×2 topics
- Agent-Based Modeling16▲ 19×5 topics
- Natural Selection15▲ 42×3 topics
- Mutation14▲ 12×2 topics
- Adaptation14▲ 7.3×9 topics
- Evolutionary Games14▲ 107×1 topic
- Indirect Reciprocity14▲ 107×1 topic
- Population Genetics14▲ 15×5 topics
- Biodiversity14▲ 2.8×14 topics
- Network Analysis14▲ 18×3 topics
- Polarization13▲ 13×3 topics
- Experimental Evolution12▲ 79×1 topic
- Genetic Dynamics12▲ 79×1 topic
- Synchronization12▲ 15×4 topics
- Infectious Diseases11▲ 5.1×6 topics
- Metal Nanoparticles11▲ 10×4 topics
- Bounded Confidence10▲ 60×1 topic
- Community Structure10▲ 19×2 topics
- Invasive Species10▲ 3.8×12 topics
- Opinion Dynamics10▲ 60×1 topic
- Epidemic Spreading10▲ 35×1 topic
- Scale-Free Networks10▲ 35×1 topic
- Complex Systems9▲ 14×5 topics
- Modeling9▲ 5.6×3 topics
- Working Memory8▲ 14×2 topics
- Cortical Networks7▲ 20×1 topic
- Neuronal Oscillations7▲ 15×1 topic
- Phase Transitions7▲ 19×3 topics
- Fairness7▲ 10×2 topics
- Fractal Dimension7▲ 28×2 topics
- Spatial Patterns7▲ 11×2 topics
Which research topics does Santa Fe Institute publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence and Complex Network Analysis Techniques.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation Sociology and Political Science 14 works
- 2 Evolution and Genetic Dynamics Genetics 12 works
- 3 Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 10 works
- 4 Complex Network Analysis Techniques Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 10 works
- 5 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works
- 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 6 works
- 7 Laser Design and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
- 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
- 9 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 5 works
- 10 Origins and Evolution of Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
How open and international is its research?
Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Santa Fe Institute's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 39% higher than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Santa Fe Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.
Fractional works of Santa Fe Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.7% in 2002.
Other research institutions in Santa Fe
- Core Competence
- Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
- Institute of American Indian Arts
- Integrative Medicine Institute
- New Mexico Department of Health
- St. Vincent Hospital
- Southwest Sciences (United States)
- National Center for Genome Resources
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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