Question 1

What is Santa Fe Institute known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Santa Fe Institute rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Santa Fe Institute ranks #1,282 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#799 all time), and #278 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Santa Fe Institute?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Samuel Bowles, Elhanan Borenstein and J. Doyne Farmer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Santa Fe Institute.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Santa Fe Institute?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Santa Fe Institute is "The Structure and Function of Complex Networks" (Michael E. Newman, 2003), with 18,932 citations. Next come "Community structure in social and biological networks" (15,819) and "No free lunch theorems for optimization" (14,318).

Question 5

Which research topics does Santa Fe Institute publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence and Complex Network Analysis Techniques.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Santa Fe Institute?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Santa Fe Institute work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Santa Fe Institute's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% higher than in 2018-2021.