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University of Alaska Fairbanks

In research, University of Alaska Fairbanks stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,049 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#104 of 1,209 worldwide) and Atmospheric Science (#70 of 301 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Geophysics — Atmospheric Science is 31.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,835
of 28,054 · #739 all time
Rank in United States
#278
of 4,192
Research works
12k
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
399k
32.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is University of Alaska Fairbanks known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,049 of 12,888 18.8%776 #534
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #104 of 1,209 21.4%279 #52
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #70 of 301 22.8%156 #34
Environmental ScienceField #1,061 of 3,551 19.9%260 #333
Life SciencesDomain #4,377 of 7,800 25.0%105 #2681
Social SciencesDomain #5,985 of 10,521 16.8%180 #1616
Social SciencesField #4,215 of 6,365 14.5%104 #1294
EngineeringField #4,439 of 6,636 15.0%104 #1889
EcologySubfield #388 of 578 20.7%86 #209
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #473 of 535 19.0%60 #188

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Alaska Fairbanks 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#534 #1,049
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#52 #104
  3. Atmospheric Science#34 #70
  4. Environmental Science#333 #1,061
  5. Life Sciences#2,681 #4,377
  6. Social Sciences#1,616 #5,985
  7. Social Sciences#1,294 #4,215
  8. Engineering#1,889 #4,439
  9. Ecology#209 #388
  10. Global and Planetary Change#188 #473
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does University of Alaska Fairbanks specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 31.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 156.5 works31×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 278.9 works16×
  3. GeophysicsSubfield · 56.9 works14×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 44.8 works14×
  5. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 29.4 works12×
  6. EcologySubfield · 86.4 works9.7×
  7. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 51.4 works8.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 44 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15.75× its world share, 279 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.44× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 104 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.64× its world share, 260 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.49× its world share, 62 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 25 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.24× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 104 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 15.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Alaska Fairbanks?

Ranked on the composite score, F. Stuart Chapin, V. E. Romanovsky and L. D. Hinzman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Alaska Fairbanks.

  1. 1 F. Stuart Chapin United States · #8,139 worldwide 2.7k citations · 183 works
  2. 2 V. E. Romanovsky United States · #8,670 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 L. D. Hinzman United States · #20,277 worldwide 639 citations · 84 works
  4. 4 E. S. Euskirchen United States · #29,613 worldwide 680 citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Kenji Yoshikawa United States · #33,730 worldwide 503 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Henry P. Huntington United States · #36,770 worldwide 336 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 D. L. Kane United States · #51,243 worldwide 452 citations · 64 works
  8. 8 R. Terry Bowyer United States · #54,615 worldwide 375 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Regine Hock United States · #59,974 worldwide 611 citations · 59 works
  10. 10 S.‐I. Akasofu United States · #69,828 worldwide 596 citations · 96 works
All ranked researchers at University of Alaska Fairbanks

Which keywords describe research at University of Alaska Fairbanks?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Arctic, Hydrology, Methane Emissions, Permafrost, Carbon Feedback and Thawing.

▲ 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 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
  1. Climate Change335▲ 11×80 topics
  2. Remote Sensing111▲ 8.0×29 topics
  3. Arctic105▲ 82×4 topics
  4. Hydrology93▲ 65×4 topics
  5. Methane Emissions55▲ 94×2 topics
  6. Permafrost53▲ 110×2 topics
  7. Sustainability52▲ 1.90×39 topics
  8. Carbon Feedback51▲ 135×1 topic
  9. Thawing51▲ 135×1 topic
  10. Ocean Circulation50▲ 34×3 topics
  11. Sea Level Rise46▲ 32×3 topics
  12. Population Dynamics39▲ 14×11 topics
  13. Conservation38▲ 7.8×19 topics
  14. Vulnerability38▲ 15×6 topics
  15. Biodiversity37▲ 4.4×23 topics
  16. Glacier37▲ 76×1 topic
  17. Water Availability37▲ 76×1 topic
  18. Decline35▲ 119×1 topic
  19. Sea Ice35▲ 119×1 topic
  20. Invasive Species34▲ 7.2×17 topics
  21. Food Security34▲ 5.5×10 topics
  22. Solar Wind32▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Microbial Communities31▲ 6.4×8 topics
  24. Anaerobic26▲ 33×1 topic
  25. Methane Oxidation26▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Global Warming25▲ 5.5×14 topics
  27. Tomography25▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Fisheries Sustainability25▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Traditional Knowledge24▲ 51×3 topics
  30. Ecological Knowledge24▲ 47×2 topics
  31. Trophic Cascades24▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Nutrition Transition23▲ 62×2 topics
  33. Arctic Indigenous Peoples23▲ 113×1 topic
  34. community-based monitoring23▲ 113×1 topic
  35. Governance22▲ 6.0×4 topics
  36. Habitat Fragmentation21▲ 8.5×5 topics
  37. Ecosystem Resilience20▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Ionosphere20▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Magnetosphere20▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Holocene20▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Alaska Fairbanks publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate change and permafrost, Cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Climate change and permafrost: 51 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 37 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice…35Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 35 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…26Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 26 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 23 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 20 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis20Seismic Waves and Analysis: 20 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 16 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 15 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 13 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceEnvironmental ChemistryGeneral Health ProfessionsAstronomy and Astrophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 51 works
  2. 2 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 37 works
  3. 3 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 35 works
  4. 4 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 26 works
  5. 5 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 23 works
  6. 6 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
  7. 7 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 20 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 16 works
  9. 9 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 15 works
  10. 10 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 13 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.

openly available33.9%not open66.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.3%domestic only80.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Alaska Fairbanks's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Fairbanks

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.