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University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

In research, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa stands highest in Social Sciences (#576 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,060 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#604 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Linguistics and Language — Oceanography is 8.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#983
of 28,054 · #555 all time
Rank in United States
#171
of 4,192
Research works
30k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
910k
30.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 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
Social SciencesDomain #576 of 10,521 23.0%1,251 #312
Physical SciencesDomain #1,060 of 12,888 20.1%1,482 #592
Social SciencesField #604 of 6,365 23.0%662 #317
Environmental ScienceField #365 of 3,551 26.9%369 #262
MedicineField #1,109 of 10,443 14.0%743 #990
Health SciencesDomain #1,310 of 11,982 14.3%923 #837
Life SciencesDomain #1,077 of 7,800 23.7%528 #696
PsychologyField #320 of 2,181 22.0%234 #291
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #179 of 1,209 23.5%289 #118
OceanographySubfield #29 of 156 27.6%99 #24

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 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. Social Sciences#312 #576
  2. Physical Sciences#592 #1,060
  3. Social Sciences#317 #604
  4. Environmental Science#262 #365
  5. Medicine#990 #1,109
  6. Health Sciences#837 #1,310
  7. Life Sciences#696 #1,077
  8. Psychology#291 #320
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences#118 #179
  10. Oceanography#24 #29
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 Hawaiʻi at Mānoa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 98.8 works8.4×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 120.1 works5.5×
  3. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 25.5 works5.3×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 92.8 works5.0×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 289.5 works4.4×
← 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: 0.99× its world share, 197 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 227 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 41 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 51 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 45 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 176 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.41× its world share, 290 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 315 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.77× its world share, 369 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 40 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 32 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.08× its world share, 194 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 142 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.92× its world share, 743 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.50× its world share, 181 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 83 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 65 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 234 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 662 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa?

Ranked on the composite score, Marc T. Goodman, Charles W. Mueller and Elizabeth Davidson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

  1. 1 Marc T. Goodman United States · #1,460 worldwide 2k citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Charles W. Mueller United States · #16,610 worldwide 755 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Elizabeth Davidson United States · #18,867 worldwide 333 citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Michael E. Carney United States · #19,294 worldwide 1.3k citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Paul Wessel United States · #20,018 worldwide 2k citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Eric L. Hurwitz United States · #20,053 worldwide 315 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Meda Chesney‐Lind United States · #20,228 worldwide 401 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Stephen L. Vargo United States · #21,287 worldwide 1.2k citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Brenda Y. Hernandez United States · #21,907 worldwide 576 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Olga Borić-Lubecke United States · #23,025 worldwide 480 citations · 57 works
All ranked researchers at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Which keywords describe research at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Globalization, Epidemiology, Ocean Acidification, Mental Health and Data Assimilation.

▲ 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 Change322▲ 2.9×94 topics
  2. Epidemiology172◆ 1.04×124 topics
  3. Globalization130▲ 1.59×86 topics
  4. Mental Health104▲ 1.70×38 topics
  5. Global Warming96▲ 5.6×13 topics
  6. Public Health87▲ 1.43×51 topics
  7. Environmental Impact78◆ 1.10×50 topics
  8. History77▲ 2.6×29 topics
  9. Identity74▲ 2.4×43 topics
  10. Colonialism64▲ 3.2×25 topics
  11. Ocean Circulation64▲ 12×3 topics
  12. Invasive Species52▲ 3.0×19 topics
  13. Ocean Acidification52▲ 17×3 topics
  14. Data Assimilation48▲ 7.3×4 topics
  15. Greenhouse Gas Emissions41▲ 3.6×6 topics
  16. Population Dynamics41▲ 3.9×13 topics
  17. Vulnerability39▲ 4.1×7 topics
  18. Health Disparities38▲ 3.5×9 topics
  19. Hydrological Cycle38▲ 9.6×2 topics
  20. Marine Ecosystems36▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Extreme Events36▲ 9.9×2 topics
  22. Pacific36▲ 45×2 topics
  23. Climate Modeling35▲ 12×1 topic
  24. Precipitation Extremes35▲ 12×1 topic
  25. Plate Tectonics35▲ 5.5×3 topics
  26. Race33▲ 7.1×12 topics
  27. Immigration33▲ 6.9×6 topics
  28. Sea-Level Rise32▲ 6.8×5 topics
  29. Tropical Cyclones32▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Sea Level Rise32▲ 5.9×3 topics
  31. Solar System Abundances30▲ 15×1 topic
  32. Terrestrial Planets30▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Bleaching30▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Coral Reefs30▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Climate Change Impacts30▲ 6.0×5 topics
  36. Empire27▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Transnational27▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Benthic Communities26▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Marine Biodiversity26▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Asian American26▲ 87×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Astro and Planetary Science, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies and Asian American and Pacific Histories.

Climate variability and …35Climate variability and models: 35 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…30Astro and Planetary Science: 30 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 30 fractional worksAsian American and Pacific Histories: 26 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 24 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 24 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 22 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…21Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 21 fractional worksPacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 21 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 19 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAstronomy and AstrophysicsEcologyCultural Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 35 works
  2. 2 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 30 works
  3. 3 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 30 works
  4. 4 Asian American and Pacific Histories Cultural Studies 26 works
  5. 5 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 24 works
  6. 6 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 24 works
  7. 7 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 22 works
  8. 8 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 21 works
  9. 9 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 21 works
  10. 10 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 19 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 available34.3%not open65.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.7%domestic only81.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher 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.

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