What can you ask Science Explorer?
Science Explorer answers questions about the world's research with data: who leads a field, what a university is known for, where a disease is studied and whether a topic is growing. Here are 66 questions to start with, in 9 groups. Each one opens the page that answers it.
Where is science strongest?
How countries compare on research quality, output, impact and openness.
- Which country publishes the most scientific papers?
- Where is science strongest in the world?
- Which country has the highest-impact research?
- Which countries collaborate most internationally?
- Which countries publish the most open access research?
- What is Germany strongest at in science?
- How strong is science in India?
- Is China's research output still growing?
- Which cities in the United States are research hubs?
Universities and research institutes
What a place is known for, how it ranks, and who works there.
- Which institutions lead world research?
- What is Princeton University known for in research?
- What is ETH Zurich known for?
- How does the University of Oxford rank in research?
- What does the Max Planck Society research?
- Which Indian university has the highest research output?
- Which are the top research universities in Nigeria?
- Which universities in Brazil lead research?
AI, computing and emerging tech
Who leads the fields everyone is talking about.
- Which countries lead AI research?
- Which universities lead artificial intelligence research?
- What are the best universities for AI research in Germany?
- Who leads quantum computing research?
- Where is natural language processing research done?
- Which countries lead semiconductor research?
- Who leads robotics research?
- Which institutions lead cybersecurity research?
Health and disease research
Where the work on the diseases people search for most is done.
- Which are the best cancer research institutions in the world?
- Which countries lead Alzheimer's research?
- Where is autism research done?
- Which centres lead ALS research?
- Which countries lead tuberculosis research?
- Who leads malaria research?
- Which institutions lead cancer immunotherapy research?
- Where is antibiotic resistance research done?
Climate, energy and the planet
Climate, clean energy and the materials behind it.
Physics, space and the fundamentals
From dark matter to pure mathematics.
Society, economy and the humanities
The social sciences and humanities, mapped the same way.
Where to study, work or visit
Cities, regions and the best places for a field.
- Which are the top research institutions in Munich?
- What research is done in Boston?
- Where is the best place to study neuroscience?
- What is the best university for computer science in the United Kingdom?
- Which Chinese universities lead materials science?
- Which Japanese institutions lead chemistry research?
The big picture
What science as a whole is made of, and where it is heading.