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Research in Abingdon

Science Explorer records 33 research institutions in Abingdon, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Science Centre and Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom).

Research institutions
33
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
219k
20.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
26.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Abingdon

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Abingdon?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1United Kingdom Atomic Energy AuthorityGovernment institution 6,861 #8,881
2Culham Science CentreResearch facility 2,582 #12,644
3Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom)Company 975 #17,322
4Evotec (United Kingdom)Company 228 #19,558 all time
5Summit (United Kingdom)Company 167 #23,783 all time
6Immunocore (United Kingdom)Company 123 #25,908 all time
7Tokamak Energy (United Kingdom)Company 114 not ranked
8Adaptimmune (United Kingdom)Company 101 not ranked
9Infineum (United Kingdom)Company 99 not ranked
10Earth TrustNonprofit 92 not ranked
11Oxford Technologies (United Kingdom)Company 83 not ranked
12OBS Medical (United Kingdom)Company 59 not ranked
13Cellmark Forensic ServicesResearch facility 57 not ranked
14Oxitec (United Kingdom)Company 50 not ranked
15Reaction Engines (United Kingdom)Company 50 not ranked
16Oxagen (United Kingdom)Company 46 not ranked
17Tessella (United Kingdom)Company 43 not ranked
18OpTek Systems (United Kingdom)Company 42 not ranked
19Oxford Biotherapeutics (United Kingdom)Company 42 not ranked
20PsiOxus Therapeutics (United Kingdom)Company 40 not ranked
21Sophos Group (United Kingdom)Company 35 not ranked
22Ludger (United Kingdom)Company 32 not ranked
23Oxis Energy (United Kingdom)Company 24 not ranked
24RM Education (United Kingdom)Company 23 not ranked
25P2i (United Kingdom)Company 16 not ranked
26Green Biologics (United Kingdom)Company 14 not ranked
27GeneFirst (United Kingdom)Company 10 not ranked
28Orthox (United Kingdom)Company 7 not ranked
29Sylva FoundationNonprofit 7 not ranked
30Abingdon and Witney CollegeUniversity 6 not ranked
31Oxford OptronixNonprofit 5 not ranked
32Nexeon (United Kingdom)Company 5 not ranked
33Against Breast CancerNonprofit 3 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: 57.0%Culham Science Centre: 21.4%Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom): 8.1%Evotec (United Kingdom): 1.9%29 others listed: 11.6%57%largest
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority6,861 · 57.0%Culham Science Centre2,582 · 21.4%Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom)975 · 8.1%Evotec (United Kingdom)228 · 1.9%29 others listed1,395 · 11.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Abingdon work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research in Abingdon is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (26%), Physics and Astronomy (21%), Materials Science (16%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 864 fractional works · 73.7% of its workEngineering: 310 fractional works · 26.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 79 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 57 fractional works · 4.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 52 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 45 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 242 fractional works · 20.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 146 fractional works · 12.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 34 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiation: 23 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 189 fractional works · 16.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 164 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 53 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 125 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 68 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 42 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStructural Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 30 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 27 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 123 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 112 fractional works · 9.6% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 60 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAbingdon1,173fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences5%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering31026.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy24220.6%
    3. Materials Science18916.1%
    4. Computer Science534.5%
    5. Environmental Science221.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences191.6%
    7. Chemistry181.5%
    8. Energy50.4%
    9. Mathematics40.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology685.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology302.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences171.5%
    4. Neuroscience50.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.4%
    1. Medicine1129.6%
    2. Health Professions80.7%
    3. Veterinary20.1%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Nursing10.1%
    1. Social Sciences232.0%
    2. Decision Sciences141.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities100.8%
    4. Psychology60.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Abingdon strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Abingdon is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation and Physics and Astronomy (40.5× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 129.9 works40×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 21.6 works15×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 212.6 works9.4×
  4. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 145.5 works7.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.80× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.29× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.81× its world share, 277 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.69× its world share, 167 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.37× its world share, 213 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 100 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.37×213 works
  2. Materials Science4.69×167 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.80×29 works
  4. Engineering1.81×277 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.36×13 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.29×5 works
  7. Veterinary1.15×2 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×59 works
  9. Chemistry0.89×14 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.77×3 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.71×11 works
  12. Computer Science0.58×46 works
  13. Medicine0.51×100 works
  14. Energy0.30×3 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.29×9 works
  16. Environmental Science0.28×14 works
  17. Mathematics0.28×3 works
  18. Neuroscience0.27×4 works
  19. Health Professions0.27×7 works
  20. Dentistry0.22×1 works
  21. Psychology0.18×6 works
  22. Nursing0.17×1 works
  23. Social Sciences0.16×21 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×7 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×2 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Abingdon?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Turbulence, Diagnostics, Tokamak, Transport, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, fusion materials, radiation damage and Critical Current Density.

▲ 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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. Turbulence120▲ 113×4 topics
  2. Diagnostics120▲ 130×2 topics
  3. Tokamak120▲ 475×1 topic
  4. Transport120▲ 320×1 topic
  5. Molecular Dynamics Simulations91▲ 180×2 topics
  6. fusion materials91▲ 413×1 topic
  7. radiation damage91▲ 413×1 topic
  8. Critical Current Density39▲ 136×2 topics
  9. Molten Salt38▲ 103×1 topic
  10. Nuclear Reactor38▲ 103×1 topic
  11. Nb3Sn Conductor37▲ 178×1 topic
  12. Superconducting Magnets37▲ 178×1 topic
  13. Hydrogen Embrittlement34▲ 36×3 topics
  14. Oxidation Resistance34▲ 27×3 topics
  15. Density Functional Theory32▲ 26×4 topics
  16. High Temperature Behavior30▲ 47×2 topics
  17. Accident Tolerant Fuels30▲ 74×1 topic
  18. Fuel Cladding30▲ 74×1 topic
  19. Solar Wind30▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Mechanical Properties27▲ 2.3×23 topics
  21. Electron Acceleration25▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Negative Ion Sources25▲ 122×1 topic
  23. Superconducting Cavities25▲ 122×1 topic
  24. Cancer Immunotherapy24▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Ionosphere24▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Magnetosphere24▲ 37×1 topic
  27. Electron Beams21▲ 104×1 topic
  28. Laser-Plasma Accelerators21▲ 104×1 topic
  29. Microstructure20▲ 3.3×14 topics
  30. Tomography19▲ 9.3×4 topics
  31. Data Analysis19▲ 6.1×6 topics
  32. Small-Angle Scattering17▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Neutron Activation Analysis16▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Neutron Imaging16▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Tumor Regression15▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Lymphoma14▲ 7.5×3 topics
  37. CAR T Cells14▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Chimeric Antigen Receptor14▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Plasma Etching13▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Semiconductor Industry13▲ 53×1 topic

What research is done in Abingdon?

Magnetic confinement fus…106Magnetic confinement fusion research: 106 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…80Fusion materials and technologies: 80 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 35 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 34 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 29 fractional worksParticle accelerators an…22Particle accelerators and beam dynamics: 22 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 22 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 20 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 16 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 13 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsMaterials ChemistryAerospace EngineeringBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 106 works
  2. 2 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 80 works
  3. 3 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 35 works
  4. 4 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 34 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 29 works
  6. 6 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 22 works
  7. 7 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 22 works
  8. 8 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 20 works
  9. 9 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 16 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 13 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%60%Abingdon16.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 42.1% in 2012.

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