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Research in Abingdon

Science Explorer records 35 research institutions in Abingdon, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Culham Science Centre, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and Culham Centre for Fusion Energy.

Research institutions
35
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
26.5%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Abingdon?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1United Kingdom Atomic Energy AuthorityGovernment institution 3,657 #6,258
2Culham Science CentreResearch facility 2,582 #6,128
3Culham Centre for Fusion EnergyResearch facility 1,915 #7,562
4Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom)Company 733 #18,789
5Evotec (United Kingdom)Company 228 #15,893 all time
6Summit (United Kingdom)Company 167 #27,922 all time
7Immunocore (United Kingdom)Company 115 not ranked
8Tokamak Energy (United Kingdom)Company 114 not ranked
9Adaptimmune (United Kingdom)Company 101 not ranked
10Infineum (United Kingdom)Company 99 not ranked
11Earth TrustNonprofit 92 not ranked
12Oxford Technologies (United Kingdom)Company 83 not ranked
13OBS Medical (United Kingdom)Company 59 not ranked
14Cellmark Forensic ServicesResearch facility 57 not ranked
15Oxitec (United Kingdom)Company 50 not ranked
16Reaction Engines (United Kingdom)Company 50 not ranked
17Oxagen (United Kingdom)Company 46 not ranked
18Tessella (United Kingdom)Company 43 not ranked
19OpTek Systems (United Kingdom)Company 42 not ranked
20Abingdon Community HospitalHospital / health system 42 not ranked
21Oxford Biotherapeutics (United Kingdom)Company 42 not ranked
22PsiOxus Therapeutics (United Kingdom)Company 40 not ranked
23Sophos Group (United Kingdom)Company 35 not ranked
24Ludger (United Kingdom)Company 32 not ranked
25Oxis Energy (United Kingdom)Company 24 not ranked
26RM Education (United Kingdom)Company 23 not ranked
27P2i (United Kingdom)Company 16 not ranked
28Green Biologics (United Kingdom)Company 14 not ranked
29GeneFirst (United Kingdom)Company 10 not ranked
30Orthox (United Kingdom)Company 7 not ranked
31Sylva FoundationNonprofit 7 not ranked
32Abingdon and Witney CollegeUniversity 6 not ranked
33Oxford OptronixNonprofit 5 not ranked
34Nexeon (United Kingdom)Company 5 not ranked
35Against Breast CancerNonprofit 3 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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: 34.7%Culham Science Centre: 24.5%Culham Centre for Fusion Energy: 18.2%Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom): 7.0%31 others listed: 15.7%35%largest
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority3,657 · 34.7%Culham Science Centre2,582 · 24.5%Culham Centre for Fusion Energy1,915 · 18.2%Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom)733 · 7.0%31 others listed1,657 · 15.7%

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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×
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Which keywords describe research in Abingdon?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Turbulence107▲ 120×3 topics
  2. Diagnostics106▲ 126×2 topics
  3. Tokamak106▲ 487×1 topic
  4. Transport106▲ 327×1 topic
  5. Molecular Dynamics Simulations80▲ 185×2 topics
  6. fusion materials80▲ 429×1 topic
  7. radiation damage80▲ 429×1 topic
  8. Critical Current Density36▲ 139×2 topics
  9. Molten Salt35▲ 106×1 topic
  10. Nuclear Reactor35▲ 106×1 topic
  11. Nb3Sn Conductor34▲ 181×1 topic
  12. Superconducting Magnets34▲ 181×1 topic
  13. Oxidation Resistance33▲ 30×3 topics
  14. Hydrogen Embrittlement32▲ 38×3 topics
  15. Density Functional Theory30▲ 28×3 topics
  16. Accident Tolerant Fuels29▲ 78×1 topic
  17. Fuel Cladding29▲ 78×1 topic
  18. Solar Wind27▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Mechanical Properties24▲ 2.5×21 topics
  20. Electron Acceleration23▲ 34×2 topics
  21. Cancer Immunotherapy23▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Negative Ion Sources22▲ 120×1 topic
  23. Superconducting Cavities22▲ 120×1 topic
  24. Ionosphere22▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Magnetosphere22▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Electron Beams20▲ 110×1 topic
  27. Laser-Plasma Accelerators20▲ 110×1 topic
  28. Tomography19▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Data Analysis18▲ 6.5×6 topics
  30. Microstructure18▲ 3.4×14 topics
  31. Small-Angle Scattering16▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Neutron Activation Analysis16▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Neutron Imaging16▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Tumor Regression14▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Lymphoma13▲ 8.1×3 topics
  36. CAR T Cells13▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Chimeric Antigen Receptor13▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Plasma Etching12▲ 54×1 topic
  39. Semiconductor Industry12▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Antigen Presentation11▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Abingdon?

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion researchNuclear and High Energy Physics 106 works
  2. 2 Fusion materials and technologiesMaterials Chemistry 80 works
  3. 3 Nuclear reactor physics and engineeringAerospace Engineering 35 works
  4. 4 Superconducting Materials and ApplicationsBiomedical Engineering 34 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Materials and PropertiesMaterials Chemistry 29 works
  6. 6 Particle accelerators and beam dynamicsAerospace Engineering 22 works
  7. 7 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysics 22 works
  8. 8 Laser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsNuclear and High Energy Physics 20 works
  9. 9 Nuclear Physics and ApplicationsRadiation 16 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy researchOncology 13 works

Research output over time

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