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Research in Aiken

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Aiken, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Savannah River National Laboratory and University of South Carolina Aiken.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5k
▲ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
98k
19.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Aiken

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 Aiken?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Savannah River National LaboratoryResearch facility 3,882 #9,259
2University of South Carolina AikenUniversity 1,063 #11,817
3Carolina Musculoskeletal InstituteHospital / health system 79 not ranked
4South Carolina Universities Research and Education FoundationUniversity 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.

Savannah River National Laboratory: 77.2%University of South Carolina Aiken: 21.1%Carolina Musculoskeletal Institute: 1.6%South Carolina Universities Research and Education Foundation: 0.1%77%largest
Savannah River National Laboratory3,882 · 77.2%University of South Carolina Aiken1,063 · 21.1%Carolina Musculoskeletal Institute79 · 1.6%South Carolina Universities Research and Education Foundation3 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Aiken work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research in Aiken is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (26%), Environmental Science (15%), Materials Science (14%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 632 fractional works · 76.0% of its workEngineering: 216 fractional works · 26.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 49 fractional works · 5.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 33 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 20 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 125 fractional works · 15.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 30 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology: 29 fractional works · 3.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 118 fractional works · 14.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 82 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMetals and Alloys: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 51 fractional works · 6.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 39 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 36 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRadiation: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCatalysis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBioengineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 86 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 70 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMedicine: 55 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 43 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAiken831fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences10%

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. Engineering21626.0%
    2. Environmental Science12515.1%
    3. Materials Science11814.2%
    4. Chemistry516.1%
    5. Computer Science394.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy364.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences222.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering111.3%
    9. Energy70.9%
    10. Mathematics70.8%
    1. Social Sciences435.1%
    2. Psychology141.6%
    3. Decision Sciences121.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting70.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities70.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.5%
    1. Medicine556.6%
    2. Health Professions101.2%
    3. Nursing30.3%
    4. Veterinary20.2%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology192.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences151.8%
    3. Neuroscience50.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Aiken strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Aiken is most concentrated in Inorganic Chemistry (15.0× the world share in Inorganic Chemistry).

  1. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 28.0 works15×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.69× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.91× its world share, 46 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.80× its world share, 203 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.01× its world share, 112 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.95× its world share, 104 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.08× its world share, 35 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science3.95×104 works
  2. Chemistry3.91×46 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.69×10 works
  4. Environmental Science3.01×112 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.08×35 works
  6. Engineering1.80×203 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.75×21 works
  8. Veterinary1.73×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.59×12 works
  10. Energy0.91×6 works
  11. Mathematics0.74×6 works
  12. Nursing0.64×2 works
  13. Computer Science0.55×32 works
  14. Psychology0.52×12 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×18 works
  17. Health Professions0.43×8 works
  18. Neuroscience0.40×5 works
  19. Social Sciences0.40×38 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×14 works
  21. Medicine0.32×47 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×7 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.24×5 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×2 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×4 works
  26. Dentistry0.11×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Aiken?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Adsorption, Actinides, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Bioremediation, Extraction, Sorption, Finite Element Analysis and Health Effects.

▲ 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. Adsorption37▲ 21×6 topics
  2. Climate Change34▲ 1.50×49 topics
  3. Machine Learning33▲ 1.19×43 topics
  4. Actinides30▲ 71×2 topics
  5. Hydrogen Embrittlement30▲ 44×3 topics
  6. Health Effects28▲ 5.7×14 topics
  7. Bioremediation27▲ 26×6 topics
  8. Environmental Impact25▲ 1.79×27 topics
  9. Extraction25▲ 24×5 topics
  10. Sorption25▲ 65×2 topics
  11. Finite Element Analysis25▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Lanthanides24▲ 69×1 topic
  13. Uranium24▲ 90×1 topic
  14. Mechanical Properties24▲ 2.9×19 topics
  15. Environmental Impacts22▲ 9.7×7 topics
  16. Nanomaterials21▲ 2.4×13 topics
  17. Oxidation Resistance20▲ 23×3 topics
  18. Radionuclides19▲ 59×2 topics
  19. Density Functional Theory19▲ 22×3 topics
  20. High Temperature Behavior19▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Accident Tolerant Fuels18▲ 63×1 topic
  22. Fuel Cladding18▲ 63×1 topic
  23. Soil Contamination18▲ 77×3 topics
  24. Population Dynamics18▲ 8.2×8 topics
  25. Pitting Corrosion17▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Nuclear Fuel16▲ 125×1 topic
  27. Radiation Protection16▲ 125×1 topic
  28. Fukushima Daiichi16▲ 116×1 topic
  29. nuclear accident16▲ 116×1 topic
  30. Radiation Detection15▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Corrosion13▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Raman Spectroscopy13▲ 8.0×6 topics
  33. Thermal Properties12▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Hybrid Materials12▲ 22×4 topics
  35. Oxidation Behavior11▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Microstructural Characterization10▲ 60×1 topic
  37. Nuclear Graphite10▲ 60×1 topic
  38. Ceramics10▲ 8.5×3 topics
  39. Cesium Removal10▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Ion Exchange10▲ 59×1 topic

What research is done in Aiken?

Radioactive element chemistry and processing: 23 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 16 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Pr…15Nuclear Materials and Properties: 15 fractional worksRadioactive contaminatio…13Radioactive contamination and transfer: 13 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 10 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and Characterization: 9 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…8Nuclear Physics and Applications: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials: 8 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 8 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 7 fractional works
Inorganic ChemistrySafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityMaterials ChemistryGlobal and Planetary Change5 others

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

  1. 1 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 23 works
  2. 2 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 16 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 15 works
  4. 4 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  5. 5 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 10 works
  6. 6 Chemical Synthesis and Characterization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 9 works
  7. 7 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 8 works
  8. 8 Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 8 works
  10. 10 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 7 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Aiken7.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.8% in 2000.

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