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Research in Alachua

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Alachua, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Applied Genetic Technologies (United States) and Optima Neuroscience (United States).

Research institutions
15
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.1k
▲ 121% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
32.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Alachua

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 Alachua?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Nanotherapeutics (United States)Company 388 #14,074 all time
2Applied Genetic Technologies (United States)Company 261 #7,475
3Banyan Biomarkers (United States)Company 124 #28,328 all time
4Optima Neuroscience (United States)Company 119 #22,083
5Alchem Laboratories (United States)Company 95 not ranked
6RTI Surgical (United States)Company 43 not ranked
7Medosome Biotec (United States)Company 29 not ranked
8Tucker-Davis Technologies (United States)Company 21 not ranked
9Applied Food Technologies (United States)Company 17 not ranked
10AxoGen (United States)Company 14 not ranked
11InterMed (United States)Company 3 not ranked
12OneVax (United States)Company 2 not ranked
13Velocity Laboratories (United States)Company 2 not ranked
14Proactive Molecular ResearchResearch facility 0 not ranked
15North Central Florida Neurodiagnostic ServicesInstitution 0 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.

Nanotherapeutics (United States): 34.7%Applied Genetic Technologies (United States): 23.3%Banyan Biomarkers (United States): 11.1%Optima Neuroscience (United States): 10.6%9 others listed: 20.2%35%largest
Nanotherapeutics (United States)388 · 34.7%Applied Genetic Technologies (United States)261 · 23.3%Banyan Biomarkers (United States)124 · 11.1%Optima Neuroscience (United States)119 · 10.6%9 others listed226 · 20.2%

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

Which fields of science does Alachua work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Alachua is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (13%), Computer Science (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 99 fractional works · 33.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 33 fractional works · 11.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 31 fractional works · 10.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 32 fractional works · 10.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 29 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 89 fractional works · 29.8% of its workComputer Science: 36 fractional works · 12.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 29 fractional works · 9.7% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 10.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 69 fractional works · 23.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPlant Science: 15 fractional works · 5.1% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 42 fractional works · 14.0% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 12.6% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlachua300fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences33%

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. Decision Sciences3311.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3210.7%
    3. Social Sciences175.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities72.4%
    5. Psychology62.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.2%
    1. Computer Science3612.2%
    2. Engineering3210.6%
    3. Materials Science93.0%
    4. Environmental Science82.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.5%
    6. Chemistry10.3%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3411.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences247.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology61.9%
    4. Neuroscience41.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    1. Medicine3812.6%
    2. Health Professions20.7%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Alachua strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Alachua is most concentrated in Information Systems and Management, Management Information Systems and Decision Sciences (38.3× the world share in Information Systems and Management).

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 27.0 works38×
  2. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 25.2 works25×
  3. Decision SciencesField · 28.4 works12×
  4. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 25.0 works4.2×
  5. Business, Management and AccountingField · 27.7 works3.5×
← 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: 1.84× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.06× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.06× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.64× its world share, 31 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.49× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 11.93× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 11.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences11.93×28 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.49×28 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.06×27 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.06×5 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.84×22 works
  6. Computer Science1.64×31 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.90×1 works
  8. Nursing0.88×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.84×3 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.83×6 works
  11. Materials Science0.75×6 works
  12. Psychology0.75×6 works
  13. Medicine0.66×31 works
  14. Engineering0.63×23 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.61×3 works
  16. Veterinary0.56×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.46×14 works
  18. Environmental Science0.42×5 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.29×0 works
  20. Health Professions0.25×2 works
  21. Chemistry0.23×1 works
  22. Energy0.15×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.14×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Alachua?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Bioinformatics, Negotiation, Multi-Agent Systems, Agent-Based Modeling, Argumentation Frameworks, Business Process Management, Reproducibility and Scientific Workflows.

▲ 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. Artificial Intelligence29▲ 6.7×7 topics
  2. Bioinformatics28▲ 79×3 topics
  3. Negotiation28▲ 259×2 topics
  4. Multi-Agent Systems27▲ 48×2 topics
  5. Agent-Based Modeling27▲ 69×1 topic
  6. Argumentation Frameworks27▲ 698×1 topic
  7. Business Process Management27▲ 428×1 topic
  8. Reproducibility27▲ 231×1 topic
  9. Scientific Workflows27▲ 231×1 topic
  10. Workflow Mining27▲ 428×1 topic
  11. Microstructure9▲ 5.6×11 topics
  12. Mechanical Properties8▲ 2.7×13 topics
  13. Healthcare6▲ 1.62×9 topics
  14. Gene Expression6▲ 2.9×11 topics
  15. Online Learning5▲ 2.1×4 topics
  16. Immunotherapy5▲ 2.4×12 topics
  17. Communication5▲ 5.1×9 topics
  18. Data Analysis4▲ 5.5×4 topics
  19. Research Methods4▲ 8.5×2 topics
  20. Organizational Management4▲ 21×1 topic
  21. Quantitative Research4▲ 10×1 topic
  22. Research4▲ 9.4×3 topics
  23. Gene Therapy3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  24. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 7.1×3 topics
  25. Distance Education3▲ 5.7×2 topics
  26. Epigenetic Regulation3▲ 5.1×4 topics
  27. Sustainable Design3▲ 63×2 topics
  28. Gene Silencing3▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Transcription Factors3▲ 7.6×4 topics
  30. Legislation3▲ 5.9×1 topic
  31. Anthropology3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  32. Small RNAs3▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Wear Resistance3▲ 23×2 topics
  34. CAR T Cells3▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Chimeric Antigen Receptor3▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Genome Engineering3▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Grain Refinement3▲ 7.5×2 topics
  38. RNA-Guided3▲ 14×1 topic
  39. High-Strength Steels2▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Martensite Transformation2▲ 24×1 topic

What research is done in Alachua?

Business Process Modelin…23Business Process Modeling and Analysis: 23 fractional worksMulti-Agent Systems and …23Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation: 23 fractional worksScientific Computing and…23Scientific Computing and Data Management: 23 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 4 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional worksDiverse academic and cultural studies: 2 fractional worksMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 2 fractional worksMaterial Selection and Properties: 2 fractional works
Management Information SystemsArtificial IntelligenceInformation Systems and ManagementEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 23 works
  2. 2 Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation Artificial Intelligence 23 works
  3. 3 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 23 works
  4. 4 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 4 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 3 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Diverse academic and cultural studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Material Selection and Properties Materials Chemistry 2 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Alachua8.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 38.8% in 2018.

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