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Research in Alfred

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Alfred, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Alfred University.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3k
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
51k
17.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Alfred

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Which research institutions are in Alfred?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Alfred UniversityUniversity 2,394 #9,388
2New York State College of CeramicsUniversity 478 #25,576 all time
3Alfred State CollegeUniversity 103 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.

Which fields of science does Alfred work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Alfred is in Social Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Engineering (14%), Materials Science (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 185 fractional works · 45.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 91 fractional works · 22.5% of its workEducation: 43 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 34 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 33 fractional works · 8.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 5.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 18 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 4.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 157 fractional works · 38.6% of its workEngineering: 58 fractional works · 14.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 54 fractional works · 13.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 7.0% of its workCeramics and Composites: 18 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 42 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAquatic Science: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAlfred406fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences46%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9122.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance348.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities235.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting184.4%
    5. Psychology174.2%
    6. Decision Sciences20.6%
    1. Engineering5814.3%
    2. Materials Science5413.4%
    3. Computer Science143.5%
    4. Environmental Science102.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.8%
    6. Chemistry41.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy41.0%
    8. Mathematics30.6%
    9. Energy10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine287.0%
    2. Health Professions71.8%
    3. Dentistry51.3%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences122.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.3%
    3. Neuroscience30.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Alfred strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Alfred is most concentrated in Economics and Econometrics (4.9× the world share in Economics and Econometrics).

  1. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 25.8 works4.9×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.95× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.29× its world share, 50 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.71× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.88× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.39× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.81× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 76 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science4.29×50 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.81×27 works
  3. Dentistry2.71×4 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.88×18 works
  5. Social Sciences1.80×76 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.39×15 works
  7. Psychology1.33×14 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.08×6 works
  9. Engineering0.95×48 works
  10. Health Professions0.79×7 works
  11. Chemistry0.75×4 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×11 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.52×4 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.52×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.47×12 works
  16. Environmental Science0.44×7 works
  17. Energy0.41×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.38×2 works
  19. Mathematics0.31×1 works
  20. Medicine0.30×19 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×4 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.23×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×1 works
  24. Nursing0.10×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Alfred?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Entrepreneurship, Pedagogy, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Digital Education, Educational Technologies, Digital Economy and Formative Assessment.

▲ 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. Globalization39▲ 4.9×14 topics
  2. Sustainability39▲ 3.9×19 topics
  3. Entrepreneurship37▲ 23×3 topics
  4. Pedagogy36▲ 18×8 topics
  5. Teaching Methods34▲ 52×3 topics
  6. Critical Thinking34▲ 72×3 topics
  7. Digital Education33▲ 56×2 topics
  8. Educational Technologies33▲ 90×2 topics
  9. Digital Economy33▲ 41×4 topics
  10. Formative Assessment33▲ 98×1 topic
  11. Student Competencies33▲ 125×1 topic
  12. Economic Development32▲ 9.9×7 topics
  13. Investment32▲ 68×3 topics
  14. Industrial Enterprises31▲ 226×1 topic
  15. Innovation Economics31▲ 226×1 topic
  16. Optical Properties18▲ 71×3 topics
  17. Global Governance15▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Fiber Lasers14▲ 38×3 topics
  19. Glass Science14▲ 149×1 topic
  20. Structural Analysis14▲ 38×1 topic
  21. Technology14▲ 6.6×8 topics
  22. Migration11▲ 7.7×4 topics
  23. Postcolonialism10▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Language10▲ 9.6×6 topics
  25. Sintering9▲ 18×4 topics
  26. Biopolitics9▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Crisis Management9▲ 44×1 topic
  28. Education Reform9▲ 92×1 topic
  29. Communication9▲ 6.8×2 topics
  30. Bone Regeneration8▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Climate Change Impact8▲ 8.8×3 topics
  32. Energy Consumption8▲ 8.9×4 topics
  33. Learning8▲ 6.7×3 topics
  34. Teaching8▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Irrigation8▲ 99×1 topic
  36. Literacy8▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Students8▲ 54×1 topic
  38. Water Efficiency8▲ 99×1 topic
  39. Ceramic Materials7▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Ceramics7▲ 12×4 topics

What research is done in Alfred?

Education, Innovation an…27Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 27 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial …25Economic and Industrial Development: 25 fractional worksGlass properties and applications: 12 fractional worksEngineering and Agricultural Innovations: 7 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, …7Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 7 fractional worksLanguage Acquisition and Education: 4 fractional worksLuminescence Properties of Advanced Materials: 4 fractional worksSustainability and Innovation in Business: 4 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering Materials: 4 fractional worksMicrowave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis: 4 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsCeramics and CompositesAquatic Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 27 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 25 works
  3. 3 Glass properties and applications Ceramics and Composites 12 works
  4. 4 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 7 works
  5. 5 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  6. 6 Language Acquisition and Education Developmental and Educational Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Materials Chemistry 4 works
  8. 8 Sustainability and Innovation in Business Management of Technology and Innovation 4 works
  9. 9 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 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 counting20%40%Alfred27.5% 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 33.6% in 2010.

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