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Research in Alpharetta

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Alpharetta, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Pediatrics and Genetics, Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Engineering Associates (United States).

Research institutions
17
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9.9k
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
368k
37.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Alpharetta

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 Alpharetta?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Pediatrics and GeneticsHospital / health system 6,864 #4,235
2Engineering Associates (United States)Company 1,879 #14,591
3Institute for Advanced Medical ResearchResearch facility 478 #12,581
4Chinese Medical CenterHospital / health system 221 #24,139 all time
5Biota Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 111 not ranked
6Clearside Biomedical (United States)Company 77 not ranked
7Alimera Sciences (United States)Company 75 not ranked
8Veloxiti (United States)Company 74 not ranked
9Rolta (United States)Company 24 not ranked
10Avanos Medical (United States)Company 21 not ranked
11Andritz (United States)Company 20 not ranked
12Coordinating Research CouncilNonprofit 14 not ranked
13Imedex (United States)Company 12 not ranked
14Novana (United States)Company 8 not ranked
15Speech Processing Solutions (United States)Company 6 not ranked
16Hamilton DermatologyGovernment institution 2 not ranked
17Skolex Biotechnologies (United States)Company 2 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.

Pediatrics and Genetics: 69.4%Engineering Associates (United States): 19.0%Institute for Advanced Medical Research: 4.8%Chinese Medical Center: 2.2%13 others listed: 4.5%69%largest
Pediatrics and Genetics6,864 · 69.4%Engineering Associates (United States)1,879 · 19.0%Institute for Advanced Medical Research478 · 4.8%Chinese Medical Center221 · 2.2%13 others listed446 · 4.5%

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

Which fields of science does Alpharetta work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Alpharetta is in Health Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Engineering (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 436 fractional works · 46.8% of its workMedicine: 396 fractional works · 42.6% of its workSurgery: 38 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEpidemiology: 36 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 34 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 22 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 19 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOphthalmology: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 25 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 226 fractional works · 24.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 148 fractional works · 15.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 79 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGenetics: 38 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCancer Research: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 31 fractional works · 3.3% of its workImmunology: 23 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 23 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 174 fractional works · 18.7% of its workEngineering: 90 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 95 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAlpharetta930fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences47%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. Medicine39642.6%
    2. Health Professions252.6%
    3. Nursing131.4%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14815.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology313.3%
    3. Neuroscience232.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences202.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.6%
    1. Engineering909.6%
    2. Computer Science272.9%
    3. Environmental Science242.6%
    4. Materials Science111.2%
    5. Chemistry80.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.6%
    7. Energy30.3%
    8. Mathematics20.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Social Sciences293.1%
    2. Psychology212.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting202.2%
    4. Decision Sciences101.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities70.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Alpharetta strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Alpharetta is most concentrated in Genetics (5.1× the world share in Genetics).

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 33.8 works5.1×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.94× its world share, 125 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.27× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.67× its world share, 80 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.27× its world share, 349 worksMedicineNursing: 3.13× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.27×26 works
  2. Nursing3.13×12 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.94×125 works
  4. Medicine2.27×349 works
  5. Neuroscience1.53×20 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.32×4 works
  7. Health Professions1.05×22 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.96×7 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.74×19 works
  10. Psychology0.70×17 works
  11. Engineering0.67×80 works
  12. Veterinary0.60×1 works
  13. Chemistry0.45×6 works
  14. Environmental Science0.43×17 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×16 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.41×5 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×6 works
  18. Materials Science0.33×9 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.32×1 works
  20. Energy0.32×2 works
  21. Computer Science0.31×19 works
  22. Dentistry0.27×1 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.27×6 works
  24. Social Sciences0.24×24 works
  25. Mathematics0.17×2 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Alpharetta?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Cancer, Genetic Mutations, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis and Heat Exchangers.

▲ 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. Epidemiology80▲ 2.1×112 topics
  2. Inflammation50▲ 2.5×79 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress32▲ 2.1×50 topics
  4. Cancer28▲ 2.2×50 topics
  5. Diagnosis21▲ 2.4×36 topics
  6. Immunotherapy20▲ 3.0×19 topics
  7. Treatment19▲ 1.64×41 topics
  8. Genetic Mutations18▲ 4.5×23 topics
  9. Management16▲ 2.1×23 topics
  10. Heat Transfer15▲ 3.4×9 topics
  11. Genetics15▲ 2.2×23 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome15▲ 1.95×20 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders14▲ 2.7×18 topics
  14. Pathogenesis14▲ 3.0×21 topics
  15. Immune Response14▲ 2.6×19 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors12▲ 3.1×14 topics
  17. Heat Exchangers11▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Preterm Infants11▲ 9.5×4 topics
  19. Innate Immunity11▲ 3.6×11 topics
  20. Genetic Variants11▲ 6.4×7 topics
  21. Pulmonary Hypertension11▲ 8.2×3 topics
  22. SARS-CoV-210▲ 3.6×6 topics
  23. Cancer Immunotherapy10▲ 6.9×3 topics
  24. Gene Therapy10▲ 5.3×5 topics
  25. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes10▲ 5.4×6 topics
  26. Prenatal Diagnosis8▲ 6.0×7 topics
  27. Respiratory Distress Syndrome8▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Lymphoma8▲ 5.2×4 topics
  29. Tumor Regression8▲ 7.4×2 topics
  30. DNA Methylation7▲ 6.7×3 topics
  31. Two-Phase Flow7▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia7▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Convective Heat Transfer7▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Leukemia7▲ 8.7×2 topics
  35. CAR T Cells7▲ 9.7×1 topic
  36. Chimeric Antigen Receptor7▲ 9.7×1 topic
  37. Boiling Heat Transfer6▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Lung Stem Cells6▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Microchannels6▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Surfactant Proteins6▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Alpharetta?

Heat Transfer and Boilin…6Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies: 6 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…6Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 6 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 5 fractional worksHeat Transfer and Optimization: 5 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 5 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 5 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…4Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 4 fractional worksCongenital heart defects research: 3 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 3 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 5 works
  4. 4 Heat Transfer and Optimization Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 5 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  8. 8 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 4 works
  9. 9 Congenital heart defects research Molecular Biology 3 works
  10. 10 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 3 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 counting10%20%30%Alpharetta10.3% 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 29.4% in 2000.

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