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Research in Andover

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Andover, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Physical Sciences (United States), Andover Eye Associates and Massachusetts School of Law.

Research institutions
11
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
226k
17.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Andover

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 Andover?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Physical Sciences (United States)Company 5,848 #1,008
2Robert S. Peabody Museum of ArchaeologyArchive 892 #6,005 all time
3Andover Eye AssociatesNonprofit 626 #15,017
4Massachusetts School of LawUniversity 494 #18,975
5Phillips AcademyUniversity 209 #25,121 all time
6Schneider Electric (United States)Company 175 #33,384 all time
7MKS Instruments (United States)Company 141 #33,926 all time
8Northeast Document Conservation CenterResearch facility 3 not ranked
9Vista Scientific (United States)Company 1 not ranked
10Transmural Systems (United States)Company 0 not ranked
11Andover Historical SocietyNonprofit 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.

Physical Sciences (United States): 69.7%Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology: 10.6%Andover Eye Associates: 7.5%Massachusetts School of Law: 5.9%5 others listed: 6.3%70%largest
Physical Sciences (United States)5,848 · 69.7%Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology892 · 10.6%Andover Eye Associates626 · 7.5%Massachusetts School of Law494 · 5.9%5 others listed529 · 6.3%

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

Which fields of science does Andover work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Andover is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Engineering (16%), Medicine (14%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 966 fractional works · 38.2% of its workEngineering: 403 fractional works · 15.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 139 fractional works · 5.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 69 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 62 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 120 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 43 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 116 fractional works · 4.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 92 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 57 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 80 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 41 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 54 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 52 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPaleontology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 920 fractional works · 36.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 578 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 184 fractional works · 7.3% of its workTransportation: 137 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 76 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 130 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 87 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 86 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 37 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 64 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 44 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 401 fractional works · 15.9% of its workMedicine: 359 fractional works · 14.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 37 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 242 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 94 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 48 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 88 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAndover2,529fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences36%

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. Engineering40315.9%
    2. Computer Science1204.7%
    3. Environmental Science1164.6%
    4. Materials Science923.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy803.2%
    6. Chemistry542.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences522.0%
    8. Mathematics230.9%
    9. Energy170.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering110.4%
    1. Social Sciences57822.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1305.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting863.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities642.5%
    5. Psychology441.7%
    6. Decision Sciences190.7%
    1. Medicine35914.2%
    2. Health Professions331.3%
    3. Nursing50.2%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology943.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences883.5%
    3. Neuroscience311.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology180.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Andover strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Andover is most concentrated in Transportation, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Aerospace Engineering (16.1× the world share in Transportation).

  1. TransportationSubfield · 121.2 works16×
  2. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 34.4 works6.0×
  3. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 129.7 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: 0.67× its world share, 72 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 88 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 29 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.14× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.36× its world share, 48 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 104 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 45 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.10× its world share, 374 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 104 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.00× its world share, 79 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.42× its world share, 72 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 329 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 67 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.39× its world share, 116 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 514 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.39×116 works
  2. Social Sciences1.80×514 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.44×12 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.42×72 works
  5. Chemistry1.36×48 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.28×45 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.14×9 works
  8. Engineering1.10×374 works
  9. Materials Science1.00×79 works
  10. Environmental Science0.93×104 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.92×67 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.89×58 works
  13. Mathematics0.82×22 works
  14. Neuroscience0.79×29 works
  15. Medicine0.76×329 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.74×17 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×88 works
  18. Energy0.73×15 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.70×15 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.67×72 works
  21. Computer Science0.59×104 works
  22. Health Professions0.52×31 works
  23. Psychology0.51×35 works
  24. Nursing0.44×5 works
  25. Dentistry0.27×3 works
  26. Veterinary0.24×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Andover?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Security, Legal Regulation, Ethnicity, Public Oversight, Transport Policy, Culture, History and Foresight.

▲ 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. Economic Security192▲ 36×7 topics
  2. Legal Regulation162▲ 29×8 topics
  3. Sustainable Development148▲ 3.7×50 topics
  4. Ethnicity141▲ 15×10 topics
  5. History137▲ 7.8×26 topics
  6. Public Oversight136▲ 44×1 topic
  7. Transport Policy136▲ 44×1 topic
  8. Culture136▲ 10×17 topics
  9. Foresight135▲ 41×2 topics
  10. Modernization133▲ 29×5 topics
  11. Literature133▲ 9.6×19 topics
  12. Strategic Planning133▲ 36×4 topics
  13. Design132▲ 32×4 topics
  14. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles131▲ 27×3 topics
  15. Air Force131▲ 44×1 topic
  16. Warfare131▲ 44×1 topic
  17. Philosophy128▲ 11×14 topics
  18. Science126▲ 20×8 topics
  19. Social Influence124▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Islam124▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Malay Language123▲ 35×1 topic
  22. Sharia Law123▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Globalization104▲ 2.1×70 topics
  24. Innovation90▲ 3.5×48 topics
  25. Climate Change79◆ 1.15×81 topics
  26. Economic Development78▲ 3.9×30 topics
  27. Artificial Intelligence78▲ 2.1×38 topics
  28. Digital Transformation65▲ 4.8×19 topics
  29. Financial Security59▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Environmental Management57▲ 5.5×11 topics
  31. Regional Development49▲ 5.7×13 topics
  32. Digital Economy43▲ 8.5×14 topics
  33. Resource Efficiency31▲ 9.2×3 topics
  34. Industrial Policy29▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Human Capital29▲ 7.5×6 topics
  36. Green Economy29▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Renewable Energy Sources27▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Global Value Chain26▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Innovation Culture26▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Innovation Development25▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Andover?

Military Technology and …123Military Technology and Strategies: 123 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…121Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 121 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…116Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 116 fractional worksEconomic and Business Development Strategies: 25 fractional worksBusiness and Economic Development: 20 fractional worksEconomic Issues in Ukraine: 18 fractional worksLabor Market and Education: 16 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 11 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 11 fractional worksJudicial and Constitutional Studies: 10 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringTransportationSociology and Political ScienceEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 123 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 121 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 116 works
  4. 4 Economic and Business Development Strategies Economics and Econometrics 25 works
  5. 5 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 20 works
  6. 6 Economic Issues in Ukraine General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 18 works
  7. 7 Labor Market and Education Economics and Econometrics 16 works
  8. 8 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  9. 9 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 11 works
  10. 10 Judicial and Constitutional Studies Law 10 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Andover9.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.6% in 1990.

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