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Research in Annapolis

Science Explorer records 29 research institutions in Annapolis, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are United States Naval Academy, St. John's College and Anne Arundel Medical Center.

Research institutions
29
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.1%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Annapolis?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1United States Naval AcademyUniversity 7,504 #6,360
2St. John's CollegeUniversity 2,381 #20,516
3Maryland Department of Natural ResourcesFunder 939 #22,109
4Anne Arundel Medical CenterHospital / health system 597 #20,525
5Entomological Society of AmericaInstitution 229 #41,861 all time
6Chesapeake Bay ProgramInstitution 194 #33,833 all time
7Comtech Telecommunications (United States)Company 151 #41,656 all time
8National Socio-Environmental Synthesis CenterResearch facility 142 #28,430 all time
9Energy Concepts (United States)Company 106 not ranked
10Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsUniversity 95 not ranked
11Colfax (United States)Company 55 not ranked
12Technology Assessment and Transfer (United States)Company 50 not ranked
13American Academy of Environmental Engineers and ScientistsInstitution 37 not ranked
14Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans FoundationNonprofit 31 not ranked
15Maryland Brain, Spine + PainHospital / health system 16 not ranked
16Maryland Department of Legislative ServicesGovernment institution 12 not ranked
17SimQuest (United States)Company 11 not ranked
18AbTech (United States)Company 9 not ranked
19Chesapeake Bay FoundationNonprofit 8 not ranked
20Maryland State ArchivesArchive 6 not ranked
21Anne Arundel Economic Development (United States)Company 5 not ranked
22Oyster Recovery PartnershipNonprofit 3 not ranked
23Embedded Research Solutions (United States)Company 3 not ranked
24Historic Annapolis FoundationArchive 2 not ranked
25Chesapeake Bay TrustNonprofit 2 not ranked
26Cardinal Engineering (United States)Company 1 not ranked
27Maryland Commission on African American History and CultureGovernment institution 1 not ranked
28Maryland State Office Of The GovernorGovernment institution 1 not ranked
29Banneker Douglass MuseumArchive 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

United States Naval Academy: 59.6%St. John's College: 18.9%Maryland Department of Natural Resources: 7.5%Anne Arundel Medical Center: 4.7%24 others listed: 9.3%60%largest
United States Naval Academy7,504 · 59.6%St. John's College2,381 · 18.9%Maryland Department of Natural Resources939 · 7.5%Anne Arundel Medical Center597 · 4.7%24 others listed1,170 · 9.3%

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

What is Annapolis strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Annapolis is most concentrated in Oceanography and Ocean Engineering (6.1× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 22.8 works6.1×
  2. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 34.4 works5.0×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Annapolis?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, History, Gender, Society, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Complications and Literature.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Climate Change66▲ 1.84×74 topics
  2. Epidemiology48◆ 0.90×84 topics
  3. Machine Learning43◆ 0.99×54 topics
  4. Globalization36▲ 1.39×42 topics
  5. History31▲ 3.3×25 topics
  6. Gender28▲ 3.9×31 topics
  7. Identity25▲ 2.6×28 topics
  8. Literature25▲ 3.5×24 topics
  9. Complications25▲ 3.7×14 topics
  10. Culture25▲ 3.5×17 topics
  11. Remote Sensing24▲ 1.44×28 topics
  12. Colonialism22▲ 3.4×23 topics
  13. Nationalism21▲ 3.4×19 topics
  14. Religion20▲ 3.2×17 topics
  15. Society20▲ 7.8×12 topics
  16. Revision Surgery18▲ 10×2 topics
  17. Total Hip Replacement18▲ 10×2 topics
  18. Ethics17▲ 2.6×18 topics
  19. Heat Transfer17▲ 2.5×13 topics
  20. Invasive Species16▲ 2.9×17 topics
  21. Path Planning16▲ 9.3×3 topics
  22. Collision Avoidance15▲ 6.2×4 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction15▲ 3.5×8 topics
  24. Flight Control14▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Multi-Agent Systems14▲ 5.4×5 topics
  26. Sea-Level Rise14▲ 8.9×5 topics
  27. Sediment Transport13▲ 6.3×4 topics
  28. Arthroplasty13▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Health-related Quality of Life13▲ 4.2×5 topics
  30. Global Governance13▲ 4.2×11 topics
  31. Engineering Education12▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Channel Modeling12▲ 7.2×6 topics
  33. Autonomous Aerial Refueling11▲ 61×1 topic
  34. Vision-Based Sensor11▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Outcomes11▲ 10×1 topic
  36. Total Knee Replacement11▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Maritime Transportation11▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Control System10▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Human Factors10▲ 9.4×3 topics
  40. Wave Modeling10▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Annapolis?

  1. 1 Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems Aerospace Engineering 11 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 11 works
  3. 3 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 9 works
  4. 4 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 9 works
  5. 5 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 8 works
  6. 6 Optical Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 7 works
  9. 9 Medieval Literature and History Classics 7 works
  10. 10 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 7 works

Research output over time

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