Research in Arlington
Science Explorer records 131 research institutions in Arlington, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are RTX (United States), International Foundation for Electoral Systems and Millennium Engineering and Integration (United States).
- Research institutions
- 131 14 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 108k ▼ 2% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.1M 19.6 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 7.8% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Arlington?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Arlington work in?
In 2022-now, 31% of research in Arlington is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (12%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences4,74930.6%
- Engineering1,76211.3%
- Environmental Science9596.2%
- Computer Science9095.9%
- Physics and Astronomy3042.0%
- Materials Science2401.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2181.4%
- Chemistry1701.1%
- Mathematics760.5%
- Energy720.5%
- Chemical Engineering370.2%
- Health Sciences4,27727.6%
- Medicine3,54122.8%
- Health Professions5333.4%
- Dentistry990.6%
- Nursing870.6%
- Veterinary170.1%
- Social Sciences3,84024.7%
- Social Sciences1,86712.0%
- Psychology5253.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting5113.3%
- Arts and Humanities3962.6%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3412.2%
- Decision Sciences2011.3%
- Life Sciences2,65717.1%
What is Arlington strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Arlington is most concentrated in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Immunology and Ecological Modeling (2.8× the world share in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems).
- Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 32.3 works2.8×
- ImmunologySubfield · 249.9 works2.7×
- Ecological ModelingSubfield · 25.4 works2.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Immunology and Microbiology2.19×296 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.61×1,155 works
- Neuroscience1.55×339 works
- Dentistry1.43×93 works
- Health Professions1.35×480 works
- Decision Sciences1.33×174 works
- Environmental Science1.23×824 works
- Medicine1.23×3,190 works
- Nursing1.19×78 works
- Psychology1.10×449 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.01×437 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.97×280 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.96×46 works
- Social Sciences0.92×1,566 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.88×186 works
- Veterinary0.82×15 works
- Arts and Humanities0.82×320 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.80×239 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.78×498 works
- Engineering0.76×1,528 works
- Computer Science0.72×757 works
- Chemistry0.69×146 works
- Chemical Engineering0.68×32 works
- Energy0.51×63 works
- Materials Science0.42×196 works
- Mathematics0.39×62 works
Which keywords describe research in Arlington?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Public Health, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Globalization and Cancer.
- Student Competencies
- Educational Technologies
- Capacity Building
- Teaching Methods
- Ethical Considerations
- Leadership
- Pedagogy
- Obesity
- Clinical Trials
- Big Data
- Treatment
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Healthcare
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Quality of Life
- Education
- Deep Learning
- Public Health
- Inflammation
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Globalization
- Oxidative Stress
- Cancer
- Mental Health
- Environmental Impact
- Artificial Intelligence
- Innovation
- Renewable Energy
- COVID-19
- Biodiversity
- Immunotherapy
- Neurological Disorders
- Entrepreneurship
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction
- Critical Thinking
- Formative Assessment
- Artistic Education
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
- Epidemiology683◆ 1.10×140 topics
- Climate Change596▲ 1.41×118 topics
- Machine Learning506◆ 0.98×95 topics
- Inflammation460▲ 1.39×83 topics
- Sustainability447▲ 1.18×127 topics
- Public Health372▲ 1.65×71 topics
- Globalization366▲ 1.20×155 topics
- Deep Learning351▼ 0.66×84 topics
- Oxidative Stress286◆ 1.12×62 topics
- Education280◆ 1.05×131 topics
- Cancer267▲ 1.28×59 topics
- Quality of Life249◆ 1.11×59 topics
- Mental Health245◆ 1.10×48 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease231▲ 1.31×39 topics
- Environmental Impact228▼ 0.86×68 topics
- Healthcare222▲ 1.25×41 topics
- Artificial Intelligence216◆ 0.98×61 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome210▲ 1.67×24 topics
- Innovation204▲ 1.27×80 topics
- Treatment203◆ 1.07×51 topics
- Renewable Energy200◆ 0.89×51 topics
- Big Data199▲ 1.34×33 topics
- COVID-19191◆ 0.95×34 topics
- Clinical Trials180▲ 1.73×19 topics
- Biodiversity170▲ 1.44×38 topics
- Obesity158▲ 1.32×29 topics
- Immunotherapy155▲ 1.39×19 topics
- Pedagogy148▲ 1.90×28 topics
- Neurological Disorders143▲ 1.61×20 topics
- Leadership131▲ 1.73×40 topics
- Entrepreneurship130▲ 2.1×21 topics
- Ethical Considerations111▲ 2.1×20 topics
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction105▲ 2.3×12 topics
- Teaching Methods87▲ 3.5×11 topics
- Critical Thinking80▲ 4.4×5 topics
- Capacity Building76▲ 8.1×5 topics
- Formative Assessment72▲ 5.5×2 topics
- Educational Technologies71▲ 5.0×2 topics
- Artistic Education69▲ 6.8×1 topic
- Student Competencies69▲ 6.8×1 topic
What research is done in Arlington?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 47 works
- 2 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 43 works
- 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 36 works
- 4 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 35 works
- 5 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 35 works
- 6 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 33 works
- 7 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 33 works
- 8 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 31 works
- 9 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 31 works
- 10 Education and Islamic Studies Education 30 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.7% in 2008.
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