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Research in Ashland

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Ashland, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Randolph–Macon College.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
679
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.4k
11.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Ashland

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Which research institutions are in Ashland?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Randolph–Macon CollegeUniversity 595 #18,519
2Polymer Exploration Group (United States)Company 45 not ranked
3Anton Paar (United States)Company 39 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 Ashland work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Ashland is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Arts and Humanities (9%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 48 fractional works · 42.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 25.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 9.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 33.1% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 15.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAshland114fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences42%

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. Social Sciences2925.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities109.1%
    3. Psychology65.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Engineering109.0%
    2. Environmental Science65.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences54.8%
    4. Computer Science54.0%
    5. Materials Science43.4%
    6. Chemistry21.9%
    7. Mathematics21.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy21.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.9%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology65.0%
    2. Neuroscience43.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology33.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine87.0%
    2. Health Professions21.6%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Ashland?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Student Engagement, Sea-Level Rise, Ethnic Identity, Climate Change Impacts, Sediment Transport, Decolonization and Rheology.

▲ 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. Climate Change4▲ 1.39×19 topics
  2. Mental Health4▲ 2.5×11 topics
  3. Remote Sensing4▲ 2.7×5 topics
  4. Nationalism4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  5. Globalization4▲ 1.57×15 topics
  6. Human Rights3▲ 2.9×6 topics
  7. Education3▲ 1.68×13 topics
  8. Student Engagement3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  9. Innovation3▲ 2.5×8 topics
  10. Sea-Level Rise3▲ 21×3 topics
  11. Biodiversity3▲ 3.1×12 topics
  12. Colonialism3▲ 5.0×8 topics
  13. Climate Change Impacts3▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Ethnic Identity3▲ 20×3 topics
  15. History2▲ 3.2×8 topics
  16. Sediment Transport2▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Social Movements2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  18. Decolonization2▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Diversity2▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Rheology2▲ 11×7 topics
  21. Academic Performance2▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Coastal Dynamics2▲ 66×1 topic
  23. Identity2▲ 2.6×8 topics
  24. International Relations2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  25. Shoreline Change2▲ 66×1 topic
  26. Discrimination2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  27. Israel2▲ 52×2 topics
  28. Democracy2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  29. College Retention2▲ 78×1 topic
  30. Emotions2▲ 31×3 topics
  31. First-Generation Students2▲ 78×1 topic
  32. Invasive Species2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  33. Policy2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  34. 1960s2▲ 143×1 topic
  35. Global2▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Occupation2▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Palestine2▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Medicine2▲ 16×4 topics
  39. Student Motivation1▲ 6.3×2 topics
  40. Cognition1▲ 8.2×2 topics

What research is done in Ashland?

Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 2 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 2 fractional worksCommunism, Protests, Soc…2Communism, Protests, Social Movements: 2 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…1Higher Education Research Studies: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksHungarian Social, Econom…1Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies: 1 fractional worksCommunication in Education and Healthcare: 1 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Mathematics: 1 fractional worksCognitive Science and Ed…1Cognitive Science and Education Research: 1 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesSociology and Political ScienceEducationHistory and Philosophy of Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  2. 2 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Communism, Protests, Social Movements Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Higher Education Research Studies Education 1 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  6. 6 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  8. 8 Communication in Education and Healthcare Social Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 1 works
  10. 10 Cognitive Science and Education Research Cognitive Neuroscience 1 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%Ashland14.0% 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 16.5% in 2011.

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