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Research in Bedford

Science Explorer records 23 research institutions in Bedford, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Mitre (United States) and AspenTech (United States).

Research institutions
23
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
14k
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
283k
20.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Bedford

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 Bedford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Mitre (United States)Company 6,622 #4,581
2Spire Corporation (United States)Company 420 #23,055 all time
3Bedford Research FoundationNonprofit 357 #18,577 all time
4Applied Science Laboratories (United States)Company 347 #19,868 all time
5Bedford VA Research CorporationNonprofit 301 #13,976 all time
6AspenTech (United States)Company 292 #21,200
7Diversified Technologies (United States)Company 278 #26,272 all time
8iRobot (United States)Company 229 #18,150 all time
9Aware (United States)Company 127 #32,049 all time
10Q-Peak (United States)Company 110 not ranked
11Mayflower Communications (United States)Company 90 not ranked
121366 Technologies (United States)Company 87 not ranked
13Middlesex Community CollegeUniversity 73 not ranked
14Toxikon (United States)Company 58 not ranked
15N2 Biomedical (United States)Company 32 not ranked
16First Light Diagnostics (United States)Company 15 not ranked
17Conagen (United States)Company 11 not ranked
18InnerSea Technology (United States)Company 7 not ranked
19Vivonics (United States)Company 5 not ranked
20wTe Corporation (United States)Company 5 not ranked
21Consortium For Mathematics & Its ApplicationsNonprofit 4 not ranked
22NinePoint Medical (United States)Company 3 not ranked
23STAR Analytical ServicesCompany 1 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.

Mitre (United States): 69.9%Spire Corporation (United States): 4.4%Bedford Research Foundation: 3.8%Applied Science Laboratories (United States): 3.7%19 others listed: 18.2%70%largest
Mitre (United States)6,622 · 69.9%Spire Corporation (United States)420 · 4.4%Bedford Research Foundation357 · 3.8%Applied Science Laboratories (United States)347 · 3.7%19 others listed1,728 · 18.2%

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

Which fields of science does Bedford work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Bedford is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Medicine (18%), Computer Science (15%).

Physical Sciences: 483 fractional works · 45.2% of its workEngineering: 214 fractional works · 20.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 46 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 36 fractional works · 3.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 25 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 160 fractional works · 14.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 67 fractional works · 6.3% of its workInformation Systems: 24 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 23 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 37 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 278 fractional works · 26.0% of its workMedicine: 189 fractional works · 17.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 32 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 84 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 56 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 245 fractional works · 23.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 87 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 28 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 57 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 35 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 30 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 62 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBedford1,068fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences23%

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. Engineering21420.0%
    2. Computer Science16014.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy373.5%
    4. Environmental Science272.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences211.9%
    6. Materials Science90.8%
    7. Mathematics70.6%
    8. Chemistry40.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.2%
    10. Energy20.2%
    1. Medicine18917.7%
    2. Health Professions847.8%
    3. Nursing30.3%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences878.2%
    2. Psychology575.3%
    3. Decision Sciences353.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting302.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance232.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities131.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology302.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences141.3%
    3. Neuroscience131.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bedford strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bedford is most concentrated in Ocean Engineering (4.3× the world share in Ocean Engineering).

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 21.0 works4.3×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.91× its world share, 140 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.36× its world share, 192 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.53× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.05× its world share, 76 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 166 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.52× its world share, 32 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.74× its world share, 50 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 80 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.52×32 works
  2. Health Professions3.05×76 works
  3. Computer Science1.91×140 works
  4. Psychology1.74×50 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.53×32 works
  6. Engineering1.36×192 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.16×17 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.98×20 works
  9. Medicine0.91×166 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.91×28 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.77×3 works
  12. Social Sciences0.67×80 works
  13. Neuroscience0.65×10 works
  14. Nursing0.57×3 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×26 works
  16. Environmental Science0.49×23 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.45×2 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.43×12 works
  19. Mathematics0.41×5 works
  20. Dentistry0.34×2 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×14 works
  22. Veterinary0.26×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.24×4 works
  24. Energy0.24×2 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×2 works
  26. Materials Science0.20×6 works

Which keywords describe research in Bedford?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Chronic Disease Management, Big Data, Digital Divide, Complex Adaptive Systems, Collision Avoidance and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Machine Learning72▲ 2.0×66 topics
  2. Deep Learning71▲ 1.94×68 topics
  3. Epidemiology38◆ 0.89×76 topics
  4. Big Data29▲ 2.9×17 topics
  5. Neural Networks27▲ 1.64×25 topics
  6. Chronic Disease Management25▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Risk Assessment22▲ 3.1×18 topics
  8. Security20▲ 2.8×15 topics
  9. Digital Divide19▲ 6.9×7 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction18▲ 5.5×8 topics
  11. Aging18▲ 3.1×12 topics
  12. Primary Care18▲ 4.6×10 topics
  13. Social Support17▲ 3.0×13 topics
  14. Complex Adaptive Systems17▲ 55×2 topics
  15. Optimization16▲ 3.3×11 topics
  16. Collision Avoidance16▲ 8.0×4 topics
  17. IoT Security15▲ 4.6×3 topics
  18. Cybersecurity14▲ 5.3×4 topics
  19. Trust14▲ 4.7×5 topics
  20. Anomaly Detection14▲ 4.4×3 topics
  21. Autonomous Vehicles14▲ 6.1×3 topics
  22. Driver Behavior13▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Healthcare Access13▲ 4.6×4 topics
  24. Telemedicine13▲ 9.4×5 topics
  25. Quality Improvement13▲ 6.1×8 topics
  26. Telehealth13▲ 28×1 topic
  27. Virtual Care13▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Air Traffic Management12▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Conflict Resolution12▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Human Factors12▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Agent-Based Modeling12▲ 8.4×7 topics
  32. COVID-19 Impact12▲ 6.4×2 topics
  33. Cognitive Load11▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Behavior Change11▲ 7.0×4 topics
  35. Automation11▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Mental Workload11▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Driver Distraction11▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Situation Awareness11▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Electronic Health Records11▲ 9.5×3 topics
  40. Socio-Technical Systems11▲ 40×3 topics

What research is done in Bedford?

Air Traffic Management a…12Air Traffic Management and Optimization: 12 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehea…12Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 12 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 10 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 8 fractional worksSystems Engineering Methodologies and Applications: 8 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 8 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…7Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 7 fractional worksSimulation Techniques and Applications: 6 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 6 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSocial PsychologyOcean Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 12 works
  2. 2 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  3. 3 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 10 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 8 works
  5. 5 Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications Control and Systems Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 8 works
  7. 7 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 8 works
  8. 8 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 7 works
  9. 9 Simulation Techniques and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 6 works
  10. 10 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 6 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting20%40%Bedford14.6% 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 34.0% in 2001.

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