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Research in Beltsville

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Beltsville, United States. The largest by output are DfR Solutions (United States), Neocera (United States) and Omitron (United States).

Research institutions
6
Research works
7.7k
▼ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
279k
36.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Beltsville

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 Beltsville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1DfR Solutions (United States)Company 115 not ranked
2Neocera (United States)Company 79 not ranked
3Omitron (United States)Company 60 not ranked
4Innovital Systems (United States)Company 23 not ranked
5Imperium (United States)Company 10 not ranked
6ReproCELL (United States)Company 6 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.

DfR Solutions (United States): 39.2%Neocera (United States): 27.0%Omitron (United States): 20.5%Innovital Systems (United States): 7.8%2 others listed: 5.5%39%largest
DfR Solutions (United States)115 · 39.2%Neocera (United States)79 · 27.0%Omitron (United States)60 · 20.5%Innovital Systems (United States)23 · 7.8%2 others listed16 · 5.5%

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

Which fields of science does Beltsville work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research in Beltsville is in Life Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (38%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Medicine (11%). It does 4.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 293 fractional works · 65.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 172 fractional works · 38.5% of its workPlant Science: 84 fractional works · 18.8% of its workInsect Science: 21 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 20 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHorticulture: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 92 fractional works · 20.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 41 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 25 fractional works · 5.5% of its workParasitology: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 79 fractional works · 17.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 40 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 65 fractional works · 14.6% of its workMedicine: 49 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmall Animals: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBeltsville448fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences65%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences2%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences17238.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9220.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology255.5%
    4. Neuroscience30.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Environmental Science408.9%
    2. Engineering173.8%
    3. Chemistry81.9%
    4. Computer Science51.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.0%
    6. Materials Science20.4%
    7. Energy10.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine4910.8%
    2. Veterinary81.7%
    3. Nursing71.7%
    4. Health Professions20.4%
    1. Social Sciences81.7%
    2. Psychology10.2%
    3. Decision Sciences10.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Beltsville strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Beltsville is most concentrated in Plant Science (10.8× the world share in Plant Science).

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 74.4 works11×
← 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: 8.13× its world share, 153 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.69× its world share, 78 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.74× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.24× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.83× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 3.69× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 12.69× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 12.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary12.69×7 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8.13×153 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology5.74×23 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.69×78 works
  5. Nursing3.69×7 works
  6. Environmental Science1.83×36 works
  7. Chemistry1.24×8 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.77×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×4 works
  10. Medicine0.57×43 works
  11. Neuroscience0.42×3 works
  12. Energy0.40×2 works
  13. Engineering0.27×16 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.24×1 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.13×4 works
  17. Materials Science0.13×2 works
  18. Health Professions0.13×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.12×6 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.06×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works
  23. Psychology0.02×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.01×0 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Beltsville?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Gut Microbiota, Biological Control, Epidemiology, Climate Change, Genome Sequencing, Phylogenetic Analysis and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology37▲ 2.1×48 topics
  2. Climate Change30▲ 2.5×44 topics
  3. Genetic Diversity28▲ 14×15 topics
  4. Gut Microbiota22▲ 14×7 topics
  5. Biological Control21▲ 31×9 topics
  6. Inflammation18▲ 1.94×38 topics
  7. Immune Response17▲ 6.8×13 topics
  8. Genome Sequencing17▲ 24×8 topics
  9. Phylogenetic Analysis16▲ 12×8 topics
  10. Genomics16▲ 12×12 topics
  11. Public Health15▲ 2.3×17 topics
  12. Genomic Characterization14▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Invasive Species14▲ 7.1×16 topics
  14. Cancer Prevention13▲ 12×8 topics
  15. Quantitative Trait Loci13▲ 54×3 topics
  16. Genetic Mapping13▲ 37×6 topics
  17. Metabolism13▲ 5.5×21 topics
  18. QTL Mapping13▲ 25×6 topics
  19. Host Specificity13▲ 25×5 topics
  20. Marker-Assisted Selection12▲ 36×3 topics
  21. Zoonotic Transmission12▲ 37×4 topics
  22. Pathogenicity12▲ 39×5 topics
  23. Antioxidant Activity12▲ 4.3×25 topics
  24. Plant Immunity12▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Vaccine Development12▲ 10×9 topics
  26. Genomic Analysis11▲ 9.7×12 topics
  27. Ecosystem Services10▲ 6.0×10 topics
  28. Fungal Pathogens10▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Probiotics10▲ 9.1×4 topics
  30. Microbial Communities10▲ 5.0×7 topics
  31. Drought Tolerance9▲ 15×9 topics
  32. Quality Assessment9▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Plant Breeding9▲ 21×4 topics
  34. Global Change9▲ 7.3×5 topics
  35. Host-Pathogen Interactions8▲ 23×5 topics
  36. Heat Stress8▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Amino Acids8▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Soil Fertility8▲ 8.2×4 topics
  39. Population Genetics8▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Small RNAs8▲ 30×2 topics

What research is done in Beltsville?

Plant Pathogens and Fung…7Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 7 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Stu…7Plant Virus Research Studies: 7 fractional worksCoccidia and coccidiosis research: 6 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…6Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 6 fractional worksParasitic Infections and…6Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 6 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 6 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 6 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 5 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 5 fractional works
Cell BiologyPlant ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologyGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 7 works
  2. 2 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 7 works
  3. 3 Coccidia and coccidiosis research Animal Science and Zoology 6 works
  4. 4 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 6 works
  5. 5 Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics Parasitology 6 works
  6. 6 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 6 works
  7. 7 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 6 works
  8. 8 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 6 works
  9. 9 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 5 works
  10. 10 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 5 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 counting20%40%Beltsville19.4% 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 32.9% in 2010.

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