Research in Bethesda
Science Explorer records 147 research institutions in Bethesda, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
- Research institutions
- 147 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 296k ▲ 2% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 21.4% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Bethesda?
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.
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What is Bethesda strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Bethesda is most concentrated in Virology, Immunology and Immunology and Microbiology (7.5× the world share in Virology).
- VirologySubfield · 109.1 works7.5×
- ImmunologySubfield · 967.0 works5.6×
- Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 1,211.4 works4.8×
- Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 362.6 works4.6×
- Issues, ethics and legal aspectsSubfield · 23.9 works4.6×
- GeneticsSubfield · 287.0 works4.2×
- Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 41.1 works4.2×
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 Bethesda?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cancer, Immunotherapy, Oxidative Stress, Genetic Mutations, Public Health and Immunity.
- Antigen Presentation
- Tumor Regression
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Vaccine Development
- SARS-CoV-2
- Prognostic Factors
- Pathogenesis
- Innate Immunity
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Cancer Therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Depression
- Biomarkers
- Risk Factors
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Quality of Life
- Immune Response
- Immunotherapy
- Oxidative Stress
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Cancer
- Public Health
- Treatment
- Genetic Mutations
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Immunity
- Vaccine
- Clinical Trials
- Neurological Disorders
- Diagnosis
- Gene Expression
- Obesity
- Genetics
- Cancer Immunotherapy
- Precision Medicine
- Cancer Risk
- Lymphoma
- Genomic Instability
- Leukemia
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
- Epidemiology2,277▲ 2.3×139 topics
- Inflammation1,262▲ 2.4×83 topics
- Cancer930▲ 2.8×58 topics
- Oxidative Stress815▲ 1.99×61 topics
- Public Health774▲ 2.1×71 topics
- Immunotherapy729▲ 4.1×19 topics
- Treatment601▲ 1.97×51 topics
- Immune Response534▲ 3.8×22 topics
- Genetic Mutations509▲ 4.7×23 topics
- Quality of Life506▲ 1.40×57 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease501▲ 1.80×39 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome491▲ 2.4×23 topics
- Immunity482▲ 4.8×11 topics
- Risk Factors468▲ 1.69×37 topics
- Vaccine457▲ 4.5×11 topics
- Biomarkers453▲ 2.6×18 topics
- Clinical Trials452▲ 2.7×19 topics
- Depression447▲ 2.0×26 topics
- Neurological Disorders443▲ 3.1×20 topics
- Chemotherapy417▲ 2.4×25 topics
- Diagnosis414▲ 1.77×41 topics
- Cancer Therapy412▲ 2.9×20 topics
- Gene Expression382▲ 2.5×19 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment379▲ 3.4×8 topics
- Obesity372▲ 1.96×28 topics
- Innate Immunity369▲ 4.6×11 topics
- Genetics367▲ 2.1×27 topics
- Pathogenesis359▲ 2.8×24 topics
- Cancer Immunotherapy335▲ 8.7×3 topics
- Prognostic Factors324▲ 3.0×14 topics
- Precision Medicine313▲ 2.7×8 topics
- SARS-CoV-2290▲ 3.5×6 topics
- Cancer Risk269▲ 4.9×10 topics
- Vaccine Development257▲ 4.0×11 topics
- Lymphoma255▲ 6.3×4 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy224▲ 5.5×6 topics
- Genomic Instability220▲ 7.9×3 topics
- Tumor Regression218▲ 7.9×2 topics
- Leukemia186▲ 8.8×2 topics
- Antigen Presentation182▲ 8.2×2 topics
What research is done in Bethesda?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 CAR-T cell therapy researchOncology 174 works
- 2 Immune Cell Function and InteractionImmunology 158 works
- 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchInfectious Diseases 142 works
- 4 Immunotherapy and Immune ResponsesImmunology 134 works
- 5 Cancer Genomics and DiagnosticsCancer Research 129 works
- 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 123 works
- 7 RNA modifications and cancerMolecular Biology 123 works
- 8 RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsMolecular Biology 111 works
- 9 RNA Research and SplicingMolecular Biology 105 works
- 10 Epigenetics and DNA MethylationMolecular Biology 99 works
Research output over time
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