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Research in Bethesda

Science Explorer records 111 research institutions in Bethesda, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National Institutes of Health, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and ORCID.

Research institutions
111
13 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
296k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
18.1M
61.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.4%
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 Bethesda?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Institutes of HealthGovernment institution 260,365 #32
2Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesUniversity 44,013 #992
3Lockheed Martin (United States)Company 15,554 #4,905
4Health AffairsInstitution 6,498 #9,805
5ORCIDNonprofit 5,228 #3,038
6Pain and Rehabilitation MedicineHospital / health system 1,828 #14,610
7Henry M. Jackson FoundationNonprofit 1,271 #3,133
8National Foundation for Cancer ResearchNonprofit 1,063 #16,292 all time
9American Occupational Therapy AssociationInstitution 606 #20,526
10Nova Research Company (United States)Company 458 #13,751 all time
11American Society of Health-System PharmacistsInstitution 453 #17,007 all time
12Child TrendsNonprofit 431 #19,159
13Suburban HospitalHospital / health system 427 #18,042 all time
14University Research Co (United States)Company 427 #17,892
15Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative MedicineResearch facility 382 #15,709
16American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote SensingNonprofit 367 #20,261 all time
17Research Institute for Genetic and Human TherapyNonprofit 358 #24,407 all time
18Cosmos Corporation (United States)Company 338 #14,828 all time
19Cystic Fibrosis FoundationNonprofit 297 #15,005
20Foundation for the National Institutes of HealthNonprofit 283 #18,366
21American Association of Blood BanksNonprofit 272 #27,608 all time
22Association of Military Surgeons of the United StatesNonprofit 270 #17,241 all time
23Pharmerit (United States)Company 260 #30,532 all time
24Adnet Systems (United States)Company 230 #24,969 all time
25Society of American ForestersNonprofit 221 #31,955 all time
26United States Consumer Product Safety CommissionGovernment institution 206 #21,126 all time
27Maryland Oncology HematologyHospital / health system 198 #17,532 all time
28American Gastroenterological AssociationNonprofit 185 #30,921 all time
29American Physiological SocietyNonprofit 170 #27,186 all time
30The Wildlife SocietyNonprofit 166 #30,884 all time
31Larry Ellison FoundationNonprofit 162 #23,802 all time
32American Society for NutritionInstitution 151 #30,640 all time
33Development Services Group (United States)Company 147 #22,578 all time
34Weinberg Medical Physics (United States)Company 147 #21,365 all time
35American College of GastroenterologyUniversity 145 #31,572 all time
36Cambridge Information GroupInstitution 141 #28,101 all time
37National Council on Radiation Protection and MeasurementsInstitution 128 #31,153 all time
38National Ready Mixed Concrete AssociationNonprofit 116 not ranked
39Federation of American Societies for Experimental BiologyNonprofit 112 not ranked
40de Beaumont FoundationNonprofit 112 not ranked
41American College of Medical GeneticsUniversity 100 not ranked
42American Medical Informatics AssociationNonprofit 98 not ranked
43Foundations of SuccessNonprofit 93 not ranked
44American Podiatric Medical AssociationInstitution 91 not ranked
45American Fisheries SocietyInstitution 85 not ranked
46American Society for Investigative PathologyInstitution 85 not ranked
47National Association of School PsychologistsNonprofit 80 not ranked
48LightSpin Technologies (United States)Company 77 not ranked
49Medical Technology and Practice Patterns InstituteNonprofit 75 not ranked
50Bladder Cancer Advocacy NetworkNonprofit 74 not ranked
51Marine Mammal CommissionGovernment institution 71 not ranked
52Technical Resources International (United States)Company 62 not ranked
53HJF Medical Research InternationalNonprofit 60 not ranked
54American Society of Human GeneticsInstitution 56 not ranked
55Northwest Biotherapeutics (United States)Company 52 not ranked
56Mid Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep CenterHospital / health system 49 not ranked
57Hemanext (United States)Company 49 not ranked
58International Commission on Radiation Units and MeasurementsInstitution 44 not ranked
59Data Tecnica International (United States)Company 44 not ranked
60Iridian GenomesArchive 44 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.

National Institutes of Health: 75.3%Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: 12.7%Lockheed Martin (United States): 4.5%Health Affairs: 1.9%56 others listed: 5.5%75%largest
National Institutes of Health260k · 75.3%Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences44k · 12.7%Lockheed Martin (United States)16k · 4.5%Health Affairs6,498 · 1.9%56 others listed19k · 5.5%

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

Which fields of science does Bethesda work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Bethesda is in Health Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Neuroscience (5%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 13k fractional works · 47.0% of its workMedicine: 12k fractional works · 42.4% of its workOncology: 1,173 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1,073 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 992 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSurgery: 908 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 844 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 702 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 680 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 676 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 431 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 422 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 368 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 329 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 315 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 308 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 285 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 282 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 277 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 202 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 176 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 158 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 149 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 141 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 119 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 116 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 105 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 105 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 80 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 71 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 70 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 66 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 60 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 308 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1,004 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 551 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 134 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 61 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 169 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 175 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 130 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8,312 fractional works · 29.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5,047 fractional works · 17.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3,081 fractional works · 10.8% of its workGenetics: 764 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCancer Research: 423 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 330 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiophysics: 94 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 76 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 279 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1,404 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 514 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 413 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 179 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 84 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 83 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 132 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1,347 fractional works · 4.7% of its workImmunology: 1,070 fractional works · 3.8% of its workVirology: 122 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 78 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 62 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 414 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 163 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 192 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 101 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,509 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEngineering: 1,091 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 342 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 154 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 132 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 112 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 58 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 237 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 663 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 271 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 124 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 88 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 77 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 103 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 626 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 199 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 138 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 215 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 322 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 136 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 70 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 212 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 102 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 109 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 200 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 76 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 195 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 123 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 166 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 93 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 23 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,248 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,370 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 425 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 232 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 135 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 134 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 94 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 64 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 229 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 933 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 419 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 202 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 182 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 303 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 258 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 249 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 204 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 80 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 67 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 190 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKBethesda28kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences11%

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. Medicine12k42.4%
    2. Health Professions1,0043.5%
    3. Nursing1750.6%
    4. Dentistry720.3%
    5. Veterinary450.2%
  1. Life Sciences8,31229.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5,04717.8%
    2. Neuroscience1,4044.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1,3474.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4141.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1010.4%
    1. Engineering1,0913.8%
    2. Computer Science6632.3%
    3. Environmental Science6262.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy3221.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2120.7%
    6. Chemistry2000.7%
    7. Mathematics1950.7%
    8. Materials Science1660.6%
    9. Energy230.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.0%
  2. Social Sciences3,24811.4%
    1. Social Sciences1,3704.8%
    2. Psychology9333.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3031.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities2490.9%
    5. Decision Sciences2040.7%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting1900.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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).

  1. VirologySubfield · 109.1 works7.5×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 967.0 works5.6×
  3. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 1,211.4 works4.8×
  4. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 362.6 works4.6×
  5. Issues, ethics and legal aspectsSubfield · 23.9 works4.6×
  6. GeneticsSubfield · 287.0 works4.2×
  7. Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 41.1 works4.2×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 377 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.31× its world share, 4,428 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.79× its world share, 1,211 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.01× its world share, 1,229 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 86 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 180 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 554 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 193 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 986 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 565 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 147 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 165 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 261 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 63 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 911 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.22× its world share, 11k worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 159 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 38 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 196 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 167 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 174 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 279 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 817 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1,194 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.79×1,211 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.31×4,428 works
  3. Neuroscience3.01×1,229 works
  4. Medicine2.22×11k works
  5. Health Professions1.38×911 works
  6. Nursing1.29×159 works
  7. Veterinary1.11×38 works
  8. Psychology1.07×817 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.97×86 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.72×174 works
  11. Mathematics0.56×165 works
  12. Dentistry0.52×63 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×279 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.49×193 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.47×261 works
  16. Chemistry0.46×180 works
  17. Environmental Science0.45×565 works
  18. Social Sciences0.38×1,194 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×377 works
  20. Computer Science0.28×554 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.27×196 works
  22. Engineering0.26×986 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×167 works
  24. Materials Science0.17×147 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.09×8 works
  26. Energy0.09×20 works

Which keywords describe research in Bethesda?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cancer, Immunotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Oxidative Stress, Public Health 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. Epidemiology2,549▲ 2.2×139 topics
  2. Inflammation1,419▲ 2.4×83 topics
  3. Cancer1,048▲ 2.7×58 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress923▲ 1.97×63 topics
  5. Public Health859▲ 2.1×74 topics
  6. Immunotherapy824▲ 4.0×19 topics
  7. Treatment673▲ 1.95×52 topics
  8. Immune Response596▲ 3.7×23 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations581▲ 4.7×23 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease568▲ 1.75×39 topics
  11. Quality of Life561▲ 1.37×58 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome545▲ 2.4×23 topics
  13. Immunity523▲ 4.5×11 topics
  14. Biomarkers516▲ 2.6×18 topics
  15. Risk Factors516▲ 1.65×37 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders513▲ 3.2×20 topics
  17. Clinical Trials500▲ 2.6×19 topics
  18. Vaccine499▲ 4.4×11 topics
  19. Depression496▲ 1.99×26 topics
  20. Chemotherapy481▲ 2.4×25 topics
  21. Cancer Therapy475▲ 2.9×20 topics
  22. Diagnosis459▲ 1.73×41 topics
  23. Gene Expression452▲ 2.5×19 topics
  24. Tumor Microenvironment433▲ 3.4×8 topics
  25. Genetics424▲ 2.1×27 topics
  26. Obesity419▲ 1.91×28 topics
  27. Innate Immunity411▲ 4.5×11 topics
  28. Pathogenesis396▲ 2.7×24 topics
  29. Cancer Immunotherapy368▲ 8.5×3 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors363▲ 2.9×14 topics
  31. Precision Medicine359▲ 2.5×8 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-2306▲ 3.5×6 topics
  33. Cancer Risk301▲ 4.8×10 topics
  34. Vaccine Development287▲ 3.9×11 topics
  35. Lymphoma284▲ 6.2×4 topics
  36. Targeted Therapy271▲ 4.3×5 topics
  37. Genomic Instability251▲ 7.9×3 topics
  38. Antiretroviral Therapy248▲ 5.3×6 topics
  39. Tumor Regression246▲ 7.8×2 topics
  40. Leukemia207▲ 8.7×2 topics

What research is done in Bethesda?

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 174 works
  2. 2 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 158 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 142 works
  4. 4 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 134 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 129 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 123 works
  7. 7 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 123 works
  8. 8 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 111 works
  9. 9 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 105 works
  10. 10 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 99 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%Bethesda19.2% 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 2016.

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