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Research in Bethlehem

Science Explorer records 16 research institutions in Bethlehem, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Lehigh University, Northampton Community College and Moravian University.

Research institutions
16
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
33k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
780k
23.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Bethlehem

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 Bethlehem?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Lehigh UniversityUniversity 26,240 #1,015
2Northampton Community CollegeUniversity 2,177 #8,379
3St. Luke's University Health NetworkHospital / health system 1,454 #11,610
4Moravian UniversityUniversity 834 #9,410
5Bethlehem Area School DistrictUniversity 597 #18,448
6St. Luke's HospitalHospital / health system 523 #22,673 all time
7Digestive Care (United States)Company 310 #25,173 all time
8Wavefront Research (United States)Company 98 not ranked
9IQE (United States)Company 80 not ranked
10B. Braun (United States)Company 73 not ranked
11Lehigh Valley Hospital MuhlenbergHospital / health system 59 not ranked
12International Institute for Restorative PracticesUniversity 50 not ranked
13Orasure Technologies (United States)Company 48 not ranked
14Saladax Biomedical (United States)Company 27 not ranked
15Azevan Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 7 not ranked
16Third Eye Diagnostics (United States)Company 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.

Lehigh University: 80.5%Northampton Community College: 6.7%St. Luke's University Health Network: 4.5%Moravian University: 2.6%12 others listed: 5.7%81%largest
Lehigh University26k · 80.5%Northampton Community College2,177 · 6.7%St. Luke's University Health Network1,454 · 4.5%Moravian University834 · 2.6%12 others listed1,873 · 5.7%

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

Which fields of science does Bethlehem work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Bethlehem is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Engineering (15%), Social Sciences (11%).

Physical Sciences: 1,602 fractional works · 40.3% of its workEngineering: 609 fractional works · 15.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 115 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 85 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 82 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 81 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 63 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 308 fractional works · 7.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 119 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 158 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 105 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomaterials: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 147 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 51 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 121 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 82 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNumerical Analysis: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 79 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 48 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,049 fractional works · 26.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 442 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 150 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEducation: 85 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 211 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 51 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 136 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 106 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 105 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 70 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 49 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 951 fractional works · 23.9% of its workMedicine: 823 fractional works · 20.7% of its workSurgery: 131 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 73 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 73 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 72 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 51 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 104 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 58 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 371 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 199 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 117 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 98 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBethlehem3,973fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences26%

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. Engineering60915.3%
    2. Computer Science3087.8%
    3. Materials Science1584.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1473.7%
    5. Environmental Science1213.0%
    6. Mathematics822.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences792.0%
    8. Chemistry481.2%
    9. Energy280.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering200.5%
  2. Social Sciences1,04926.4%
    1. Social Sciences44211.1%
    2. Psychology2115.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities1363.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1062.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1052.6%
    6. Decision Sciences491.2%
    1. Medicine82320.7%
    2. Health Professions1042.6%
    3. Nursing130.3%
    4. Dentistry100.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1995.0%
    2. Neuroscience982.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences421.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology260.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bethlehem strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bethlehem is most concentrated in Developmental and Educational Psychology (2.7× the world share in Developmental and Educational Psychology).

  1. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 43.8 works2.7×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 167 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 87 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.60× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.78× its world share, 43 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 270 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 71 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.04× its world share, 548 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 108 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.19× its world share, 145 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.80× its world share, 74 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.66× its world share, 129 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 89 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 697 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 116 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.90× its world share, 101 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 46 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.33× its world share, 100 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.73× its world share, 184 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 397 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics1.80×74 works
  2. Psychology1.73×184 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.66×129 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.60×20 works
  5. Neuroscience1.53×87 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.36×46 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.33×100 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.29×71 works
  9. Materials Science1.19×145 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.15×116 works
  11. Engineering1.04×548 works
  12. Medicine1.04×697 works
  13. Computer Science0.99×270 works
  14. Health Professions0.97×89 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.90×101 works
  16. Social Sciences0.90×397 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×167 works
  18. Energy0.81×26 works
  19. Chemistry0.78×43 works
  20. Nursing0.66×11 works
  21. Environmental Science0.62×108 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.61×21 works
  23. Dentistry0.54×9 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×5 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×36 works
  26. Veterinary0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Bethlehem?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Mental Health, Convex Optimization, Molecular Dynamics, Neural Networks and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Epidemiology168◆ 1.06×120 topics
  2. Machine Learning151◆ 1.14×71 topics
  3. Deep Learning144◆ 1.05×72 topics
  4. Climate Change87▼ 0.80×77 topics
  5. Mental Health84▲ 1.48×37 topics
  6. Neural Networks71▲ 1.16×36 topics
  7. Globalization69◆ 0.88×82 topics
  8. Sustainability63▼ 0.65×75 topics
  9. Quality of Life57◆ 0.99×50 topics
  10. Treatment57▲ 1.17×47 topics
  11. Public Health51◆ 0.87×54 topics
  12. Nanoparticles50◆ 1.00×38 topics
  13. Social Media50◆ 0.91×27 topics
  14. Diagnosis47▲ 1.28×37 topics
  15. Gender44▲ 2.1×43 topics
  16. Mechanical Properties44◆ 1.14×31 topics
  17. Risk Factors44◆ 1.01×36 topics
  18. Economic Growth40▲ 1.23×21 topics
  19. Management39▲ 1.24×30 topics
  20. Religion39▲ 2.1×26 topics
  21. Identity38▲ 1.33×47 topics
  22. Optimization38▲ 2.1×20 topics
  23. Molecular Dynamics33▲ 4.7×6 topics
  24. Complications32▲ 1.62×16 topics
  25. Microstructure32▲ 1.55×16 topics
  26. Convex Optimization30▲ 9.0×5 topics
  27. Emotion Regulation29▲ 2.3×9 topics
  28. Nonlinear Systems26▲ 3.0×7 topics
  29. Emotion24▲ 2.9×12 topics
  30. Children24▲ 2.6×7 topics
  31. Self-Regulation24▲ 3.3×6 topics
  32. Fluid Dynamics20▲ 3.6×5 topics
  33. Membrane Proteins20▲ 6.7×3 topics
  34. Decentralized Control19▲ 4.0×2 topics
  35. Race19▲ 4.0×16 topics
  36. Quantum Mechanics19▲ 5.0×4 topics
  37. Lipid Rafts18▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Special Education16▲ 6.9×4 topics
  39. Cell Membranes16▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Membrane Lipids16▲ 14×1 topic

What research is done in Bethlehem?

Microgrid Control and Op…13Microgrid Control and Optimization: 13 fractional worksLipid Membrane Structure…13Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior: 13 fractional worksAdvanced Optimization Algorithms Research: 12 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy: 11 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…11Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 11 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 11 fractional worksMagnetic confinement fusion research: 10 fractional worksMachine Learning in Mate…10Machine Learning in Materials Science: 10 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 10 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 10 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringMolecular BiologyNumerical AnalysisGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance5 others

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

  1. 1 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 13 works
  2. 2 Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior Molecular Biology 13 works
  3. 3 Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research Numerical Analysis 12 works
  4. 4 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 11 works
  5. 5 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 11 works
  6. 6 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  7. 7 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  8. 8 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 10 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 10 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 10 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%30%Bethlehem14.9% 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 29.1% in 2010.

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