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Research in Chevy Chase

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Chevy Chase, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Research institutions
11
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
30k
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.1M
169.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
46.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Chevy Chase

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 Chevy Chase?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Howard Hughes Medical InstituteResearch facility 29,363 #63
2American Society of Addiction MedicineNonprofit 167 #30,574 all time
3Stanley Medical Research InstituteNonprofit 124 #27,558 all time
4Novel Health Strategies (United States)Company 85 not ranked
5National Retina InstituteHospital / health system 61 not ranked
6Posnick Center for Facial Plastic SurgeryHospital / health system 51 not ranked
7The School of Theoretical ModelingUniversity 34 not ranked
8UsAgainstAlzheimerNonprofit 16 not ranked
9National 4-H CouncilNonprofit 9 not ranked
10Aligning Science Across Parkinson'sInstitution 5 not ranked
11Whitten Laser EyeHospital / health system 4 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.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute: 98.1%American Society of Addiction Medicine: 0.6%Stanley Medical Research Institute: 0.4%Novel Health Strategies (United States): 0.3%7 others listed: 0.6%98%largest
Howard Hughes Medical Institute29k · 98.1%American Society of Addiction Medicine167 · 0.6%Stanley Medical Research Institute124 · 0.4%Novel Health Strategies (United States)85 · 0.3%7 others listed180 · 0.6%

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

Which fields of science does Chevy Chase work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research in Chevy Chase is in Life Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (45%), Medicine (18%), Neuroscience (10%). It does 5.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 1,451 fractional works · 67.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 967 fractional works · 45.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 652 fractional works · 30.5% of its workGenetics: 98 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCell Biology: 76 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCancer Research: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiophysics: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAging: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStructural Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 215 fractional works · 10.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 90 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 60 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 132 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPlant Science: 90 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 131 fractional works · 6.1% of its workImmunology: 112 fractional works · 5.2% of its workVirology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 416 fractional works · 19.4% of its workMedicine: 394 fractional works · 18.4% of its workOncology: 49 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 43 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 40 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 38 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 193 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 41 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 40 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 79 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKChevy Chase2,139fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences68%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences4%

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. Life Sciences1,45167.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology96745.2%
    2. Neuroscience21510.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1326.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1316.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.2%
    1. Medicine39418.4%
    2. Health Professions110.5%
    3. Nursing70.3%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Environmental Science411.9%
    2. Engineering401.9%
    3. Chemistry291.3%
    4. Materials Science281.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy180.8%
    6. Computer Science150.7%
    7. Energy120.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.3%
    9. Mathematics30.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Psychology341.6%
    2. Social Sciences180.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance120.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities80.4%
    5. Decision Sciences50.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Chevy Chase strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Chevy Chase is most concentrated in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biophysics and Cell Biology (13.6× the world share in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience).

  1. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 76.4 works14×
  2. BiophysicsSubfield · 25.2 works12×
  3. Cell BiologySubfield · 59.7 works11×
  4. Molecular BiologySubfield · 549.8 works10×
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 807.6 works8.4×
← 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: 1.27× its world share, 108 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.43× its world share, 808 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.09× its world share, 110 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.05× its world share, 176 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 339 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.43×808 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology6.09×110 works
  3. Neuroscience6.05×176 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.27×108 works
  5. Medicine0.98×339 works
  6. Nursing0.79×7 works
  7. Chemistry0.77×22 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.70×4 works
  9. Energy0.55×9 works
  10. Psychology0.48×26 works
  11. Environmental Science0.41×36 works
  12. Materials Science0.37×24 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.36×2 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.35×14 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×12 works
  16. Dentistry0.26×2 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.22×4 works
  18. Veterinary0.21×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.20×10 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×5 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.14×7 works
  22. Engineering0.13×36 works
  23. Mathematics0.13×3 works
  24. Computer Science0.09×12 works
  25. Social Sciences0.07×16 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Chevy Chase?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Gene Regulation, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Innate Immunity, Transcription Factors, Metabolic Regulation and Translation.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress108▲ 3.1×50 topics
  2. Cancer105▲ 3.6×45 topics
  3. Epidemiology99▲ 1.16×104 topics
  4. Gene Expression93▲ 6.9×18 topics
  5. Gene Regulation80▲ 38×5 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy61▲ 5.0×18 topics
  7. Innate Immunity61▲ 8.8×11 topics
  8. Transcription Factors57▲ 21×5 topics
  9. Metabolic Regulation57▲ 16×5 topics
  10. Translation55▲ 16×3 topics
  11. Genetic Code54▲ 37×2 topics
  12. Insulin Signaling54▲ 29×4 topics
  13. RNA Structure54▲ 49×1 topic
  14. Ribosome54▲ 49×1 topic
  15. Epigenetic Regulation53▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Stem Cells52▲ 9.1×15 topics
  17. Neuronal Circuits51▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Cancer Progression51▲ 13×8 topics
  19. Aging50▲ 4.3×15 topics
  20. Immunity50▲ 5.7×9 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders50▲ 4.0×19 topics
  22. Alternative Splicing48▲ 45×1 topic
  23. RNA-Binding Proteins48▲ 45×1 topic
  24. Chromatin48▲ 47×2 topics
  25. Genomics46▲ 7.3×10 topics
  26. Signal Transduction43▲ 13×7 topics
  27. RNA-Seq43▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Vaccine42▲ 5.0×11 topics
  29. Gene Expression Regulation41▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Membrane Proteins38▲ 24×3 topics
  31. RNA methylation38▲ 22×1 topic
  32. m6A-seq38▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Cell Death38▲ 7.3×6 topics
  34. Epigenetics38▲ 39×3 topics
  35. Genome Engineering36▲ 27×1 topic
  36. RNA-Guided36▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Drosophila36▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Olfactory System35▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Histone Modifications34▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Transcription34▲ 63×1 topic

What research is done in Chevy Chase?

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 49 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 43 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…35RNA modifications and cancer: 35 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…32CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 32 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 29 fractional worksNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research: 25 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …20Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 20 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 18 fractional worksGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms: 17 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 17 fractional works
Molecular BiologyCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceAgingImmunology

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

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 49 works
  2. 2 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 43 works
  3. 3 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 35 works
  4. 4 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 32 works
  5. 5 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 29 works
  6. 6 Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 25 works
  7. 7 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 20 works
  8. 8 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 18 works
  9. 9 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms Aging 17 works
  10. 10 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 17 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 counting25%50%75%Chevy Chase37.3% 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 61.9% in 2016.

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