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Research in Cold Spring Harbor

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Cold Spring Harbor, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Hastings Center.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.6k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
681k
121.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
28.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Cold Spring Harbor

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 Cold Spring Harbor?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryNonprofit 4,652 #1,135
2Hastings CenterNonprofit 960 #13,774
3GlynwoodNonprofit 2 not ranked
4Don Monti Memorial Research FoundationHospital / health system 0 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.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: 82.9%Hastings Center: 17.1%Glynwood: 0.0%83%largest
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory4,652 · 82.9%Hastings Center960 · 17.1%Glynwood2 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Cold Spring Harbor work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Cold Spring Harbor is in Life Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (37%), Medicine (21%), Neuroscience (9%). It does 4.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 284 fractional works · 55.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 189 fractional works · 36.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 121 fractional works · 23.6% of its workGenetics: 26 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCancer Research: 21 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 48 fractional works · 9.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 19 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPlant Science: 23 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workImmunology: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 116 fractional works · 22.6% of its workMedicine: 105 fractional works · 20.5% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 57 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 11.1% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCold SpringHarbor514fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences55%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences23%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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology18936.8%
    2. Neuroscience489.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences295.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology163.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    1. Medicine10520.5%
    2. Health Professions71.4%
    3. Nursing30.5%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences214.0%
    2. Psychology132.6%
    3. Decision Sciences71.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting61.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities51.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.7%
    1. Computer Science203.8%
    2. Engineering122.4%
    3. Environmental Science112.1%
    4. Chemistry61.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy30.6%
    6. Materials Science20.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.4%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Cold Spring Harbor strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Cold Spring Harbor is most concentrated in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8.0× the world share in Molecular Biology).

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 103.4 works8.0×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 157.5 works6.9×
← 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: 1.19× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.89× its world share, 158 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.03× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.85× its world share, 41 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 86 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 17 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, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.89×158 works
  2. Neuroscience5.85×41 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.03×13 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.61×7 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.19×24 works
  6. Nursing1.13×2 works
  7. Medicine1.05×86 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.01×2 works
  9. Psychology0.89×12 works
  10. Chemistry0.82×6 works
  11. Veterinary0.61×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.54×6 works
  13. Computer Science0.45×15 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.45×6 works
  15. Environmental Science0.44×10 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×4 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.32×4 works
  18. Social Sciences0.31×17 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.27×3 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×1 works
  21. Engineering0.16×10 works
  22. Materials Science0.15×2 works
  23. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  25. Energy0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Cold Spring Harbor?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment, Transcription Factors, Epigenetic Regulation, RNA-Seq, Immunotherapy and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Cancer34▲ 4.8×38 topics
  2. Gene Expression33▲ 10×19 topics
  3. Inflammation23▲ 2.1×46 topics
  4. Immunotherapy18▲ 4.8×15 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment17▲ 7.2×7 topics
  6. Transcription Factors16▲ 24×5 topics
  7. Epigenetic Regulation16▲ 15×6 topics
  8. RNA-Seq15▲ 26×2 topics
  9. Metabolism13▲ 4.8×12 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders12▲ 4.2×11 topics
  11. Gene Regulation12▲ 23×5 topics
  12. Immunity11▲ 5.1×9 topics
  13. Chromatin10▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Genomic Instability10▲ 18×3 topics
  15. Neurobiology10▲ 7.4×7 topics
  16. Neuronal Circuits10▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Synaptic Plasticity9▲ 8.5×6 topics
  18. Targeted Therapy9▲ 8.2×4 topics
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis9▲ 5.6×6 topics
  20. Epigenetics9▲ 38×3 topics
  21. Transcriptional Regulation9▲ 11×9 topics
  22. Data Integration9▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Dendritic Spines9▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Cell-Free DNA8▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Alternative Splicing8▲ 32×1 topic
  26. Cancer Progression8▲ 8.7×6 topics
  27. Genetic Variation8▲ 7.2×9 topics
  28. RNA-Binding Proteins8▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Single-Cell8▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Transcriptomics8▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Population Genetics8▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition8▲ 16×3 topics
  33. MicroRNA8▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Brain Development8▲ 8.6×5 topics
  35. Cancer Genomics8▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Histone Modifications8▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Mutational Signatures8▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Transcription8▲ 59×1 topic
  39. GABAergic8▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Neurotransmission8▲ 30×1 topic

What research is done in Cold Spring Harbor?

RNA Research and Splicing7RNA Research and Splicing: 7 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…7RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 7 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…6Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 6 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…6RNA modifications and cancer: 6 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 6 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 6 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 6 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 5 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metastasis: 5 fractional works
Molecular BiologyCancer ResearchCellular and Molecular NeurosciencePlant Science2 others

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

  1. 1 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 7 works
  2. 2 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 7 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 7 works
  4. 4 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 6 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 6 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 6 works
  8. 8 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 6 works
  9. 9 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  10. 10 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 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%60%Cold Spring Harbor25.7% 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 52.0% in 2005.

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