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Research in Columbia

Science Explorer records 47 research institutions in Columbia, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Energetics (United States), Universities Space Research Association and MedStar Health.

Research institutions
47
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
12k
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
10.6%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Columbia?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universities Space Research AssociationNonprofit 2,754 #6,357
2Grace (United States)Company 1,636 #15,101
3MedStar HealthHospital / health system 1,435 #8,285
4Energetics (United States)Company 1,237 #4,922
5Bendix Field Engineering Corporation (United States)Company 887 #8,796 all time
6National Society for HistotechnologyNonprofit 523 #26,651
7The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care MedicineHospital / health system 457 #27,224
8Magellan HealthHospital / health system 386 #36,004 all time
9Columbia Medical PracticeHospital / health system 210 #30,699 all time
10Enterprise Community PartnersNonprofit 197 #39,935 all time
11Science and Engineering Services (United States)Company 193 #39,437 all time
12Advanced Technology and Research Corporation (United States)Company 169 #18,341 all time
13Bon Secours Health SystemHospital / health system 161 #28,786 all time
14Impaq International (United States)Company 148 #26,489 all time
15A&G Pharmaceutical (United States)Company 127 #36,707 all time
16Osiris Therapeutics (United States)Company 123 #19,390 all time
17Combustion Science & Engineering (United States)Company 118 not ranked
18Howard County General HospitalHospital / health system 110 not ranked
19National Center for Healthy HousingNonprofit 88 not ranked
20Advanced Fluidics (United States)Company 84 not ranked
21In Vitro Admet Laboratories (United States)Company 82 not ranked
22Howard Community CollegeUniversity 67 not ranked
23Certis USA (United States)Company 62 not ranked
24Foundation Fighting BlindnessNonprofit 59 not ranked
25Advanced BioNutrition (United States)Company 57 not ranked
26Applied Defense Solutions (United States)Company 52 not ranked
27Electronics Development Corporation (United States)Company 39 not ranked
28New Horizons Diagnostics (United States)Company 39 not ranked
29MassTech (United States)Company 38 not ranked
30BioFortis (United States)Company 20 not ranked
31Next Century Corporation (United States)Company 16 not ranked
32Howard County Health DepartmentGovernment institution 14 not ranked
33Dacco Sci (United States)Company 14 not ranked
34Xcision Medical Systems (United States)Company 13 not ranked
35Agnik (United States)Company 9 not ranked
36SIMmersion (United States)Company 7 not ranked
37Howard County Library SystemArchive 6 not ranked
38ACell (United States)Company 5 not ranked
39Lakota Technical Solutions (United States)Company 4 not ranked
40Syntonics (United States)Company 4 not ranked
41Horizon FoundationNonprofit 3 not ranked
42Universal HealthwatchHospital / health system 3 not ranked
43Maryland Stem Cell Research FundNonprofit 1 not ranked
44Maryland Coalition of FamiliesNonprofit 1 not ranked
45BTS Software Solutions (United States)Company 1 not ranked
46E3Tec (United States)Company 1 not ranked
47Sabre Engineering (United States)Company 1 not ranked

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.

Universities Space Research Association: 23.6%Grace (United States): 14.0%MedStar Health: 12.3%Energetics (United States): 10.6%43 others listed: 39.4%24%largest
Universities Space Research Association2,754 · 23.6%Grace (United States)1,636 · 14.0%MedStar Health1,435 · 12.3%Energetics (United States)1,237 · 10.6%43 others listed4,599 · 39.4%

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

What is Columbia strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Columbia is most concentrated in Transportation, Aerospace Engineering and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (19.6× the world share in Transportation).

  1. TransportationSubfield · 116.9 works20×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 135.8 works6.5×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 30.5 works5.4×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 37.0 works4.0×
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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 Columbia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Philosophy, Culture, Science, Literature, Ethnicity, Islam and Social Influence.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. History149▲ 12×14 topics
  2. Philosophy147▲ 19×10 topics
  3. Culture146▲ 15×10 topics
  4. Science145▲ 33×5 topics
  5. Literature145▲ 15×8 topics
  6. Ethnicity144▲ 21×9 topics
  7. Islam141▲ 37×3 topics
  8. Social Influence141▲ 36×2 topics
  9. Malay Language141▲ 55×1 topic
  10. Sharia Law141▲ 54×1 topic
  11. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles116▲ 35×3 topics
  12. Legal Regulation116▲ 29×5 topics
  13. Design115▲ 39×3 topics
  14. Economic Security115▲ 30×3 topics
  15. Strategic Planning114▲ 43×4 topics
  16. Modernization114▲ 35×2 topics
  17. Public Oversight114▲ 51×1 topic
  18. Transport Policy114▲ 51×1 topic
  19. Air Force114▲ 52×1 topic
  20. Warfare114▲ 52×1 topic
  21. Epidemiology87▲ 1.22×120 topics
  22. Inflammation40◆ 1.08×66 topics
  23. Risk Factors35▲ 1.79×32 topics
  24. Public Health32▲ 1.24×50 topics
  25. Treatment30▲ 1.39×43 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Disease29▲ 1.45×33 topics
  27. Electron Beams24▲ 76×1 topic
  28. Laser-Plasma Accelerators24▲ 76×1 topic
  29. Spectroscopy21▲ 6.8×10 topics
  30. Tomography18▲ 5.4×5 topics
  31. Space Exploration16▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction16▲ 3.9×7 topics
  33. Nonlinear Optics15▲ 7.7×4 topics
  34. Plasma14▲ 36×2 topics
  35. Instrumentation14▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Material Analysis14▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Resuscitation14▲ 5.7×4 topics
  38. Hermeneutics12▲ 8.1×3 topics
  39. X-Ray Spectroscopy12▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Medication Errors12▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Columbia?

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 141 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 114 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 114 works
  4. 4 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 24 works
  5. 5 Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma Mechanics of Materials 14 works
  6. 6 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 10 works
  7. 7 Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 10 works
  8. 8 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  10. 10 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 7 works

Research output over time

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