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Research in Corning

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Corning, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Corning (United States).

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.2k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
147k
23.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Corning

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 Corning?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Corning (United States)Company 5,918 #8,301
2Corning Museum of GlassArchive 491 #16,628 all time
3SUNY Corning Community CollegeUniversity 33 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.

Which fields of science does Corning work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research in Corning is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (54%), Materials Science (14%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 357 fractional works · 82.1% of its workEngineering: 237 fractional works · 54.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 151 fractional works · 34.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 62 fractional works · 14.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 20 fractional works · 4.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCorning435fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences82%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences10%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering23754.4%
    2. Materials Science6214.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy153.5%
    4. Computer Science153.4%
    5. Environmental Science81.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences81.8%
    7. Chemistry71.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering30.8%
    9. Energy10.3%
    10. Mathematics10.2%
    1. Social Sciences214.9%
    2. Psychology71.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities71.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting40.9%
    5. Decision Sciences20.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.3%
    1. Medicine163.6%
    2. Health Professions40.8%
    3. Nursing20.4%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61.5%
    2. Neuroscience51.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Corning strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Corning is most concentrated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Science (9.7× the world share in Electrical and Electronic Engineering).

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 138.3 works9.7×
  2. Materials ScienceField · 55.4 works4.0×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.06× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.64× its world share, 218 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.98× its world share, 55 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.54× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science3.98×55 works
  2. Engineering3.64×218 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.06×3 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.54×14 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.23×8 works
  6. Chemistry1.00×6 works
  7. Nursing0.80×2 works
  8. Neuroscience0.74×5 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.56×6 works
  10. Psychology0.53×6 works
  11. Computer Science0.44×14 works
  12. Dentistry0.43×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.40×8 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.40×2 works
  15. Social Sciences0.40×20 works
  16. Energy0.38×1 works
  17. Health Professions0.34×4 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×3 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×5 works
  20. Medicine0.18×14 works
  21. Mathematics0.15×1 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×1 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×2 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Corning?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optical Fiber, Coherent Detection, Digital Signal Processing, Fiber Lasers, Semiconductor Lasers, Optical Interconnects, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) and Optical Properties.

▲ 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. Optical Fiber38▲ 85×3 topics
  2. Coherent Detection30▲ 166×1 topic
  3. Digital Signal Processing30▲ 146×1 topic
  4. Fiber Lasers27▲ 66×3 topics
  5. Semiconductor Lasers25▲ 86×2 topics
  6. Optical Interconnects24▲ 164×1 topic
  7. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)24▲ 164×1 topic
  8. Biosensors21▲ 9.9×9 topics
  9. Optical Properties21▲ 78×3 topics
  10. Optical Modulators20▲ 33×3 topics
  11. Integrated Circuits19▲ 31×3 topics
  12. Raman Lasers19▲ 41×2 topics
  13. Silicon Photonics18▲ 42×2 topics
  14. Microcavities18▲ 40×1 topic
  15. Nanophotonic Waveguides18▲ 46×1 topic
  16. Structural Analysis17▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Glass Science17▲ 167×1 topic
  18. Rare-Earth Doped Materials17▲ 167×1 topic
  19. Nanoparticles16▲ 2.9×22 topics
  20. Microwave Photonics12▲ 34×2 topics
  21. Nonlinear Optics11▲ 24×3 topics
  22. Energy Efficiency11▲ 2.6×10 topics
  23. Optical Access Networks10▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Photonic Signal Processing10▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Photonic Crystals9▲ 17×5 topics
  26. Solar Cells9▲ 9.8×6 topics
  27. Thermal Management8▲ 6.0×4 topics
  28. Elastic Optical Networks8▲ 118×1 topic
  29. Optical Networks8▲ 118×1 topic
  30. Flexible Electronics8▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Gas Sensing8▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Fiber Optic Sensors8▲ 35×1 topic
  33. Sensor Technology8▲ 35×1 topic
  34. High-Power Laser7▲ 96×1 topic
  35. Supercontinuum Generation7▲ 96×1 topic
  36. Femtosecond Laser6▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Micromachining6▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Interconnect6▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Through-Silicon Via6▲ 81×1 topic
  40. Electromigration6▲ 45×2 topics

What research is done in Corning?

Optical Network Technolo…27Optical Network Technologies: 27 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 22 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 17 fractional worksGlass properties and applications: 16 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network…8Advanced Optical Network Technologies: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 7 fractional worksLaser Material Processing Techniques: 6 fractional worksPhotonic Crystal and Fiber Optics: 6 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 5 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringCeramics and CompositesComputational Mechanics

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

  1. 1 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 27 works
  2. 2 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  3. 3 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 17 works
  4. 4 Glass properties and applications Ceramics and Composites 16 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Laser Material Processing Techniques Computational Mechanics 6 works
  9. 9 Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 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%Corning12.1% 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 26.5% in 1994.

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