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Research in Edison

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Edison, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Hackensack Meridian Health.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2k
▲ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
14.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Edison

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 Edison?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Hackensack Meridian HealthHospital / health system 1,520 #4,273
2J.M. Huber Corporation (United States)Company 223 #17,606 all time
3Middlesex County CollegeUniversity 154 #27,195 all time
4Musculoskeletal Transplant FoundationNonprofit 56 not ranked
5International Brain Research FoundationNonprofit 8 not ranked
6Summit Associates (United States)Company 2 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.

Hackensack Meridian Health: 77.4%J.M. Huber Corporation (United States): 11.4%Middlesex County College: 7.8%Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation: 2.9%2 others listed: 0.5%77%largest
Hackensack Meridian Health1,520 · 77.4%J.M. Huber Corporation (United States)223 · 11.4%Middlesex County College154 · 7.8%Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation56 · 2.9%2 others listed10 · 0.5%

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

Which fields of science does Edison work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research in Edison is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (4%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 564 fractional works · 68.8% of its workMedicine: 520 fractional works · 63.4% of its workSurgery: 67 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEpidemiology: 49 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 48 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOncology: 40 fractional works · 4.8% of its workNeurology: 29 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 28 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 26 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 26 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHematology: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 36 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 107 fractional works · 13.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 60 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 92 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 31 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEdison820fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences69%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. Medicine52063.4%
    2. Health Professions364.4%
    3. Nursing50.6%
    4. Dentistry20.3%
    5. Veterinary20.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology607.3%
    2. Neuroscience222.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology182.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
    1. Social Sciences323.8%
    2. Psychology313.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance101.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting81.0%
    5. Decision Sciences60.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities50.6%
    1. Engineering202.4%
    2. Computer Science192.3%
    3. Environmental Science91.1%
    4. Chemistry40.4%
    5. Mathematics20.3%
    6. Materials Science20.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Edison strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Edison is most concentrated in Neurology (6.2× the world share in Neurology).

  1. NeurologySubfield · 24.6 works6.2×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.25× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.54× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 437 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.26×437 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.25×16 works
  3. Health Professions1.62×30 works
  4. Veterinary1.60×2 works
  5. Neuroscience1.54×17 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.46×54 works
  7. Psychology1.28×27 works
  8. Nursing1.15×4 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.03×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.75×5 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×10 works
  12. Dentistry0.57×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.32×28 works
  14. Chemistry0.30×3 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×7 works
  16. Computer Science0.29×16 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.25×5 works
  18. Environmental Science0.21×7 works
  19. Engineering0.17×18 works
  20. Mathematics0.17×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×3 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.07×2 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.07×1 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Edison?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Risk Factors, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Neuroprotection and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology104▲ 3.2×122 topics
  2. Treatment47▲ 4.7×45 topics
  3. Diagnosis45▲ 6.0×37 topics
  4. Risk Factors33▲ 3.7×31 topics
  5. Inflammation29▲ 1.68×61 topics
  6. Quality of Life27▲ 2.3×45 topics
  7. Immunotherapy25▲ 4.3×18 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress22▲ 1.67×35 topics
  9. Management22▲ 3.4×30 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors21▲ 5.9×14 topics
  11. Chemotherapy20▲ 3.4×23 topics
  12. Neuroprotection19▲ 6.6×9 topics
  13. Guidelines18▲ 4.7×12 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 1.89×32 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 3.8×14 topics
  16. Complications16▲ 4.0×16 topics
  17. Immune Response16▲ 3.4×20 topics
  18. Antibiotic Resistance16▲ 4.8×13 topics
  19. Heart Failure15▲ 4.2×11 topics
  20. Global Burden15▲ 3.4×12 topics
  21. Clinical Outcomes15▲ 8.4×6 topics
  22. Rituximab15▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Lymphoma14▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Ischemic Stroke14▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations14▲ 3.8×22 topics
  26. Surgical Management14▲ 4.1×20 topics
  27. Surgery13▲ 4.4×10 topics
  28. Revascularization12▲ 9.4×3 topics
  29. Radiotherapy12▲ 3.7×13 topics
  30. Medical Education12▲ 5.3×10 topics
  31. Prognosis12▲ 4.3×9 topics
  32. Drug Resistance11▲ 4.8×7 topics
  33. Pathophysiology11▲ 4.7×11 topics
  34. Prevention Guidelines10▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Anticoagulant Therapy10▲ 9.4×4 topics
  36. Cancer Immunotherapy10▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. PET Imaging10▲ 6.9×4 topics
  38. Endovascular Therapy9▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Thrombolysis9▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Stroke Prevention9▲ 8.9×2 topics

What research is done in Edison?

Acute Ischemic Stroke Ma…8Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 8 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…7CAR-T cell therapy research: 7 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 6 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 5 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 5 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…4Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 4 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 4 fractional works
EpidemiologyOncologyInfectious DiseasesPathology and Forensic Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 8 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 7 works
  3. 3 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 6 works
  4. 4 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 4 works
  8. 8 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 4 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Edison9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.8% in 2007.

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