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Research in Ellicott City

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Ellicott City, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are BrioBiotech (United States).

Research institutions
7
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.9k
▲ 13401% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
4.5%
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 Ellicott City?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1BrioBiotech (United States)Company 1,819 #24,000
2WW Technology Group (United States)Company 44 not ranked
3Crew Services (United States)Company 14 not ranked
4Icon (United States)Company 13 not ranked
5Cabezon Group (United States)Company 4 not ranked
6John P. Hussman FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
7Cancer Support FoundationNonprofit 2 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.

BrioBiotech (United States): 95.7%WW Technology Group (United States): 2.3%Crew Services (United States): 0.7%Icon (United States): 0.7%3 others listed: 0.5%96%largest
BrioBiotech (United States)1,819 · 95.7%WW Technology Group (United States)44 · 2.3%Crew Services (United States)14 · 0.7%Icon (United States)13 · 0.7%3 others listed10 · 0.5%

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

What is Ellicott City strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ellicott City is most concentrated in Oceanography, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (84.1× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 23.7 works84×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 23.9 works46×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 27.2 works17×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 27.9 works12×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Ellicott City?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Solar Wind, GRACE, Sea Level Rise, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Microbial Communities and Anaerobic.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change25▲ 9.1×9 topics
  2. Solar Wind24▲ 256×2 topics
  3. GRACE24▲ 458×1 topic
  4. Sea Level Rise24▲ 185×1 topic
  5. Ionosphere20▲ 358×1 topic
  6. Magnetosphere20▲ 358×1 topic
  7. Microbial Communities16▲ 38×4 topics
  8. Anaerobic16▲ 226×1 topic
  9. Methane Oxidation16▲ 193×1 topic
  10. High-Energy Astrophysics4▲ 149×1 topic
  11. Particle Acceleration4▲ 149×1 topic
  12. Coronal Mass Ejections4▲ 100×1 topic
  13. Solar Dynamics Observatory4▲ 100×1 topic
  14. Ionospheric Anomalies3▲ 76×1 topic
  15. Seismic Electromagnetics3▲ 76×1 topic
  16. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  17. Energy Efficiency1▲ 1.47×4 topics
  18. 5G Networks1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  19. Nb3Sn Conductor1▲ 71×1 topic
  20. Superconducting Magnets1▲ 71×1 topic
  21. Epidemiology1▼ 0.29×11 topics
  22. Tumor Microenvironment1▲ 2.6×3 topics
  23. Gene Expression1▲ 1.74×5 topics
  24. Internet of Things1▲ 1.27×3 topics
  25. Machine Learning1▼ 0.34×4 topics
  26. Nanoparticles1▼ 0.81×7 topics

What research is done in Ellicott City?

Geophysics and Gravity M…24Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 24 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…20Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 20 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…16Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 16 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 4 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 4 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 3 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksInternet of Things and AI: 1 fractional worksIoT Networks and Protocols: 1 fractional works
OceanographyAstronomy and AstrophysicsEnvironmental ChemistryNuclear and High Energy Physics5 others

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

  1. 1 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 24 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
  3. 3 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 16 works
  4. 4 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  5. 5 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  6. 6 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 Internet of Things and AI Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 IoT Networks and Protocols Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.