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Research in Fairfax

Science Explorer records 53 research institutions in Fairfax, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are George Mason University, General Dynamics (United States) and ICF International (United States).

Research institutions
53
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
54k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1M
20.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Fairfax?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1George Mason UniversityUniversity 40,337 #546
2General Dynamics (United States)Company 4,550 #6,738
3Center For Remote Sensing (United States)Company 1,563 #12,099
4ICF International (United States)Company 1,121 #7,964
5Society of Interventional RadiologyNonprofit 1,117 #11,641
6Logos Technologies (United States)Company 629 #10,332
7Materials Modification (United States)Company 374 #14,475
8Fairfax County Public SchoolsUniversity 358 #19,565 all time
9Zimmerman Associates (United States)Company 348 #10,895 all time
10Radiation Oncology InstituteNonprofit 295 #28,656 all time
11Allen (United States)Company 241 #14,596 all time
12Edge Technologies (United States)Company 231 #24,500 all time
13Genetics and IVF InstituteResearch facility 225 #29,996 all time
14National Institute for Public PolicyNonprofit 214 #31,183 all time
15Syntek Technologies (United States)Company 203 #18,257 all time
16Fairfax Neonatal AssociatesHospital / health system 196 #23,964 all time
17SRA International (United States)Company 189 #21,589 all time
18Eyegaze (United States)Company 187 #25,341 all time
19ManTech International (United States)Company 171 #27,925 all time
20Consolidated Safety Services-Dynamac (United States)Company 148 #31,050 all time
21Trident Systems (United States)Company 148 #31,247 all time
22McKing Consulting (United States)Company 112 not ranked
23Environmental Consultants and ContractorsCompany 78 not ranked
24Virginia International UniversityUniversity 75 not ranked
25Lysosomal and Rare Disorders Research and Treatment CenterInstitution 65 not ranked
26Degge Group (United States)Company 65 not ranked
27DB&A (United States)Company 54 not ranked
28Society for Industrial Microbiology and BiotechnologyInstitution 30 not ranked
29Management Support Technology (United States)Company 26 not ranked
30O&O Alpan (United States)Company 20 not ranked
31Fairfax County Park AuthorityGovernment institution 20 not ranked
32Association of Teacher EducatorsInstitution 18 not ranked
33National Rifle Association of AmericaNonprofit 18 not ranked
34MindSpecNonprofit 14 not ranked
35DZYNE Technologies (United States)Company 12 not ranked
36Group W (United States)Company 11 not ranked
37Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services BoardGovernment institution 11 not ranked
38Fairfax County Public LibraryArchive 10 not ranked
39Side-Out FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
40MTS3 (United States)Company 4 not ranked
41Loyola FoundationNonprofit 3 not ranked
42CGI (United States)Company 2 not ranked
43NuVue Therapeutics (United States)Company 2 not ranked
44Association For Women in MathematicsNonprofit 2 not ranked
45American Society of Cataract and Refractive SurgeryNonprofit 1 not ranked
46Armed Forces Communications and Electronics AssociationNonprofit 1 not ranked
47New Rules for Global FinanceNonprofit 1 not ranked
48Public Entity Risk InstituteNonprofit 1 not ranked
49Society for Technical CommunicationInstitution 1 not ranked
50Society for Prevention ResearchNonprofit 1 not ranked
51In Depth Engineering (United States)Company 1 not ranked
52NetHopeNonprofit 1 not ranked
53Azure Summit Technology (United States)Company 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.

George Mason University: 75.4%General Dynamics (United States): 8.5%Center For Remote Sensing (United States): 2.9%ICF International (United States): 2.1%48 others listed: 11.1%75%largest
George Mason University40k · 75.4%General Dynamics (United States)4,550 · 8.5%Center For Remote Sensing (United States)1,563 · 2.9%ICF International (United States)1,121 · 2.1%48 others listed5,938 · 11.1%

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

Which fields of science does Fairfax work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Fairfax is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Computer Science (14%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,871 fractional works · 41.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,958 fractional works · 21.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 725 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 312 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 282 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSafety Research: 112 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 576 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 206 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 180 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 78 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 496 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 363 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFinance: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 345 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 103 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 315 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 182 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 92 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,460 fractional works · 37.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,304 fractional works · 14.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 485 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInformation Systems: 214 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 161 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 150 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 833 fractional works · 9.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 159 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 99 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 99 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 77 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 519 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 149 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 88 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 240 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 102 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 224 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 107 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 136 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 119 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,392 fractional works · 15.0% of its workMedicine: 1,080 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSurgery: 123 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 120 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 100 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 149 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 276 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 169 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 577 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 258 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 156 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 161 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 121 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 114 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFairfax9,300fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences42%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3,87141.6%
    1. Social Sciences1,95821.1%
    2. Psychology5766.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4965.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting3453.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities3153.4%
    6. Decision Sciences1822.0%
    1. Computer Science1,30414.0%
    2. Engineering8339.0%
    3. Environmental Science5195.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2402.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2242.4%
    6. Mathematics1361.5%
    7. Materials Science1191.3%
    8. Chemistry500.5%
    9. Energy240.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.1%
  2. Health Sciences1,39215.0%
    1. Medicine1,08011.6%
    2. Health Professions2763.0%
    3. Nursing250.3%
    4. Veterinary60.1%
    5. Dentistry50.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2582.8%
    2. Neuroscience1611.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1141.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology360.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Fairfax strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Fairfax is most concentrated in Software, Safety Research and History and Philosophy of Science (5.1× the world share in Software).

  1. SoftwareSubfield · 26.8 works5.1×
  2. Safety ResearchSubfield · 98.6 works4.4×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 40.1 works3.2×
  4. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 27.9 works3.1×
  5. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 60.5 works3.0×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 99 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 218 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 30 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 130 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 44 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.83× its world share, 1,154 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 185 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 728 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.09× its world share, 440 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 98 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.20× its world share, 115 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.03× its world share, 186 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 246 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 887 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 264 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.23× its world share, 322 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 157 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.70× its world share, 469 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.01× its world share, 497 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 1,778 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.70×469 works
  2. Psychology2.01×497 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.00×157 works
  4. Computer Science1.83×1,154 works
  5. Social Sciences1.73×1,778 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.45×185 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.23×322 works
  8. Mathematics1.20×115 works
  9. Health Professions1.15×246 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.13×264 works
  11. Environmental Science1.09×440 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy1.03×186 works
  13. Neuroscience0.99×130 works
  14. Engineering0.60×728 works
  15. Medicine0.57×887 works
  16. Nursing0.55×22 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.50×218 works
  18. Veterinary0.40×4 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×30 works
  20. Materials Science0.35×98 works
  21. Chemistry0.34×44 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.30×8 works
  23. Energy0.27×20 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×99 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×6 works
  26. Dentistry0.11×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Fairfax?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Globalization, Neoliberalism, Climate Change, Property Rights, Mental Health and Economic Growth.

▲ 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. Machine Learning536▲ 1.73×85 topics
  2. Deep Learning442▲ 1.38×79 topics
  3. Globalization341▲ 1.86×134 topics
  4. Climate Change332▲ 1.31×102 topics
  5. Epidemiology286▼ 0.77×125 topics
  6. Mental Health222▲ 1.67×46 topics
  7. Neural Networks202▲ 1.40×39 topics
  8. Sustainability187▼ 0.82×107 topics
  9. Public Health180▲ 1.32×65 topics
  10. Remote Sensing180▲ 1.58×36 topics
  11. Economic Growth172▲ 2.3×31 topics
  12. Big Data172▲ 1.94×28 topics
  13. Artificial Intelligence170▲ 1.28×49 topics
  14. Human Rights170▲ 1.79×70 topics
  15. Neoliberalism159▲ 4.8×25 topics
  16. Social Media145◆ 1.13×34 topics
  17. Security137▲ 2.2×26 topics
  18. Property Rights120▲ 20×7 topics
  19. Regulation116▲ 2.4×24 topics
  20. Ethics115▲ 2.4×44 topics
  21. Trust110▲ 4.3×10 topics
  22. Global Warming101▲ 2.5×13 topics
  23. Social Capital97▲ 2.0×19 topics
  24. Religion96▲ 2.2×34 topics
  25. Nationalism94▲ 2.2×26 topics
  26. International Law92▲ 3.1×23 topics
  27. Democracy90▲ 2.8×26 topics
  28. Surveillance85▲ 3.3×7 topics
  29. Global Governance81▲ 3.6×23 topics
  30. Political Economy77▲ 3.2×17 topics
  31. Behavioral Economics64▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Public Opinion62▲ 5.6×6 topics
  33. Institutional Economics59▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Neighborhood Effects59▲ 6.0×3 topics
  35. Economic Institutions58▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Macroeconomics58▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Evolutionary Economics57▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Market Evolution57▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Fairness56▲ 5.8×2 topics
  40. Criminal Behavior50▲ 12×2 topics

What research is done in Fairfax?

  1. 1 Economic Theory and Institutions Economics and Econometrics 55 works
  2. 2 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 34 works
  3. 3 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 31 works
  4. 4 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 31 works
  5. 5 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  6. 6 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 29 works
  7. 7 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 26 works
  8. 8 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 26 works
  9. 9 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 24 works
  10. 10 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 24 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%Fairfax16.5% 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 31.0% in 2007.

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