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Research in Falls Church

Science Explorer records 37 research institutions in Falls Church, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Inova Fairfax Hospital, Inova Health System and Northrop Grumman (United States).

Research institutions
37
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
11.2%
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 Falls Church?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Northrop Grumman (United States)Company 6,217 #9,641
2Inova Fairfax HospitalHospital / health system 2,337 #5,977
3Analytical ServicesNonprofit 1,607 #14,659
4Stratford UniversityUniversity 958 #21,509
5Inova Health SystemHospital / health system 845 #7,886
6Ensco (United States)Company 774 #23,527
7Defense Health AgencyGovernment institution 491 #16,789
8Lewin Group (United States)Company 384 #14,395 all time
9Inova Children's HospitalHospital / health system 256 #26,176 all time
10Capital Meeting PlanningCompany 247 #32,034 all time
11Technical Data Analysis (United States)Company 151 #32,328 all time
12Society for Personality AssessmentInstitution 93 not ranked
13Bureau of Medicine and SurgeryGovernment institution 82 not ranked
14Northern Virginia Mental Health InstituteHospital / health system 77 not ranked
15Capital CaringHospital / health system 65 not ranked
16Institute for Advanced Studies in Aging and Geriatric MedicineNonprofit 49 not ranked
17Crabtree (United States)Company 37 not ranked
18Aptara (United States)Company 22 not ranked
19United CharitableNonprofit 20 not ranked
20Mathtech (United States)Company 17 not ranked
21Conwal (United States)Company 14 not ranked
22CESSIInstitution 10 not ranked
23Cortana (United States)Company 8 not ranked
24American Trauma SocietyInstitution 7 not ranked
25CHI Associates (United States)Company 7 not ranked
26Innova HealthCare ServicesHospital / health system 6 not ranked
27Acentia (United States)Company 3 not ranked
28American Thyroid AssociationNonprofit 3 not ranked
29New Editions Consulting (United States)Company 3 not ranked
30Mustard Seed FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
31Vesperix (United States)Company 2 not ranked
32International Hyperbaric Medical FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
33Longview FoundationInstitution 1 not ranked
34Boat People SOSNonprofit 1 not ranked
35Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors National Association Educational FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
36Tahirih Justice CenterNonprofit 1 not ranked
37Daniel Heumann Fund for Spinal Cord ResearchNonprofit 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.

Northrop Grumman (United States): 42.0%Inova Fairfax Hospital: 15.8%Analytical Services: 10.9%Stratford University: 6.5%33 others listed: 24.9%42%largest
Northrop Grumman (United States)6,217 · 42.0%Inova Fairfax Hospital2,337 · 15.8%Analytical Services1,607 · 10.9%Stratford University958 · 6.5%33 others listed3,682 · 24.9%

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What is Falls Church strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Falls Church is most concentrated in Emergency Medicine (7.9× the world share in Emergency Medicine).

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 34.8 works7.9×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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 Falls Church?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Management, Mortality, Diagnosis and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology156▲ 2.2×116 topics
  2. Risk Factors55▲ 2.8×32 topics
  3. Public Health53▲ 2.0×47 topics
  4. Diagnosis46▲ 2.7×34 topics
  5. Management44▲ 3.1×34 topics
  6. Treatment43▲ 1.98×41 topics
  7. Mortality39▲ 3.8×13 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome38▲ 2.6×20 topics
  9. Heart Failure38▲ 4.8×14 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 1.69×37 topics
  11. Echocardiography32▲ 6.6×8 topics
  12. Chemotherapy30▲ 2.4×24 topics
  13. Guidelines28▲ 3.3×13 topics
  14. Clinical Trials28▲ 2.3×19 topics
  15. Insulin Resistance25▲ 3.0×9 topics
  16. Immunosuppressive Therapy24▲ 7.0×7 topics
  17. Thrombosis23▲ 4.5×7 topics
  18. Resuscitation22▲ 9.5×4 topics
  19. Endothelial Dysfunction22▲ 5.3×8 topics
  20. Pulmonary Hypertension22▲ 8.4×3 topics
  21. Treatment Guidelines21▲ 5.5×6 topics
  22. Biomechanics21▲ 3.9×10 topics
  23. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention21▲ 8.6×4 topics
  24. Quality Improvement20▲ 5.8×8 topics
  25. Medical Education20▲ 4.3×10 topics
  26. Thermal Analysis19▲ 8.2×3 topics
  27. CubeSat19▲ 55×1 topic
  28. small satellite19▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Trauma18▲ 5.0×6 topics
  30. Transplantation18▲ 9.9×4 topics
  31. Hepatic Steatosis18▲ 6.3×2 topics
  32. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation17▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Rejection16▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Coagulopathy16▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Cardiogenic Shock16▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Left Ventricular Assist Device16▲ 19×1 topic
  37. NAFLD16▲ 7.3×1 topic
  38. NASH16▲ 7.3×1 topic
  39. Right Heart Assessment15▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Survival Prediction15▲ 20×1 topic

What research is done in Falls Church?

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 19 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 16 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 16 works
  4. 4 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  5. 5 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 14 works
  6. 6 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  7. 7 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 13 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 11 works
  9. 9 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 10 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 9 works

Research output over time

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