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Research in Falls Church

Science Explorer records 32 research institutions in Falls Church, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Inova Health System, Analytical Services and Northrop Grumman (United States).

Research institutions
32
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
301k
20.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Falls Church

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Which research institutions are in Falls Church?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Northrop Grumman (United States)Company 6,217 #9,851
2Inova Health SystemHospital / health system 1,802 #5,533
3Analytical ServicesNonprofit 1,607 #8,781
4Stratford UniversityUniversity 958 #17,837
5Ensco (United States)Company 774 #15,819
6Lewin Group (United States)Company 384 #9,060 all time
7Capital Meeting PlanningCompany 247 #19,476 all time
8Technical Data Analysis (United States)Company 151 #23,697 all time
9Society for Personality AssessmentInstitution 93 not ranked
10Capital CaringHospital / health system 65 not ranked
11Institute for Advanced Studies in Aging and Geriatric MedicineNonprofit 49 not ranked
12Crabtree (United States)Company 37 not ranked
13Aptara (United States)Company 22 not ranked
14United CharitableNonprofit 20 not ranked
15Mathtech (United States)Company 17 not ranked
16Conwal (United States)Company 14 not ranked
17CESSIInstitution 10 not ranked
18Cortana (United States)Company 8 not ranked
19American Trauma SocietyInstitution 7 not ranked
20CHI Associates (United States)Company 7 not ranked
21Innova HealthCare ServicesHospital / health system 6 not ranked
22Acentia (United States)Company 3 not ranked
23American Thyroid AssociationNonprofit 3 not ranked
24New Editions Consulting (United States)Company 3 not ranked
25Mustard Seed FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
26Vesperix (United States)Company 2 not ranked
27International Hyperbaric Medical FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
28Longview FoundationInstitution 1 not ranked
29Boat People SOSNonprofit 1 not ranked
30Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors National Association Educational FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
31Tahirih Justice CenterNonprofit 1 not ranked
32Daniel Heumann Fund for Spinal Cord ResearchNonprofit 1 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.

Northrop Grumman (United States): 49.7%Inova Health System: 14.4%Analytical Services: 12.8%Stratford University: 7.7%28 others listed: 15.4%50%largest
Northrop Grumman (United States)6,217 · 49.7%Inova Health System1,802 · 14.4%Analytical Services1,607 · 12.8%Stratford University958 · 7.7%28 others listed1,931 · 15.4%

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

Which fields of science does Falls Church work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research in Falls Church is in Health Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (45%), Engineering (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,070 fractional works · 50.8% of its workMedicine: 950 fractional works · 45.1% of its workSurgery: 145 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 125 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 87 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 79 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 53 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 46 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 38 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 104 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 49 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 574 fractional works · 27.3% of its workEngineering: 271 fractional works · 12.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 74 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 63 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 50 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 93 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 37 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 73 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 50 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 35 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 273 fractional works · 13.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 94 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 68 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 38 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 37 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 190 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 108 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 58 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKFalls Church2,107fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences51%Social Sciences13%

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. Health Sciences1,07050.8%
    1. Medicine95045.1%
    2. Health Professions1044.9%
    3. Nursing110.5%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Engineering27112.9%
    2. Computer Science934.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy733.4%
    4. Environmental Science502.4%
    5. Materials Science351.7%
    6. Chemistry201.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences140.7%
    8. Mathematics120.6%
    9. Energy30.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.1%
    1. Social Sciences944.5%
    2. Psychology683.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance371.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting281.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities261.2%
    6. Decision Sciences200.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1085.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences291.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology231.1%
    4. Neuroscience211.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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 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: 0.29× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 90 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 76 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.90× its world share, 245 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 32 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.65× its world share, 66 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 91 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.32× its world share, 807 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 60 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.32×807 works
  2. Health Professions1.90×91 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.65×66 works
  4. Nursing1.13×10 works
  5. Psychology1.09×60 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.01×18 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.00×6 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.94×16 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.93×90 works
  10. Engineering0.90×245 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.89×34 works
  12. Neuroscience0.64×19 works
  13. Chemistry0.54×15 works
  14. Computer Science0.54×76 works
  15. Materials Science0.50×32 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.46×24 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.45×13 works
  18. Environmental Science0.45×40 works
  19. Veterinary0.43×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.42×9 works
  21. Social Sciences0.36×82 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×20 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.30×2 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×24 works
  25. Dentistry0.21×2 works
  26. Energy0.17×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Falls Church?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology177▲ 2.1×122 topics
  2. Risk Factors67▲ 2.9×34 topics
  3. Public Health61▲ 1.99×50 topics
  4. Diagnosis53▲ 2.7×38 topics
  5. Management51▲ 3.0×35 topics
  6. Inflammation51◆ 1.14×72 topics
  7. Treatment50▲ 1.94×44 topics
  8. Heart Failure45▲ 4.8×14 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease44▲ 1.82×38 topics
  10. Mortality43▲ 3.6×13 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome42▲ 2.4×20 topics
  12. Echocardiography38▲ 6.5×8 topics
  13. Chemotherapy35▲ 2.4×24 topics
  14. Guidelines34▲ 3.4×13 topics
  15. Clinical Trials33▲ 2.3×19 topics
  16. Thrombosis28▲ 4.8×7 topics
  17. Immunosuppressive Therapy27▲ 6.7×7 topics
  18. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention25▲ 8.8×4 topics
  19. Resuscitation25▲ 9.0×4 topics
  20. Endothelial Dysfunction25▲ 5.1×8 topics
  21. Biomechanics25▲ 3.9×10 topics
  22. Treatment Guidelines25▲ 5.4×6 topics
  23. Medical Education24▲ 4.3×10 topics
  24. Pulmonary Hypertension24▲ 8.1×3 topics
  25. Quality Improvement21▲ 5.2×8 topics
  26. Trauma21▲ 4.8×6 topics
  27. Transplantation21▲ 9.4×4 topics
  28. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation20▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Thermal Analysis20▲ 7.4×3 topics
  30. CubeSat19▲ 50×1 topic
  31. small satellite19▲ 50×1 topic
  32. Cardiogenic Shock19▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Left Ventricular Assist Device19▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Rejection19▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Coagulopathy18▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Interstitial Lung Disease17▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Heart Transplant17▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Lung Transplant17▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Right Heart Assessment17▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Survival Prediction17▲ 20×1 topic

What research is done in Falls Church?

Spacecraft Design and Te…19Spacecraft Design and Technology: 19 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…16Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 16 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 16 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension R…15Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 15 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…14Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 14 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 13 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 13 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…11Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 11 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 10 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 9 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  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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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 2025Falls Church8.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.4% in 2016.

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