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Research in Farnborough

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Farnborough, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Qualcomm (United Kingdom), Qinetiq (United Kingdom) and Brain Tumour Charity.

Research institutions
13
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.8k
▲ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
117k
20.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Farnborough

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 Farnborough?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Qinetiq (United Kingdom)Company 2,161 #12,790
2Qualcomm (United Kingdom)Company 1,215 #9,118
3Brain Tumour CharityNonprofit 159 #22,278
4PTC (United Kingdom)Company 79 not ranked
5Autodesk (United Kingdom)Company 31 not ranked
6Intrinsiq Materials (United Kingdom)Company 22 not ranked
7AeroTex UK (United Kingdom)Company 20 not ranked
8Red Hat (United Kingdom)Company 13 not ranked
9Tourettes ActionNonprofit 8 not ranked
10Association of Convenience StoresInstitution 5 not ranked
11TISICS (United Kingdom)Company 4 not ranked
12Batten Disease Family AssociationNonprofit 1 not ranked
13Eltropuls (United Kingdom)Company 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.

Qinetiq (United Kingdom): 58.1%Qualcomm (United Kingdom): 32.7%Brain Tumour Charity: 4.3%PTC (United Kingdom): 2.1%9 others listed: 2.8%58%largest
Qinetiq (United Kingdom)2,161 · 58.1%Qualcomm (United Kingdom)1,215 · 32.7%Brain Tumour Charity159 · 4.3%PTC (United Kingdom)79 · 2.1%9 others listed105 · 2.8%

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

Which fields of science does Farnborough work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Farnborough is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (18%), Engineering (18%), Social Sciences (17%).

Physical Sciences: 367 fractional works · 44.5% of its workComputer Science: 152 fractional works · 18.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 55 fractional works · 6.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 38 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 149 fractional works · 18.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 57 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 20 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 247 fractional works · 29.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 140 fractional works · 16.9% of its workEducation: 68 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCultural Studies: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 42 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 41 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 40 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 144 fractional works · 17.4% of its workMedicine: 119 fractional works · 14.4% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDentistry: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPeriodontics: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOral Surgery: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 67 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 28 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAquatic Science: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFarnborough825fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences30%

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. Computer Science15218.4%
    2. Engineering14918.1%
    3. Environmental Science172.1%
    4. Materials Science172.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy151.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences70.8%
    7. Chemistry60.7%
    8. Mathematics20.3%
    9. Energy20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences14016.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance425.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities404.9%
    4. Psychology161.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting50.6%
    6. Decision Sciences50.6%
    1. Medicine11914.4%
    2. Dentistry151.8%
    3. Health Professions91.1%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences283.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology263.1%
    3. Neuroscience70.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Farnborough strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Farnborough is most concentrated in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (6.6× the world share in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition).

  1. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 51.0 works6.6×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.76× its world share, 132 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.42× its world share, 131 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.78× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 98 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.77× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.20× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 67 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry4.78×14 works
  2. Computer Science2.76×132 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.77×32 works
  4. Engineering1.42×131 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.20×16 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.90×12 works
  7. Social Sciences0.86×67 works
  8. Medicine0.82×98 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.74×5 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×24 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.68×4 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.65×6 works
  13. Veterinary0.62×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.60×6 works
  15. Psychology0.60×11 works
  16. Neuroscience0.56×6 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.52×11 works
  19. Environmental Science0.49×15 works
  20. Health Professions0.42×7 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×11 works
  22. Mathematics0.31×2 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.29×1 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×4 works
  25. Nursing0.14×0 works
  26. Energy0.12×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Farnborough?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teaching Methods, Pedagogy, Language Teaching, Digital Education, Tourism Development, Critical Thinking, Student Competencies and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Deep Learning72▲ 2.5×67 topics
  2. Language Teaching59▲ 27×8 topics
  3. Pedagogy59▲ 14×6 topics
  4. Teaching Methods59▲ 44×3 topics
  5. Digital Education57▲ 47×3 topics
  6. Tourism Development57▲ 51×2 topics
  7. Critical Thinking57▲ 60×1 topic
  8. Student Competencies57▲ 106×1 topic
  9. Globalization55▲ 3.4×32 topics
  10. Sustainability45▲ 2.2×30 topics
  11. Economic Development38▲ 5.7×9 topics
  12. Entrepreneurship37▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Digital Economy36▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Industrial Enterprises35▲ 125×1 topic
  15. Innovation Economics35▲ 125×1 topic
  16. Neural Networks34▲ 2.6×23 topics
  17. Renewable Energy23▲ 1.94×13 topics
  18. Global Governance22▲ 11×6 topics
  19. Migration21▲ 7.5×6 topics
  20. Postcolonialism20▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Biopolitics20▲ 32×3 topics
  22. Crisis Management20▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Social Exclusion20▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Education Reform20▲ 100×1 topic
  25. Energy Consumption20▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Literature and Migration20▲ 199×1 topic
  27. Climate Change Impact19▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Irrigation19▲ 117×1 topic
  29. Water Efficiency19▲ 117×1 topic
  30. Convolutional Neural Networks18▲ 3.1×12 topics
  31. Convolutional Networks17▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Radiotherapy16▲ 4.9×11 topics
  33. Unsupervised Learning16▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Cultural Heritage14▲ 3.3×16 topics
  35. Depth Estimation12▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Wound Healing11▲ 5.1×6 topics
  37. Squamous Cell Carcinoma10▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Human Papillomavirus10▲ 9.6×3 topics
  39. Optical Flow9▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Stereo Vision9▲ 24×1 topic

What research is done in Farnborough?

Education, Innovation an…21Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 21 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Vision and Imag…9Advanced Vision and Imaging: 9 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…9Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 9 fractional worksOral Health Pathology and Treatment: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Image Processing Techniques: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network …5Advanced Neural Network Applications: 5 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 5 fractional worksEngineering and Agricultural Innovations: 5 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 4 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionOtorhinolaryngology4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 21 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  3. 3 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 9 works
  4. 4 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 9 works
  5. 5 Oral Health Pathology and Treatment Periodontics 9 works
  6. 6 Advanced Image Processing Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 works
  7. 7 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 works
  8. 8 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 5 works
  10. 10 Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 4 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%Farnborough11.5% 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 36.9% in 1993.

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