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Research in Gaithersburg

Science Explorer records 45 research institutions in Gaithersburg, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National Institute of Standards and Technology, Molecular Oncology (United States) and Robotic Research (United States).

Research institutions
45
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
60k
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3M
38.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Gaithersburg

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 Gaithersburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Institute of Standards and TechnologyFunder 52,406 #521
2Molecular Oncology (United States)Company 2,463 #2,501
3Scientific Consulting GroupInstitution 1,419 #15,082
4Robotic Research (United States)Company 484 #7,881
5GenVecCompany 425 #19,914
6CVPath InstituteNonprofit 346 #8,257 all time
7IdentityNonprofit 346 #18,800 all time
8Integrated BioTherapeutics (United States)Company 239 #22,362
9Altimmune (United States)Company 219 #19,280 all time
10Institute for In Vitro SciencesNonprofit 188 #24,353 all time
11Adventist HealthCareHospital / health system 184 #25,570 all time
12Euclid Techlabs (United States)Company 162 #24,475 all time
13Novavax (United States)Company 110 not ranked
14Emergent BioSolutions (United States)Company 106 not ranked
15Lentigen Technology (United States)Company 90 not ranked
16Microprobes (United States)Company 67 not ranked
17Industry Vision Automation (United States)Company 64 not ranked
18Sensei Biotherapeutics (United States)Company 63 not ranked
19Quality BiologicalCompany 61 not ranked
20Amplimmune (United States)Company 54 not ranked
21LKC Technologies (United States)Company 51 not ranked
22GlycoMimetics (United States)Company 51 not ranked
23Fidelity Systems (United States)Company 49 not ranked
24Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International (United States)Company 46 not ranked
25STCube (United States)Company 45 not ranked
26Heraeus (United States)Company 42 not ranked
27X-wave Innovations (United States)Company 40 not ranked
28MaxCyte (United States)Company 34 not ranked
29TrevigenCompany 23 not ranked
30VLP Therapeutics (United States)Company 23 not ranked
31Amcom Communications (United States)Company 23 not ranked
32OpGen (United States)Company 22 not ranked
33Sirnaomics (United States)Company 21 not ranked
34Digital Infuzion (United States)Company 18 not ranked
35NexImmune (United States)Company 18 not ranked
36Iomai (United States)Company 17 not ranked
37Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 16 not ranked
38Codex Biosolutions (United States)Company 11 not ranked
39Osteogenesis Imperfecta FoundationInstitution 7 not ranked
40SPEED BioSystems (United States)Company 5 not ranked
41Univax (United States)Company 4 not ranked
42ClonexpressUniversity 1 not ranked
43Vtesse (United States)Company 1 not ranked
44Valneva (United States)Company 1 not ranked
45SilBiotech (United States)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.

National Institute of Standards and Technology: 87.2%Molecular Oncology (United States): 4.1%Scientific Consulting Group: 2.4%Robotic Research (United States): 0.8%41 others listed: 5.5%87%largest
National Institute of Standards and Technology52k · 87.2%Molecular Oncology (United States)2,463 · 4.1%Scientific Consulting Group1,419 · 2.4%Robotic Research (United States)484 · 0.8%41 others listed3,294 · 5.5%

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

Which fields of science does Gaithersburg work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research in Gaithersburg is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (27%), Physics and Astronomy (12%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,141 fractional works · 67.4% of its workEngineering: 1,245 fractional works · 26.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 432 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 218 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 158 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 86 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 575 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 372 fractional works · 8.0% of its workRadiation: 64 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 437 fractional works · 9.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 157 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 76 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 70 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 52 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 391 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 230 fractional works · 4.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 190 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 78 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 146 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 58 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCatalysis: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 580 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 405 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 243 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStructural Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 69 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 59 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 577 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMedicine: 516 fractional works · 11.1% of its workOncology: 92 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 61 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 107 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 365 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 146 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 68 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 61 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 49 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGaithersburg4,662fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences67%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences8%

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. Engineering1,24526.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy57512.3%
    3. Computer Science4379.4%
    4. Materials Science3918.4%
    5. Chemistry1904.1%
    6. Environmental Science1463.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences581.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering420.9%
    9. Mathematics290.6%
    10. Energy280.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4058.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology691.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences591.3%
    4. Neuroscience320.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics160.3%
    1. Medicine51611.1%
    2. Health Professions410.9%
    3. Veterinary70.2%
    4. Nursing70.1%
    5. Dentistry50.1%
    1. Social Sciences1463.1%
    2. Decision Sciences681.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting611.3%
    4. Psychology491.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities230.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance170.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Gaithersburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Gaithersburg is most concentrated in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Radiation and Surfaces, Coatings and Films (11.5× the world share in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics).

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 344.3 works12×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 59.5 works10×
  3. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 33.5 works8.2×
  4. SpectroscopySubfield · 72.2 works7.8×
  5. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 45.4 works6.8×
  6. Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 41.3 works5.9×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 53 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 355 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 62 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.61× its world share, 38 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.67× its world share, 175 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.21× its world share, 392 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 52 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.83× its world share, 1,147 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 126 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.44× its world share, 356 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.64× its world share, 523 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 446 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.03× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 52 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 63 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 124 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.64×523 works
  2. Chemistry2.67×175 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.61×38 works
  4. Materials Science2.44×356 works
  5. Engineering1.83×1,147 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.60×355 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.56×63 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.46×62 works
  9. Computer Science1.21×392 works
  10. Veterinary1.03×6 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.87×13 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.80×52 works
  13. Energy0.65×25 works
  14. Environmental Science0.61×126 works
  15. Medicine0.56×446 works
  16. Mathematics0.51×25 works
  17. Neuroscience0.41×28 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×52 works
  19. Nursing0.31×6 works
  20. Health Professions0.30×33 works
  21. Psychology0.29×36 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×53 works
  23. Social Sciences0.23×124 works
  24. Dentistry0.22×4 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×16 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.15×18 works

Which keywords describe research in Gaithersburg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Entanglement, Molecular Dynamics, Integrated Circuits, Machine Learning, Nanoparticles, Nonlinear Optics and Optical Modulators.

▲ 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 Learning193▲ 1.24×84 topics
  2. Deep Learning136▼ 0.84×76 topics
  3. Biosensors135▲ 5.9×12 topics
  4. Nanoparticles131▲ 2.2×42 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties88▲ 1.91×32 topics
  6. Entanglement84▲ 12×4 topics
  7. Security76▲ 2.5×22 topics
  8. Molecular Dynamics74▲ 9.1×6 topics
  9. Integrated Circuits72▲ 11×3 topics
  10. Additive Manufacturing70▲ 4.9×6 topics
  11. Nonlinear Optics69▲ 14×4 topics
  12. Optical Modulators68▲ 10×3 topics
  13. Microstructure64▲ 2.7×18 topics
  14. Microresonators60▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Quantum Information60▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Silicon Photonics59▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Raman Lasers57▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Microwave Photonics57▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Microcavities56▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Nanophotonic Waveguides55▲ 13×1 topic
  21. Whispering Gallery Mode55▲ 13×1 topic
  22. Fiber Lasers55▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Magnetic Resonance Imaging53▲ 4.5×8 topics
  24. Superconductivity51▲ 6.4×9 topics
  25. Data Analysis51▲ 4.2×12 topics
  26. Optical Frequency Combs50▲ 21×1 topic
  27. Ultrafast Lasers50▲ 21×1 topic
  28. Cancer Immunotherapy49▲ 6.9×3 topics
  29. Mass Spectrometry48▲ 6.7×6 topics
  30. Quantum Simulation48▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Electronic Structure46▲ 5.6×8 topics
  32. Cryptography46▲ 8.3×4 topics
  33. Tumor Regression40▲ 7.8×2 topics
  34. Glycosylation40▲ 7.7×3 topics
  35. Superfluidity39▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Superconducting Circuits38▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Measurement38▲ 9.9×2 topics
  38. Computation38▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Quantum37▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Metrology37▲ 13×1 topic

What research is done in Gaithersburg?

Photonic and Optical Devices: 54 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 49 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 33 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 31 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing M…31Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 31 fractional worksScientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation: 31 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 30 fractional worksAtomic and Subatomic Phy…30Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research: 30 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 30 fractional worksMechanical and Optical Resonators: 28 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsArtificial IntelligenceOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 54 works
  2. 2 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 49 works
  3. 3 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 33 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 31 works
  5. 5 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 31 works
  6. 6 Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 31 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 30 works
  8. 8 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 30 works
  9. 9 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 30 works
  10. 10 Mechanical and Optical Resonators Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 28 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%Gaithersburg14.4% 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 33.2% in 2000.

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