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Research in Hampton

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Hampton, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Hampton University, Craft Engineering Associates (United States) and Analytical Mechanics Associates (United States).

Research institutions
18
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
40k
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
661k
16.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Hampton

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 Hampton?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Hampton UniversityUniversity 2,272 #9,313
2National Institute of AerospaceNonprofit 1,009 #14,942
3Science and Technology Corporation (United States)Company 862 #6,518 all time
4Analytical Mechanics Associates (United States)Company 856 #12,956
5Craft Engineering Associates (United States)Company 743 #12,450
6Analytical Services & Materials (United States)Company 629 #19,506 all time
7ViGYAN (United States)Company 417 #17,113 all time
8Patient Advocate FoundationNonprofit 245 #14,839
9Zel Technologies (United States)Company 154 #32,291 all time
10Tao Systems (United States)Company 104 not ranked
11Thomas Nelson Community CollegeUniversity 68 not ranked
12Bihrle Applied Research (United States)Company 64 not ranked
13Sentara CarePlex HospitalHospital / health system 20 not ranked
14Virginia Air and Space CenterUniversity 19 not ranked
15Laser & Plasma Technologies (United States)Company 11 not ranked
16Acent LaboratoriesResearch facility 8 not ranked
17Applied EM (United States)Company 8 not ranked
18KME (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.

Hampton University: 30.3%National Institute of Aerospace: 13.5%Science and Technology Corporation (United States): 11.5%Analytical Mechanics Associates (United States): 11.4%13 others listed: 33.2%30%largest
Hampton University2,272 · 30.3%National Institute of Aerospace1,009 · 13.5%Science and Technology Corporation (United States)862 · 11.5%Analytical Mechanics Associates (United States)856 · 11.4%13 others listed2,490 · 33.2%

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

Which fields of science does Hampton work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research in Hampton is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (42%), Environmental Science (8%), Physics and Astronomy (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,673 fractional works · 77.1% of its workEngineering: 922 fractional works · 42.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 342 fractional works · 15.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 200 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 67 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 49 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 42 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 38 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 182 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 112 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 145 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 86 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 136 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 107 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOceanography: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 135 fractional works · 6.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 43 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 79 fractional works · 3.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 65 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 49 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 254 fractional works · 11.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 101 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 41 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 4 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 workMuseology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 185 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMedicine: 143 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 59 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHampton2,171fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences12%

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. Engineering92242.5%
    2. Environmental Science1828.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1456.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1366.2%
    5. Computer Science1356.2%
    6. Mathematics793.6%
    7. Materials Science492.3%
    8. Chemistry130.6%
    9. Energy70.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.3%
    1. Social Sciences1014.6%
    2. Decision Sciences411.9%
    3. Psychology331.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting281.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities261.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance251.1%
    1. Medicine1436.6%
    2. Health Professions391.8%
    3. Nursing20.1%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology301.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences140.6%
    3. Neuroscience90.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Hampton strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Hampton is most concentrated in Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Atmospheric Science (16.4× the world share in Computational Mechanics).

  1. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 181.3 works16×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 297.5 works13×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 91.8 works11×
  4. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 58.3 works11×
  5. Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 26.2 works8.1×
  6. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 79.6 works8.0×
  7. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 94.1 works6.5×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 112 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.93× its world share, 117 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.89× its world share, 826 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.67× its world share, 158 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 43 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.05× its world share, 68 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.15× its world share, 134 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 86 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.93×117 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.15×134 works
  3. Mathematics3.05×68 works
  4. Engineering2.89×826 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.19×40 works
  6. Environmental Science1.67×158 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.75×5 works
  8. Computer Science0.75×112 works
  9. Health Professions0.73×37 works
  10. Materials Science0.65×43 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×23 works
  12. Psychology0.52×30 works
  13. Energy0.37×6 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.37×20 works
  15. Chemistry0.36×11 works
  16. Social Sciences0.36×86 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×22 works
  18. Medicine0.32×118 works
  19. Neuroscience0.26×8 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×23 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.21×1 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×3 works
  23. Nursing0.14×1 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×11 works
  25. Veterinary0.08×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.05×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Hampton?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Large-Eddy Simulation, Air Quality, Adaptive Mesh Refinement, High-Order Schemes, Heat Transfer, Radial Basis Functions, Shock-Wave Interactions and Turbulence Modeling.

▲ 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. Large-Eddy Simulation157▲ 39×5 topics
  2. Air Quality120▲ 29×6 topics
  3. Adaptive Mesh Refinement102▲ 76×2 topics
  4. High-Order Schemes102▲ 76×2 topics
  5. Heat Transfer94▲ 8.9×15 topics
  6. Radial Basis Functions93▲ 60×2 topics
  7. Shock-Wave Interactions91▲ 107×1 topic
  8. Turbulence Modeling91▲ 107×1 topic
  9. Turbulent Flow89▲ 35×4 topics
  10. Remote Sensing74▲ 2.8×29 topics
  11. Satellite Observations72▲ 34×3 topics
  12. Vortex Dynamics68▲ 28×4 topics
  13. Kinetic Theory65▲ 67×2 topics
  14. Numerical Methods64▲ 36×4 topics
  15. Turbulent Flows64▲ 30×3 topics
  16. Fluid Mechanics64▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Flow Control64▲ 53×2 topics
  18. Boundary Layer Transition63▲ 45×1 topic
  19. Particle Image Velocimetry63▲ 45×1 topic
  20. Boltzmann Equation62▲ 136×1 topic
  21. Rarefied Flows62▲ 136×1 topic
  22. Risk Assessment59▲ 4.1×18 topics
  23. Spectral Analysis57▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Acoustic Sources56▲ 125×1 topic
  25. Jet Noise56▲ 125×1 topic
  26. Hydrological Cycle54▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Boundary Layer53▲ 19×4 topics
  28. Collision Avoidance48▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Vibration Control46▲ 34×4 topics
  30. Emissions46▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Climate45▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Ice Nucleation43▲ 48×2 topics
  33. Aerosols43▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Atmospheric Dust43▲ 73×1 topic
  35. Parameter Estimation43▲ 16×5 topics
  36. Flight Control42▲ 66×2 topics
  37. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles38▲ 9.2×4 topics
  38. Dynamic Soaring36▲ 100×1 topic
  39. Wind Estimation36▲ 100×1 topic
  40. Atmospheric Aerosols35▲ 29×1 topic

What research is done in Hampton?

Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 81 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 59 fractional worksGas Dynamics and Kinetic…56Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory: 56 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acousti…52Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 52 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 35 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 32 fractional worksAerospace and Aviation T…31Aerospace and Aviation Technology: 31 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 31 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 29 fractional worksAir Traffic Management and Optimization: 28 fractional works
Computational MechanicsApplied MathematicsAerospace EngineeringGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

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

  1. 1 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 81 works
  2. 2 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 59 works
  3. 3 Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Applied Mathematics 56 works
  4. 4 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 52 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 35 works
  6. 6 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 32 works
  7. 7 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 31 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 31 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 29 works
  10. 10 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 28 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Hampton16.8% 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 35.2% in 1998.

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