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Research in Hanover

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Hanover, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Dartmouth College.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
36k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6M
43.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Hanover

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 Hanover?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Dartmouth CollegeUniversity 43,622 #254
2World Phenomenology InstituteResearch facility 534 #16,355 all time
3Creare (United States)Company 343 #24,985 all time
4Subsurface Insights (United States)Company 58 not ranked
5University Press of New EnglandInstitution 10 not ranked
6Daat Research (United States)Company 2 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.

Dartmouth College: 97.9%World Phenomenology Institute: 1.2%Creare (United States): 0.8%Subsurface Insights (United States): 0.1%2 others listed: 0.0%98%largest
Dartmouth College44k · 97.9%World Phenomenology Institute534 · 1.2%Creare (United States)343 · 0.8%Subsurface Insights (United States)58 · 0.1%2 others listed12 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Hanover work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research in Hanover is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (11%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,535 fractional works · 33.5% of its workEngineering: 422 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 122 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 102 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 273 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 116 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 204 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 192 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 121 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeophysics: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 190 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 78 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 106 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 64 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 79 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,158 fractional works · 25.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 495 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 204 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 84 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 215 fractional works · 4.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 63 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 57 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 53 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 195 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPhilosophy: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 123 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 82 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 91 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,109 fractional works · 24.2% of its workMedicine: 957 fractional works · 20.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 105 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 94 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 93 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 86 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 80 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 78 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 99 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 131 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 94 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 776 fractional works · 16.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 390 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 218 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 211 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 131 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 88 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 77 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHanover4,578fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences25%

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. Engineering4229.2%
    2. Computer Science2736.0%
    3. Environmental Science2044.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1924.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1904.1%
    6. Materials Science1062.3%
    7. Mathematics791.7%
    8. Chemistry451.0%
    9. Energy160.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.2%
  2. Social Sciences1,15825.3%
    1. Social Sciences49510.8%
    2. Psychology2154.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities1954.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1232.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting912.0%
    6. Decision Sciences400.9%
  3. Health Sciences1,10924.2%
    1. Medicine95720.9%
    2. Health Professions1312.9%
    3. Nursing150.3%
    4. Dentistry50.1%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3908.5%
    2. Neuroscience2114.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences881.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology771.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Hanover strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Hanover is most concentrated in Atmospheric Science, History and Philosophy of Science and Cognitive Neuroscience (5.7× the world share in Atmospheric Science).

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 101.1 works5.7×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 25.1 works4.0×
  3. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 113.3 works3.9×
  4. Applied PsychologySubfield · 21.9 works3.8×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 76 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 334 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.66× its world share, 67 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.73× its world share, 178 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 41 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 238 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.61× its world share, 165 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 371 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 174 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 90 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.40× its world share, 66 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.87× its world share, 168 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 117 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.08× its world share, 836 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.53× its world share, 178 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 83 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 117 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 188 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 454 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.73×178 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.61×165 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.87×168 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.66×67 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.56×334 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.53×178 works
  7. Psychology1.53×188 works
  8. Mathematics1.40×66 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.36×117 works
  10. Health Professions1.10×117 works
  11. Medicine1.08×836 works
  12. Social Sciences0.89×454 works
  13. Environmental Science0.87×174 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.87×34 works
  15. Computer Science0.76×238 works
  16. Chemistry0.65×41 works
  17. Nursing0.65×13 works
  18. Materials Science0.64×90 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×83 works
  20. Engineering0.61×371 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×8 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.55×8 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×76 works
  24. Energy0.40×15 works
  25. Veterinary0.33×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.21×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Hanover?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Hydrology, Epidemiology, Remote Sensing, Sea Level Rise, Arctic, Glacier and Water Availability.

▲ 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. Climate Change218▲ 1.75×90 topics
  2. Epidemiology202◆ 1.11×129 topics
  3. Machine Learning133◆ 0.87×74 topics
  4. Deep Learning125▼ 0.79×69 topics
  5. Remote Sensing109▲ 1.95×29 topics
  6. Globalization99◆ 1.10×84 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress81◆ 1.08×56 topics
  8. Mental Health74◆ 1.14×40 topics
  9. Public Health70◆ 1.05×54 topics
  10. Hydrology70▲ 12×4 topics
  11. Depression69▲ 1.72×23 topics
  12. Risk Factors69▲ 1.37×35 topics
  13. Immunotherapy57▲ 1.73×19 topics
  14. Identity54▲ 1.63×51 topics
  15. Gene Expression53▲ 1.84×18 topics
  16. Arctic52▲ 10×4 topics
  17. Sea Level Rise52▲ 8.9×3 topics
  18. Colonialism51▲ 2.3×32 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders51▲ 1.93×18 topics
  20. Gender50▲ 2.0×43 topics
  21. Anxiety48▲ 2.2×12 topics
  22. Health Effects47▲ 1.71×23 topics
  23. Ethics45▲ 1.93×44 topics
  24. Glacier43▲ 21×1 topic
  25. Water Availability43▲ 21×1 topic
  26. Microbial Communities42▲ 2.1×9 topics
  27. Emotion Regulation39▲ 2.7×9 topics
  28. Neural Mechanisms35▲ 7.6×4 topics
  29. Solar Wind34▲ 8.1×2 topics
  30. Social Cognition31▲ 3.8×8 topics
  31. Permafrost30▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Prefrontal Cortex30▲ 7.7×3 topics
  33. Ocean Circulation28▲ 4.5×3 topics
  34. Methane Emissions27▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Carbon Feedback26▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Thawing26▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Decline21▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Sea Ice21▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Ionosphere20▲ 8.0×1 topic
  40. Magnetosphere20▲ 8.0×1 topic

What research is done in Hanover?

Cryospheric studies and observations: 36 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 22 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 19 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 17 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and Thought: 17 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 15 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Ps…14Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 14 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 14 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 13 fractional worksVisual perception and pr…13Visual perception and processing mechanisms: 13 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceAstronomy and AstrophysicsPhilosophyApplied Psychology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 36 works
  2. 2 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 22 works
  3. 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 19 works
  4. 4 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 17 works
  5. 5 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 17 works
  6. 6 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 15 works
  7. 7 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 14 works
  8. 8 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  9. 9 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 13 works
  10. 10 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 13 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%Hanover19.0% 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 36.0% in 2016.

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