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Research in Herndon

Science Explorer records 25 research institutions in Herndon, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are International Institute of Islamic Thought and Volkswagen Group (United States).

Research institutions
25
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.4k
▲ 65% vs 2018-21
Citations
42k
12.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Herndon

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 Herndon?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Volkswagen Group (United States)Company 973 #15,960
2Fibertek (United States)Company 470 #13,092 all time
3National Student Clearinghouse Research CenterNonprofit 453 #3,294 all time
4International Institute of Islamic ThoughtNonprofit 434 #11,866
5Sotera Defense Solutions (United States)Company 182 #20,060 all time
6Virginia Innovation Partnership CorporationNonprofit 161 #14,456 all time
7D-Tech (United States)Company 107 not ranked
8Model Driven Solutions (United States)Company 83 not ranked
9Applied Engineering Management (United States)Company 77 not ranked
10Electronic Warfare Associates (United States)Company 72 not ranked
11NEWhubInstitution 60 not ranked
12Applied Coherent Technology (United States)Company 59 not ranked
13National Student ClearinghouseNonprofit 53 not ranked
14Lattice Government Services (United States)Company 45 not ranked
15Innovative Biologics (United States)Company 41 not ranked
16EDJ AssociatesCompany 28 not ranked
17iDirect Government (United States)Company 27 not ranked
18International Society of Exposure ScienceNonprofit 24 not ranked
19HRI AssociatesCompany 23 not ranked
20Airbus (United States)Company 16 not ranked
21Ashton Security Laboratories (United States)Company 11 not ranked
22Epilepsy Study ConsortiumInstitution 5 not ranked
23American Tai Chi and Qigong AssociationNonprofit 5 not ranked
24Centripetal (United States)Company 3 not ranked
25International Interfaith Peace CorpsNonprofit 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.

Volkswagen Group (United States): 28.5%Fibertek (United States): 13.8%National Student Clearinghouse Research Center: 13.3%International Institute of Islamic Thought: 12.7%21 others listed: 31.7%29%largest
Volkswagen Group (United States)973 · 28.5%Fibertek (United States)470 · 13.8%National Student Clearinghouse Research Center453 · 13.3%International Institute of Islamic Thought434 · 12.7%21 others listed1,083 · 31.7%

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

Which fields of science does Herndon work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Herndon is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Engineering (17%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 368 fractional works · 47.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 258 fractional works · 33.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 81 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEducation: 73 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 52 fractional works · 6.7% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 36 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 31 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 281 fractional works · 36.4% of its workEngineering: 133 fractional works · 17.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 27 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 23 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 69 fractional works · 8.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 27 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 32 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 80 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMedicine: 65 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 44 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHerndon773fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences48%

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. Social Sciences25833.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities364.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting314.0%
    4. Psychology222.8%
    5. Decision Sciences121.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance91.2%
    1. Engineering13317.2%
    2. Computer Science698.9%
    3. Environmental Science324.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy162.0%
    5. Materials Science91.1%
    6. Chemistry81.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.7%
    8. Energy40.5%
    9. Mathematics40.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Medicine658.4%
    2. Health Professions131.7%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology192.5%
    2. Neuroscience101.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences91.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Herndon strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Herndon is most concentrated in Political Science and International Relations and Education (4.5× the world share in Political Science and International Relations).

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 40.8 works4.5×
  2. EducationSubfield · 65.4 works3.5×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.78× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 53 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.11× its world share, 100 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.01× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.87× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.33× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.77× its world share, 212 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.77×212 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.87×32 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.33×26 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.27×7 works
  5. Computer Science1.13×53 works
  6. Engineering1.11×100 works
  7. Psychology1.02×19 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.01×14 works
  9. Chemistry0.78×7 works
  10. Neuroscience0.67×6 works
  11. Environmental Science0.65×20 works
  12. Health Professions0.65×10 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×8 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.56×5 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.51×1 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×3 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×15 works
  19. Medicine0.41×47 works
  20. Energy0.36×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.32×7 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×5 works
  23. Nursing0.19×1 works
  24. Veterinary0.19×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.13×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Herndon?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Islamic Education, Globalization, Curriculum Development, Teacher Training, Religious Education, Pedagogy, Culture and Madrasa.

▲ 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. Globalization53▲ 3.5×53 topics
  2. Islamic Education44▲ 17×3 topics
  3. Curriculum Development37▲ 7.1×13 topics
  4. Teacher Training33▲ 7.0×7 topics
  5. Culture31▲ 7.6×11 topics
  6. Religious Education31▲ 24×3 topics
  7. Pedagogy30▲ 7.9×5 topics
  8. Human Rights30▲ 3.8×35 topics
  9. History29▲ 5.4×16 topics
  10. Madrasa29▲ 54×1 topic
  11. Muslim Students29▲ 54×1 topic
  12. Education26▲ 1.97×35 topics
  13. Gender Equality26▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Social Media26▲ 2.4×24 topics
  15. Philosophy24▲ 7.1×10 topics
  16. Feminism24▲ 11×10 topics
  17. Secularism23▲ 30×4 topics
  18. Middle East23▲ 48×2 topics
  19. Artificial Intelligence23▲ 2.0×31 topics
  20. Ethnicity23▲ 7.8×10 topics
  21. Empire22▲ 33×3 topics
  22. Islam22▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Ottoman Empire22▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Iran22▲ 66×1 topic
  25. Islamic reform22▲ 66×1 topic
  26. Literature22▲ 5.1×9 topics
  27. Science21▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Social Influence20▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Malay Language20▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Sharia Law20▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Big Data20▲ 2.7×19 topics
  32. Islamic Banking16▲ 5.4×3 topics
  33. Spirituality15▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Cultural Capital14▲ 30×3 topics
  35. Indonesia14▲ 4.1×5 topics
  36. Islamic Law13▲ 38×2 topics
  37. Qur'anic Exegesis13▲ 77×1 topic
  38. Tafsir Al-Mishbah13▲ 77×1 topic
  39. Global Financial Crisis11▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Modernization11▲ 7.5×3 topics

What research is done in Herndon?

Education and Islamic St…27Education and Islamic Studies: 27 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 21 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 16 fractional worksQur’anic Interpretation Studies: 13 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Radicalism: 10 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…9Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 9 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 7 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 7 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 6 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 5 fractional works
EducationPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceAccounting3 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Islamic Studies Education 27 works
  2. 2 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 21 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  4. 4 Qur’anic Interpretation Studies Education 13 works
  5. 5 Islamic Studies and Radicalism Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  6. 6 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 9 works
  7. 7 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 7 works
  8. 8 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Education and Character Development Education 6 works
  10. 10 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 5 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 counting10%20%30%Herndon12.8% 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 23.9% in 1990.

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