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Research in Hershey

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Hershey, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Hershey (United States).

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
516k
24.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Hershey

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 Hershey?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Hershey (United States)Company 1,377 #16,976
2IGI Global (United States)Company 12 not ranked
3Targepeutics (United States)Company 4 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.

Which fields of science does Hershey work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research in Hershey is in Health Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,712 fractional works · 71.8% of its workMedicine: 2,502 fractional works · 66.3% of its workSurgery: 402 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 225 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 193 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 183 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 154 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOncology: 148 fractional works · 3.9% of its workNeurology: 98 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 96 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 70 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 66 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 63 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 60 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 55 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 53 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 52 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 51 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 45 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 170 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 94 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 595 fractional works · 15.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 338 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 194 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 58 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 142 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 76 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 58 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 314 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPsychology: 140 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 72 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 113 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 154 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEngineering: 71 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 55 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHershey3,775fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences72%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. Health Sciences2,71271.8%
    1. Medicine2,50266.3%
    2. Health Professions1704.5%
    3. Nursing270.7%
    4. Dentistry90.2%
    5. Veterinary50.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3388.9%
    2. Neuroscience1423.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology762.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences210.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics170.5%
    1. Psychology1403.7%
    2. Social Sciences1133.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities210.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance210.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting120.3%
    6. Decision Sciences70.2%
    1. Engineering711.9%
    2. Environmental Science190.5%
    3. Computer Science190.5%
    4. Chemistry170.4%
    5. Materials Science100.3%
    6. Mathematics90.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy60.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.0%
    9. Energy10.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Hershey strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Hershey is most concentrated in Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Dermatology (6.9× the world share in Emergency Medicine).

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 55.7 works6.9×
  2. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 23.6 works6.5×
  3. DermatologySubfield · 49.4 works5.7×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 361.5 works4.6×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.64× its world share, 290 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.96× its world share, 66 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.26× its world share, 122 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 62 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.78× its world share, 156 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 2,214 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 124 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 103 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.46×2,214 works
  2. Neuroscience2.26×122 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.96×66 works
  4. Health Professions1.78×156 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.64×290 works
  6. Nursing1.40×23 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.36×16 works
  8. Psychology1.23×124 works
  9. Veterinary0.92×4 works
  10. Dentistry0.47×8 works
  11. Chemistry0.29×15 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×19 works
  13. Social Sciences0.25×103 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.19×18 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.17×6 works
  16. Mathematics0.16×6 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×19 works
  18. Engineering0.12×62 works
  19. Environmental Science0.10×16 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×9 works
  21. Materials Science0.07×8 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.07×5 works
  23. Computer Science0.06×14 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works
  26. Energy0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Hershey?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Quality of Life and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology461▲ 3.1×123 topics
  2. Inflammation193▲ 2.4×80 topics
  3. Treatment156▲ 3.4×47 topics
  4. Risk Factors154▲ 3.7×36 topics
  5. Quality of Life142▲ 2.6×51 topics
  6. Diagnosis138▲ 3.9×38 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress112▲ 1.80×55 topics
  8. Immunotherapy110▲ 4.0×19 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease109▲ 2.5×38 topics
  10. Guidelines107▲ 6.0×13 topics
  11. Cancer106▲ 2.1×48 topics
  12. Management104▲ 3.5×31 topics
  13. Chemotherapy96▲ 3.6×25 topics
  14. Public Health92▲ 1.68×44 topics
  15. Depression85▲ 2.6×23 topics
  16. Mortality82▲ 3.8×13 topics
  17. Genetics80▲ 3.0×21 topics
  18. Heart Failure77▲ 4.6×13 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders77▲ 3.6×20 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome76▲ 2.5×22 topics
  21. Complications75▲ 4.0×17 topics
  22. Obesity71▲ 2.4×23 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors70▲ 4.2×14 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines67▲ 3.2×14 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations67▲ 4.0×23 topics
  26. Diabetes59▲ 3.1×19 topics
  27. Medical Education57▲ 5.6×11 topics
  28. Surgical Management56▲ 3.6×20 topics
  29. Radiotherapy53▲ 3.5×13 topics
  30. Rehabilitation52▲ 3.5×12 topics
  31. Neuroprotection51▲ 3.9×15 topics
  32. Prognosis50▲ 4.0×9 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines46▲ 4.1×9 topics
  34. Thrombosis46▲ 4.4×7 topics
  35. Pain Management45▲ 5.2×9 topics
  36. Critical Care43▲ 4.7×8 topics
  37. Children42▲ 4.9×7 topics
  38. Immunosuppressive Therapy40▲ 5.6×8 topics
  39. Revascularization39▲ 6.5×4 topics
  40. Academic Medicine34▲ 12×3 topics

What research is done in Hershey?

Diversity and Career in …24Diversity and Career in Medicine: 24 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…22Innovations in Medical Education: 22 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 20 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 19 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 16 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 16 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 16 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…15Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 15 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 14 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 14 fractional works
Gender StudiesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 24 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 22 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 20 works
  4. 4 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 19 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 16 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 16 works
  7. 7 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 16 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 15 works
  9. 9 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 14 works
  10. 10 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 14 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 counting10%20%30%Hershey12.3% 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 21.5% in 2009.

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