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Research in Hickory

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Hickory, United States. The largest by output are Lenoir–Rhyne University, CommScope (United States) and Catawba Valley Medical Center.

Research institutions
6
Research works
466
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
9.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Hickory

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Which research institutions are in Hickory?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Lenoir–Rhyne UniversityUniversity 293 #21,571 all time
2CommScope (United States)Company 72 not ranked
3Catawba Valley Medical CenterHospital / health system 60 not ranked
4Catawba Valley Community CollegeUniversity 26 not ranked
5Catawba County SchoolsUniversity 10 not ranked
6Association for Driver Rehabilitation SpecialistsNonprofit 6 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.

Lenoir–Rhyne University: 62.7%CommScope (United States): 15.4%Catawba Valley Medical Center: 12.8%Catawba Valley Community College: 5.6%2 others listed: 3.4%63%largest
Lenoir–Rhyne University293 · 62.7%CommScope (United States)72 · 15.4%Catawba Valley Medical Center60 · 12.8%Catawba Valley Community College26 · 5.6%2 others listed16 · 3.4%

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

Which fields of science does Hickory work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Hickory is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (25%), Social Sciences (22%), Psychology (12%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 35 fractional works · 45.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 22.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 12.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 38.2% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 25.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 11.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 8.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHickory76fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences46%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1722.0%
    2. Psychology912.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities45.2%
    4. Decision Sciences23.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting22.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    1. Engineering1925.1%
    2. Computer Science78.9%
    3. Mathematics11.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.4%
    5. Environmental Science10.8%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.6%
    2. Neuroscience22.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.1%
    1. Medicine44.8%
    2. Health Professions11.9%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    4. Veterinary00.4%
    5. Dentistry00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Hickory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Wireless Power Transfer, Antenna, Microstrip, Energy Efficiency, Sensor Networks, Information Transfer, Wireless Energy Harvesting and Education.

▲ 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. Wireless Power Transfer4▲ 66×2 topics
  2. Education4▲ 3.1×13 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency4▲ 5.6×4 topics
  4. Globalization4▲ 2.5×10 topics
  5. Antenna4▲ 58×1 topic
  6. Microstrip4▲ 58×1 topic
  7. Sensor Networks3▲ 17×2 topics
  8. Information Transfer3▲ 64×1 topic
  9. Wireless Energy Harvesting3▲ 64×1 topic
  10. Gender3▲ 6.3×7 topics
  11. Mental Health2▲ 2.1×10 topics
  12. Security and Privacy2▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Health Monitoring2▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Career Development2▲ 20×4 topics
  15. Implantable Antennas2▲ 79×1 topic
  16. Wireless Body Area Networks2▲ 79×1 topic
  17. Economic Policy2▲ 43×2 topics
  18. Motivation2▲ 5.1×2 topics
  19. Social Justice2▲ 3.5×3 topics
  20. Inductive Power Transfer2▲ 71×1 topic
  21. Magnetic Resonant Coupling2▲ 71×1 topic
  22. Self-Regulation2▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Student Perceptions1▲ 10×3 topics
  24. Collaborative Learning1▲ 24×1 topic
  25. Diversity1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  26. Feminism1▲ 6.0×3 topics
  27. Internet1▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Metacognition1▲ 11×1 topic
  29. Church History1▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Collaboration1▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Embodied Cognition1▲ 101×1 topic
  32. Interdisciplinary Research1▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Peacebuilding1▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Predictive Brain Theory1▲ 101×1 topic
  35. Soft Skills1▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Content Analysis1▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Cultural Competence1▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Gender Inequality1▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Health Research1▲ 13×2 topics
  40. ICT1▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Hickory?

Antenna Design and Analy…4Antenna Design and Analysis: 4 fractional worksEnergy Harvesting in Wireless Networks: 3 fractional worksWireless Body Area Networks: 2 fractional worksWireless Power Transfer Systems: 1 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 1 fractional worksPolitical and Economic history of UK and US: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Religious Studies of Rome: 1 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies1ICT Impact and Policies: 1 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 1 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringDevelopmental and Educational Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Wireless Body Area Networks Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Wireless Power Transfer Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 1 works
  8. 8 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 1 works
  9. 9 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Media Studies and Communication Communication 1 works

Research output over time

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