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Research in Ithaca

Science Explorer records 34 research institutions in Ithaca, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Cornell University and Ithaca College.

Research institutions
34
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
208k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.3M
45.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Ithaca?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Cornell UniversityUniversity 240,547 #12
2Ithaca CollegeUniversity 5,724 #3,369
3Market MattersNonprofit 443 #16,623 all time
4Fracture Analysis Consultants (United States)Company 346 #26,790 all time
5GrammaTech (United States)Company 100 not ranked
6Park FoundationNonprofit 95 not ranked
7Transonic Systems (United States)Company 77 not ranked
8SimBiotic Software (United States)Company 57 not ranked
9CorSolutions (United States)Company 49 not ranked
10Monolith Semiconductor (United States)Company 35 not ranked
11Innovative Dynamics (United States)Company 31 not ranked
12Agave BioSystems (United States)Company 20 not ranked
13Indian Creek FarmInstitution 14 not ranked
14SciencenterNonprofit 12 not ranked
15iFyber (United States)Company 11 not ranked
16Rheonix (United States)Company 11 not ranked
17Synfonica (United States)Company 10 not ranked
18History Center in Tompkins CountyNonprofit 10 not ranked
19MiTeGen (United States)Company 9 not ranked
20Jan Biotech (United States)Company 7 not ranked
21PFA Consulting (United States)Company 6 not ranked
22Glycobia (United States)Company 4 not ranked
23Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist StudiesInstitution 3 not ranked
24Super Pulse (United States)Company 3 not ranked
25Red Tail Hawk Corporation (United States)Company 3 not ranked
26St. James AME Zion ChurchInstitution 2 not ranked
27Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational ServicesUniversity 2 not ranked
28Xelera Research (United States)Company 2 not ranked
29Widetronix (United States)Company 2 not ranked
30Vybion (United States)Company 1 not ranked
31Tompkins County Public LibraryArchive 1 not ranked
32Carrera Bioscience (United States)Company 1 not ranked
33e2e Materials (United States)Company 0 not ranked
34Immigration and Ethnic History SocietyInstitution 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.

Cornell University: 97.1%Ithaca College: 2.3%Market Matters: 0.2%Fracture Analysis Consultants (United States): 0.1%28 others listed: 0.2%97%largest
Cornell University241k · 97.1%Ithaca College5,724 · 2.3%Market Matters443 · 0.2%Fracture Analysis Consultants (United States)346 · 0.1%28 others listed578 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Ithaca work in?

In 2022-now, 30% of research in Ithaca is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 7,413 fractional works · 29.8% of its workEngineering: 2,061 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 562 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 439 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 173 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 149 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 122 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 102 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 89 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 75 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 91 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1,535 fractional works · 6.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 642 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 188 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 156 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 156 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 123 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 104 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 165 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,140 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEcology: 294 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 205 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 112 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 108 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 85 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 875 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 253 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 245 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 108 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 107 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 105 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 611 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 325 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 88 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 81 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 63 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 361 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 117 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 105 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 75 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 343 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 102 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 60 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 56 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 124 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 320 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 158 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 104 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 115 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 104 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7,002 fractional works · 28.2% of its workMedicine: 6,176 fractional works · 24.8% of its workSurgery: 814 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 523 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 520 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 464 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 433 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 318 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 302 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 235 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 210 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 200 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 191 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 144 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 142 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 134 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 130 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 126 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 123 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 118 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 111 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 94 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 93 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 55 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 440 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 546 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 346 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 200 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 131 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 122 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 119 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 92 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 29 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5,477 fractional works · 22.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,431 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 876 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 352 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 197 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 125 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 116 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 100 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 99 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 95 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 94 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 85 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 52 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 175 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 935 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 318 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 258 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 177 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 88 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 711 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 143 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 114 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 95 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 233 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 596 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 438 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 112 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 480 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 120 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 86 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 75 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 323 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 196 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 60 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4,971 fractional works · 20.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2,410 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,318 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 415 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 178 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 161 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 213 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,516 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPlant Science: 633 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 233 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 169 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 146 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 113 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 61 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 558 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 249 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 139 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 103 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 437 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 321 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 116 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKIthaca25kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences22%

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. Engineering2,0618.3%
    2. Computer Science1,5356.2%
    3. Environmental Science1,1404.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy8753.5%
    5. Materials Science6112.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences3611.5%
    7. Mathematics3431.4%
    8. Chemistry3201.3%
    9. Energy1150.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering530.2%
  1. Health Sciences7,00228.2%
    1. Medicine6,17624.8%
    2. Health Professions5462.2%
    3. Nursing1310.5%
    4. Veterinary1190.5%
    5. Dentistry290.1%
  2. Social Sciences5,47722.0%
    1. Social Sciences2,4319.8%
    2. Psychology9353.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities7112.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5962.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting4801.9%
    6. Decision Sciences3231.3%
  3. Life Sciences4,97120.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2,4109.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,5166.1%
    3. Neuroscience5582.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology4371.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics500.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ithaca strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ithaca is most concentrated in Equine, General Decision Sciences and Developmental Biology (8.4× the world share in Equine).

  1. EquineSubfield · 23.5 works8.4×
  2. General Decision SciencesSubfield · 23.2 works5.7×
  3. Developmental BiologySubfield · 26.6 works5.6×
  4. VeterinaryField · 101.1 works3.5×
  5. TransplantationSubfield · 28.7 works3.0×
  6. Small AnimalsSubfield · 77.6 works3.0×
← 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: 1.29× its world share, 1,307 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.77× its world share, 2,022 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.76× its world share, 378 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.36× its world share, 471 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 41 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 40 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 272 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 1,278 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 325 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 94 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 1,775 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 955 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 502 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 288 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.60× its world share, 762 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 24 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 482 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.30× its world share, 5,347 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 113 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.48× its world share, 101 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.01× its world share, 626 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 425 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 279 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 537 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 801 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 2,125 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.48×101 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.77×2,022 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.76×378 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.60×762 works
  5. Neuroscience1.36×471 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.35×279 works
  7. Medicine1.30×5,347 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.29×1,307 works
  9. Psychology1.23×801 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.18×537 works
  11. Mathematics1.15×288 works
  12. Nursing1.08×113 works
  13. Arts and Humanities1.01×626 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.97×325 works
  15. Environmental Science0.90×955 works
  16. Health Professions0.86×482 works
  17. Chemistry0.81×272 works
  18. Social Sciences0.79×2,125 works
  19. Computer Science0.77×1,278 works
  20. Materials Science0.67×502 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×425 works
  22. Engineering0.55×1,775 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×41 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.54×40 works
  25. Energy0.48×94 works
  26. Dentistry0.23×24 works

Which keywords describe research in Ithaca?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Inflammation, Immunotherapy, Machine Learning, Oxidative Stress, Globalization and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,131◆ 1.14×136 topics
  2. Climate Change844▲ 1.25×113 topics
  3. Machine Learning672▼ 0.81×90 topics
  4. Inflammation590◆ 1.12×83 topics
  5. Deep Learning588▼ 0.69×82 topics
  6. Globalization493◆ 1.01×146 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress479▲ 1.17×63 topics
  8. Sustainability448▼ 0.74×112 topics
  9. Cancer406▲ 1.21×58 topics
  10. Public Health367◆ 1.01×68 topics
  11. Quality of Life364◆ 1.01×58 topics
  12. Immunotherapy363▲ 2.0×19 topics
  13. Treatment329◆ 1.09×51 topics
  14. Mental Health323◆ 0.91×45 topics
  15. Risk Factors292◆ 1.07×36 topics
  16. Diagnosis276▲ 1.19×41 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease272◆ 0.96×38 topics
  18. Chemotherapy268▲ 1.52×25 topics
  19. Biodiversity267▲ 1.41×34 topics
  20. Clinical Trials262▲ 1.58×19 topics
  21. Biomarkers255▲ 1.47×18 topics
  22. Depression238◆ 1.09×26 topics
  23. Gene Expression237▲ 1.52×20 topics
  24. Obesity218◆ 1.14×27 topics
  25. Genetics214▲ 1.22×27 topics
  26. Invasive Species213▲ 2.0×21 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders204▲ 1.44×20 topics
  28. Immune Response204▲ 1.44×23 topics
  29. Regulation201▲ 1.52×26 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors195▲ 1.81×14 topics
  31. Gender194▲ 1.45×54 topics
  32. Tumor Microenvironment192▲ 1.71×8 topics
  33. Ethics191▲ 1.52×51 topics
  34. Precision Medicine190▲ 1.54×8 topics
  35. Colonialism179▲ 1.52×44 topics
  36. Genetic Mutations174▲ 1.60×23 topics
  37. Genomics155▲ 2.1×13 topics
  38. Targeted Therapy151▲ 2.7×5 topics
  39. Emotion147▲ 2.8×12 topics
  40. Habitat Fragmentation137▲ 2.5×5 topics

What research is done in Ithaca?

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 68 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 66 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 59 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 56 works
  5. 5 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 49 works
  6. 6 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 48 works
  7. 7 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 45 works
  8. 8 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 41 works
  9. 9 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 41 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 40 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%Ithaca21.3% 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 35.4% in 2016.

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