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Research in Lowell

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Lowell, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Massachusetts Lowell, MACOM (United States) and TRC Companies (United States).

Research institutions
17
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
17k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
358k
21.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Lowell

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 Lowell?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Massachusetts LowellUniversity 13,953 #1,184
2MACOM (United States)Company 1,448 #6,478
3Specialty Materials (United States)Company 635 #14,435 all time
4TRC Companies (United States)Company 374 #14,542
5Lowell General HospitalHospital / health system 85 not ranked
6Lowell Digisonde International (United States)Company 38 not ranked
7Lowell Community Health CenterHospital / health system 29 not ranked
8Applied NanoFemto Technologies (United States)Company 23 not ranked
9BioTronics (United States)Company 14 not ranked
10Ballard Power Systems (United States)Company 12 not ranked
11American Textile History MuseumArchive 5 not ranked
12New England Quilt MuseumArchive 4 not ranked
13Polnox (United States)Company 2 not ranked
14Federal Fabrics Fibers (United States)Company 2 not ranked
15Mill City Grows (United States)Company 1 not ranked
16Community TeamworkNonprofit 1 not ranked
17United Teen Equality CenterInstitution 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.

University of Massachusetts Lowell: 83.9%MACOM (United States): 8.7%Specialty Materials (United States): 3.8%TRC Companies (United States): 2.2%13 others listed: 1.3%84%largest
University of Massachusetts Lowell14k · 83.9%MACOM (United States)1,448 · 8.7%Specialty Materials (United States)635 · 3.8%TRC Companies (United States)374 · 2.2%13 others listed217 · 1.3%

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

Which fields of science does Lowell work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Lowell is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Medicine (14%), Social Sciences (13%).

Physical Sciences: 1,436 fractional works · 47.8% of its workEngineering: 592 fractional works · 19.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 115 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 111 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 63 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 53 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 313 fractional works · 10.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 128 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 45 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 43 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 153 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 53 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 120 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 92 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 52 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 40 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 800 fractional works · 26.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 401 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 161 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 59 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 52 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 129 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 49 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 42 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 103 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAccounting: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 76 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhilosophy: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 47 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 43 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 527 fractional works · 17.5% of its workMedicine: 411 fractional works · 13.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 42 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 98 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 56 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 242 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 119 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 75 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 59 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 36 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKLowell3,005fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences27%

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. Engineering59219.7%
    2. Computer Science31310.4%
    3. Materials Science1535.1%
    4. Environmental Science1204.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy923.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences521.7%
    7. Chemistry401.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering260.9%
    9. Energy250.8%
    10. Mathematics240.8%
    1. Social Sciences40113.4%
    2. Psychology1294.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1033.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities762.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance471.6%
    6. Decision Sciences431.4%
    1. Medicine41113.7%
    2. Health Professions983.3%
    3. Nursing110.4%
    4. Dentistry60.2%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1194.0%
    2. Neuroscience592.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences411.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology160.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lowell strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lowell is most concentrated in Polymers and Plastics (3.1× the world share in Polymers and Plastics).

  1. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 33.2 works3.1×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 102 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.56× its world share, 24 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.88× its world share, 37 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.34× its world share, 277 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 45 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.89× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.35× its world share, 540 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 105 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.44× its world share, 134 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.38× its world share, 82 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 92 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 359 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 67 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.04× its world share, 90 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 111 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 355 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering2.56×24 works
  2. Decision Sciences1.54×40 works
  3. Materials Science1.44×134 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.38×82 works
  5. Psychology1.37×111 works
  6. Engineering1.35×540 works
  7. Computer Science1.34×277 works
  8. Health Professions1.31×92 works
  9. Neuroscience1.09×47 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.09×45 works
  11. Social Sciences1.05×355 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting1.04×90 works
  13. Energy0.89×22 works
  14. Chemistry0.88×37 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.87×67 works
  16. Nursing0.83×11 works
  17. Environmental Science0.79×105 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×7 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×42 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×102 works
  21. Medicine0.70×359 works
  22. Mathematics0.69×22 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.54×14 works
  24. Dentistry0.30×4 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×34 works
  26. Veterinary0.16×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Lowell?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Applications, Mental Health, Challenges, Public Health and Fused Deposition Modeling.

▲ 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. Machine Learning134▲ 1.34×71 topics
  2. Deep Learning129▲ 1.24×74 topics
  3. Epidemiology84▼ 0.70×102 topics
  4. Sustainability70◆ 0.96×57 topics
  5. Mental Health68▲ 1.59×36 topics
  6. Globalization68◆ 1.14×70 topics
  7. Public Health65▲ 1.47×45 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications64▲ 1.79×31 topics
  9. Neural Networks57▲ 1.23×34 topics
  10. Nanoparticles55▲ 1.46×40 topics
  11. Environmental Impact52◆ 1.01×43 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence48◆ 1.13×30 topics
  13. Nanocomposites45▲ 1.91×21 topics
  14. Healthcare44▲ 1.27×26 topics
  15. Big Data39▲ 1.36×20 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease39◆ 1.13×36 topics
  17. Human Rights37▲ 1.21×36 topics
  18. Mechanical Properties37▲ 1.26×29 topics
  19. Recycling36▲ 3.1×8 topics
  20. Additive Manufacturing35▲ 3.8×7 topics
  21. Polymer Composites34▲ 4.3×6 topics
  22. Biomedical Engineering34▲ 8.1×2 topics
  23. Applications33▲ 4.0×5 topics
  24. Materials32▲ 4.6×6 topics
  25. 3D Printing32▲ 4.8×5 topics
  26. Ethics28▲ 1.85×21 topics
  27. Biodegradable Polymers28▲ 5.4×4 topics
  28. Challenges28▲ 8.2×2 topics
  29. Ceramics27▲ 6.2×3 topics
  30. Fused Deposition Modeling26▲ 8.3×1 topic
  31. Neighborhood Effects17▲ 5.4×3 topics
  32. Law Enforcement17▲ 9.7×3 topics
  33. Polyhydroxyalkanoates17▲ 7.5×1 topic
  34. Polylactic Acid17▲ 7.5×1 topic
  35. Environmental Effects16▲ 5.2×3 topics
  36. Vibration-based Damage Identification16▲ 8.0×1 topic
  37. Wireless Sensors16▲ 8.0×1 topic
  38. Youth Violence15▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Criminal Behavior15▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Model Checking14▲ 9.6×3 topics

What research is done in Lowell?

Additive Manufacturing a…26Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 26 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 15 fractional worksStructural Health Monito…14Structural Health Monitoring Techniques: 14 fractional worksTopic Modeling11Topic Modeling: 11 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 10 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 10 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Inter…10Crime Patterns and Interventions: 10 fractional worksPolymer crystallization and properties: 9 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 9 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…8Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 8 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringBiomaterialsCivil and Structural EngineeringArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 26 works
  2. 2 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 15 works
  3. 3 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 14 works
  4. 4 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  5. 5 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  6. 6 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 10 works
  7. 7 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  8. 8 Polymer crystallization and properties Polymers and Plastics 9 works
  9. 9 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 9 works
  10. 10 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 8 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%Lowell16.7% 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 28.1% in 2015.

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