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Research in Manassas

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Manassas, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Institute of Navigation.

Research institutions
13
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.5k
▲ 127% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
11.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Manassas

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 Manassas?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Institute of NavigationNonprofit 1,516 #7,105
2American Type Culture CollectionNonprofit 525 #23,725 all time
3Aurora Flight Sciences (United States)Company 102 not ranked
4Carolina University of TheologyUniversity 87 not ranked
5Ceres NanosciencesCompany 85 not ranked
6Prince William County Public SchoolsUniversity 62 not ranked
7Optical Air Data Systems (United States)Company 36 not ranked
8Assett (United States)Company 28 not ranked
9Sedna Digital Solutions (United States)Company 7 not ranked
10Amputee Coalition of AmericaNonprofit 6 not ranked
11Serpin Pharma (United States)Company 3 not ranked
12UTRON Kinetics (United States)Company 3 not ranked
13NAL Research (United States)Company 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.

Institute of Navigation: 61.6%American Type Culture Collection: 21.3%Aurora Flight Sciences (United States): 4.1%Carolina University of Theology: 3.5%9 others listed: 9.4%62%largest
Institute of Navigation1,516 · 61.6%American Type Culture Collection525 · 21.3%Aurora Flight Sciences (United States)102 · 4.1%Carolina University of Theology87 · 3.5%9 others listed231 · 9.4%

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

Which fields of science does Manassas work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research in Manassas is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (41%), Computer Science (14%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 389 fractional works · 68.1% of its workEngineering: 236 fractional works · 41.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 68 fractional works · 11.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 38 fractional works · 6.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 34 fractional works · 6.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 26 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 77 fractional works · 13.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 24 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 21 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 91 fractional works · 15.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 49 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 50 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMedicine: 43 fractional works · 7.5% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 41 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKManassas571fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences16%

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. Engineering23641.3%
    2. Computer Science7713.6%
    3. Environmental Science274.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy213.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences152.7%
    6. Materials Science61.1%
    7. Energy20.3%
    8. Chemistry20.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.3%
    10. Mathematics10.1%
    1. Social Sciences498.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities112.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance111.9%
    4. Psychology91.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting50.9%
    6. Decision Sciences50.9%
    1. Medicine437.5%
    2. Health Professions61.0%
    3. Veterinary10.2%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology193.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences101.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology71.2%
    4. Neuroscience50.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Manassas strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Manassas is most concentrated in Ocean Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering (12.0× the world share in Ocean Engineering).

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 27.1 works12×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 53.1 works10×
  3. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 20.9 works4.4×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.38× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.76× its world share, 59 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.79× its world share, 182 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.43× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.86× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.79×182 works
  2. Computer Science1.76×59 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.65×11 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.43×14 works
  5. Veterinary1.41×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.38×6 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.88×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.86×11 works
  9. Environmental Science0.85×18 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.82×8 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.73×3 works
  12. Social Sciences0.71×39 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×15 works
  14. Neuroscience0.53×4 works
  15. Psychology0.52×7 works
  16. Health Professions0.43×5 works
  17. Energy0.41×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×8 works
  19. Medicine0.35×29 works
  20. Dentistry0.32×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.28×4 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×4 works
  23. Chemistry0.24×2 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  26. Nursing0.08×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Manassas?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Collision Avoidance, Maritime Transportation, Path Planning, Risk Assessment, Wireless Sensor Networks, Human Factors, Autonomous Ships and Unmanned Surface Vehicles.

▲ 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. Deep Learning33▲ 1.67×59 topics
  2. Machine Learning29▲ 1.50×57 topics
  3. Collision Avoidance25▲ 24×4 topics
  4. Risk Assessment24▲ 6.2×10 topics
  5. Maritime Transportation23▲ 74×2 topics
  6. Path Planning23▲ 32×3 topics
  7. Wireless Sensor Networks20▲ 8.0×17 topics
  8. Human Factors20▲ 44×2 topics
  9. Autonomous Ships19▲ 105×1 topic
  10. Unmanned Surface Vehicles19▲ 105×1 topic
  11. Climate Change18◆ 1.14×38 topics
  12. Neural Networks17▲ 1.95×32 topics
  13. Remote Sensing16▲ 2.4×27 topics
  14. Orbit Determination14▲ 53×2 topics
  15. Sensor Fusion14▲ 22×3 topics
  16. Internet of Things14▲ 2.8×22 topics
  17. GNSS12▲ 98×1 topic
  18. Global Navigation Satellite Systems12▲ 82×1 topic
  19. Optimization11▲ 4.2×14 topics
  20. MEMS Sensors10▲ 57×2 topics
  21. Magnetic Sensing10▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Robotics9▲ 6.7×6 topics
  23. Inertial Navigation Systems9▲ 61×1 topic
  24. Kalman Filtering9▲ 61×1 topic
  25. Critical Thinking8▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Language Teaching8▲ 5.0×3 topics
  27. Formative Assessment8▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Autonomous Vehicles7▲ 6.2×4 topics
  29. Neural Network7▲ 7.1×7 topics
  30. Digital Education7▲ 8.6×2 topics
  31. Student Competencies7▲ 19×1 topic
  32. Teaching Methods7▲ 7.6×1 topic
  33. Cancer Immunotherapy7▲ 7.8×3 topics
  34. Control Systems7▲ 6.7×9 topics
  35. Multi-Agent Systems7▲ 6.0×5 topics
  36. Genetic Algorithms6▲ 8.0×5 topics
  37. Mobile Robots6▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Wireless Communications6▲ 6.3×5 topics
  39. Localization6▲ 9.0×2 topics
  40. Tumor Regression6▲ 9.3×2 topics

What research is done in Manassas?

Maritime Navigation and …13Maritime Navigation and Safety: 13 fractional worksGNSS positioning and interference: 10 fractional worksInertial Sensor and Navigation: 7 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 5 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 4 fractional worksIndoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies: 4 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 4 fractional worksAntenna Design and Optimization: 4 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 3 fractional worksShip Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability: 3 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringAerospace EngineeringEducationElectrical and Electronic Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 13 works
  2. 2 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 10 works
  3. 3 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 5 works
  5. 5 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 4 works
  8. 8 Antenna Design and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 3 works
  10. 10 Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability Ocean Engineering 3 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Manassas16.1% 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 27.7% in 2002.

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