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Research in Manassas

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Manassas, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Institute of Navigation.

Research institutions
13
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.5k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.9%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Manassas?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Institute of NavigationNonprofit 1,516 #11,019
2American Type Culture CollectionNonprofit 525 #19,516 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 2022–2025. 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%

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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×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Manassas?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Collision Avoidance, Path Planning, Maritime Transportation, Wireless Sensor Networks, Risk Assessment, 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 2022–2025 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 Learning22▲ 1.50×54 topics
  2. Machine Learning21▲ 1.45×50 topics
  3. Collision Avoidance18▲ 23×4 topics
  4. Risk Assessment17▲ 5.9×9 topics
  5. Path Planning17▲ 30×3 topics
  6. Maritime Transportation16▲ 71×2 topics
  7. Wireless Sensor Networks15▲ 7.8×15 topics
  8. Human Factors14▲ 42×2 topics
  9. Neural Networks14▲ 2.0×29 topics
  10. Autonomous Ships13▲ 102×1 topic
  11. Unmanned Surface Vehicles13▲ 102×1 topic
  12. Remote Sensing13▲ 2.4×23 topics
  13. Internet of Things12▲ 3.2×19 topics
  14. Sensor Fusion11▲ 23×3 topics
  15. Orbit Determination11▲ 58×2 topics
  16. Optimization10▲ 4.9×13 topics
  17. GNSS10▲ 106×1 topic
  18. Global Navigation Satellite Systems10▲ 89×1 topic
  19. Magnetic Sensing8▲ 28×2 topics
  20. MEMS Sensors8▲ 57×2 topics
  21. Robotics7▲ 7.0×5 topics
  22. Inertial Navigation Systems7▲ 60×1 topic
  23. Kalman Filtering7▲ 60×1 topic
  24. Control Systems7▲ 8.4×9 topics
  25. Genetic Algorithms6▲ 9.7×5 topics
  26. Autonomous Vehicles6▲ 6.6×4 topics
  27. Neural Network6▲ 7.1×7 topics
  28. Critical Thinking6▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Cancer Immunotherapy6▲ 8.5×3 topics
  30. Language Teaching6▲ 5.0×3 topics
  31. Multi-Agent Systems5▲ 6.5×4 topics
  32. Formative Assessment5▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Digital Education5▲ 9.0×2 topics
  34. Mobile Robots5▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Localization5▲ 9.1×2 topics
  36. Student Competencies5▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Teaching Methods5▲ 7.8×1 topic
  38. Tumor Regression5▲ 10.0×2 topics
  39. 3D Mapping4▲ 14×1 topic
  40. SLAM4▲ 14×1 topic

What research is done in Manassas?

  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

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