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Research in Manhattan

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Manhattan, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are New York Times and Planned Parenthood.

Research institutions
14
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.4k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
78k
14.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Manhattan

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 Manhattan?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1New York TimesInstitution 3,261 #6,294
2Planned ParenthoodNonprofit 696 #15,793
3Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New YorkHospital / health system 462 #9,498 all time
4LIM CollegeUniversity 336 #14,517 all time
5Regional Plan AssociationNonprofit 201 #25,465 all time
6Manhattan High SchoolUniversity 195 #22,558 all time
7Bank of New York MellonCompany 125 #32,231 all time
8Vision Education and MediaUniversity 73 not ranked
9Radiation Detection Technologies (United States)Company 26 not ranked
10Rayner (United States)Company 8 not ranked
11Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of AmericaNonprofit 6 not ranked
12American Jewish Historical SocietyInstitution 3 not ranked
13NYC MediaInstitution 2 not ranked
14New York City Economic Development CorporationNonprofit 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.

New York Times: 60.4%Planned Parenthood: 12.9%Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York: 8.6%LIM College: 6.2%10 others listed: 11.9%60%largest
New York Times3,261 · 60.4%Planned Parenthood696 · 12.9%Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York462 · 8.6%LIM College336 · 6.2%10 others listed640 · 11.9%

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

Which fields of science does Manhattan work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Manhattan is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (21%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 329 fractional works · 41.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 164 fractional works · 20.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 47 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEducation: 36 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 53 fractional works · 6.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 40 fractional works · 5.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 29 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 244 fractional works · 30.6% of its workMedicine: 197 fractional works · 24.7% of its workOphthalmology: 34 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 31 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 38 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 173 fractional works · 21.8% of its workComputer Science: 58 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInformation Systems: 21 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 52 fractional works · 6.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 50 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKManhattan796fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences41%

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. Social Sciences16420.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities536.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting405.0%
    4. Psychology344.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance293.7%
    6. Decision Sciences91.1%
    1. Medicine19724.7%
    2. Health Professions384.7%
    3. Nursing70.9%
    4. Veterinary20.2%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Computer Science587.2%
    2. Engineering526.6%
    3. Environmental Science222.8%
    4. Materials Science111.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy101.3%
    6. Mathematics81.0%
    7. Energy60.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.5%
    9. Chemistry20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology182.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences162.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology91.2%
    4. Neuroscience60.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Manhattan strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Manhattan is most concentrated in Ophthalmology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (17.2× the world share in Ophthalmology).

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 31.6 works17×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 28.7 works3.2×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 47 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.88× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.93× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.32× its world share, 174 worksMedicineNursing: 1.94× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.42× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.44× its world share, 32 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.85× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 145 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.42×48 works
  2. Nursing1.94×6 works
  3. Health Professions1.93×35 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.85×27 works
  5. Social Sciences1.66×145 works
  6. Veterinary1.50×1 works
  7. Psychology1.45×30 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.44×32 works
  9. Medicine1.32×174 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.99×7 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.94×6 works
  12. Computer Science0.88×47 works
  13. Mathematics0.88×7 works
  14. Energy0.77×5 works
  15. Environmental Science0.48×17 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.48×7 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×15 works
  18. Engineering0.42×44 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×15 works
  20. Neuroscience0.36×4 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×4 works
  22. Materials Science0.35×8 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.15×2 works
  25. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Manhattan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Macular Degeneration, Epidemiology, Diabetic Retinopathy, Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Sustainability, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Intravitreal Injection.

▲ 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. Epidemiology41▲ 1.28×95 topics
  2. Sustainability31▲ 1.59×58 topics
  3. Globalization27▲ 1.75×68 topics
  4. Machine Learning26◆ 0.97×48 topics
  5. Mental Health24▲ 2.1×35 topics
  6. Public Health22▲ 1.94×43 topics
  7. Inflammation20▲ 1.16×38 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence20▲ 1.72×28 topics
  9. Risk Factors18▲ 2.1×26 topics
  10. Human Rights17▲ 2.1×36 topics
  11. Healthcare17▲ 1.87×24 topics
  12. Macular Degeneration17▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress17▲ 1.30×22 topics
  14. Big Data17▲ 2.2×18 topics
  15. Quality of Life16▲ 1.42×40 topics
  16. Diabetic Retinopathy15▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Identity15▲ 2.6×30 topics
  18. Reproductive Health14▲ 36×3 topics
  19. Family Planning13▲ 30×3 topics
  20. Intravitreal Injection13▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor13▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Contraception13▲ 61×1 topic
  23. Unintended Pregnancy13▲ 61×1 topic
  24. Security12▲ 2.3×15 topics
  25. Choroidal Thickness12▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Retinal Pigment Epithelium12▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Community Engagement10▲ 4.0×14 topics
  28. Resilience10▲ 2.7×15 topics
  29. Primary Care10▲ 3.3×15 topics
  30. Maternal Mortality10▲ 5.4×5 topics
  31. Glaucoma10▲ 8.0×3 topics
  32. Myopia10▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Digital Media9▲ 6.2×8 topics
  34. Optical Coherence Tomography9▲ 11×3 topics
  35. OCT Imaging9▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Feminism9▲ 3.8×16 topics
  37. Conflict9▲ 6.6×7 topics
  38. Macular Hole7▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Vitreoretinal Surgery7▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Optic Nerve7▲ 9.2×2 topics

What research is done in Manhattan?

Reproductive Health and …12Reproductive Health and Contraception: 12 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 11 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 6 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 6 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Condit…4Retinal and Optic Conditions: 4 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 4 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 4 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  2. 2 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 11 works
  3. 3 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  4. 4 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 6 works
  5. 5 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  6. 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  7. 7 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 4 works
  8. 8 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 4 works
  9. 9 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 4 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%Manhattan13.2% 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 30.2% in 2000.

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