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Research in Medford

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Medford, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Tufts University.

Research institutions
12
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
49k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
2M
40.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Medford

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 Medford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Tufts UniversityUniversity 82,536 #266
2Management Sciences for HealthNonprofit 325 #17,647 all time
3Cambridge Systematics (United States)Company 245 #22,287 all time
4GreenLight Biosciences (United States)Company 27 not ranked
5Midé Technology (United States)Company 23 not ranked
6Agrivida (United States)Company 22 not ranked
7Glycosyn (United States)Company 8 not ranked
8Inkbit (United States)Company 3 not ranked
9Seventh Sense Biosystems (United States)Company 3 not ranked
10ReadCoor (United States)Company 2 not ranked
11Consensus Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 1 not ranked
12Adicep Technologies (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.

Tufts University: 99.2%Management Sciences for Health: 0.4%Cambridge Systematics (United States): 0.3%GreenLight Biosciences (United States): 0.0%8 others listed: 0.1%99%largest
Tufts University83k · 99.2%Management Sciences for Health325 · 0.4%Cambridge Systematics (United States)245 · 0.3%GreenLight Biosciences (United States)27 · 0.0%8 others listed63 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Medford work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Medford is in Health Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,296 fractional works · 36.4% of its workMedicine: 1,810 fractional works · 28.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 235 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSurgery: 202 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 157 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 110 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 105 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 87 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 87 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 85 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 81 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 269 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 177 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 105 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOral Surgery: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 67 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 64 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,493 fractional works · 23.7% of its workEngineering: 482 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 168 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 68 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 315 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 119 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 208 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 168 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 116 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 82 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,439 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 749 fractional works · 11.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 245 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 133 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 107 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 261 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 82 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 71 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 173 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhilosophy: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 152 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 127 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1,080 fractional works · 17.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 551 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 308 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGenetics: 109 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 224 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 93 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 158 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 122 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 63 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKMedford6,308fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences23%

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. Health Sciences2,29636.4%
    1. Medicine1,81028.7%
    2. Health Professions2694.3%
    3. Dentistry1051.7%
    4. Nursing671.1%
    5. Veterinary450.7%
    1. Engineering4827.6%
    2. Computer Science3155.0%
    3. Environmental Science2083.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1682.7%
    5. Materials Science1161.8%
    6. Mathematics821.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences430.7%
    8. Chemistry340.5%
    9. Energy280.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering160.3%
  3. Social Sciences1,43922.8%
    1. Social Sciences74911.9%
    2. Psychology2614.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities1732.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1522.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting530.8%
    6. Decision Sciences520.8%
  4. Life Sciences1,08017.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5518.7%
    2. Neuroscience2243.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1582.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1221.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics250.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Medford strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Medford is most concentrated in Orthodontics, Veterinary and Small Animals (5.0× the world share in Orthodontics).

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 31.5 works5.0×
  2. VeterinaryField · 37.0 works4.9×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 31.8 works4.7×
  4. ParasitologySubfield · 24.2 works4.1×
← 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: 0.53× its world share, 139 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.58× its world share, 469 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.93× its world share, 108 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.17× its world share, 196 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 29 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 280 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 40 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 440 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 185 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 98 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.12× its world share, 74 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.20× its world share, 149 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.54× its world share, 96 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 240 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.49× its world share, 1,589 worksMedicineNursing: 2.21× its world share, 60 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.89× its world share, 37 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.92× its world share, 147 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 47 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 137 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 228 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 668 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.89×37 works
  2. Dentistry3.54×96 works
  3. Nursing2.21×60 works
  4. Neuroscience2.17×196 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.93×108 works
  6. Health Professions1.64×240 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.58×469 works
  8. Medicine1.49×1,589 works
  9. Psychology1.34×228 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.20×149 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.15×137 works
  12. Mathematics1.12×74 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.03×20 works
  14. Social Sciences0.95×668 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.92×147 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.88×48 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.79×15 works
  18. Environmental Science0.67×185 works
  19. Computer Science0.65×280 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×139 works
  21. Engineering0.53×440 works
  22. Materials Science0.50×98 works
  23. Energy0.48×25 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×40 works
  25. Chemistry0.34×29 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×47 works

Which keywords describe research in Medford?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Public Health, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Mental Health, Obesity and Globalization.

▲ 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. Epidemiology446▲ 1.78×129 topics
  2. Inflammation242▲ 1.80×82 topics
  3. Public Health208▲ 2.3×57 topics
  4. Climate Change159◆ 0.93×89 topics
  5. Globalization149▲ 1.20×85 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease141▲ 1.96×37 topics
  7. Mental Health138▲ 1.53×41 topics
  8. Machine Learning133▼ 0.63×71 topics
  9. Quality of Life130▲ 1.43×53 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress127▲ 1.22×58 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome126▲ 2.5×23 topics
  12. Treatment111▲ 1.44×51 topics
  13. Obesity106▲ 2.2×24 topics
  14. Cancer99▲ 1.16×52 topics
  15. Risk Factors98▲ 1.41×37 topics
  16. Depression92▲ 1.67×25 topics
  17. Tissue Engineering86▲ 2.2×13 topics
  18. Diagnosis84▲ 1.44×41 topics
  19. Clinical Trials80▲ 1.91×18 topics
  20. Health Effects76▲ 1.98×22 topics
  21. Mortality69▲ 1.91×13 topics
  22. Pathogenesis64▲ 1.99×24 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders63▲ 1.74×20 topics
  24. Ethics58▲ 1.81×34 topics
  25. Health Outcomes55▲ 3.2×8 topics
  26. Primary Care54▲ 2.3×13 topics
  27. Child Development53▲ 2.1×8 topics
  28. Chronic Disease53▲ 5.0×4 topics
  29. Social Determinants52▲ 4.0×6 topics
  30. Biomaterials48▲ 3.1×7 topics
  31. Regenerative Medicine48▲ 3.0×6 topics
  32. Global Burden of Disease47▲ 3.0×4 topics
  33. Genomic Analysis46▲ 2.9×16 topics
  34. Neurobiology45▲ 2.7×10 topics
  35. Chronic Diseases44▲ 2.8×8 topics
  36. Food Insecurity40▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Dietary Patterns35▲ 9.2×1 topic
  38. Mediterranean Diet35▲ 9.2×1 topic
  39. Household Food Security35▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Nutritional Consequences35▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Medford?

Nutritional Studies and …32Nutritional Studies and Diet: 32 fractional worksFood Security and Health…30Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 30 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 22 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 21 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 21 fractional worksSilk-based biomaterials and applications: 19 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 18 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainabili…17Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 17 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 17 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 17 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and DieteticsEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 32 works
  2. 2 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 30 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 22 works
  4. 4 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 21 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 21 works
  6. 6 Silk-based biomaterials and applications Biomaterials 19 works
  7. 7 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 18 works
  8. 8 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 17 works
  9. 9 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 17 works
  10. 10 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 17 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%Medford18.5% 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 32.2% in 2007.

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