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Research in Medford

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Medford, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Tufts University.

Research institutions
12
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
49k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
20.9%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Medford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Tufts UniversityUniversity 47,907 #514
2Management Sciences for HealthNonprofit 325 #22,038 all time
3Cambridge Systematics (United States)Company 245 #37,852 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 2022–2025. 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.

Tufts University: 98.6%Management Sciences for Health: 0.7%Cambridge Systematics (United States): 0.5%GreenLight Biosciences (United States): 0.1%8 others listed: 0.1%99%largest
Tufts University48k · 98.6%Management Sciences for Health325 · 0.7%Cambridge Systematics (United States)245 · 0.5%GreenLight Biosciences (United States)27 · 0.1%8 others listed63 · 0.1%

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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 predictsmore →

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 Medford?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Mental Health, Obesity and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology394▲ 1.79×129 topics
  2. Inflammation212▲ 1.83×81 topics
  3. Public Health186▲ 2.3×56 topics
  4. Climate Change142◆ 0.95×85 topics
  5. Globalization129▲ 1.18×76 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease125▲ 2.0×37 topics
  7. Mental Health124▲ 1.52×40 topics
  8. Quality of Life117▲ 1.46×53 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress113▲ 1.24×58 topics
  10. Machine Learning111▼ 0.61×70 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome111▲ 2.5×23 topics
  12. Treatment98▲ 1.45×51 topics
  13. Obesity93▲ 2.2×24 topics
  14. Cancer88▲ 1.18×50 topics
  15. Risk Factors88▲ 1.43×37 topics
  16. Depression79▲ 1.62×25 topics
  17. COVID-1977◆ 1.01×25 topics
  18. Tissue Engineering74▲ 2.2×12 topics
  19. Diagnosis74▲ 1.42×41 topics
  20. Clinical Trials72▲ 1.93×18 topics
  21. Health Effects69▲ 2.0×21 topics
  22. Mortality63▲ 1.96×13 topics
  23. Pathogenesis57▲ 2.0×24 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders55▲ 1.73×19 topics
  25. Primary Care50▲ 2.4×13 topics
  26. Child Development48▲ 2.1×8 topics
  27. Health Outcomes48▲ 3.1×8 topics
  28. Social Determinants47▲ 4.0×6 topics
  29. Chronic Disease46▲ 4.7×4 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease42▲ 3.1×4 topics
  31. Regenerative Medicine41▲ 2.9×6 topics
  32. Neurobiology40▲ 2.8×10 topics
  33. Biomaterials39▲ 3.0×7 topics
  34. Food Insecurity35▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Dietary Patterns32▲ 9.3×1 topic
  36. Mediterranean Diet32▲ 9.3×1 topic
  37. Assessment Methods31▲ 5.2×3 topics
  38. Household Food Security30▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Nutritional Consequences30▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Engineering Education30▲ 5.9×4 topics

What research is done in Medford?

  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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