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Research in Newport News

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Newport News, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Christopher Newport University and Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

Research institutions
17
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.3k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
113k
15.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Newport News

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 Newport News?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityResearch facility 4,231 #13,485
2Christopher Newport UniversityUniversity 2,049 #8,678
3Genex Systems (United States)Company 308 #15,255 all time
4Riverside Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system 252 #30,746 all time
5G & A Technical Software (United States)Company 205 #11,568 all time
6Aerotech Research (United States)Company 123 #33,435 all time
7Bon Secours Mary Immaculate HospitalHospital / health system 121 #33,412 all time
8Children’s ClinicsHospital / health system 50 not ranked
9Newport News Public SchoolsUniversity 50 not ranked
10Virginia Marine Resources CommissionGovernment institution 21 not ranked
11Mariners' MuseumArchive 13 not ranked
12Dilon Technologies (United States)Company 7 not ranked
13Newport News Public Library SystemArchive 3 not ranked
14Virginia Living MuseumArchive 3 not ranked
15HyperSizer (United States)Company 2 not ranked
16Black Laboratories (United States)Company 2 not ranked
17Bon Secours Liver Institute of Hampton RoadsHospital / health system 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.

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility: 56.9%Christopher Newport University: 27.5%Genex Systems (United States): 4.1%Riverside Regional Medical Center: 3.4%13 others listed: 8.1%57%largest
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility4,231 · 56.9%Christopher Newport University2,049 · 27.5%Genex Systems (United States)308 · 4.1%Riverside Regional Medical Center252 · 3.4%13 others listed601 · 8.1%

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

Which fields of science does Newport News work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Newport News is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (21%), Engineering (17%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 653 fractional works · 54.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 247 fractional works · 20.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 158 fractional works · 13.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 40 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiation: 21 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 208 fractional works · 17.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 61 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 44 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 89 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 29 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 24 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 30 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 348 fractional works · 29.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 150 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 45 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 31 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 74 fractional works · 6.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 60 fractional works · 5.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 22 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 138 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMedicine: 119 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 55 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNewport News1,193fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences29%

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. Physics and Astronomy24720.7%
    2. Engineering20817.4%
    3. Computer Science897.4%
    4. Environmental Science352.9%
    5. Materials Science302.5%
    6. Chemistry141.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences131.1%
    8. Mathematics100.9%
    9. Energy60.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Social Sciences15012.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities746.2%
    3. Psychology605.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance252.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting221.9%
    6. Decision Sciences161.4%
    1. Medicine11910.0%
    2. Health Professions171.4%
    3. Veterinary10.0%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology231.9%
    2. Neuroscience161.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences131.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Newport News strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Newport News is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics and Astronomy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (45.3× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 151.5 works45×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 233.3 works9.9×
  3. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 37.8 works5.0×
  4. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 41.0 works3.3×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 71 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.17× its world share, 186 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.87× its world share, 233 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 105 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.05× its world share, 63 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.71× its world share, 55 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 130 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.87×233 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.05×63 works
  3. Psychology1.71×55 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.47×15 works
  5. Engineering1.17×186 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.01×23 works
  7. Social Sciences0.97×130 works
  8. Computer Science0.86×71 works
  9. Chemistry0.80×13 works
  10. Mathematics0.77×10 works
  11. Neuroscience0.76×13 works
  12. Materials Science0.73×27 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.69×12 works
  14. Environmental Science0.62×33 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×20 works
  16. Energy0.56×5 works
  17. Medicine0.51×105 works
  18. Health Professions0.48×14 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.41×2 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×19 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×11 works
  23. Veterinary0.15×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.09×0 works
  26. Nursing0.07×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Newport News?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Lattice QCD, Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, Renormalization Group, charmonium and QCD.

▲ 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. Lattice QCD67▲ 96×2 topics
  2. Dark Matter51▲ 37×4 topics
  3. Particle Physics50▲ 58×2 topics
  4. Higgs Boson45▲ 76×1 topic
  5. High-Energy Collider45▲ 76×1 topic
  6. Renormalization Group40▲ 59×2 topics
  7. QCD38▲ 94×1 topic
  8. charmonium38▲ 94×1 topic
  9. Negative Ion Sources30▲ 145×1 topic
  10. Superconducting Cavities30▲ 145×1 topic
  11. Hydrodynamics30▲ 38×3 topics
  12. Electron Acceleration30▲ 37×2 topics
  13. Heavy-Ion Collisions29▲ 98×1 topic
  14. Quark-Gluon Plasma29▲ 98×1 topic
  15. Synchrotron Radiation28▲ 48×4 topics
  16. Free-Electron Lasers25▲ 178×1 topic
  17. X-Ray25▲ 178×1 topic
  18. Nationalism24▲ 4.4×18 topics
  19. Photon Counting24▲ 30×3 topics
  20. CMOS Technology22▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Detector Performance22▲ 59×2 topics
  22. X-ray Imaging22▲ 53×2 topics
  23. Identity22▲ 2.5×42 topics
  24. Gender22▲ 3.4×37 topics
  25. Critical Current Density21▲ 72×2 topics
  26. Particle Detectors21▲ 92×1 topic
  27. Silicon Detectors21▲ 92×1 topic
  28. Nb3Sn Conductor21▲ 97×1 topic
  29. Superconducting Magnets21▲ 97×1 topic
  30. Literature18▲ 2.8×32 topics
  31. Colonialism17▲ 3.0×25 topics
  32. Workflow Management16▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Distributed Systems14▲ 7.0×5 topics
  34. Magnetic Resonance Imaging14▲ 4.5×6 topics
  35. Resource Management13▲ 6.2×2 topics
  36. High-Performance Computing12▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Radiation Detection11▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Atomic Magnetometer11▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Hyperpolarized Gases11▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Inorganic Scintillators10▲ 27×1 topic

What research is done in Newport News?

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 44 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 37 fractional worksParticle accelerators an…29Particle accelerators and beam dynamics: 29 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Col…28High-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 28 fractional worksParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 24 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 20 fractional worksSuperconducting Material…19Superconducting Materials and Applications: 19 fractional worksAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research: 10 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 10 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 9 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAerospace EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 44 works
  2. 2 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 37 works
  3. 3 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 29 works
  4. 4 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 28 works
  5. 5 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 24 works
  6. 6 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 20 works
  7. 7 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 19 works
  8. 8 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 10 works
  9. 9 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 10 works
  10. 10 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 9 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 counting20%40%Newport News17.1% 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 31.6% in 1999.

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