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Research in Niskayuna

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Niskayuna, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are GE Global Research (United States).

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.5k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
89k
25.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1960-2026
67 years on the record
Niskayuna

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 Niskayuna?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1GE Global Research (United States)Company 3,532 #9,458

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.

Which fields of science does Niskayuna work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research in Niskayuna is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Medicine (13%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 232 fractional works · 76.3% of its workEngineering: 151 fractional works · 49.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 41 fractional works · 13.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 18 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 5.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 17 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 33 fractional works · 10.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 20 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 4.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 41 fractional works · 13.6% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 13.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 21 fractional works · 7.0% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKNiskayuna305fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences6%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering15149.5%
    2. Computer Science3310.9%
    3. Materials Science206.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy113.7%
    5. Environmental Science61.9%
    6. Chemistry51.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering20.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.7%
    9. Energy20.6%
    10. Mathematics10.2%
    1. Medicine4013.1%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting61.9%
    2. Decision Sciences51.6%
    3. Social Sciences41.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.9%
    5. Psychology10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.1%
    2. Neuroscience30.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Niskayuna strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Niskayuna is most concentrated in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (8.0× the world share in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging).

  1. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 20.0 works8.0×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.38× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.37× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.38× its world share, 140 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.92× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.47× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 36 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.38×140 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.38×2 works
  3. Materials Science1.92×18 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.64×4 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.47×9 works
  6. Computer Science1.37×29 works
  7. Chemistry0.94×4 works
  8. Energy0.71×2 works
  9. Medicine0.67×36 works
  10. Neuroscience0.52×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×5 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.48×3 works
  13. Dentistry0.42×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×5 works
  16. Environmental Science0.36×5 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.17×1 works
  19. Psychology0.13×1 works
  20. Health Professions0.12×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.09×3 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Niskayuna?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Large-Eddy Simulation, Heat Transfer, Thermal Management and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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. Deep Learning22▲ 2.1×36 topics
  2. Machine Learning20▲ 1.99×36 topics
  3. Power Electronics13▲ 14×7 topics
  4. Renewable Energy12▲ 2.8×17 topics
  5. Magnetic Resonance Imaging12▲ 16×6 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties10▲ 3.4×15 topics
  7. Heat Transfer10▲ 6.6×11 topics
  8. Large-Eddy Simulation10▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Neural Networks9▲ 1.94×14 topics
  10. Microstructure8▲ 5.4×13 topics
  11. Thermal Management8▲ 7.9×7 topics
  12. Fault Detection7▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Perfusion Imaging7▲ 31×2 topics
  14. Renewable Energy Integration7▲ 6.7×5 topics
  15. Control Systems6▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Functional MRI6▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Spectroscopy6▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Smart Grid6▲ 5.4×6 topics
  19. Parallel Imaging6▲ 42×1 topic
  20. Susceptibility Weighted Imaging6▲ 42×1 topic
  21. Oxidation Resistance6▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Imaging6▲ 7.6×5 topics
  23. High-Temperature Electronics5▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Chemical Kinetics5▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Additive Manufacturing5▲ 5.2×5 topics
  26. Process Monitoring5▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Smart Grid Applications5▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Power Devices5▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Hydrogen Embrittlement4▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Reconstruction4▲ 8.7×2 topics
  31. Reliability4▲ 19×1 topic
  32. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors4▲ 35×1 topic
  33. PET/CT4▲ 26×1 topic
  34. tumor4▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Offshore Wind Farms4▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Radiation Exposure4▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Dual-Energy CT4▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Material Differentiation4▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Time Series4▲ 7.7×2 topics
  40. Voltage Control4▲ 19×2 topics

What research is done in Niskayuna?

Advanced MRI Techniques …5Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 5 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniqu…4Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 4 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 4 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 4 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 4 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 3 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 3 fractional worksCombustion and flame dyn…3Combustion and flame dynamics: 3 fractional worksReal-time simulation and control systems: 3 fractional worksHVDC Systems and Fault Protection: 3 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringMaterials Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  2. 2 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  3. 3 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 4 works
  6. 6 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 3 works
  9. 9 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 HVDC Systems and Fault Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Niskayuna15.5% 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 34.3% in 1998.

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