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Research in Oak Ridge

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Oak Ridge. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.3k
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.4%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Oak Ridge?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Oak Ridge Institute for Science and EducationUniversity 1,025 #7,221
2Center for Nanophase Materials SciencesResearch facility 201 #9,997 all time
3Spallation Neutron SourceResearch facility 93 not ranked
4World Data SystemInstitution 26 not ranked
5Oak Ridge Leadership Computing FacilityResearch facility 2 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.

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education: 76.1%Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences: 14.9%Spallation Neutron Source: 6.9%World Data System: 1.9%1 other listed: 0.1%76%largest
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education1,025 · 76.1%Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences201 · 14.9%Spallation Neutron Source93 · 6.9%World Data System26 · 1.9%1 other listed2 · 0.1%

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

What is Oak Ridge strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Oak Ridge is most concentrated in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (12.2× the world share in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis).

  1. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 24.6 works12×
← 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 Oak Ridge?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Epidemiology, Climate Change, Public Health, Global Distribution, Mortality, Environmental Exposure and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 2.0×76 topics
  2. Climate Change26▲ 2.5×53 topics
  3. Health Effects22▲ 9.6×20 topics
  4. Public Health17▲ 3.1×33 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress14▲ 2.3×28 topics
  6. Environmental Impact12▲ 1.80×27 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.7×24 topics
  8. Mortality11▲ 4.9×7 topics
  9. Global Distribution9▲ 37×2 topics
  10. Toxicity9▲ 5.3×13 topics
  11. Environmental Exposure8▲ 21×3 topics
  12. Pathogenesis8▲ 4.2×14 topics
  13. Water Quality8▲ 5.3×11 topics
  14. Global Burden of Disease8▲ 8.0×4 topics
  15. Particulate Matter7▲ 13×2 topics
  16. Genetic Characterization7▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Global Warming7▲ 4.4×8 topics
  18. Air Pollution6▲ 13×1 topic
  19. Fine Particulate Air Pollution6▲ 18×1 topic
  20. Vaccine6▲ 3.9×11 topics
  21. Bioaccumulation6▲ 17×3 topics
  22. Infectious Diseases6▲ 4.6×8 topics
  23. Wastewater Treatment6▲ 6.4×6 topics
  24. Ecology5▲ 9.3×3 topics
  25. Bioinformatics5▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Eutrophication5▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Infection5▲ 5.4×7 topics
  28. Electronic Structure5▲ 7.1×8 topics
  29. Environmental Contamination5▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Exposure Pathways5▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Superconductivity5▲ 7.4×9 topics
  32. Perfluoroalkyl Substances5▲ 70×1 topic
  33. Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds5▲ 70×1 topic
  34. Human Health4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  35. Viral Pathogenesis4▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Pathogenicity4▲ 18×5 topics
  37. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons4▲ 22×2 topics
  38. African Swine Fever4▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor4▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Brominated Flame Retardants4▲ 31×1 topic

What research is done in Oak Ridge?

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  2. 2 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 5 works
  3. 3 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  4. 4 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  5. 5 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 4 works
  6. 6 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  7. 7 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 3 works
  8. 8 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 3 works
  9. 9 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.