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Research in Orono

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Orono, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Maine.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
17k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
448k
26.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Orono

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 Orono?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of MaineUniversity 16,395 #1,105
2Revolution ResearchCompany 237 #22,955 all time
3Four Directions Development CorporationNonprofit 61 not ranked
4Sensor Research and Development Corporation (United States)Company 29 not ranked
5Environetix Technologies (United States)Company 4 not ranked
6Angel Secure Networks (United States)Company 0 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.

University of Maine: 98.0%Revolution Research: 1.4%Four Directions Development Corporation: 0.4%Sensor Research and Development Corporation (United States): 0.2%1 other listed: 0.0%98%largest
University of Maine16k · 98.0%Revolution Research237 · 1.4%Four Directions Development Corporation61 · 0.4%Sensor Research and Development Corporation (United States)29 · 0.2%1 other listed4 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Orono work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Orono is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (15%), Social Sciences (13%), Engineering (13%).

Physical Sciences: 971 fractional works · 46.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 308 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEcology: 91 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 72 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 33 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 275 fractional works · 13.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 53 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 106 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 36 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 100 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 31 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 97 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomaterials: 42 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 575 fractional works · 27.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 282 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 94 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEducation: 53 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 96 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 36 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 93 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 54 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 45 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 36 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 337 fractional works · 16.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 181 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPlant Science: 65 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 105 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 57 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuroscience: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 221 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 156 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 50 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 33 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOrono2,104fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences27%

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. Environmental Science30814.6%
    2. Engineering27513.1%
    3. Computer Science1065.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1004.8%
    5. Materials Science974.6%
    6. Mathematics271.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy221.1%
    8. Chemistry211.0%
    9. Energy90.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.2%
    1. Social Sciences28213.4%
    2. Psychology964.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities934.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance542.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting361.7%
    6. Decision Sciences140.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1818.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1055.0%
    3. Neuroscience301.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology200.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    1. Medicine1567.4%
    2. Health Professions502.4%
    3. Nursing110.5%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Orono strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Orono is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Oceanography (6.6× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 29.4 works6.6×
  2. EcologySubfield · 78.5 works5.4×
  3. OceanographySubfield · 26.9 works5.2×
  4. BiomaterialsSubfield · 38.3 works4.8×
← 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: 1.82× its world share, 161 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 88 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 27 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 95 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.00× its world share, 88 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 244 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.93× its world share, 271 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.34× its world share, 87 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.10× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 134 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.61× its world share, 86 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 32 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.30× its world share, 52 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 85 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 253 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.00×88 works
  2. Environmental Science2.93×271 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.82×161 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.61×86 works
  5. Psychology1.50×85 works
  6. Materials Science1.34×87 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.30×52 works
  8. Mathematics1.10×24 works
  9. Social Sciences1.07×253 works
  10. Nursing1.05×10 works
  11. Health Professions0.91×44 works
  12. Neuroscience0.90×27 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.89×17 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×88 works
  15. Engineering0.87×244 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.68×4 works
  17. Veterinary0.68×2 works
  18. Computer Science0.66×95 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.65×12 works
  20. Chemistry0.61×18 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×32 works
  22. Energy0.47×8 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.40×16 works
  24. Medicine0.37×134 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.24×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Orono?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Biomedical Applications, Habitat Fragmentation, Sustainability, Fisheries Sustainability and Conservation.

▲ 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. Climate Change201▲ 3.5×81 topics
  2. Sustainability70▲ 1.37×70 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications58▲ 2.4×27 topics
  4. Biodiversity58▲ 3.6×25 topics
  5. Environmental Impact57▲ 1.58×49 topics
  6. Invasive Species54▲ 6.1×18 topics
  7. Globalization47◆ 1.14×63 topics
  8. Remote Sensing44▲ 1.70×29 topics
  9. Mental Health42▲ 1.41×32 topics
  10. Renewable Energy37▲ 1.22×36 topics
  11. Conservation34▲ 3.8×19 topics
  12. Habitat Fragmentation32▲ 7.2×5 topics
  13. Nanocomposites32▲ 1.94×17 topics
  14. Identity31▲ 2.0×29 topics
  15. Global Warming30▲ 3.3×12 topics
  16. History29▲ 1.99×27 topics
  17. Ecosystem Services29▲ 3.5×11 topics
  18. Global Change28▲ 5.1×6 topics
  19. Fisheries Sustainability27▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Biodiversity Conservation26▲ 3.4×10 topics
  21. Population Dynamics25▲ 4.7×12 topics
  22. Ionic Liquids24▲ 4.1×8 topics
  23. Trophic Cascades23▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Conservation Biology22▲ 9.8×4 topics
  25. Aquaculture22▲ 4.1×8 topics
  26. Ecosystem Resilience22▲ 6.7×5 topics
  27. Climate Change Impacts22▲ 8.4×7 topics
  28. Cellulose Nanocrystals20▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Nanocellulose20▲ 22×1 topic
  30. Ecosystem Functioning18▲ 4.2×7 topics
  31. Paleoclimatology17▲ 9.8×2 topics
  32. Model Evaluation17▲ 6.2×2 topics
  33. Ecosystem17▲ 7.4×4 topics
  34. Eutrophication15▲ 6.3×5 topics
  35. Biological Invasions15▲ 7.7×3 topics
  36. Holocene15▲ 6.3×3 topics
  37. Ecosystem Management14▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Marine Fisheries14▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Freshwater Biodiversity14▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Sea Level14▲ 7.2×2 topics

What research is done in Orono?

Advanced Cellulose Resea…18Advanced Cellulose Research Studies: 18 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…14Marine and fisheries research: 14 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 12 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 11 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 11 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 11 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 9 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…8Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 8 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 8 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 8 fractional works
BiomaterialsGlobal and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationAtmospheric Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Cellulose Research Studies Biomaterials 18 works
  2. 2 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 14 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 11 works
  5. 5 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 11 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 9 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 8 works
  9. 9 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 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%Orono19.5% 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 30.5% in 2008.

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