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Research in Plainsboro Center

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Plainsboro Center, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Integra LifeSciences (United States).

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.7k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
32.2%
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 Plainsboro Center?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Princeton Plasma Physics LaboratoryResearch facility 5,011 #3,854
2University Medical Center of PrincetonHospital / health system 214 #25,139 all time
3Princeton Satellite Systems (United States)Company 177 #30,036 all time
4Integra LifeSciences (United States)Company 159 #20,777
5Firmenich (United States)Company 97 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.

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory: 88.6%University Medical Center of Princeton: 3.8%Princeton Satellite Systems (United States): 3.1%Integra LifeSciences (United States): 2.8%1 other listed: 1.7%89%largest
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory5,011 · 88.6%University Medical Center of Princeton214 · 3.8%Princeton Satellite Systems (United States)177 · 3.1%Integra LifeSciences (United States)159 · 2.8%1 other listed97 · 1.7%

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

What is Plainsboro Center strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Plainsboro Center is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (59.3× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 107.3 works59×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 70.1 works23×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 215.5 works17×
  4. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 32.7 works4.9×
  5. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 45.7 works4.0×
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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 Plainsboro Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Turbulence, Diagnostics, Tokamak, Transport, Solar Wind, Electron Acceleration, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere.

▲ 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. Turbulence84▲ 167×4 topics
  2. Diagnostics82▲ 171×2 topics
  3. Tokamak81▲ 662×1 topic
  4. Transport81▲ 445×1 topic
  5. Solar Wind49▲ 92×2 topics
  6. Electron Acceleration37▲ 94×2 topics
  7. Ionosphere36▲ 111×1 topic
  8. Magnetosphere36▲ 111×1 topic
  9. Molecular Dynamics Simulations29▲ 118×2 topics
  10. fusion materials29▲ 272×1 topic
  11. radiation damage29▲ 272×1 topic
  12. Critical Current Density19▲ 131×2 topics
  13. Electron Beams18▲ 184×1 topic
  14. Laser-Plasma Accelerators18▲ 184×1 topic
  15. Nb3Sn Conductor18▲ 169×1 topic
  16. Superconducting Magnets18▲ 169×1 topic
  17. Plasma Etching17▲ 137×1 topic
  18. Semiconductor Industry17▲ 137×1 topic
  19. Negative Ion Sources17▲ 163×1 topic
  20. Superconducting Cavities17▲ 163×1 topic
  21. Coronal Mass Ejections14▲ 64×1 topic
  22. Solar Dynamics Observatory14▲ 64×1 topic
  23. Biomedical Applications12▲ 1.73×10 topics
  24. Spectroscopy10▲ 9.8×7 topics
  25. Gravitational Waves7▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Space Exploration7▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Material Analysis7▲ 61×1 topic
  28. Plasma7▲ 59×1 topic
  29. Tomography7▲ 6.8×4 topics
  30. Molten Salt7▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Nuclear Reactor7▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Electronic Structure Calculations6▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Magnetic Sensing6▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas5▲ 49×1 topic
  35. Plasma Medicine5▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Density Functional Theory5▲ 8.7×3 topics
  37. Black Holes5▲ 9.2×3 topics
  38. Cuprate Superconductors5▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Dusty Plasmas5▲ 147×1 topic
  40. High-Temperature Superconductivity5▲ 25×1 topic

What research is done in Plainsboro Center?

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 81 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 36 works
  3. 3 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 29 works
  4. 4 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 18 works
  5. 5 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 18 works
  6. 6 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 17 works
  7. 7 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 17 works
  8. 8 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  9. 9 Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma Mechanics of Materials 7 works
  10. 10 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 7 works

Research output over time

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