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Research in Plainsboro Center

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Plainsboro Center, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Integra LifeSciences (United States).

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.7k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
141k
25.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
32.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1955-2026
72 years on the record
Plainsboro Center

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 Plainsboro Center?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University Medical Center of PrincetonHospital / health system 214 #17,184 all time
2Princeton Satellite Systems (United States)Company 177 #23,653 all time
3Integra LifeSciences (United States)Company 159 #21,617
4Firmenich (United States)Company 97 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 Medical Center of Princeton: 33.1%Princeton Satellite Systems (United States): 27.4%Integra LifeSciences (United States): 24.6%Firmenich (United States): 15.0%33%largest
University Medical Center of Princeton214 · 33.1%Princeton Satellite Systems (United States)177 · 27.4%Integra LifeSciences (United States)159 · 24.6%Firmenich (United States)97 · 15.0%

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

Which fields of science does Plainsboro Center work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research in Plainsboro Center is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (37%), Engineering (20%), Medicine (14%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 498 fractional works · 74.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 244 fractional works · 36.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 121 fractional works · 18.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 76 fractional works · 11.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 26 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 135 fractional works · 20.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 39 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 38 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 58 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 53 fractional works · 8.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 30 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 98 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMedicine: 93 fractional works · 13.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 48 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPlainsboro Center666fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences75%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences3%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy24436.6%
    2. Engineering13520.3%
    3. Materials Science588.7%
    4. Computer Science304.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences81.2%
    6. Chemistry71.1%
    7. Environmental Science61.0%
    8. Mathematics50.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering30.5%
    10. Energy20.3%
    1. Medicine9313.9%
    2. Health Professions30.4%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology284.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences91.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology40.6%
    4. Neuroscience40.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.4%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting71.0%
    2. Decision Sciences40.7%
    3. Psychology40.5%
    4. Social Sciences30.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.36× its world share, 117 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.50× its world share, 50 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 16.84× its world share, 216 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 76 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 16.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy16.84×216 works
  2. Materials Science2.50×50 works
  3. Engineering1.36×117 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.21×2 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.09×2 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.84×8 works
  7. Veterinary0.80×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×23 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.70×4 works
  10. Medicine0.68×76 works
  11. Mathematics0.66×4 works
  12. Chemistry0.65×6 works
  13. Nursing0.59×2 works
  14. Computer Science0.58×26 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.53×3 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×6 works
  17. Neuroscience0.33×3 works
  18. Energy0.30×2 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×7 works
  20. Environmental Science0.21×6 works
  21. Psychology0.18×3 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×2 works
  23. Health Professions0.15×2 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.09×2 works
  25. Social Sciences0.03×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Plainsboro Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-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. Turbulence96▲ 159×4 topics
  2. Diagnostics93▲ 178×2 topics
  3. Tokamak93▲ 651×1 topic
  4. Transport93▲ 438×1 topic
  5. Solar Wind54▲ 90×2 topics
  6. Electron Acceleration40▲ 90×2 topics
  7. Ionosphere39▲ 107×1 topic
  8. Magnetosphere39▲ 107×1 topic
  9. Molecular Dynamics Simulations34▲ 120×2 topics
  10. fusion materials34▲ 276×1 topic
  11. radiation damage34▲ 276×1 topic
  12. Plasma Etching21▲ 147×1 topic
  13. Semiconductor Industry21▲ 147×1 topic
  14. Critical Current Density21▲ 127×2 topics
  15. Negative Ion Sources20▲ 174×1 topic
  16. Superconducting Cavities20▲ 174×1 topic
  17. Electron Beams20▲ 173×1 topic
  18. Laser-Plasma Accelerators20▲ 173×1 topic
  19. Nb3Sn Conductor20▲ 168×1 topic
  20. Superconducting Magnets20▲ 168×1 topic
  21. Coronal Mass Ejections16▲ 64×1 topic
  22. Solar Dynamics Observatory16▲ 64×1 topic
  23. Biomedical Applications15▲ 1.89×13 topics
  24. Spectroscopy11▲ 9.8×8 topics
  25. Space Exploration8▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Material Analysis8▲ 63×1 topic
  27. Plasma8▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Molten Salt8▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Nuclear Reactor8▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Gravitational Waves7▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Tomography7▲ 6.2×4 topics
  32. Glycemic Control7▲ 6.8×3 topics
  33. Insulin Therapy7▲ 8.6×3 topics
  34. Dusty Plasmas7▲ 155×1 topic
  35. Quantum Plasma Physics7▲ 155×1 topic
  36. Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas7▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Plasma Medicine7▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Electronic Structure Calculations6▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Cardiovascular Outcomes6▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Glucose Control6▲ 17×1 topic

What research is done in Plainsboro Center?

Magnetic confinement fus…81Magnetic confinement fusion research: 81 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…36Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 36 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…29Fusion materials and technologies: 29 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 18 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 18 fractional worksPlasma Diagnostics and A…17Plasma Diagnostics and Applications: 17 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 17 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 14 fractional worksLaser-induced spectroscopy and plasma: 7 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 7 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsMaterials ChemistryBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  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

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%60%Plainsboro Center23.6% 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 45.2% in 2010.

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