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Research in Radford

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Radford, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Radford University.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.8k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
40k
14.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Radford

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Which research institutions are in Radford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Radford UniversityUniversity 2,561 #7,576
2Women's Resource CenterNonprofit 166 #30,268 all time
3American Research Corporation of Virginia (United States)Company 38 not ranked
4Nuvotronics (United States)Company 36 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.

Radford University: 91.4%Women's Resource Center: 5.9%American Research Corporation of Virginia (United States): 1.4%Nuvotronics (United States): 1.3%91%largest
Radford University2,561 · 91.4%Women's Resource Center166 · 5.9%American Research Corporation of Virginia (United States)38 · 1.4%Nuvotronics (United States)36 · 1.3%

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

Which fields of science does Radford work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Radford is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (10%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 224 fractional works · 48.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 107 fractional works · 23.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEducation: 27 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 35 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 26 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 127 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 38 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 31 fractional works · 6.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 74 fractional works · 15.9% of its workMedicine: 48 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 38 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRadford464fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences48%

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. Social Sciences10723.0%
    2. Psychology357.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting265.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities214.6%
    5. Decision Sciences194.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance163.5%
    1. Environmental Science388.2%
    2. Computer Science316.7%
    3. Engineering183.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences112.3%
    5. Mathematics102.1%
    6. Chemistry71.5%
    7. Materials Science61.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy40.9%
    9. Energy20.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Medicine4810.4%
    2. Health Professions235.0%
    3. Nursing20.4%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology183.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences112.3%
    3. Neuroscience61.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Radford?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Emotion, Sustainability, Reflective Practice, Ethics, Well-being, Evidence-Based Practice and Education.

▲ 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 Change22▲ 1.70×45 topics
  2. Sustainability18▲ 1.56×28 topics
  3. Epidemiology14▼ 0.74×43 topics
  4. Education14▲ 1.71×24 topics
  5. Mental Health12▲ 1.85×26 topics
  6. Globalization12▲ 1.32×33 topics
  7. Quality of Life11▲ 1.60×20 topics
  8. Social Media11▲ 1.67×20 topics
  9. Innovation11▲ 2.2×13 topics
  10. Ethics9▲ 4.0×14 topics
  11. Well-being8▲ 4.6×11 topics
  12. Emotion8▲ 8.1×8 topics
  13. Reflective Practice7▲ 8.1×5 topics
  14. Biodiversity7▲ 1.94×11 topics
  15. Meta-Analysis7▲ 2.5×9 topics
  16. Population Dynamics7▲ 5.8×5 topics
  17. Higher Education7▲ 2.7×13 topics
  18. Social Support6▲ 2.6×10 topics
  19. Leadership6▲ 2.8×11 topics
  20. Social Justice6▲ 2.3×16 topics
  21. Evidence-Based Practice6▲ 10×6 topics
  22. Cooperation6▲ 18×4 topics
  23. Invasive Species6▲ 2.8×8 topics
  24. Teaching Strategies5▲ 3.8×3 topics
  25. Habitat Selection5▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Conservation Biology5▲ 9.1×3 topics
  27. Data Science4▲ 9.3×2 topics
  28. Anthropocene4▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Civic Engagement4▲ 6.1×3 topics
  30. Student Achievement4▲ 9.8×4 topics
  31. Creativity4▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Faculty Development4▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Nursing Education4▲ 6.2×4 topics
  34. Complexity Theory4▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Professional Learning Communities4▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Animal Movement4▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Competency-Based Education4▲ 8.5×2 topics
  38. Occupancy Rates4▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Stress Reduction4▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Altruism3▲ 8.7×4 topics

What research is done in Radford?

Wildlife Ecology and Con…4Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional worksEvaluation and Performan…3Evaluation and Performance Assessment: 3 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 3 fractional worksComplex Systems and Decision Making: 3 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 3 fractional worksDesign Education and Practice: 3 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 3 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techni…3Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Practice and Research: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional works
EcologyManagement Science and Operations ResearchEducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  2. 2 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  3. 3 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 3 works
  4. 4 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Social Media and Politics Communication 3 works
  8. 8 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  9. 9 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 2 works
  10. 10 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Radford15.1% 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 30.8% in 2013.

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