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Research in Rahway

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Rahway, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States).

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
18k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
747k
42.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Rahway

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 Rahway?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)Company 22,112 #589
2Merck Institute for Science EducationNonprofit 147 #15,545 all time

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.

Which fields of science does Rahway work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Rahway is in Health Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (44%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Chemistry (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 911 fractional works · 45.6% of its workMedicine: 872 fractional works · 43.6% of its workEpidemiology: 158 fractional works · 7.9% of its workOncology: 152 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 111 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 65 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 53 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 46 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 32 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 523 fractional works · 26.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 353 fractional works · 17.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 237 fractional works · 11.9% of its workCancer Research: 35 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 93 fractional works · 4.6% of its workImmunology: 57 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMicrobiology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 38 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 435 fractional works · 21.8% of its workChemistry: 192 fractional works · 9.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 107 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 47 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 83 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 58 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 45 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 42 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 38 fractional works · 1.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 33 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 128 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 62 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 61 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRahway1,998fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences6%

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. Medicine87243.6%
    2. Health Professions321.6%
    3. Veterinary50.2%
    4. Nursing20.1%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35317.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology934.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics381.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences241.2%
    5. Neuroscience150.8%
    1. Chemistry1929.6%
    2. Engineering834.2%
    3. Computer Science452.3%
    4. Mathematics422.1%
    5. Materials Science331.6%
    6. Environmental Science251.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy60.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering50.2%
    9. Energy40.2%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance623.1%
    2. Social Sciences371.9%
    3. Decision Sciences150.8%
    4. Psychology70.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting50.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Rahway strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Rahway is most concentrated in Pharmaceutical Science, Spectroscopy and Statistics and Probability (12.0× the world share in Pharmaceutical Science).

  1. Pharmaceutical ScienceSubfield · 22.7 works12×
  2. SpectroscopySubfield · 43.4 works11×
  3. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 35.7 works9.5×
  4. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 90.1 works6.8×
  5. OncologySubfield · 131.4 works6.6×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.21× its world share, 303 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.60× its world share, 82 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.24× its world share, 33 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 6.12× its world share, 170 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 77 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 30 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.92× its world share, 40 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.26× its world share, 770 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.90× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.54× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry6.12×170 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.24×33 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology4.60×82 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.21×303 works
  5. Medicine2.26×770 works
  6. Mathematics1.92×40 works
  7. Veterinary1.90×5 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.54×58 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.79×13 works
  10. Health Professions0.65×30 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.64×4 works
  12. Neuroscience0.49×14 works
  13. Materials Science0.48×30 works
  14. Computer Science0.29×40 works
  15. Engineering0.29×77 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×22 works
  17. Environmental Science0.26×22 works
  18. Nursing0.23×2 works
  19. Energy0.22×4 works
  20. Social Sciences0.15×32 works
  21. Psychology0.13×7 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.12×5 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×5 works
  24. Dentistry0.05×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.02×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Rahway?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Monoclonal Antibodies, Chemotherapy, Therapeutic Antibodies, Tumor Microenvironment, Biopharmaceuticals, Immunogenicity and Glycosylation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology238▲ 3.0×91 topics
  2. Chemotherapy94▲ 6.6×22 topics
  3. Monoclonal Antibodies93▲ 52×3 topics
  4. Therapeutic Antibodies78▲ 56×2 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment69▲ 7.7×8 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines68▲ 6.2×13 topics
  7. Immunotherapy66▲ 4.6×18 topics
  8. Clinical Trials66▲ 5.0×14 topics
  9. Biopharmaceuticals64▲ 62×3 topics
  10. Immunogenicity63▲ 74×3 topics
  11. Biomarkers62▲ 4.5×18 topics
  12. Glycosylation62▲ 28×3 topics
  13. Vaccine58▲ 7.3×10 topics
  14. Antimicrobial Resistance54▲ 13×9 topics
  15. Medicinal Chemistry53▲ 9.8×12 topics
  16. Immune Response51▲ 4.5×19 topics
  17. Pathogenesis50▲ 4.9×19 topics
  18. Targeted Therapy49▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Recombinant Proteins49▲ 78×2 topics
  20. Protein Aggregation46▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Immune Checkpoint Blockade46▲ 20×1 topic
  22. PD-1 and PD-L146▲ 20×1 topic
  23. Chromatography46▲ 153×1 topic
  24. Stability46▲ 10×1 topic
  25. Drug Discovery45▲ 10×8 topics
  26. Vaccine Development43▲ 8.4×8 topics
  27. Treatment Guidelines38▲ 8.7×5 topics
  28. Monoclonal Antibody37▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Human Papillomavirus36▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Antiretroviral Therapy34▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Vaccination33▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Respiratory Infections33▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Community-Acquired Pneumonia33▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine33▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Molecular Characterization33▲ 9.3×6 topics
  36. Antibody Engineering32▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Fc Receptors32▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Cancer Incidence32▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Organic Synthesis32▲ 14×9 topics
  40. Economic Evaluation31▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Rahway?

Cancer Immunotherapy and…41Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 41 fractional worksProtein purification and…40Protein purification and stability: 40 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 30 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…29Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 29 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…29Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 29 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 26 fractional worksViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 22 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…22Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 22 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 22 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 22 fractional works
OncologyMolecular BiologyEpidemiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 41 works
  2. 2 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 40 works
  3. 3 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 30 works
  4. 4 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 29 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 29 works
  6. 6 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 26 works
  7. 7 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 22 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 22 works
  9. 9 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 22 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 22 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%Rahway18.0% 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 1990.

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