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Research in Rehovot

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Rehovot, Israel. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Weizmann Institute of Science.

Research institutions
9
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
44k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3M
52.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
26.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Rehovot

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 Rehovot?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Weizmann Institute of ScienceUniversity 40,637 #188
2Biokine (Israel)Company 74 not ranked
3Nova Measuring Instruments (Israel)Company 59 not ranked
4Melodea (Israel)Company 43 not ranked
5Elfi-Tech (Israel)Company 21 not ranked
6Vyne Therapeutics (Israel)Company 19 not ranked
7Nucleix (Israel)Company 14 not ranked
8IDEA Bio-Medical (Israel)Company 7 not ranked
9Biomica (Israel)Company 2 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.

Weizmann Institute of Science: 99.4%Biokine (Israel): 0.2%Nova Measuring Instruments (Israel): 0.1%Melodea (Israel): 0.1%5 others listed: 0.2%99%largest
Weizmann Institute of Science41k · 99.4%Biokine (Israel)74 · 0.2%Nova Measuring Instruments (Israel)59 · 0.1%Melodea (Israel)43 · 0.1%5 others listed63 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Rehovot work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Rehovot is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17%), Physics and Astronomy (15%), Medicine (14%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,964 fractional works · 54.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 541 fractional works · 14.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 235 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 108 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 85 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 326 fractional works · 9.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 125 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 78 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 41 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 289 fractional works · 7.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 107 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 63 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 233 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 156 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 177 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 52 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 135 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 48 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 130 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 106 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 50 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 947 fractional works · 26.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 618 fractional works · 17.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 414 fractional works · 11.4% of its workGenetics: 56 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 45 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiophysics: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStructural Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAging: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 152 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 57 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 46 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 89 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 52 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 81 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 69 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 520 fractional works · 14.3% of its workMedicine: 492 fractional works · 13.5% of its workOncology: 54 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 52 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 49 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 209 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 98 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 60 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 54 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRehovot3,639fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences14%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. Physics and Astronomy54114.9%
    2. Computer Science3269.0%
    3. Engineering2897.9%
    4. Materials Science2336.4%
    5. Mathematics1774.9%
    6. Environmental Science1353.7%
    7. Chemistry1303.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1062.9%
    9. Energy150.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering120.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61817.0%
    2. Neuroscience1524.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences892.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology812.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
    1. Medicine49213.5%
    2. Health Professions150.4%
    3. Nursing100.3%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Social Sciences982.7%
    2. Psychology541.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities210.6%
    4. Decision Sciences170.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance120.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting70.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Rehovot strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Rehovot is most concentrated in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Geometry and Topology and Condensed Matter Physics (9.5× the world share in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics).

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 217.8 works9.5×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 47.9 works9.2×
  3. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 39.7 works7.8×
  4. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 39.1 works7.8×
← 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: 0.53× its world share, 80 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.11× its world share, 527 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.17× its world share, 70 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.56× its world share, 132 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.34× its world share, 117 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.15× its world share, 286 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 88 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 262 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 110 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.84× its world share, 204 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.24× its world share, 159 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.95× its world share, 492 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 416 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 47 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 88 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy6.95×492 works
  2. Mathematics4.24×159 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.11×527 works
  4. Neuroscience2.56×132 works
  5. Chemistry2.34×117 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology2.17×70 works
  7. Materials Science1.84×204 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.77×88 works
  9. Computer Science1.15×286 works
  10. Chemical Engineering1.08×12 works
  11. Environmental Science0.69×110 works
  12. Medicine0.68×416 works
  13. Engineering0.55×262 works
  14. Nursing0.55×9 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×80 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.49×15 works
  17. Psychology0.49×47 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×5 works
  19. Energy0.44×13 works
  20. Social Sciences0.22×88 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.20×18 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×12 works
  23. Health Professions0.16×14 works
  24. Dentistry0.15×2 works
  25. Veterinary0.09×0 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Rehovot?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molecular Dynamics, Entanglement, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Approximation Algorithms, Quantum Computing, Spintronics, Oxidative Stress and Quantum Information.

▲ 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. Machine Learning103▼ 0.85×56 topics
  2. Climate Change96◆ 0.97×67 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress91▲ 1.52×53 topics
  4. Inflammation88◆ 1.14×74 topics
  5. Cancer81▲ 1.65×42 topics
  6. Molecular Dynamics63▲ 9.9×6 topics
  7. Gene Expression60▲ 2.6×20 topics
  8. Magnetic Resonance Imaging56▲ 6.1×8 topics
  9. Entanglement54▲ 9.8×4 topics
  10. Approximation Algorithms48▲ 18×5 topics
  11. Innate Immunity48▲ 4.0×10 topics
  12. Quantum Computing44▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Two-Dimensional Materials40▲ 4.8×4 topics
  14. Spintronics40▲ 8.6×4 topics
  15. Quantum Information38▲ 8.8×3 topics
  16. Algorithmic Applications36▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Electronic Structure35▲ 5.4×8 topics
  18. Cancer Progression35▲ 5.3×8 topics
  19. Superconductivity35▲ 5.6×9 topics
  20. Electron Spin35▲ 27×1 topic
  21. Semiconductor Quantum Dots35▲ 27×1 topic
  22. Gene Regulation34▲ 9.7×5 topics
  23. Topological Insulators32▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Spin Dynamics32▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Quantum Spin Hall Effect30▲ 23×1 topic
  26. Superconductors30▲ 23×1 topic
  27. Genetic Code30▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Dark Matter28▲ 6.8×4 topics
  29. Quantum Simulation28▲ 9.7×2 topics
  30. RNA Structure28▲ 15×1 topic
  31. Ribosome28▲ 15×1 topic
  32. Electronic Structure Calculations27▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Phase Separation27▲ 9.3×2 topics
  34. Superfluidity27▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Topological Order26▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Superconducting Circuits26▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Hydrogen Bonding25▲ 8.2×6 topics
  38. Alternative Splicing25▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Electron Transport25▲ 8.0×3 topics
  40. RNA-Binding Proteins25▲ 14×1 topic

What research is done in Rehovot?

Quantum and electron tra…34Quantum and electron transport phenomena: 34 fractional worksTopological Materials an…28Topological Materials and Phenomena: 28 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 25 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 23 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 22 fractional worksComplexity and Algorithms in Graphs: 20 fractional worksGraphene research and applications: 19 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dy…18Protein Structure and Dynamics: 18 fractional worksAdvanced NMR Techniques and Applications: 18 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 18 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsMolecular BiologyArtificial IntelligenceComputational Theory and Mathematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 34 works
  2. 2 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 28 works
  3. 3 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 25 works
  4. 4 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 23 works
  5. 5 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 22 works
  6. 6 Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs Computational Theory and Mathematics 20 works
  7. 7 Graphene research and applications Materials Chemistry 19 works
  8. 8 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 18 works
  9. 9 Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 18 works
  10. 10 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 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%60%Rehovot22.7% 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 40.1% in 2016.

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