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Research in Reston

Science Explorer records 60 research institutions in Reston, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are United States Geological Survey, Leidos (United States) and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Research institutions
60
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
52k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
17.2%
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 Reston?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1United States Geological SurveyGovernment institution 40,833 #1,147
2American Institute of Aeronautics and AstronauticsInstitution 2,699 #6,249
3American Society of Civil EngineersNonprofit 2,258 #24,249
4Leidos (United States)Company 1,659 #5,182
5American College of RadiologyNonprofit 498 #16,890 all time
6Rolls-Royce (United States)Company 439 #12,664 all time
7Society of Health and Physical EducatorsNonprofit 375 #25,702 all time
8Entertainment Industries CouncilNonprofit 348 #41,377 all time
9Information Management Consultants (United States)Company 332 #36,730 all time
10Metron (United States)Company 315 #11,545 all time
11Society of ToxicologyInstitution 309 #16,086 all time
12NoblisNonprofit 301 #27,073 all time
13Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingNonprofit 208 #34,171 all time
14National Wildlife FederationNonprofit 207 #26,640 all time
15ObjectVideo (United States)Company 187 #40,370 all time
16National Association of Secondary School PrincipalsInstitution 163 #42,017 all time
17National Council of Teachers of MathematicsInstitution 145 #40,852 all time
18ASCE FoundationNonprofit 126 #40,236 all time
19Corporation for National Research InitiativesNonprofit 73 not ranked
20Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics SocietyInstitution 70 not ranked
21Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy InstituteInstitution 68 not ranked
22Virginia Center for Reproductive MedicineHospital / health system 61 not ranked
23Vehicle Control Technologies (United States)Company 60 not ranked
24American Medical Women's AssociationInstitution 52 not ranked
25NCI Information Systems (United States)Company 45 not ranked
26Blue Pencil Group (United States)Company 44 not ranked
27Maximus (United States)Company 42 not ranked
28Virginia Spine InstituteHospital / health system 42 not ranked
29Health Care Without HarmHospital / health system 31 not ranked
30Microscopy Society of AmericaNonprofit 26 not ranked
31Personal Improvement Computer SystemsCompany 25 not ranked
32Wireless Innovation ForumNonprofit 20 not ranked
33Global InfoTek (United States)Company 18 not ranked
34National Association of Biology TeachersInstitution 16 not ranked
35Association for Documentary EditingInstitution 16 not ranked
36Ocean TrustInstitution 13 not ranked
37PSA (United States)Company 12 not ranked
38Parabon Computation (United States)Company 11 not ranked
39Tigerlily FoundationNonprofit 9 not ranked
40International Technology and Engineering Educators AssociationNonprofit 7 not ranked
41CleverSys (United States)Company 7 not ranked
42American Association of Engineering SocietiesInstitution 6 not ranked
43Inscope International (United States)Company 6 not ranked
44American Academy of AudiologyInstitution 5 not ranked
45Teratology SocietyInstitution 4 not ranked
46American Association for Aerosol ResearchNonprofit 4 not ranked
47Society for the Study of ReproductionInstitution 2 not ranked
48Trifecta Solutions (United States)Company 2 not ranked
49SuGanit Systems (United States)Company 1 not ranked
50Graphic Arts Education and Research FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
51Eastern North American Region International Biometric SocietyInstitution 1 not ranked
52National Association for Research in Science TeachingResearch facility 1 not ranked
53International Union of ToxicologyInstitution 1 not ranked
54Applied Signals Intelligence (United States)Company 1 not ranked
55State Justice InstituteGovernment institution 0 not ranked
56Amar International (United States)Company 0 not ranked
57Technology Student AssociationNonprofit 0 not ranked
58Native American Management ServicesInstitution 0 not ranked
59International Association of Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics SocietiesInstitution 0 not ranked
60American Academy of Otolaryngic AllergyInstitution 0 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.

United States Geological Survey: 78.2%American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: 5.2%American Society of Civil Engineers: 4.3%Leidos (United States): 3.2%50 others listed: 9.1%78%largest
United States Geological Survey41k · 78.2%American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics2,699 · 5.2%American Society of Civil Engineers2,258 · 4.3%Leidos (United States)1,659 · 3.2%50 others listed4,756 · 9.1%

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

What is Reston strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Reston is most concentrated in Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics and Earth-Surface Processes (22.1× the world share in Geochemistry and Petrology).

  1. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 107.0 works22×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 325.2 works20×
  3. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 96.2 works17×
  4. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 167.7 works15×
  5. Ecological ModelingSubfield · 51.6 works14×
  6. EcologySubfield · 445.1 works12×
  7. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 870.8 works12×
  8. GeologySubfield · 61.5 works9.5×
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Which keywords describe research in Reston?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation, Water Quality, Tectonics and Conservation.

▲ 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. Climate Change925▲ 7.2×100 topics
  2. Remote Sensing383▲ 6.5×33 topics
  3. Invasive Species277▲ 14×20 topics
  4. Machine Learning276▲ 1.77×72 topics
  5. Biodiversity217▲ 6.1×32 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation171▲ 16×5 topics
  7. Water Quality170▲ 8.9×17 topics
  8. Tectonics170▲ 30×3 topics
  9. Conservation169▲ 8.2×21 topics
  10. Sediment Transport163▲ 21×6 topics
  11. Population Dynamics153▲ 13×13 topics
  12. Geological Mapping153▲ 39×2 topics
  13. Plate Tectonics134▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Fisheries Sustainability132▲ 31×2 topics
  15. Support Vector Machines124▲ 8.2×5 topics
  16. Model Evaluation117▲ 20×2 topics
  17. Holocene116▲ 21×3 topics
  18. Freshwater Biodiversity114▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Hyperspectral Imaging113▲ 8.4×6 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services110▲ 6.0×12 topics
  21. Sea Level109▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Compositional Data Analysis108▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Mineral Prospectivity108▲ 34×1 topic
  24. Land Use Change106▲ 7.2×7 topics
  25. Hydrological Modeling105▲ 9.4×5 topics
  26. Paleoclimatology104▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Habitat Selection102▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Conservation Challenges102▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Flow Regulation102▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Subduction102▲ 29×3 topics
  31. Trophic Cascades100▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Geodetic Measurements98▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Glacial Cycles98▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Monsoon Dynamics98▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Solar Influence98▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Citizen Science98▲ 21×4 topics
  37. GIS-based Modeling97▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Water Resources95▲ 8.3×10 topics
  39. Ecosystem95▲ 19×4 topics
  40. Thermodynamic Modeling94▲ 17×3 topics

What research is done in Reston?

  1. 1 Geochemistry and Geologic MappingArtificial Intelligence 108 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management StudiesNature and Landscape Conservation 102 works
  3. 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchAtmospheric Science 98 works
  4. 4 earthquake and tectonic studiesGeophysics 93 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeophysics 92 works
  6. 6 Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology 71 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesWater Science and Technology 67 works
  8. 8 Fire effects on ecosystemsGlobal and Planetary Change 56 works
  9. 9 Landslides and related hazardsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law 52 works
  10. 10 Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementEcology 52 works

Research output over time

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