Research in Reston
Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Reston. The largest by output are Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Geology, Energy and Minerals Science Center and Climate Adaptation Science Centers.
- Research institutions
- 8
- Research works
- 201 ▲ 1545% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 15.6% 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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florence Bascom Geoscience CenterResearch facility | 85 | not ranked | |
| 2 | Geology, Energy and Minerals Science CenterResearch facility | 36 | not ranked | |
| 3 | Climate Adaptation Science CentersResearch facility | 25 | not ranked | |
| 4 | Cooperative Research UnitsResearch facility | 21 | not ranked | |
| 5 | National Minerals Information CenterResearch facility | 14 | not ranked | |
| 6 | Empower AI (United States)Company | 13 | not ranked | |
| 7 | Science and Decisions CenterResearch facility | 7 | not ranked | |
| 8 | National Cooperative Geologic Mapping ProgramResearch facility | 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.
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What is Reston strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Reston is most concentrated in Earth and Planetary Sciences (14.7× the world share in Earth and Planetary Sciences).
- Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 25.4 works15×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Reston?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Holocene, Sea Level, Tectonics, Metal Recovery, Remote Sensing and Paleoclimatology.
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Continental Margin
- Methane Oxidation
- Water Quality
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Trophic Cascades
- Gas Permeability
- Sedimentation
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- Compositional Data Analysis
- Circular Economy
- Support Vector Machines
- Microbial Communities
- Shale Gas
- Rare Earth Elements
- Glacial Cycles
- Machine Learning
- Tectonics
- Holocene
- Environmental Impact
- Climate Change
- Remote Sensing
- Sea Level
- Metal Recovery
- Paleoclimatology
- Monsoon Dynamics
- Geological Mapping
- Biodiversity
- Invasive Species
- Pore Structure
- Battery Recycling
- Ecosystem Services
- Mineral Prospectivity
- Petroleum
- Mudstones
- Arctic
- Population Dynamics
- Anaerobic
- Environmental Impacts
- Crustal Structure
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
- Climate Change25▲ 8.2×46 topics
- Environmental Impact10▲ 5.1×17 topics
- Remote Sensing8▲ 6.1×12 topics
- Holocene8▲ 61×2 topics
- Sea Level8▲ 73×2 topics
- Tectonics8▲ 58×3 topics
- Metal Recovery8▲ 34×3 topics
- Machine Learning7▲ 1.98×8 topics
- Paleoclimatology7▲ 74×2 topics
- Glacial Cycles7▲ 91×1 topic
- Monsoon Dynamics7▲ 91×1 topic
- Rare Earth Elements6▲ 39×3 topics
- Geological Mapping6▲ 67×2 topics
- Shale Gas6▲ 44×2 topics
- Biodiversity6▲ 6.7×12 topics
- Microbial Communities5▲ 12×4 topics
- Invasive Species5▲ 11×9 topics
- Support Vector Machines5▲ 13×3 topics
- Pore Structure4▲ 33×2 topics
- Circular Economy4▲ 15×2 topics
- Battery Recycling4▲ 50×1 topic
- Compositional Data Analysis4▲ 57×1 topic
- Ecosystem Services4▲ 10×8 topics
- Lithium-ion Batteries4▲ 9.2×1 topic
- Mineral Prospectivity4▲ 57×1 topic
- Sedimentation4▲ 68×2 topics
- Petroleum4▲ 74×2 topics
- Gas Permeability4▲ 34×1 topic
- Mudstones4▲ 45×1 topic
- Trophic Cascades4▲ 37×2 topics
- Arctic4▲ 30×3 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 37×2 topics
- Population Dynamics4▲ 13×7 topics
- Water Quality4▲ 8.4×5 topics
- Anaerobic4▲ 45×1 topic
- Methane Oxidation4▲ 38×1 topic
- Environmental Impacts3▲ 11×5 topics
- Continental Margin3▲ 46×2 topics
- Crustal Structure3▲ 46×2 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 13×4 topics
What research is done in Reston?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 7 works
- 2 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 4 works
- 3 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 4 works
- 4 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 4 works
- 5 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 4 works
- 6 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 3 works
- 7 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 3 works
- 8 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
- 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
- 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.