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Research in Richardson

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Richardson, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are The University of Texas at Dallas, Vi Technology (United States) and ZTE (United States).

Research institutions
15
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
26k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
691k
27.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Richardson

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 Richardson?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1The University of Texas at DallasUniversity 23,741 #371
2ZTE (United States)Company 707 #16,736
3Vi Technology (United States)Company 347 #14,975
4Society of Petroleum EngineersNonprofit 319 #22,031
5Language Computer (United States)Company 219 #18,510
6Methodist Richardson Medical CenterHospital / health system 102 not ranked
7Memtronics (United States)Company 50 not ranked
8IntelliEPI (United States)Company 43 not ranked
9Photodigm (United States)Company 25 not ranked
10E4D Technologies (United States)Company 23 not ranked
11Lymba (United States)Company 20 not ranked
12Polatomic (United States)Company 12 not ranked
13Everest Technologies (United States)Company 10 not ranked
14Polytronix (United States)Company 5 not ranked
15Society for Mathematical PsychologyInstitution 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.

The University of Texas at Dallas: 92.6%ZTE (United States): 2.8%Vi Technology (United States): 1.4%Society of Petroleum Engineers: 1.2%11 others listed: 2.0%93%largest
The University of Texas at Dallas24k · 92.6%ZTE (United States)707 · 2.8%Vi Technology (United States)347 · 1.4%Society of Petroleum Engineers319 · 1.2%11 others listed511 · 2.0%

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

Which fields of science does Richardson work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research in Richardson is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (25%), Computer Science (18%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,052 fractional works · 60.1% of its workEngineering: 1,281 fractional works · 25.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 497 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 160 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 142 fractional works · 2.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 112 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 96 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 52 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 905 fractional works · 17.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 321 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 124 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 123 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 109 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSignal Processing: 79 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 236 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 150 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 219 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 80 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 77 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 110 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 89 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 78 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 77 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,022 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 342 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 128 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 71 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 213 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 52 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 182 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 135 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 93 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 87 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 63 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 512 fractional works · 10.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 241 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 159 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 215 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 121 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 492 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMedicine: 435 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPhysiology: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 101 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRichardson5,078fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences20%

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. Engineering1,28125.2%
    2. Computer Science90517.8%
    3. Materials Science2364.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2194.3%
    5. Environmental Science1102.2%
    6. Chemistry891.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences781.5%
    8. Mathematics771.5%
    9. Energy390.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering190.4%
  2. Social Sciences1,02220.1%
    1. Social Sciences3426.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2134.2%
    3. Psychology1823.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1352.6%
    5. Decision Sciences871.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities631.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2414.7%
    2. Neuroscience2154.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences320.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology190.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.1%
    1. Medicine4358.6%
    2. Health Professions470.9%
    3. Nursing50.1%
    4. Dentistry40.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Richardson strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Richardson is most concentrated in Hardware and Architecture, Signal Processing and Cognitive Neuroscience (8.1× the world share in Hardware and Architecture).

  1. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 41.2 works8.1×
  2. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 75.7 works5.5×
  3. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 100.3 works3.0×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 208 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.44× its world share, 179 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.10× its world share, 17 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 81 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.27× its world share, 798 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 69 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.86× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.73× its world share, 1,172 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 97 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.34× its world share, 212 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.27× its world share, 67 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.88× its world share, 189 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 376 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 59 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.34× its world share, 195 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 77 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.29× its world share, 125 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 152 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 310 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.44×179 works
  2. Computer Science2.27×798 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.88×189 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.76×77 works
  5. Engineering1.73×1,172 works
  6. Materials Science1.34×212 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.34×195 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.29×125 works
  9. Mathematics1.27×67 works
  10. Chemistry1.14×81 works
  11. Chemical Engineering1.10×17 works
  12. Psychology1.10×152 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.98×69 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×208 works
  15. Energy0.86×36 works
  16. Social Sciences0.54×310 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.45×59 works
  18. Environmental Science0.43×97 works
  19. Medicine0.43×376 works
  20. Health Professions0.35×41 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.34×16 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×5 works
  23. Nursing0.19×4 works
  24. Veterinary0.19×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.17×4 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×29 works

Which keywords describe research in Richardson?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Convolutional Neural Networks, Security, Energy Efficiency, Beamforming and Solar Wind.

▲ 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. Deep Learning379▲ 2.2×81 topics
  2. Machine Learning284▲ 1.68×82 topics
  3. Neural Networks187▲ 2.4×37 topics
  4. Renewable Energy95▲ 1.29×42 topics
  5. Sustainability92▼ 0.74×60 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks91▲ 2.5×14 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency86▲ 1.84×27 topics
  8. Security79▲ 2.3×19 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications69◆ 1.15×32 topics
  10. Nanocomposites69▲ 1.72×20 topics
  11. Biosensors65▲ 2.6×12 topics
  12. Big Data63▲ 1.30×27 topics
  13. Power Electronics55▲ 3.4×8 topics
  14. Feature Extraction48▲ 2.1×10 topics
  15. Optimization46▲ 2.0×20 topics
  16. Thermal Management42▲ 2.5×8 topics
  17. Beamforming41▲ 7.8×4 topics
  18. Solar Wind40▲ 8.7×2 topics
  19. Emotion Recognition39▲ 3.9×5 topics
  20. Privacy39▲ 2.7×7 topics
  21. Deep Neural Networks38▲ 6.0×3 topics
  22. Wireless Communications37▲ 4.1×5 topics
  23. Two-Dimensional Materials35▲ 3.0×4 topics
  24. CFD Simulation34▲ 5.8×3 topics
  25. Language Development33▲ 5.2×5 topics
  26. Thermal Analysis32▲ 5.0×8 topics
  27. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition32▲ 12×1 topic
  28. Speech Enhancement32▲ 12×1 topic
  29. Fault Tolerance32▲ 4.1×7 topics
  30. Nanoelectronics30▲ 7.2×2 topics
  31. Hidden Markov Models30▲ 9.8×3 topics
  32. Offshore Wind Farms29▲ 9.1×2 topics
  33. Aerodynamics27▲ 7.5×3 topics
  34. Wireless Power Transfer27▲ 6.0×2 topics
  35. Electron Acceleration26▲ 7.8×2 topics
  36. Ionosphere26▲ 9.5×1 topic
  37. Magnetosphere26▲ 9.5×1 topic
  38. Acoustic Modeling25▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Speaker Verification25▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Weibull Distribution24▲ 10×2 topics

What research is done in Richardson?

Speech and Audio Process…30Speech and Audio Processing: 30 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…23Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 23 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and Synthesis: 22 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 22 fractional worksWind Energy Research and Development: 20 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 20 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 19 fractional worksConsumer Market Behavior…19Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing: 19 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 19 fractional worksTopic Modeling18Topic Modeling: 18 fractional works
Signal ProcessingAstronomy and AstrophysicsArtificial IntelligenceElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 30 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 23 works
  3. 3 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 22 works
  4. 4 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  5. 5 Wind Energy Research and Development Aerospace Engineering 20 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 20 works
  7. 7 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 19 works
  8. 8 Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing Marketing 19 works
  9. 9 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 19 works
  10. 10 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 18 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Richardson18.1% 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 32.9% in 2016.

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