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Research in Richland

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Richland, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Research institutions
10
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.3k
▲ 350% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
13.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Richland

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 Richland?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryResearch facility 497 #17,795
2Kadlec ClinicHospital / health system 62 not ranked
3Kadlec Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system 41 not ranked
4Molecule Works (United States)Company 29 not ranked
5Visual Editor Consultants (United States)Company 22 not ranked
6Infinia Technology Corporation (United States)Company 12 not ranked
7InnovaTek (United States)Company 9 not ranked
8Freestone Environmental Services (United States)Company 3 not ranked
9XL Sci-Tech (United States)Company 1 not ranked
10InEnTec (United States)Company 0 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.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: 73.5%Kadlec Clinic: 9.2%Kadlec Regional Medical Center: 6.1%Molecule Works (United States): 4.3%5 others listed: 7.0%74%largest
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory497 · 73.5%Kadlec Clinic62 · 9.2%Kadlec Regional Medical Center41 · 6.1%Molecule Works (United States)29 · 4.3%5 others listed47 · 7.0%

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

Which fields of science does Richland work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research in Richland is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (42%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (29%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 609 fractional works · 88.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 287 fractional works · 41.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 250 fractional works · 36.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 34 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 201 fractional works · 29.3% of its workOceanography: 169 fractional works · 24.6% of its workGeophysics: 32 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 81 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 72 fractional works · 10.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRichland686fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences5%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy28741.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences20129.3%
    3. Environmental Science8111.8%
    4. Engineering263.8%
    5. Computer Science71.0%
    6. Materials Science40.6%
    7. Chemistry10.2%
    8. Mathematics10.1%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences182.6%
    2. Psychology91.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities40.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine202.9%
    2. Health Professions40.6%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences121.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Richland strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Richland is most concentrated in Oceanography, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Environmental Chemistry (89.8× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 169.1 works90×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 250.0 works72×
  3. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 72.2 works49×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 286.3 works19×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 201.0 works19×
  6. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 33.9 works16×
  7. GeophysicsSubfield · 31.6 works13×
  8. Environmental ScienceField · 79.9 works2.4×
← 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 25 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: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19.08× its world share, 201 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.39× its world share, 80 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 19.17× its world share, 286 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 19.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy19.17×286 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences19.08×201 works
  3. Environmental Science2.39×80 works
  4. Psychology0.40×8 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×10 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.28×1 works
  7. Engineering0.22×23 works
  8. Health Professions0.22×4 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.20×4 works
  10. Social Sciences0.20×17 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×6 works
  12. Materials Science0.16×4 works
  13. Medicine0.14×18 works
  14. Nursing0.12×0 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.11×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×2 works
  18. Computer Science0.08×4 works
  19. Energy0.08×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.07×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.01×0 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Richland?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Wind, Climate Change, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Hydrological Modeling, GRACE, Sea Level Rise and Coronal Mass Ejections.

▲ 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. Solar Wind248▲ 397×2 topics
  2. Climate Change173▲ 9.3×20 topics
  3. Ionosphere170▲ 451×1 topic
  4. Magnetosphere170▲ 451×1 topic
  5. GRACE169▲ 513×1 topic
  6. Hydrological Modeling169▲ 103×3 topics
  7. Sea Level Rise169▲ 196×1 topic
  8. Coronal Mass Ejections79▲ 315×1 topic
  9. Solar Dynamics Observatory79▲ 315×1 topic
  10. Microbial Communities73▲ 24×3 topics
  11. Anaerobic72▲ 164×1 topic
  12. Gas Hydrates72▲ 164×1 topic
  13. Methane Oxidation72▲ 134×2 topics
  14. High-Energy Astrophysics34▲ 189×1 topic
  15. Particle Acceleration34▲ 189×1 topic
  16. Tomography16▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Ionospheric Anomalies16▲ 60×1 topic
  18. Seismic Electromagnetics16▲ 60×1 topic
  19. Seismic Noise16▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Surface Wave16▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Fermentation5▲ 5.0×4 topics
  22. Ionizing Radiation4▲ 8.0×2 topics
  23. Waste-to-Energy4▲ 7.6×2 topics
  24. Hydrogen Production4▲ 1.95×4 topics
  25. Microbial Community3▲ 5.9×2 topics
  26. Radionuclides3▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Bioenergy3▲ 8.5×3 topics
  28. Waste Treatment3▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Anaerobic Digestion3▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Biogas Production3▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Lignocellulosic Biomass3▲ 4.3×2 topics
  32. Anthocyanins2▲ 4.8×2 topics
  33. Computed Tomography2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  34. Grapevine2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  35. Water Deficit2▲ 8.2×1 topic
  36. Wine Quality2▲ 8.2×1 topic
  37. Radon2▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Black Studies2▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Co-Teaching2▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Paraprofessionals2▲ 18×1 topic

What research is done in Richland?

Ionosphere and magnetosp…170Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 170 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…169Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 169 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…79Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 79 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…72Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 72 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 34 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 16 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 16 fractional worksAnaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production: 3 fractional worksBiofuel production and bioconversion: 2 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsOceanographyEnvironmental ChemistryNuclear and High Energy Physics4 others

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

  1. 1 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 170 works
  2. 2 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 169 works
  3. 3 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 79 works
  4. 4 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 72 works
  5. 5 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 34 works
  6. 6 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 16 works
  7. 7 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 16 works
  8. 8 Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production Building and Construction 3 works
  9. 9 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 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%Richland26.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.5% in 2016.

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