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Research in Richmond

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Richmond, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Earlham College.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.4k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
12.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Richmond

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 Richmond?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Earlham CollegeUniversity 776 #16,498
2Reid HealthHospital / health system 202 #20,983 all time

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.

Which fields of science does Richmond work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Richmond is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Arts and Humanities (14%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 123 fractional works · 55.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 25.2% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 32 fractional works · 14.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 7.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 59 fractional works · 26.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 7.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 6.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 9.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRichmond223fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences55%

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. Social Sciences5625.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities3214.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting167.3%
    4. Psychology114.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.1%
    6. Decision Sciences31.4%
    1. Environmental Science177.8%
    2. Computer Science156.7%
    3. Engineering73.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy62.8%
    5. Mathematics52.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.7%
    7. Chemistry20.9%
    8. Materials Science10.5%
    9. Energy10.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine146.4%
    2. Health Professions62.7%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences73.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.8%
    3. Neuroscience52.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Richmond?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Population Dynamics, Ethics, Colonialism, Conservation, Literature, Climate Change and Higher Education.

▲ 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. Climate Change12▲ 1.92×24 topics
  2. Gender8▲ 7.1×12 topics
  3. Globalization8▲ 1.95×18 topics
  4. Population Dynamics8▲ 13×9 topics
  5. Ethics7▲ 6.3×11 topics
  6. Colonialism7▲ 6.6×11 topics
  7. Literature7▲ 5.6×11 topics
  8. Conservation6▲ 6.8×10 topics
  9. Education6▲ 1.68×16 topics
  10. Higher Education6▲ 5.3×10 topics
  11. Social Justice6▲ 4.2×8 topics
  12. Feminism5▲ 7.5×8 topics
  13. Religion5▲ 4.7×6 topics
  14. Nationalism4▲ 4.5×3 topics
  15. Public Opinion4▲ 16×3 topics
  16. Neoliberalism4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  17. Political Philosophy4▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Evolution4▲ 6.7×8 topics
  19. Leadership4▲ 3.7×6 topics
  20. Job Satisfaction4▲ 4.0×7 topics
  21. American founding4▲ 61×1 topic
  22. Constitutional government4▲ 61×1 topic
  23. Emotion4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 7.8×4 topics
  25. Student Perceptions4▲ 9.4×5 topics
  26. Imperialism4▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Late Antiquity3▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Equality3▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Society3▲ 7.5×7 topics
  30. Christianity3▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Ancient Rome3▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Cultural Critique3▲ 39×2 topics
  33. Empathy3▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Greek Literature3▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Sea-Level Rise3▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Violence3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  37. Genetic Structure3▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Bycatch3▲ 111×1 topic
  39. Marine Turtles3▲ 111×1 topic
  40. Anthropocene3▲ 20×3 topics

What research is done in Richmond?

American Constitutional Law and Politics: 4 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 3 fractional worksReligion, Gender, and En…3Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment: 3 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…2Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 2 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 2 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 2 fractional worksMultilingual Education a…1Multilingual Education and Policy: 1 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 1 fractional worksShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 1 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsNature and Landscape ConservationReligious studiesOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management6 others

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

  1. 1 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  2. 2 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  3. 3 Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment Religious studies 3 works
  4. 4 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  5. 5 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  6. 6 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  7. 7 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 1 works
  8. 8 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  9. 9 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  10. 10 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 1 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%Richmond11.5% 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 30.6% in 2015.

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