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Research in Rockville

Science Explorer records 133 research institutions in Rockville, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Biomedical Research Institute, Research Applications (United States) and Westat (United States).

Research institutions
133
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
32k
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
885k
27.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Rockville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1United States Nuclear Regulatory CommissionGovernment institution 3,030 #7,884
2Signal Processing (United States)Company 2,532 #15,165
3Orthopaedic CenterHospital / health system 1,267 #16,205
4Biomedical Research InstituteNonprofit 1,179 #5,176
5Westat (United States)Company 1,144 #5,807
6Research Applications (United States)Company 1,106 #5,708
7Kai Research (United States)Company 1,001 #10,762
8Micro Focus (United States)Company 902 #14,392
9N&N Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 741 #10,232
10Applied Research (United States)Company 663 #17,161
11Advanced Bioscience Laboratories (United States)Company 603 #7,609
12Human Genome Sciences (United States)Company 560 #17,885 all time
13Montgomery CollegeUniversity 538 #17,732
14Intelligent Automation (United States)Company 535 #16,633 all time
15Office of Minority HealthInstitution 523 #12,573
16Emmes (United States)Company 501 #2,826 all time
17United States Pharmacopeial ConventionNonprofit 488 #18,671 all time
18Institute of Global Environment and SocietyNonprofit 365 #29,809 all time
19Synthetic Biologics (United States)Company 340 #12,999 all time
20Natural Philosophy InstituteInstitution 335 #30,952 all time
21American Society of Plant BiologistsInstitution 299 #22,185
22Ariadne Diagnostics (United States)Company 291 #22,792 all time
23MacroGenics (United States)Company 267 #19,784 all time
24Montgomery County Public SchoolsUniversity 260 #27,564 all time
25Shady Grove Fertility CenterHospital / health system 258 #17,059
26American Speech Language Hearing AssociationInstitution 253 #22,357 all time
27Computer Technology Associates (United States)Company 242 #19,401 all time
28International Epidemiology InstituteResearch facility 237 #14,077 all time
29Allied Technology (United States)Company 225 #27,831 all time
30BioReliance (United States)Company 218 #23,549 all time
31IQ SolutionsCompany 195 #18,874
32Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease 2020Nonprofit 177 #32,716 all time
33Montgomery County Department of Health and Human ServicesGovernment institution 163 #27,167 all time
34Automated Precision (United States)Company 158 #27,715 all time
35Meso Scale Discovery (United States)Company 146 #29,071 all time
36Oceanography SocietyNonprofit 144 #32,923 all time
37BioqualCompany 134 #10,409 all time
38CASI Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 117 not ranked
39Cygnus (United States)Company 112 not ranked
40Caelum Research Corporation (United States)Company 111 not ranked
41Tissue Gene (United States)Company 111 not ranked
42BioSciCon (United States)Company 103 not ranked
43Hebrew Home of Greater WashingtonNonprofit 96 not ranked
44IM Systems (United States)Company 94 not ranked
45AerasNonprofit 92 not ranked
46Association of Community Cancer CentersHospital / health system 89 not ranked
47Office of Disease Prevention and Health PromotionHospital / health system 89 not ranked
48Supernus Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 86 not ranked
49SanariaCompany 80 not ranked
50Universities at Shady GroveUniversity 75 not ranked
51OncoImmune (United States)Company 67 not ranked
52Sigmovir Biosystems (United States)Company 65 not ranked
53Regenxbio (United States)Company 61 not ranked
54National Blood Clot AllianceNonprofit 58 not ranked
55Fisher Bioservices (United States)Company 57 not ranked
56Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical CenterHospital / health system 51 not ranked
57Centers for Behavioral HealthHospital / health system 51 not ranked
58OriGene (United States)Company 44 not ranked
59Open Health Systems LaboratoryInstitution 44 not ranked
60American Association for AnatomyNonprofit 43 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.

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission: 12.7%Signal Processing (United States): 10.6%Orthopaedic Center: 5.3%Biomedical Research Institute: 5.0%56 others listed: 66.4%13%largest
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission3,030 · 12.7%Signal Processing (United States)2,532 · 10.6%Orthopaedic Center1,267 · 5.3%Biomedical Research Institute1,179 · 5.0%56 others listed16k · 66.4%

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

Which fields of science does Rockville work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Rockville is in Health Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Social Sciences (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,791 fractional works · 36.1% of its workMedicine: 1,506 fractional works · 30.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 159 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSurgery: 141 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 132 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 94 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 93 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 85 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 83 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 76 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 69 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 59 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 55 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 55 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 241 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 149 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,125 fractional works · 22.7% of its workEngineering: 414 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 104 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 63 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 289 fractional works · 5.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 99 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 148 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 65 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 61 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,079 fractional works · 21.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 558 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 183 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDemography: 140 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 189 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 78 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 53 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 124 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 101 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 94 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 61 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 53 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 969 fractional works · 19.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 490 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 321 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGenetics: 65 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 220 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPlant Science: 152 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFood Science: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 147 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 53 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 80 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 57 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKRockville4,965fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences22%

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. Health Sciences1,79136.1%
    1. Medicine1,50630.3%
    2. Health Professions2414.9%
    3. Nursing220.4%
    4. Dentistry150.3%
    5. Veterinary80.2%
    1. Engineering4148.3%
    2. Computer Science2895.8%
    3. Environmental Science1483.0%
    4. Materials Science651.3%
    5. Chemistry611.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences470.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy400.8%
    8. Mathematics390.8%
    9. Energy160.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.1%
  2. Social Sciences1,07921.7%
    1. Social Sciences55811.2%
    2. Psychology1893.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1242.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting941.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities611.2%
    6. Decision Sciences531.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4909.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2204.4%
    3. Neuroscience1473.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology801.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics320.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Rockville strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Rockville is most concentrated in Reproductive Medicine and Demography (4.8× the world share in Reproductive Medicine).

  1. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 46.1 works4.8×
  2. DemographySubfield · 138.9 works4.7×
← 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: 0.88× its world share, 181 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.79× its world share, 412 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.62× its world share, 70 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.83× its world share, 128 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.65× its world share, 25 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 50 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 223 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 42 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 355 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 128 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 50 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 35 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 33 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.62× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 223 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.61× its world share, 1,337 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.04× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 49 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 80 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 117 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 162 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 513 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions1.96×223 works
  2. Neuroscience1.83×128 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.79×412 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.65×25 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.62×70 works
  6. Medicine1.61×1,337 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.26×117 works
  8. Psychology1.23×162 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.14×48 works
  10. Veterinary1.04×6 works
  11. Social Sciences0.94×513 works
  12. Nursing0.90×19 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.88×181 works
  14. Chemistry0.74×50 works
  15. Mathematics0.69×35 works
  16. Computer Science0.66×223 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×42 works
  18. Dentistry0.62×13 works
  19. Environmental Science0.60×128 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×80 works
  21. Engineering0.55×355 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.39×6 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.39×49 works
  24. Energy0.35×14 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.34×33 works
  26. Materials Science0.33×50 works

Which keywords describe research in Rockville?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Labor Market, Migration, Regional Development, Spatial Patterns, Demographic Dynamics, Rural Transformation and Agriculture.

▲ 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. Epidemiology320▲ 1.62×136 topics
  2. Machine Learning171◆ 1.03×88 topics
  3. Deep Learning146▼ 0.85×78 topics
  4. Food Security134▲ 5.0×18 topics
  5. Migration131▲ 7.7×15 topics
  6. Labor Market129▲ 9.2×12 topics
  7. Regional Development129▲ 7.6×14 topics
  8. Agriculture127▲ 6.7×15 topics
  9. Spatial Patterns124▲ 27×3 topics
  10. Demographic Dynamics123▲ 73×1 topic
  11. Rural Transformation123▲ 73×1 topic
  12. Inflammation121◆ 1.14×80 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress121▲ 1.48×61 topics
  14. Public Health116▲ 1.61×62 topics
  15. Quality of Life113▲ 1.58×56 topics
  16. Social Media108▲ 1.57×32 topics
  17. Mental Health104▲ 1.47×47 topics
  18. Cancer86▲ 1.29×57 topics
  19. Identity80▲ 2.2×36 topics
  20. Ethnicity79▲ 4.3×17 topics
  21. Healthcare78▲ 1.38×32 topics
  22. Gene Expression77▲ 2.5×20 topics
  23. Clinical Trials76▲ 2.3×19 topics
  24. Nationalism76▲ 3.4×19 topics
  25. Depression74▲ 1.71×25 topics
  26. Biomarkers72▲ 2.1×18 topics
  27. Primary Care72▲ 3.9×15 topics
  28. Youth71▲ 10×6 topics
  29. Politics69▲ 5.3×10 topics
  30. Civic Participation67▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Digital Generation66▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Sociological Research66▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Stress50▲ 2.8×10 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-247▲ 3.1×6 topics
  35. Psychiatric Disorders44▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Chronic Disease Management43▲ 4.4×5 topics
  37. Cancer Risk42▲ 3.8×10 topics
  38. Infertility38▲ 5.4×4 topics
  39. Assisted Reproductive Technology38▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Substance Use Disorders34▲ 9.0×2 topics

What research is done in Rockville?

  1. 1 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 123 works
  2. 2 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 66 works
  3. 3 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 25 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 22 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 22 works
  6. 6 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 19 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 19 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 17 works
  9. 9 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 16 works
  10. 10 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 16 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 counting10%20%30%Rockville14.5% 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 27.3% in 2000.

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