Research in Schenectady
Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Schenectady, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Union College.
- Research institutions
- 13 1 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 5k ▲ 11% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 12.6% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Schenectady?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union CollegeUniversity | 3,895 | #10,854 | |
| 2 | Ellis HospitalHospital / health system | 288 | #30,238 all time | |
| 3 | Institute for Clinical Pharmacodynamics (United States)Company | 211 | #26,086 all time | |
| 4 | SUNY Schenectady County Community CollegeUniversity | 208 | #23,681 all time | |
| 5 | Union Graduate CollegeUniversity | 194 | #29,610 all time | |
| 6 | Dudley ObservatoryResearch facility | 89 | not ranked | |
| 7 | Starfire Systems (United States)Company | 41 | not ranked | |
| 8 | Schenectady County Historical SocietyArchive | 12 | not ranked | |
| 9 | New York Folklore SocietyNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 10 | Schenectady FoundationNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 11 | Automated Dynamics (United States)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 12 | TransTech Systems (United States)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Vistex Composites (United States)Company | 1 | 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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Which keywords describe research in Schenectady?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Religion, Climate Change, History, Colonialism, Gender, Cold War and Science.
- Lipid Rafts
- Critically Ill Patients
- Mechanotransduction
- Violence
- Atomic Energy
- Properties
- Conflict
- Engineering Education
- Applications
- Literature
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Cold War
- Science
- Human Rights
- Public Health
- Colonialism
- Gender
- History
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Innovation
- Religion
- Nanocomposites
- Mental Health
- Technology
- Nationalism
- Culture
- Ethics
- Philosophy
- Neoliberalism
- Synthesis
- Feminism
- Aerogels
- Social Sciences
- Internationalism
- Endocytosis
- Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics
- Deliberative Democracy
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
- Globalization20▲ 2.1×36 topics
- Climate Change20▲ 1.55×47 topics
- Epidemiology14▼ 0.77×52 topics
- Machine Learning14◆ 0.88×35 topics
- Innovation11▲ 2.3×14 topics
- History11▲ 3.3×16 topics
- Religion11▲ 4.8×17 topics
- Gender10▲ 3.9×24 topics
- Nanocomposites10▲ 2.6×9 topics
- Colonialism10▲ 4.2×13 topics
- Mental Health9▲ 1.33×22 topics
- Public Health9▲ 1.34×22 topics
- Technology9▲ 3.6×7 topics
- Human Rights8▲ 1.74×15 topics
- Nationalism8▲ 3.7×11 topics
- Science7▲ 6.2×4 topics
- Culture7▲ 2.8×10 topics
- Cold War7▲ 23×5 topics
- Ethics7▲ 3.0×15 topics
- Antimicrobial Resistance7▲ 7.2×6 topics
- Philosophy7▲ 3.2×10 topics
- Literature6▲ 2.4×14 topics
- Neoliberalism6▲ 3.6×9 topics
- Applications6▲ 4.5×4 topics
- Synthesis6▲ 3.2×5 topics
- Engineering Education6▲ 13×3 topics
- Feminism5▲ 3.9×7 topics
- Conflict5▲ 6.6×5 topics
- Aerogels5▲ 55×1 topic
- Properties5▲ 13×1 topic
- Social Sciences4▲ 6.7×2 topics
- Atomic Energy4▲ 280×1 topic
- Internationalism4▲ 47×1 topic
- Violence4▲ 5.9×6 topics
- Endocytosis4▲ 31×2 topics
- Mechanotransduction4▲ 12×2 topics
- Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics4▲ 26×1 topic
- Critically Ill Patients4▲ 26×1 topic
- Deliberative Democracy4▲ 9.8×2 topics
- Lipid Rafts4▲ 21×2 topics
What research is done in Schenectady?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Aerogels and thermal insulation Spectroscopy 5 works
- 2 Twentieth Century Scientific Developments History and Philosophy of Science 4 works
- 3 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Pharmacology 4 works
- 4 Caveolin-1 and cellular processes Cell Biology 4 works
- 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
- 6 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 3 works
- 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
- 8 Culture, Economy, and Development Studies Demography 2 works
- 9 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 2 works
- 10 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 2 works
Research output over time
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