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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%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Schenectady?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Union CollegeUniversity 3,895 #10,854
2Ellis HospitalHospital / health system 288 #30,238 all time
3Institute for Clinical Pharmacodynamics (United States)Company 211 #26,086 all time
4SUNY Schenectady County Community CollegeUniversity 208 #23,681 all time
5Union Graduate CollegeUniversity 194 #29,610 all time
6Dudley ObservatoryResearch facility 89 not ranked
7Starfire Systems (United States)Company 41 not ranked
8Schenectady County Historical SocietyArchive 12 not ranked
9New York Folklore SocietyNonprofit 5 not ranked
10Schenectady FoundationNonprofit 5 not ranked
11Automated Dynamics (United States)Company 4 not ranked
12TransTech Systems (United States)Company 4 not ranked
13Vistex 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.

Union College: 78.6%Ellis Hospital: 5.8%Institute for Clinical Pharmacodynamics (United States): 4.3%SUNY Schenectady County Community College: 4.2%9 others listed: 7.2%79%largest
Union College3,895 · 78.6%Ellis Hospital288 · 5.8%Institute for Clinical Pharmacodynamics (United States)211 · 4.3%SUNY Schenectady County Community College208 · 4.2%9 others listed355 · 7.2%

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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.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. Globalization20▲ 2.1×36 topics
  2. Climate Change20▲ 1.55×47 topics
  3. Epidemiology14▼ 0.77×52 topics
  4. Machine Learning14◆ 0.88×35 topics
  5. Innovation11▲ 2.3×14 topics
  6. History11▲ 3.3×16 topics
  7. Religion11▲ 4.8×17 topics
  8. Gender10▲ 3.9×24 topics
  9. Nanocomposites10▲ 2.6×9 topics
  10. Colonialism10▲ 4.2×13 topics
  11. Mental Health9▲ 1.33×22 topics
  12. Public Health9▲ 1.34×22 topics
  13. Technology9▲ 3.6×7 topics
  14. Human Rights8▲ 1.74×15 topics
  15. Nationalism8▲ 3.7×11 topics
  16. Science7▲ 6.2×4 topics
  17. Culture7▲ 2.8×10 topics
  18. Cold War7▲ 23×5 topics
  19. Ethics7▲ 3.0×15 topics
  20. Antimicrobial Resistance7▲ 7.2×6 topics
  21. Philosophy7▲ 3.2×10 topics
  22. Literature6▲ 2.4×14 topics
  23. Neoliberalism6▲ 3.6×9 topics
  24. Applications6▲ 4.5×4 topics
  25. Synthesis6▲ 3.2×5 topics
  26. Engineering Education6▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Feminism5▲ 3.9×7 topics
  28. Conflict5▲ 6.6×5 topics
  29. Aerogels5▲ 55×1 topic
  30. Properties5▲ 13×1 topic
  31. Social Sciences4▲ 6.7×2 topics
  32. Atomic Energy4▲ 280×1 topic
  33. Internationalism4▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Violence4▲ 5.9×6 topics
  35. Endocytosis4▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Mechanotransduction4▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics4▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Critically Ill Patients4▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Deliberative Democracy4▲ 9.8×2 topics
  40. Lipid Rafts4▲ 21×2 topics

What research is done in Schenectady?

  1. 1 Aerogels and thermal insulation Spectroscopy 5 works
  2. 2 Twentieth Century Scientific Developments History and Philosophy of Science 4 works
  3. 3 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Pharmacology 4 works
  4. 4 Caveolin-1 and cellular processes Cell Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
  6. 6 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 3 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  8. 8 Culture, Economy, and Development Studies Demography 2 works
  9. 9 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 2 works

Research output over time

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