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Research in Somerville

Science Explorer records 24 research institutions in Somerville, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Somerville Hospital, Tracer Technologies (United States) and MagiQ Technologies (United States).

Research institutions
24
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.1k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
13.8%
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 Somerville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Science Research LaboratoryResearch facility 1,681 #3,496 all time
2Somerville HospitalHospital / health system 1,301 #9,162
3Tracer Technologies (United States)Company 328 #26,175
4MagiQ Technologies (United States)Company 303 #27,303
5Stockholm Environment InstituteNonprofit 160 #21,231 all time
6Political Research AssociatesNonprofit 102 not ranked
7OpenBiomeNonprofit 64 not ranked
8Whalen BiomedicalCompany 34 not ranked
9Boston Cancer Policy InstituteResearch facility 18 not ranked
10Finch Therapeutics (United States)Company 17 not ranked
11TissueVision (United States)Company 16 not ranked
12Altaeros (United States)Company 11 not ranked
13LumArray (United States)Company 10 not ranked
14Micro-Leads (United States)Company 7 not ranked
15Curoverse (United States)Company 6 not ranked
16Quantum Diamond Technologies (United States)Company 5 not ranked
17YouthBuildNonprofit 4 not ranked
18Neuromorphometrics (United States)Company 2 not ranked
19Andarix Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 2 not ranked
20Templeman Automation (United States)Company 1 not ranked
21EP (United States)Company 1 not ranked
22Partners for Youth with DisabilitiesNonprofit 1 not ranked
23Horowitz Foundation for Social PolicyNonprofit 0 not ranked
24Fluidity Software (United States)Company 0 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.

Science Research Laboratory: 41.3%Somerville Hospital: 31.9%Tracer Technologies (United States): 8.1%MagiQ Technologies (United States): 7.4%18 others listed: 11.3%41%largest
Science Research Laboratory1,681 · 41.3%Somerville Hospital1,301 · 31.9%Tracer Technologies (United States)328 · 8.1%MagiQ Technologies (United States)303 · 7.4%18 others listed461 · 11.3%

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What is Somerville strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Somerville is most concentrated in Education (3.4× the world share in Education).

  1. EducationSubfield · 50.6 works3.4×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

Which keywords describe research in Somerville?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Language Teaching, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Digital Education, Formative Assessment, Student Competencies and Globalization.

▲ 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. Pedagogy26▲ 11×7 topics
  2. Language Teaching22▲ 18×5 topics
  3. Teaching Methods22▲ 32×3 topics
  4. Critical Thinking22▲ 45×3 topics
  5. Globalization22▲ 2.3×24 topics
  6. Digital Education22▲ 34×2 topics
  7. Sustainability21▲ 1.81×33 topics
  8. Formative Assessment21▲ 65×1 topic
  9. Student Competencies21▲ 87×1 topic
  10. Epidemiology19◆ 1.00×64 topics
  11. Climate Change16▲ 1.21×43 topics
  12. Inflammation14▲ 1.41×47 topics
  13. Entrepreneurship12▲ 6.6×5 topics
  14. Curriculum Development12▲ 3.5×6 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress11▲ 1.45×28 topics
  16. Cancer11▲ 1.68×30 topics
  17. Digital Economy11▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Economic Development11▲ 2.7×3 topics
  19. Industrial Enterprises10▲ 106×1 topic
  20. Innovation Economics10▲ 106×1 topic
  21. Migration10▲ 6.3×6 topics
  22. Big Data10▲ 2.2×11 topics
  23. Global Governance10▲ 9.0×7 topics
  24. Digital Learning9▲ 3.6×4 topics
  25. Online Learning9▲ 2.3×9 topics
  26. Postcolonialism9▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Teacher Training8▲ 2.8×8 topics
  28. Biopolitics8▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Character Education8▲ 3.4×3 topics
  30. Crisis Management8▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Education Reform8▲ 106×1 topic
  32. Social Exclusion8▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Islamic Education8▲ 4.6×4 topics
  34. Philosophy8▲ 3.6×8 topics
  35. Glycosylation7▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Genome Engineering5▲ 16×1 topic
  37. RNA-Guided5▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Irrigation5▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Water Efficiency5▲ 67×1 topic
  40. Monoclonal Antibodies5▲ 11×3 topics

What research is done in Somerville?

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 21 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  3. 3 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  4. 4 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 5 works
  5. 5 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 5 works
  6. 6 Arabic Language Education Studies Education 5 works
  7. 7 Education and Character Development Education 4 works
  8. 8 Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research Molecular Biology 4 works
  9. 9 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 3 works
  10. 10 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works

Research output over time

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