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Research in Stony Brook

Science Explorer records 21 research institutions in Stony Brook, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Stony Brook University, Stony Brook School and Stony Brook Medicine.

Research institutions
21
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
59k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1M
35.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Stony Brook

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 Stony Brook?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Stony Brook UniversityUniversity 58,845 #273
2Stony Brook SchoolUniversity 2,766 #1,464
3Stony Brook MedicineHospital / health system 1,688 #6,140
4Simons Center for Geometry and PhysicsUniversity 252 #3,320 all time
5Stony Brook Children's HospitalHospital / health system 183 #30,307 all time
6Private Machines (United States)Company 47 not ranked
7Brookhaven Technology Group (United States)Company 39 not ranked
8Applied DNA Sciences (United States)Company 38 not ranked
9Traverse Biosciences (United States)Company 30 not ranked
10Center for Aesthetic Dermatology & Laser SurgeryHospital / health system 28 not ranked
11Codagenix (United States)Company 19 not ranked
12Rether Networks (United States)Company 13 not ranked
13Avalon Nature PreserveArchive 8 not ranked
14Charmtech Labs (United States)Company 8 not ranked
15The Long Island MuseumArchive 2 not ranked
16Brookhaven Science AssociatesInstitution 2 not ranked
17TargaGenix (United States)Company 2 not ranked
18NeoMatrix Therapeutics (United States)Company 1 not ranked
19Institute for Research on Unlimited LoveNonprofit 1 not ranked
20Theragnostic Technologies (United States)Company 1 not ranked
21Swartz FoundationNonprofit 1 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.

Stony Brook University: 92.0%Stony Brook School: 4.3%Stony Brook Medicine: 2.6%Simons Center for Geometry and Physics: 0.4%17 others listed: 0.7%92%largest
Stony Brook University59k · 92.0%Stony Brook School2,766 · 4.3%Stony Brook Medicine1,688 · 2.6%Simons Center for Geometry and Physics252 · 0.4%17 others listed423 · 0.7%

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

Which fields of science does Stony Brook work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Stony Brook is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Computer Science (10%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,627 fractional works · 41.1% of its workComputer Science: 888 fractional works · 10.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 378 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 178 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 95 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 862 fractional works · 9.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 277 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 167 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 684 fractional works · 7.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 230 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 163 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 160 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 385 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 89 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 76 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 249 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 72 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 68 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 218 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 140 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 198 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 74 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 87 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,644 fractional works · 30.0% of its workMedicine: 2,375 fractional works · 26.9% of its workSurgery: 334 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 198 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 178 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 160 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 152 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 133 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 132 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 97 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 91 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 88 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 105 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 185 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 98 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,463 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 608 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 223 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 401 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 136 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 103 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 101 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 223 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 96 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 1,085 fractional works · 12.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 624 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 366 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 83 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 258 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 122 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 105 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 84 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKStony Brook8,819fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences17%

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. Computer Science88810.1%
    2. Engineering8629.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy6847.8%
    4. Environmental Science3854.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2492.8%
    6. Materials Science2182.5%
    7. Mathematics1982.2%
    8. Chemistry871.0%
    9. Energy300.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering270.3%
  2. Health Sciences2,64430.0%
    1. Medicine2,37526.9%
    2. Health Professions1852.1%
    3. Dentistry490.6%
    4. Nursing310.4%
    5. Veterinary40.0%
  3. Social Sciences1,46316.6%
    1. Social Sciences6086.9%
    2. Psychology4014.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities2232.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance961.1%
    5. Decision Sciences700.8%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting660.7%
  4. Life Sciences1,08512.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6247.1%
    2. Neuroscience2582.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1051.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences840.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics150.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Stony Brook strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Stony Brook is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geometry and Topology and Astronomy and Astrophysics (8.2× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 200.4 works8.2×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 68.0 works5.4×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 145.2 works3.6×
  4. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 60.7 works3.6×
  5. Physics and AstronomyField · 597.0 works3.5×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 74 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 538 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 92 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.77× its world share, 223 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 23 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 70 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.32× its world share, 796 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 224 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.67× its world share, 780 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 343 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.71× its world share, 193 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.94× its world share, 177 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.46× its world share, 597 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.15× its world share, 43 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 164 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.38× its world share, 2,063 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 194 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 60 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 60 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 91 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 346 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 536 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.46×597 works
  2. Mathematics1.94×177 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.84×224 works
  4. Neuroscience1.77×223 works
  5. Psychology1.46×346 works
  6. Medicine1.38×2,063 works
  7. Computer Science1.32×796 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.30×538 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.18×92 works
  10. Dentistry1.15×43 works
  11. Environmental Science0.89×343 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.87×194 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.86×23 works
  14. Health Professions0.80×164 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.80×60 works
  16. Nursing0.74×28 works
  17. Materials Science0.71×193 works
  18. Engineering0.67×780 works
  19. Chemistry0.57×70 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×91 works
  21. Social Sciences0.55×536 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×13 works
  23. Energy0.37×26 works
  24. Veterinary0.34×4 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×60 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×74 works

Which keywords describe research in Stony Brook?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Lattice QCD, Neural Networks, Inflammation, Dark Matter and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Epidemiology449▲ 1.28×131 topics
  2. Deep Learning390▲ 1.28×77 topics
  3. Machine Learning318◆ 1.08×79 topics
  4. Climate Change222◆ 0.93×88 topics
  5. Inflammation209◆ 1.12×82 topics
  6. Neural Networks184▲ 1.35×37 topics
  7. Cancer153▲ 1.29×52 topics
  8. Treatment148▲ 1.38×49 topics
  9. Risk Factors145▲ 1.50×37 topics
  10. Public Health142◆ 1.11×58 topics
  11. Mental Health141◆ 1.12×40 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress141◆ 0.97×57 topics
  13. Quality of Life140◆ 1.10×51 topics
  14. Diagnosis127▲ 1.54×41 topics
  15. Depression116▲ 1.50×23 topics
  16. Guidelines103▲ 2.5×13 topics
  17. Lattice QCD94▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders89▲ 1.77×20 topics
  19. Mortality88▲ 1.77×13 topics
  20. Emotion Regulation74▲ 2.7×9 topics
  21. Dark Matter74▲ 7.2×4 topics
  22. Entanglement68▲ 5.1×4 topics
  23. Renormalization Group65▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Quantum Information63▲ 6.2×3 topics
  25. Particle Physics62▲ 9.6×2 topics
  26. Black Holes53▲ 6.2×3 topics
  27. Higgs Boson51▲ 11×1 topic
  28. High-Energy Collider51▲ 11×1 topic
  29. QCD49▲ 16×1 topic
  30. charmonium49▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Quantum Gravity48▲ 6.5×4 topics
  32. Hydrodynamics48▲ 8.4×3 topics
  33. Electron Acceleration47▲ 8.0×2 topics
  34. Heavy-Ion Collisions45▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Quark-Gluon Plasma45▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Quantum Simulation44▲ 6.2×2 topics
  37. Anaerobic43▲ 7.6×1 topic
  38. Gas Hydrates43▲ 7.6×1 topic
  39. Ionosphere41▲ 8.5×1 topic
  40. Magnetosphere41▲ 8.5×1 topic

What research is done in Stony Brook?

Particle physics theoret…47Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 47 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…43Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 43 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 41 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…41Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 41 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Col…38High-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 38 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 33 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 28 fractional worksQuantum Information and …26Quantum Information and Cryptography: 26 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 25 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 24 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsEnvironmental ChemistryAstronomy and AstrophysicsArtificial Intelligence1 others

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 47 works
  2. 2 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 43 works
  3. 3 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 41 works
  4. 4 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 41 works
  5. 5 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 38 works
  6. 6 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 33 works
  7. 7 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 28 works
  8. 8 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 26 works
  9. 9 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 25 works
  10. 10 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 24 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%Stony Brook17.4% 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 32.3% in 2001.

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