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Research in Towson

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Towson, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Towson University, Goucher College and Ocular Proteomics (United States).

Research institutions
15
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
163k
14.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Towson

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 Towson?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Towson UniversityUniversity 7,874 #2,702
2Goucher CollegeUniversity 1,056 #15,584
3Ocular Proteomics (United States)Company 279 #21,910
4Sheppard Pratt Health SystemHospital / health system 224 #24,799 all time
5Retina SpecialistsHospital / health system 182 #25,647 all time
6Baltimore County Public SchoolsUniversity 102 not ranked
7Immune Deficiency FoundationNonprofit 95 not ranked
8Model Clinical ResearchUniversity 49 not ranked
9Dellon Institutes for Peripheral Nerve SurgeryHospital / health system 48 not ranked
10Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan UniversitiesUniversity 14 not ranked
11Success for All FoundationNonprofit 14 not ranked
12Society of Military Orthopaedic SurgeonsInstitution 4 not ranked
13Baltimore County Public LibraryArchive 4 not ranked
14United States Immunodeficiency NetworkResearch facility 2 not ranked
15Robert W Deutsch 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.

Towson University: 79.2%Goucher College: 10.6%Ocular Proteomics (United States): 2.8%Sheppard Pratt Health System: 2.3%11 others listed: 5.2%79%largest
Towson University7,874 · 79.2%Goucher College1,056 · 10.6%Ocular Proteomics (United States)279 · 2.8%Sheppard Pratt Health System224 · 2.3%11 others listed515 · 5.2%

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

Which fields of science does Towson work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Towson is in Social Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (20%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 895 fractional works · 42.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 478 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 148 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEducation: 111 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 42 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 39 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 165 fractional works · 7.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 53 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 47 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 33 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 103 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 72 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAccounting: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 49 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 533 fractional works · 25.4% of its workMedicine: 428 fractional works · 20.4% of its workSurgery: 44 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 35 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 34 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 34 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 34 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 95 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 49 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 462 fractional works · 22.0% of its workComputer Science: 199 fractional works · 9.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 55 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 38 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 89 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 67 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 35 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 212 fractional works · 10.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 81 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 63 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 42 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 46 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTowson2,102fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences43%

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. Social Sciences47822.8%
    2. Psychology1657.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities1034.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting723.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance492.3%
    6. Decision Sciences261.2%
    1. Medicine42820.4%
    2. Health Professions954.5%
    3. Nursing70.3%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Computer Science1999.4%
    2. Engineering894.2%
    3. Environmental Science673.2%
    4. Mathematics351.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy211.0%
    6. Materials Science180.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences170.8%
    8. Chemistry140.7%
    9. Energy20.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology813.8%
    2. Neuroscience633.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences462.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology200.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Towson strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Towson is most concentrated in Gender Studies, Ophthalmology and Safety Research (5.5× the world share in Gender Studies).

  1. Gender StudiesSubfield · 35.5 works5.5×
  2. OphthalmologySubfield · 26.1 works5.5×
  3. Safety ResearchSubfield · 21.6 works4.4×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.85× its world share, 53 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.23× its world share, 170 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 78 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 58 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.47× its world share, 31 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.82× its world share, 85 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.99× its world share, 336 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.73× its world share, 89 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.13× its world share, 65 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.13× its world share, 43 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.58× its world share, 139 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 413 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.58×139 works
  2. Neuroscience1.85×53 works
  3. Social Sciences1.84×413 works
  4. Health Professions1.82×85 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.73×89 works
  6. Mathematics1.47×31 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.30×22 works
  8. Computer Science1.23×170 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.13×65 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.13×43 works
  11. Medicine0.99×336 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.89×16 works
  13. Nursing0.74×6 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×66 works
  15. Environmental Science0.66×58 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×13 works
  17. Veterinary0.47×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×39 works
  19. Chemistry0.43×12 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.38×15 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×2 works
  22. Engineering0.29×78 works
  23. Materials Science0.25×16 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.15×1 works
  25. Energy0.14×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.09×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Towson?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Gender, Mental Health, Social Media, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Identity and Student Engagement.

▲ 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. Epidemiology99▲ 1.18×105 topics
  2. Machine Learning80◆ 1.14×61 topics
  3. Deep Learning80◆ 1.10×61 topics
  4. Mental Health61▲ 2.0×39 topics
  5. Social Media58▲ 1.99×24 topics
  6. Globalization52▲ 1.25×68 topics
  7. Quality of Life47▲ 1.56×45 topics
  8. Education46▲ 1.29×51 topics
  9. Gender45▲ 4.0×30 topics
  10. Public Health41▲ 1.35×45 topics
  11. Identity41▲ 2.7×36 topics
  12. Healthcare39▲ 1.61×25 topics
  13. Educational Technology34▲ 1.38×25 topics
  14. Internet of Things32▲ 1.81×15 topics
  15. Innovation32▲ 1.49×30 topics
  16. Social Support30▲ 2.7×14 topics
  17. Student Engagement30▲ 3.6×14 topics
  18. Security30▲ 2.1×17 topics
  19. Social Justice30▲ 2.4×25 topics
  20. Ethics28▲ 2.6×27 topics
  21. STEM Education27▲ 2.8×10 topics
  22. Gender Differences26▲ 3.3×14 topics
  23. Religion25▲ 2.5×23 topics
  24. IoT Security23▲ 3.5×3 topics
  25. Social Isolation22▲ 5.3×3 topics
  26. Feminism22▲ 3.5×17 topics
  27. Health Promotion21▲ 3.2×13 topics
  28. Hearing Loss20▲ 8.3×4 topics
  29. Language Development19▲ 7.2×5 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life19▲ 3.8×4 topics
  31. Intersectionality19▲ 4.7×9 topics
  32. Gender Dynamics18▲ 8.0×5 topics
  33. Masculinity16▲ 9.4×4 topics
  34. Physical Education16▲ 6.2×5 topics
  35. Speech Perception16▲ 8.8×3 topics
  36. Learning Analytics15▲ 6.0×2 topics
  37. Cognitive Decline15▲ 6.0×2 topics
  38. Experiential Learning15▲ 13×6 topics
  39. Fan Culture14▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Sport14▲ 17×1 topic

What research is done in Towson?

Sports, Gender, and Soci…13Sports, Gender, and Society: 13 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabil…12Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 12 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing11IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 11 fractional worksPhysical Education and P…10Physical Education and Pedagogy: 10 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 9 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 8 fractional worksEducator Training and Hi…7Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 7 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 7 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 7 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Cor…7Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 7 fractional works
Gender StudiesCognitive NeuroscienceComputer Networks and CommunicationsPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation4 others

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

  1. 1 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 13 works
  2. 2 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 12 works
  3. 3 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 11 works
  4. 4 Physical Education and Pedagogy Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 10 works
  5. 5 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  6. 6 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 8 works
  7. 7 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  8. 8 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 7 works
  9. 9 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 7 works
  10. 10 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 7 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 counting10%20%30%Towson13.5% 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 26.6% in 2009.

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