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Research in Towson

Science Explorer records 16 research institutions in Towson, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Towson University, St. Joseph Medical Center and Goucher College.

Research institutions
16
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.2%
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 Towson?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Towson UniversityUniversity 7,874 #5,002
2Goucher CollegeUniversity 1,056 #21,962
3St. Joseph Medical CenterHospital / health system 1,016 #21,133
4Ocular Proteomics (United States)Company 279 #27,323
5Sheppard Pratt Health SystemHospital / health system 224 #23,943 all time
6Retina SpecialistsHospital / health system 182 #38,793 all time
7Baltimore County Public SchoolsUniversity 102 not ranked
8Immune Deficiency FoundationNonprofit 95 not ranked
9Model Clinical ResearchUniversity 49 not ranked
10Dellon Institutes for Peripheral Nerve SurgeryHospital / health system 48 not ranked
11Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan UniversitiesUniversity 14 not ranked
12Success for All FoundationNonprofit 14 not ranked
13Society of Military Orthopaedic SurgeonsInstitution 4 not ranked
14Baltimore County Public LibraryArchive 4 not ranked
15United States Immunodeficiency NetworkResearch facility 2 not ranked
16Robert W Deutsch FoundationNonprofit 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.

Towson University: 71.8%Goucher College: 9.6%St. Joseph Medical Center: 9.3%Ocular Proteomics (United States): 2.5%12 others listed: 6.7%72%largest
Towson University7,874 · 71.8%Goucher College1,056 · 9.6%St. Joseph Medical Center1,016 · 9.3%Ocular Proteomics (United States)279 · 2.5%12 others listed739 · 6.7%

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

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.

Which keywords describe research in Towson?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Mental Health, Social Media, Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Machine 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology77◆ 1.10×98 topics
  2. Deep Learning72▲ 1.19×57 topics
  3. Machine Learning67▲ 1.16×59 topics
  4. Mental Health54▲ 2.1×38 topics
  5. Social Media52▲ 2.1×24 topics
  6. Globalization43▲ 1.24×63 topics
  7. Quality of Life41▲ 1.61×40 topics
  8. Gender41▲ 4.2×29 topics
  9. Education38▲ 1.23×45 topics
  10. Identity38▲ 2.9×34 topics
  11. Public Health33▲ 1.29×37 topics
  12. Healthcare33▲ 1.65×25 topics
  13. Internet of Things30▲ 1.92×15 topics
  14. Student Engagement28▲ 3.9×13 topics
  15. Social Support27▲ 2.8×14 topics
  16. Social Justice27▲ 2.6×24 topics
  17. Security24▲ 2.1×16 topics
  18. Gender Differences24▲ 3.6×13 topics
  19. STEM Education22▲ 2.8×10 topics
  20. Social Isolation20▲ 5.6×3 topics
  21. IoT Security20▲ 3.6×3 topics
  22. Feminism20▲ 3.9×16 topics
  23. Health Promotion19▲ 3.4×13 topics
  24. Community Engagement19▲ 3.2×10 topics
  25. Psychological Impact19▲ 3.2×9 topics
  26. Hearing Loss19▲ 9.1×4 topics
  27. Language Development17▲ 8.0×5 topics
  28. Health-related Quality of Life17▲ 4.1×4 topics
  29. Gender Dynamics17▲ 8.8×5 topics
  30. Intersectionality16▲ 4.9×9 topics
  31. Self-Regulation15▲ 4.8×6 topics
  32. Physical Education15▲ 6.9×5 topics
  33. Masculinity15▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Experiential Learning14▲ 16×6 topics
  35. Learning Analytics14▲ 6.6×2 topics
  36. Speech Perception14▲ 9.7×3 topics
  37. Cognitive Decline14▲ 6.5×2 topics
  38. Fan Culture13▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Sport13▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Age-related Hearing Loss12▲ 19×1 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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