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Research in Virginia Beach

Science Explorer records 20 research institutions in Virginia Beach, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Regent University, Atlantic University and George Washington University Virginia Campus.

Research institutions
20
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.5k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.2%
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 Virginia Beach?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Regent UniversityUniversity 2,667 #14,838
2Atlantic UniversityUniversity 692 #18,015
3George Washington University Virginia CampusUniversity 640 #18,811
4Virginia Wesleyan UniversityUniversity 428 #29,463 all time
5Urology of VirginiaHospital / health system 259 #22,295
6Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science CenterArchive 216 #27,886
7Hampton Roads Sanitation DistrictInstitution 163 #37,052 all time
8Virginia Department of Game and Inland FisheriesGovernment institution 100 not ranked
9Lifenet HealthNonprofit 92 not ranked
10Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalHospital / health system 71 not ranked
11Virginia Beach Public LibraryArchive 57 not ranked
12Jordan-Young InstituteHospital / health system 43 not ranked
13Ecpi UniversityUniversity 40 not ranked
14Ocean Lakes High SchoolUniversity 34 not ranked
15Dynamic Systems Integration (United States)Company 18 not ranked
16Morphix Technologies (United States)Company 6 not ranked
17Tidewater Kidney SpecialistsResearch facility 6 not ranked
18Howard and Georgeanna Jones Foundation for Reproductive MedicineNonprofit 4 not ranked
19Oceana Sensor (United States)Company 4 not ranked
20Fermion Government Services (United States)Company 2 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.

Regent University: 48.1%Atlantic University: 12.5%George Washington University Virginia Campus: 11.5%Virginia Wesleyan University: 7.7%16 others listed: 20.1%48%largest
Regent University2,667 · 48.1%Atlantic University692 · 12.5%George Washington University Virginia Campus640 · 11.5%Virginia Wesleyan University428 · 7.7%16 others listed1,115 · 20.1%

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

What is Virginia Beach strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Virginia Beach is most concentrated in Religious studies, Environmental Chemistry and Geophysics (17.2× the world share in Religious studies).

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 28.3 works17×
  2. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 31.6 works15×
  3. GeophysicsSubfield · 49.5 works14×
  4. HealthSubfield · 22.7 works7.8×
  5. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 35.8 works7.0×
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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 Virginia Beach?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tomography, Seismic Noise, Surface Wave, Religion, Leadership, Organizational Performance, Employee Engagement and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Tomography49▲ 28×4 topics
  2. Seismic Noise49▲ 104×1 topic
  3. Surface Wave49▲ 104×1 topic
  4. Mental Health47▲ 3.3×31 topics
  5. Religion44▲ 9.4×15 topics
  6. Leadership40▲ 8.5×22 topics
  7. Organizational Performance38▲ 15×9 topics
  8. Globalization34▲ 1.74×45 topics
  9. Employee Engagement33▲ 19×4 topics
  10. Quality of Life33▲ 2.3×35 topics
  11. Microbial Communities32▲ 7.6×6 topics
  12. Electron Acceleration31▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Anaerobic30▲ 44×1 topic
  14. Ionosphere30▲ 55×1 topic
  15. Magnetosphere30▲ 55×1 topic
  16. Methane Oxidation30▲ 38×1 topic
  17. Well-being29▲ 7.6×13 topics
  18. Social Support28▲ 5.2×11 topics
  19. Ethical Behavior28▲ 78×2 topics
  20. Career Development28▲ 24×4 topics
  21. Spirituality27▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Spiritual Leadership26▲ 188×1 topic
  23. Workplace Spirituality26▲ 188×1 topic
  24. Nationalism25▲ 5.4×12 topics
  25. Health25▲ 6.2×7 topics
  26. Psychological Adjustment24▲ 17×4 topics
  27. Coping22▲ 45×2 topics
  28. Social Justice20▲ 3.5×18 topics
  29. End-of-Life Care20▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Psychological Capital16▲ 12×3 topics
  31. African Christianity16▲ 72×2 topics
  32. Community Development15▲ 8.2×3 topics
  33. NGOs15▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Humanitarianism14▲ 23×3 topics
  35. Civil Society14▲ 13×4 topics
  36. International Aid14▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Faith-Based Organizations13▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Social Services13▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Public Opinion12▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Theology12▲ 13×3 topics

What research is done in Virginia Beach?

  1. 1 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 49 works
  2. 2 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 30 works
  3. 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 30 works
  4. 4 Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Demography 26 works
  5. 5 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 20 works
  6. 6 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  7. 7 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  8. 8 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 10 works
  9. 9 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
  10. 10 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 8 works

Research output over time

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