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Research in Waltham

Science Explorer records 72 research institutions in Waltham, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Brandeis University, Thermo Fisher Scientific (United States) and Bentley University.

Research institutions
72
11 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
35k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
18.1%
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 Waltham?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Brandeis UniversityUniversity 19,634 #1,966
2Bentley UniversityUniversity 3,876 #8,794
3PerkinElmer (United States)Company 2,544 #22,131
4Thermo Fisher Scientific (United States)Company 1,802 #5,300
5Education Development CenterNonprofit 960 #18,209
6Foster-Miller (United States)Company 945 #19,771
7Boston Engineering (United States)Company 496 #21,621 all time
8Fresenius Medical Care (United States)Company 456 #18,776
9ImmunoGen (United States)Company 305 #14,947 all time
10Alkermes (United States)Company 297 #17,044 all time
11Fresenius Medical Care North America (United States)Company 288 #23,393
12Boston IVFHospital / health system 281 #23,828
13PAREXEL International (United States)Company 248 #22,396
14NeuroMetrix (United States)Company 238 #29,649 all time
15Metal Matrix Cast Composites (United States)Company 226 #11,200 all time
16Repligen (United States)Company 217 #8,490 all time
17Boston Sports & Shoulder CenterHospital / health system 213 #27,533 all time
18Arcon (United States)Company 207 #24,171 all time
19Massachusetts Medical SocietyHospital / health system 187 #37,481 all time
20Radius Health (United States)Company 163 #35,676 all time
21The Micheli Center for Sports Injury PreventionInstitution 137 #38,926 all time
22Ocular Immunology and Uveitis FoundationNonprofit 116 not ranked
23Tesaro (United States)Company 113 not ranked
24New England Organ BankNonprofit 107 not ranked
25BG Medicine (United States)Company 94 not ranked
26NKT Therapeutics (United States)Company 90 not ranked
27Apellis Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 90 #12,767
28Eloxx Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 89 not ranked
29Optron Systems (United States)Company 84 not ranked
30AMAG Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 83 not ranked
31Deciphera Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 71 not ranked
32NanoLab (United States)Company 68 not ranked
33Thermedical (United States)Company 61 not ranked
34Exosome Diagnostics (United States)Company 59 not ranked
35Entasis Therapeutics (United States)Company 53 not ranked
36BVI (United States)Company 52 not ranked
37MSM Protein Technologies (United States)Company 50 not ranked
38Boston Dynamics (United States)Company 41 not ranked
39Kala Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 40 not ranked
40Boston Children's at WalthamHospital / health system 36 not ranked
41Jentek Sensors (United States)Company 36 not ranked
42Xilio Therapeutics (United States)Company 33 not ranked
43InnoCentive (United States)Company 31 not ranked
44Minerva Biotechnologies (United States)Company 30 not ranked
45TScan Therapeutics (United States)Company 22 not ranked
46Alere (United States)Company 19 not ranked
47Veolia (United States)Company 19 not ranked
48Histogenics (United States)Company 17 not ranked
49Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (United States)Company 16 not ranked
50Minerva Neurosciences (United States)Company 13 not ranked
51Milcord (United States)Company 11 not ranked
52OvaScience (United States)Company 11 not ranked
53Efficacy InstituteNonprofit 10 not ranked
54Arrakis Therapeutics (United States)Company 8 not ranked
55Responsible Retailing ForumNonprofit 8 not ranked
56Novatio Engineering (United States)Company 7 not ranked
57Function Promoting Therapies (United States)Company 6 not ranked
58Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple SclerosisNonprofit 6 not ranked
59Qinetiq (United States)Company 5 not ranked
60Allure (United States)Company 5 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.

Brandeis University: 55.4%Bentley University: 10.9%PerkinElmer (United States): 7.2%Thermo Fisher Scientific (United States): 5.1%56 others listed: 21.4%55%largest
Brandeis University20k · 55.4%Bentley University3,876 · 10.9%PerkinElmer (United States)2,544 · 7.2%Thermo Fisher Scientific (United States)1,802 · 5.1%56 others listed7,574 · 21.4%

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

What is Waltham strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Waltham is most concentrated in Nephrology, Aquatic Science and Spectroscopy (6.7× the world share in Nephrology).

  1. NephrologySubfield · 61.0 works6.7×
  2. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 28.7 works3.8×
  3. SpectroscopySubfield · 34.7 works3.7×
  4. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 28.9 works3.2×
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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 Waltham?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Language Teaching, Digital Education, Formative Assessment, Tourism Development, Educational Technologies and Artistic Education.

▲ 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. Epidemiology175◆ 1.05×116 topics
  2. Quality of Life136▲ 2.2×51 topics
  3. Globalization133▲ 1.61×89 topics
  4. Machine Learning122◆ 0.88×80 topics
  5. Inflammation113▲ 1.29×77 topics
  6. Pedagogy108▲ 5.3×14 topics
  7. Teaching Methods108▲ 18×8 topics
  8. Critical Thinking102▲ 25×5 topics
  9. Language Teaching102▲ 9.6×6 topics
  10. Digital Education100▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Formative Assessment100▲ 35×2 topics
  12. Tourism Development100▲ 20×2 topics
  13. Artistic Education99▲ 47×1 topic
  14. Educational Technologies99▲ 30×2 topics
  15. Student Competencies99▲ 47×1 topic
  16. Cardiovascular Disease85▲ 1.82×35 topics
  17. Mental Health80▲ 1.31×39 topics
  18. Human Rights75▲ 1.74×39 topics
  19. Nationalism64▲ 3.3×24 topics
  20. Chronic Kidney Disease60▲ 6.0×8 topics
  21. Immunotherapy59▲ 1.98×17 topics
  22. Mortality59▲ 2.4×13 topics
  23. Cancer Immunotherapy49▲ 7.6×3 topics
  24. Hemodialysis46▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Glycosylation46▲ 9.8×3 topics
  26. Dialysis42▲ 21×1 topic
  27. Peritoneal Dialysis42▲ 21×1 topic
  28. Tumor Regression41▲ 8.8×2 topics
  29. Lymphoma40▲ 5.8×4 topics
  30. Monoclonal Antibodies40▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Israel39▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Discrimination39▲ 4.7×7 topics
  33. Mass Spectrometry35▲ 5.3×5 topics
  34. Leukemia34▲ 9.7×2 topics
  35. CAR T Cells34▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Chimeric Antigen Receptor34▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Therapeutic Antibodies32▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Investment32▲ 7.7×5 topics
  39. Substance Use Disorders29▲ 9.3×2 topics
  40. Irrigation28▲ 46×1 topic

What research is done in Waltham?

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 99 works
  2. 2 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 42 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 34 works
  4. 4 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 28 works
  5. 5 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 27 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 27 works
  7. 7 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 23 works
  8. 8 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  9. 9 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 17 works
  10. 10 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 17 works

Research output over time

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