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Research in Washington

Science Explorer records 78 research institutions in Washington. The largest by output are Naval Research Laboratory Information Technology Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Naval Research Laboratory Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering.

Research institutions
78
Research works
3.4k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
20.5%
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 Washington?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Naval Research Laboratory Information Technology DivisionResearch facility 517 #8,278 all time
2Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International StudiesUniversity 482 #15,200 all time
3Naval Research Laboratory Center for Bio/Molecular Science and EngineeringResearch facility 359 #7,876 all time
4Naval Research Laboratory Plasma Physics DivisionResearch facility 258 #7,905 all time
5Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer CenterHospital / health system 221 #22,914 all time
6Naval Research Laboratory Chemistry DivisionResearch facility 214 #11,025 all time
7NASA Earth ScienceGovernment institution 212 #15,967 all time
8Israel InstituteNonprofit 152 #24,128 all time
9Office of PolicyGovernment institution 124 #32,608 all time
10National Telecommunications and Information AdministrationFunder 106 not ranked
11Naval Research Laboratory Laboratories for Computational Physics & Fluid DynamicsResearch facility 91 not ranked
12Naval Research Laboratory Materials Science and Technology DivisionResearch facility 86 not ranked
13Naval Research Laboratory Optical Sciences DivisionResearch facility 68 not ranked
14Naval Research Laboratory Electronics Science and Technology DivisionResearch facility 67 not ranked
15Naval Research Laboratory Acoustics DivisionResearch facility 53 not ranked
16Naval Research Laboratory Remote Sensing DivisionResearch facility 47 not ranked
17Naval Research Laboratory Space Science DivisionResearch facility 46 not ranked
18Transportation Security AdministrationFunder 38 not ranked
19Fulbright ProgramGovernment institution 31 not ranked
20Office of ElectricityGovernment institution 22 not ranked
21Colorectal Cancer AllianceNonprofit 21 not ranked
22Naval Research Laboratory Radar DivisionResearch facility 20 not ranked
23Society for Ecological RestorationNonprofit 16 not ranked
24Office of Public AffairsGovernment institution 14 not ranked
25NASA Planetary ScienceGovernment institution 11 not ranked
26Earth and Planets LaboratoryResearch facility 11 not ranked
27Office of InfrastructureGovernment institution 11 not ranked
28CoStar Group (United States)Company 10 not ranked
29Bureau of Transportation StatisticsGovernment institution 8 not ranked
30Patient-Led Research CollaborativeInstitution 7 not ranked
31Office of the Chief Information OfficerGovernment institution 7 not ranked
32Office of Academic AffiliationsGovernment institution 6 not ranked
33Naval Research Laboratory Spacecraft Engineering DivisionResearch facility 6 not ranked
34Radiant EarthNonprofit 5 not ranked
35Office of Energy PolicyGovernment institution 4 not ranked
36Administration for Strategic Preparedness and ResponseGovernment institution 4 not ranked
37Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationGovernment institution 4 not ranked
38Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationGovernment institution 4 not ranked
39Protein Information ResourceNonprofit 4 not ranked
40Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement AffairsGovernment institution 4 not ranked
41Naval Research Laboratory Tactical Electronic Warfare DivisionResearch facility 4 not ranked
42Building Technologies OfficeGovernment institution 3 not ranked
43National Council for Eurasian and East European ResearchNonprofit 3 not ranked
44Office of Planning, Research and EvaluationGovernment institution 3 not ranked
45Office of SecurityGovernment institution 3 not ranked
46Strategic Environmental Research and Development ProgramGovernment institution 3 not ranked
47Faces and Voices of RecoveryNonprofit 2 not ranked
48Laboratories of Analytical BiologyResearch facility 2 not ranked
49Foundation for Food and Agriculture ResearchInstitution 2 not ranked
50NOAA National Systematics LaboratoryResearch facility 2 not ranked
51Office of Federal Energy Management ProgramsGovernment institution 2 not ranked
52Civilian Nuclear ProgramsGovernment institution 2 not ranked
53Naval Research Laboratory Space Systems Development DivisionResearch facility 2 not ranked
54Water Power Technologies OfficeGovernment institution 2 not ranked
55Andes Amazon FundNonprofit 2 not ranked
56Clean Cooking AllianceNonprofit 2 not ranked
57Office of Environment, Safety, and HealthGovernment institution 2 not ranked
58World Forest IDNonprofit 2 not ranked
59Bioenergy Technologies OfficeGovernment institution 1 not ranked
60Epigenetics, Data, PoliticsResearch facility 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.

Naval Research Laboratory Information Technology Division: 15.1%Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies: 14.1%Naval Research Laboratory Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering: 10.5%Naval Research Laboratory Plasma Physics Division: 7.6%56 others listed: 52.7%15%largest
Naval Research Laboratory Information Technology Division517 · 15.1%Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies482 · 14.1%Naval Research Laboratory Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering359 · 10.5%Naval Research Laboratory Plasma Physics Division258 · 7.6%56 others listed1,800 · 52.7%

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

What is Washington strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Washington is most concentrated in Physics and Astronomy (3.1× the world share in Physics and Astronomy).

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 21.9 works3.1×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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 Washington?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Climate Change, Targeted Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Adolescents, Risk Factors, Immunotherapy and Genomic Instability.

▲ 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. Climate Change13▲ 1.48×50 topics
  2. Epidemiology9▼ 0.73×46 topics
  3. Machine Learning8▼ 0.80×34 topics
  4. Chemotherapy8▲ 3.6×18 topics
  5. Risk Factors7▲ 2.1×13 topics
  6. Treatment7▲ 1.85×14 topics
  7. Globalization7◆ 1.06×32 topics
  8. Immunotherapy6▲ 2.7×14 topics
  9. Renewable Energy6▲ 1.26×17 topics
  10. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 4.0×7 topics
  11. Remote Sensing6▲ 1.43×20 topics
  12. Cancer6▲ 1.28×30 topics
  13. Targeted Therapy5▲ 7.5×4 topics
  14. Economic Growth5▲ 1.92×17 topics
  15. Adolescents5▲ 4.3×7 topics
  16. Obesity5▲ 1.97×12 topics
  17. Governance5▲ 4.4×9 topics
  18. Genetics4▲ 2.0×7 topics
  19. Mortality4▲ 2.2×8 topics
  20. Prevalence4▲ 3.0×5 topics
  21. Precision Medicine4▲ 2.5×7 topics
  22. Psychological Factors4▲ 5.5×2 topics
  23. Genomic Instability4▲ 10×2 topics
  24. Cancer Genomics3▲ 15×1 topic
  25. Mutational Signatures3▲ 15×1 topic
  26. Body Image3▲ 14×1 topic
  27. Eating Disorders3▲ 23×1 topic
  28. Medical Education3▲ 4.0×5 topics
  29. Immune Checkpoint Blockade3▲ 9.2×1 topic
  30. PD-1 and PD-L13▲ 9.2×1 topic
  31. Cancer Incidence3▲ 6.8×4 topics
  32. Molecular Characterization3▲ 5.1×5 topics
  33. Geopolitics3▲ 5.5×6 topics
  34. Molecular Dynamics2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  35. Behavior Change2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  36. NGOs2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  37. Cost of Care2▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Financial Toxicity2▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Colorectal Cancer2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  40. Solar Wind2▲ 7.3×2 topics

What research is done in Washington?

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  2. 2 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 3 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  4. 4 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Digestive system and related health Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 2 works
  9. 9 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 International Development and Aid Development 2 works

Research output over time

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