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%
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Which research institutions are in Washington?
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.
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).
- Physics and AstronomyField · 21.9 works3.1×
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.
- Solar Wind
- Financial Toxicity
- NGOs
- Molecular Dynamics
- Molecular Characterization
- PD-1 and PD-L1
- Medical Education
- Body Image
- Cancer Genomics
- Psychological Factors
- Prevalence
- Genetics
- Obesity
- Economic Growth
- Cancer
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Immunotherapy
- Treatment
- Chemotherapy
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Risk Factors
- Globalization
- Renewable Energy
- Remote Sensing
- Targeted Therapy
- Adolescents
- Governance
- Mortality
- Precision Medicine
- Genomic Instability
- Mutational Signatures
- Eating Disorders
- Immune Checkpoint Blockade
- Cancer Incidence
- Geopolitics
- Behavior Change
- Cost of Care
- Colorectal Cancer
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
- Climate Change13▲ 1.48×50 topics
- Epidemiology9▼ 0.73×46 topics
- Machine Learning8▼ 0.80×34 topics
- Chemotherapy8▲ 3.6×18 topics
- Risk Factors7▲ 2.1×13 topics
- Treatment7▲ 1.85×14 topics
- Globalization7◆ 1.06×32 topics
- Immunotherapy6▲ 2.7×14 topics
- Renewable Energy6▲ 1.26×17 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 4.0×7 topics
- Remote Sensing6▲ 1.43×20 topics
- Cancer6▲ 1.28×30 topics
- Targeted Therapy5▲ 7.5×4 topics
- Economic Growth5▲ 1.92×17 topics
- Adolescents5▲ 4.3×7 topics
- Obesity5▲ 1.97×12 topics
- Governance5▲ 4.4×9 topics
- Genetics4▲ 2.0×7 topics
- Mortality4▲ 2.2×8 topics
- Prevalence4▲ 3.0×5 topics
- Precision Medicine4▲ 2.5×7 topics
- Psychological Factors4▲ 5.5×2 topics
- Genomic Instability4▲ 10×2 topics
- Cancer Genomics3▲ 15×1 topic
- Mutational Signatures3▲ 15×1 topic
- Body Image3▲ 14×1 topic
- Eating Disorders3▲ 23×1 topic
- Medical Education3▲ 4.0×5 topics
- Immune Checkpoint Blockade3▲ 9.2×1 topic
- PD-1 and PD-L13▲ 9.2×1 topic
- Cancer Incidence3▲ 6.8×4 topics
- Molecular Characterization3▲ 5.1×5 topics
- Geopolitics3▲ 5.5×6 topics
- Molecular Dynamics2▲ 4.9×5 topics
- Behavior Change2▲ 5.3×4 topics
- NGOs2▲ 7.4×3 topics
- Cost of Care2▲ 23×1 topic
- Financial Toxicity2▲ 23×1 topic
- Colorectal Cancer2▲ 8.3×2 topics
- Solar Wind2▲ 7.3×2 topics
What research is done in Washington?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
- 2 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 3 works
- 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
- 4 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 2 works
- 5 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
- 6 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 2 works
- 7 Digestive system and related health Genetics 2 works
- 8 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 2 works
- 9 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
- 10 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.