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Research in Williamsburg

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Williamsburg, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are William & Mary.

Research institutions
14
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
16k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
366k
23.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Williamsburg

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 Williamsburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1William & MaryUniversity 15,199 #2,396
2Colonial Williamsburg FoundationArchive 319 #16,905 all time
3National Center for State CourtsNonprofit 135 #33,257 all time
4Virginia Oncology AssociatesHospital / health system 110 not ranked
5Omohundro Institute of Early American History and CultureFunder 30 not ranked
6Williamsburg Regional LibraryArchive 26 not ranked
7Strategic Analysis Enterprises (United States)Company 15 not ranked
8Advanced Vision InstituteHospital / health system 15 not ranked
9GuideStarNonprofit 12 not ranked
10Staib Instruments (United States)Company 7 not ranked
11Incogen (United States)Company 5 not ranked
12Bacon StreetNonprofit 1 not ranked
13Coastal SocietyNonprofit 1 not ranked
14Dream Catchers Therapeutic RidingHospital / health system 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. 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.

William & Mary: 95.7%Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: 2.0%National Center for State Courts: 0.9%Virginia Oncology Associates: 0.7%9 others listed: 0.7%96%largest
William & Mary15k · 95.7%Colonial Williamsburg Foundation319 · 2.0%National Center for State Courts135 · 0.9%Virginia Oncology Associates110 · 0.7%9 others listed112 · 0.7%

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

Which fields of science does Williamsburg work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Williamsburg is in Social Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Environmental Science (10%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,012 fractional works · 46.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 539 fractional works · 24.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 172 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 111 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEducation: 53 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLaw: 40 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 35 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 174 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPhilosophy: 35 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 138 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 40 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 73 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 54 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 56 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 837 fractional works · 38.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 221 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEcology: 70 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 51 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 189 fractional works · 8.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 71 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 35 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 147 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGeophysics: 55 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOceanography: 38 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 124 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 35 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 75 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematics: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 164 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMedicine: 124 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 149 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 65 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 34 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWilliamsburg2,163fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences47%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,01246.8%
    1. Social Sciences53924.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities1748.0%
    3. Psychology1386.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance733.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting562.6%
    6. Decision Sciences321.5%
    1. Environmental Science22110.2%
    2. Computer Science1898.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1476.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1245.7%
    5. Engineering753.5%
    6. Mathematics311.4%
    7. Chemistry241.1%
    8. Materials Science221.0%
    9. Energy20.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine1245.8%
    2. Health Professions331.5%
    3. Nursing50.2%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology653.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences391.8%
    3. Neuroscience341.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology90.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Williamsburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Williamsburg is most concentrated in Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics and Oceanography (8.7× the world share in Environmental Chemistry).

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 36.8 works8.7×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 55.1 works8.2×
  3. OceanographySubfield · 34.3 works6.3×
← 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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.72× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 152 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.59× its world share, 139 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 70 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.13× its world share, 204 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.20× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.71× its world share, 116 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 105 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.86× its world share, 160 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 49 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.62× its world share, 67 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 119 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 485 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.59×139 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.86×160 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.71×116 works
  4. Environmental Science2.13×204 works
  5. Psychology2.03×119 works
  6. Social Sciences1.99×485 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.62×67 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.61×30 works
  9. Mathematics1.20×27 works
  10. Computer Science1.01×152 works
  11. Neuroscience0.90×28 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.79×49 works
  13. Chemistry0.72×22 works
  14. Health Professions0.61×31 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×54 works
  16. Veterinary0.49×1 works
  17. Nursing0.43×4 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×34 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×7 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.29×20 works
  22. Medicine0.28×105 works
  23. Engineering0.24×70 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.18×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.15×1 works
  26. Energy0.13×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Williamsburg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Tomography, Seismic Noise, Surface Wave, Human Rights, Gender, Globalization and Colonialism.

▲ 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-now 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 Change137▲ 2.3×75 topics
  2. Globalization80▲ 1.87×83 topics
  3. Human Rights71▲ 3.2×47 topics
  4. Machine Learning70◆ 0.97×71 topics
  5. Mental Health55▲ 1.77×32 topics
  6. Identity53▲ 3.4×49 topics
  7. Gender53▲ 4.6×40 topics
  8. Tomography51▲ 13×5 topics
  9. Seismic Noise50▲ 48×1 topic
  10. Surface Wave50▲ 48×1 topic
  11. History47▲ 3.1×34 topics
  12. Colonialism47▲ 4.5×36 topics
  13. Nationalism43▲ 4.4×26 topics
  14. Literature39▲ 3.3×34 topics
  15. Culture38▲ 3.4×22 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services37▲ 4.4×9 topics
  17. Microbial Communities36▲ 3.9×8 topics
  18. Religion36▲ 3.5×30 topics
  19. Ethics34▲ 3.1×27 topics
  20. Social Inequality34▲ 5.8×10 topics
  21. Criminal Justice33▲ 6.9×6 topics
  22. Anaerobic33▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Methane Oxidation33▲ 19×1 topic
  24. Electron Acceleration32▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Solar Wind31▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Ionosphere31▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Magnetosphere31▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Fisheries Sustainability31▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Sea-Level Rise29▲ 12×5 topics
  30. Public Opinion28▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Race25▲ 9.7×15 topics
  32. Trophic Cascades24▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Society24▲ 5.8×10 topics
  34. Coastal Protection24▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Racial Disparities23▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Ecosystem Management21▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Marine Fisheries21▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Prison System21▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Incarceration Effects21▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Mass Incarceration21▲ 33×1 topic

What research is done in Williamsburg?

Seismic Waves and Analysis50Seismic Waves and Analysis: 50 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 33 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 31 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 20 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 20 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …15American Constitutional Law and Politics: 15 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 15 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 11 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 10 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 10 fractional works
GeophysicsEnvironmental ChemistryAstronomy and AstrophysicsGlobal and Planetary Change5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 50 works
  2. 2 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 33 works
  3. 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 31 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 20 works
  5. 5 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 20 works
  6. 6 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 15 works
  7. 7 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 15 works
  8. 8 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 10 works
  10. 10 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Williamsburg16.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.4% in 2007.

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