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Research in Williamsburg

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Williamsburg, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are William & Mary.

Research institutions
15
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
16k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
16.1%
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 Williamsburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1William & MaryUniversity 14,762 #3,036
2Colonial Williamsburg FoundationArchive 319 #27,407 all time
3Eastern State HospitalHospital / health system 210 #26,310 all time
4National Center for State CourtsNonprofit 135 #35,551 all time
5Virginia Oncology AssociatesHospital / health system 110 not ranked
6Omohundro Institute of Early American History and CultureFunder 30 not ranked
7Williamsburg Regional LibraryArchive 26 not ranked
8Strategic Analysis Enterprises (United States)Company 15 not ranked
9Advanced Vision InstituteHospital / health system 15 not ranked
10GuideStarNonprofit 12 not ranked
11Staib Instruments (United States)Company 7 not ranked
12Incogen (United States)Company 5 not ranked
13Bacon StreetNonprofit 1 not ranked
14Coastal SocietyNonprofit 1 not ranked
15Dream Catchers Therapeutic RidingHospital / health system 0 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.

William & Mary: 94.3%Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: 2.0%Eastern State Hospital: 1.3%National Center for State Courts: 0.9%10 others listed: 1.4%94%largest
William & Mary15k · 94.3%Colonial Williamsburg Foundation319 · 2.0%Eastern State Hospital210 · 1.3%National Center for State Courts135 · 0.9%10 others listed222 · 1.4%

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

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.

Which keywords describe research in Williamsburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Tomography, Seismic Noise, Surface Wave, Gender, Human Rights, 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 2022–2025 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 Change125▲ 2.4×72 topics
  2. Globalization71▲ 1.88×75 topics
  3. Human Rights60▲ 3.0×43 topics
  4. Tomography51▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Gender50▲ 4.7×39 topics
  6. Seismic Noise50▲ 53×1 topic
  7. Surface Wave50▲ 53×1 topic
  8. Mental Health48▲ 1.71×30 topics
  9. Identity48▲ 3.4×45 topics
  10. Colonialism42▲ 4.6×35 topics
  11. History41▲ 3.0×32 topics
  12. Nationalism39▲ 4.3×23 topics
  13. Microbial Communities36▲ 4.3×8 topics
  14. Literature34▲ 3.2×28 topics
  15. Religion34▲ 3.7×28 topics
  16. Culture33▲ 3.2×19 topics
  17. Anaerobic33▲ 24×1 topic
  18. Methane Oxidation33▲ 21×1 topic
  19. Electron Acceleration32▲ 25×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services32▲ 4.3×8 topics
  21. Social Inequality32▲ 6.2×10 topics
  22. Solar Wind31▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Ionosphere31▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Magnetosphere31▲ 29×1 topic
  25. Ethics31▲ 3.3×26 topics
  26. Criminal Justice30▲ 7.1×5 topics
  27. Fisheries Sustainability30▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Public Opinion26▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Sea-Level Rise25▲ 11×5 topics
  30. International Law25▲ 4.2×14 topics
  31. Trophic Cascades23▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Racial Disparities22▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Race22▲ 10×13 topics
  34. Society21▲ 5.7×8 topics
  35. Prison System21▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Ecosystem Management20▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Incarceration Effects20▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Marine Fisheries20▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Mass Incarceration20▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Coastal Protection19▲ 16×2 topics

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

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