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Research in Akron

Science Explorer records 26 research institutions in Akron, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Akron, Akron Children's Hospital and Cleveland Clinic Akron General.

Research institutions
26
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
30k
▼ 36% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.6%
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 Akron?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of AkronUniversity 23,090 #1,946
2Goodyear (United States)Company 1,617 #9,419 all time
3Akron Children's HospitalHospital / health system 1,271 #15,221
4Babcock & Wilcox (United States)Company 1,252 #12,040 all time
5Summa Health SystemHospital / health system 1,067 #18,449
6Cleveland Clinic Akron GeneralHospital / health system 898 #16,591
7Summa Akron City HospitalHospital / health system 408 #27,987 all time
8Akron Rubber Development Laboratory (United States)Company 89 not ranked
9International Chemical Workers Union CouncilInstitution 84 not ranked
10Gojo (United States)Company 67 not ranked
11Crystal Clinic Orthopedic CenterHospital / health system 59 not ranked
12Akron Polymer Systems (United States)Company 58 not ranked
13Summa St. Thomas HospitalHospital / health system 41 not ranked
14Austen BioInnovation Institute in AkronHospital / health system 28 not ranked
15American Engineering Group (United States)Company 20 not ranked
16Meggitt (United States)Company 18 not ranked
17Summit County Juvenile CourtGovernment institution 6 not ranked
18Akron Community FoundationNonprofit 5 not ranked
19Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific SocietiesNonprofit 3 not ranked
20Creative Action (United States)Company 2 not ranked
21Bnoat Oncology (United States)Company 2 not ranked
22Pioneer NetworkNonprofit 1 not ranked
23Evening Star Productions (United States)Company 1 not ranked
24Akron Art MuseumArchive 1 not ranked
25Akron-Summit County Public LibraryArchive 1 not ranked
26BGI (United States)Company 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.

University of Akron: 76.7%Goodyear (United States): 5.4%Akron Children's Hospital: 4.2%Babcock & Wilcox (United States): 4.2%21 others listed: 9.5%77%largest
University of Akron23k · 76.7%Goodyear (United States)1,617 · 5.4%Akron Children's Hospital1,271 · 4.2%Babcock & Wilcox (United States)1,252 · 4.2%21 others listed2,859 · 9.5%

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

What is Akron strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Akron is most concentrated in Polymers and Plastics (7.1× the world share in Polymers and Plastics).

  1. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 60.0 works7.1×
← 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 Akron?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Nanocomposites, Mechanical Properties, Nanoparticles, Polymer Composites, Biodegradable Polymers, Self-Assembly and Biomedical Applications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology121▲ 1.46×115 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties65▲ 3.2×35 topics
  3. Nanoparticles63▲ 2.4×35 topics
  4. Nanocomposites62▲ 3.7×19 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications50▲ 2.0×29 topics
  6. Mental Health43▲ 1.39×31 topics
  7. Treatment39▲ 1.53×45 topics
  8. Polymer Composites38▲ 6.8×5 topics
  9. Risk Factors35▲ 1.51×32 topics
  10. Tissue Engineering33▲ 2.6×12 topics
  11. Self-Assembly32▲ 4.8×11 topics
  12. Catalysis32▲ 2.3×23 topics
  13. Diagnosis32▲ 1.63×35 topics
  14. Biodegradable Polymers32▲ 9.1×4 topics
  15. Additive Manufacturing29▲ 4.5×8 topics
  16. Complications27▲ 2.6×17 topics
  17. Recycling24▲ 3.1×6 topics
  18. Applications22▲ 3.7×6 topics
  19. Polymerization21▲ 11×6 topics
  20. 3D Printing20▲ 4.2×5 topics
  21. Hydrogels20▲ 5.3×5 topics
  22. Shape Memory Polymers20▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Conducting Polymers19▲ 6.6×2 topics
  24. Rheology19▲ 4.8×8 topics
  25. Biomedical Engineering19▲ 6.0×2 topics
  26. Renewable Resources18▲ 5.2×5 topics
  27. Ceramics17▲ 5.3×2 topics
  28. Properties17▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Challenges16▲ 6.7×2 topics
  30. Fused Deposition Modeling16▲ 7.0×1 topic
  31. Surface Roughness16▲ 5.7×4 topics
  32. Review15▲ 6.0×4 topics
  33. Polyhydroxyalkanoates15▲ 9.4×1 topic
  34. Polylactic Acid15▲ 9.4×1 topic
  35. Polymer15▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Self-Healing15▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Supramolecular Polymers15▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Processing14▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Polymer Blends14▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Mechanical14▲ 12×2 topics

What research is done in Akron?

  1. 1 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesAutomotive Engineering 16 works
  2. 2 biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesBiomaterials 15 works
  3. 3 Polymer composites and self-healingPolymers and Plastics 15 works
  4. 4 Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymers and Plastics 13 works
  5. 5 Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymers and Plastics 12 works
  6. 6 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsBiomedical Engineering 11 works
  7. 7 Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionMaterials Chemistry 8 works
  8. 8 Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics and Econometrics 8 works
  9. 9 Mechanical Behavior of CompositesMechanics of Materials 8 works
  10. 10 Conducting polymers and applicationsPolymers and Plastics 8 works

Research output over time

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