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%
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Which research institutions are in Akron?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of AkronUniversity | 23,090 | #1,946 | |
| 2 | Goodyear (United States)Company | 1,617 | #9,419 all time | |
| 3 | Akron Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 1,271 | #15,221 | |
| 4 | Babcock & Wilcox (United States)Company | 1,252 | #12,040 all time | |
| 5 | Summa Health SystemHospital / health system | 1,067 | #18,449 | |
| 6 | Cleveland Clinic Akron GeneralHospital / health system | 898 | #16,591 | |
| 7 | Summa Akron City HospitalHospital / health system | 408 | #27,987 all time | |
| 8 | Akron Rubber Development Laboratory (United States)Company | 89 | not ranked | |
| 9 | International Chemical Workers Union CouncilInstitution | 84 | not ranked | |
| 10 | Gojo (United States)Company | 67 | not ranked | |
| 11 | Crystal Clinic Orthopedic CenterHospital / health system | 59 | not ranked | |
| 12 | Akron Polymer Systems (United States)Company | 58 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Summa St. Thomas HospitalHospital / health system | 41 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Austen BioInnovation Institute in AkronHospital / health system | 28 | not ranked | |
| 15 | American Engineering Group (United States)Company | 20 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Meggitt (United States)Company | 18 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Summit County Juvenile CourtGovernment institution | 6 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Akron Community FoundationNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific SocietiesNonprofit | 3 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Creative Action (United States)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Bnoat Oncology (United States)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Pioneer NetworkNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Evening Star Productions (United States)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Akron Art MuseumArchive | 1 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Akron-Summit County Public LibraryArchive | 1 | not ranked | |
| 26 | BGI (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.
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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).
- Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 60.0 works7.1×
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 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.
- Mechanical
- Processing
- Self-Healing
- Polylactic Acid
- Review
- Fused Deposition Modeling
- Properties
- Renewable Resources
- Rheology
- Shape Memory Polymers
- 3D Printing
- Applications
- Complications
- Biodegradable Polymers
- Catalysis
- Tissue Engineering
- Polymer Composites
- Mental Health
- Nanocomposites
- Mechanical Properties
- Epidemiology
- Nanoparticles
- Biomedical Applications
- Treatment
- Risk Factors
- Self-Assembly
- Diagnosis
- Additive Manufacturing
- Recycling
- Polymerization
- Hydrogels
- Conducting Polymers
- Biomedical Engineering
- Ceramics
- Challenges
- Surface Roughness
- Polyhydroxyalkanoates
- Polymer
- Supramolecular Polymers
- Polymer Blends
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
- Epidemiology121▲ 1.46×115 topics
- Mechanical Properties65▲ 3.2×35 topics
- Nanoparticles63▲ 2.4×35 topics
- Nanocomposites62▲ 3.7×19 topics
- Biomedical Applications50▲ 2.0×29 topics
- Mental Health43▲ 1.39×31 topics
- Treatment39▲ 1.53×45 topics
- Polymer Composites38▲ 6.8×5 topics
- Risk Factors35▲ 1.51×32 topics
- Tissue Engineering33▲ 2.6×12 topics
- Self-Assembly32▲ 4.8×11 topics
- Catalysis32▲ 2.3×23 topics
- Diagnosis32▲ 1.63×35 topics
- Biodegradable Polymers32▲ 9.1×4 topics
- Additive Manufacturing29▲ 4.5×8 topics
- Complications27▲ 2.6×17 topics
- Recycling24▲ 3.1×6 topics
- Applications22▲ 3.7×6 topics
- Polymerization21▲ 11×6 topics
- 3D Printing20▲ 4.2×5 topics
- Hydrogels20▲ 5.3×5 topics
- Shape Memory Polymers20▲ 12×2 topics
- Conducting Polymers19▲ 6.6×2 topics
- Rheology19▲ 4.8×8 topics
- Biomedical Engineering19▲ 6.0×2 topics
- Renewable Resources18▲ 5.2×5 topics
- Ceramics17▲ 5.3×2 topics
- Properties17▲ 10×4 topics
- Challenges16▲ 6.7×2 topics
- Fused Deposition Modeling16▲ 7.0×1 topic
- Surface Roughness16▲ 5.7×4 topics
- Review15▲ 6.0×4 topics
- Polyhydroxyalkanoates15▲ 9.4×1 topic
- Polylactic Acid15▲ 9.4×1 topic
- Polymer15▲ 10×2 topics
- Self-Healing15▲ 19×1 topic
- Supramolecular Polymers15▲ 19×1 topic
- Processing14▲ 12×2 topics
- Polymer Blends14▲ 12×2 topics
- Mechanical14▲ 12×2 topics
What research is done in Akron?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesAutomotive Engineering 16 works
- 2 biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesBiomaterials 15 works
- 3 Polymer composites and self-healingPolymers and Plastics 15 works
- 4 Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymers and Plastics 13 works
- 5 Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymers and Plastics 12 works
- 6 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsBiomedical Engineering 11 works
- 7 Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionMaterials Chemistry 8 works
- 8 Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics and Econometrics 8 works
- 9 Mechanical Behavior of CompositesMechanics of Materials 8 works
- 10 Conducting polymers and applicationsPolymers and Plastics 8 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.