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Research in Akron

Science Explorer records 24 research institutions in Akron, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Akron and Summa Health System.

Research institutions
24
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
30k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
624k
20.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Akron

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 Akron?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of AkronUniversity 24,361 #1,273
2Goodyear (United States)Company 1,617 #20,445 all time
3Babcock & Wilcox (United States)Company 1,252 #16,097 all time
4Summa Health SystemHospital / health system 1,067 #16,182
5Summa Akron City HospitalHospital / health system 408 #21,853 all time
6Akron Rubber Development Laboratory (United States)Company 89 not ranked
7International Chemical Workers Union CouncilInstitution 84 not ranked
8Gojo (United States)Company 67 not ranked
9Crystal Clinic Orthopedic CenterHospital / health system 59 not ranked
10Akron Polymer Systems (United States)Company 58 not ranked
11Summa St. Thomas HospitalHospital / health system 41 not ranked
12Austen BioInnovation Institute in AkronHospital / health system 28 not ranked
13American Engineering Group (United States)Company 20 not ranked
14Meggitt (United States)Company 18 not ranked
15Summit County Juvenile CourtGovernment institution 6 not ranked
16Akron Community FoundationNonprofit 5 not ranked
17Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific SocietiesNonprofit 3 not ranked
18Creative Action (United States)Company 2 not ranked
19Bnoat Oncology (United States)Company 2 not ranked
20Pioneer NetworkNonprofit 1 not ranked
21Evening Star Productions (United States)Company 1 not ranked
22Akron-Summit County Public LibraryArchive 1 not ranked
23Akron Art MuseumArchive 1 not ranked
24BGI (United States)Company 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.

University of Akron: 83.5%Goodyear (United States): 5.5%Babcock & Wilcox (United States): 4.3%Summa Health System: 3.7%19 others listed: 3.1%83%largest
University of Akron24k · 83.5%Goodyear (United States)1,617 · 5.5%Babcock & Wilcox (United States)1,252 · 4.3%Summa Health System1,067 · 3.7%19 others listed894 · 3.1%

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

Which fields of science does Akron work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Akron is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Engineering (17%), Materials Science (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 923 fractional works · 39.3% of its workEngineering: 401 fractional works · 17.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 90 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 80 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 74 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 34 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 204 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 69 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 66 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomaterials: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 74 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 41 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 66 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 59 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 40 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 792 fractional works · 33.8% of its workMedicine: 707 fractional works · 30.1% of its workSurgery: 121 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 67 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 60 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 49 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 41 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 73 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 40 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 459 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 179 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 62 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 86 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 70 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 52 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 64 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAccounting: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 35 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 172 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 90 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 41 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 33 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAkron2,346fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences20%

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. Engineering40117.1%
    2. Materials Science2048.7%
    3. Chemistry743.2%
    4. Computer Science662.8%
    5. Environmental Science592.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy401.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering221.0%
    8. Mathematics210.9%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences210.9%
    10. Energy130.6%
    1. Medicine70730.1%
    2. Health Professions733.1%
    3. Nursing80.3%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Social Sciences1797.6%
    2. Psychology863.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance703.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting642.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities351.5%
    6. Decision Sciences251.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology903.8%
    2. Neuroscience331.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences271.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology200.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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 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: 0.23× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 79 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.83× its world share, 21 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.12× its world share, 70 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 61 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.18× its world share, 369 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 55 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.56× its world share, 186 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 39 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 591 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.89× its world share, 60 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 64 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 78 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 162 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering2.83×21 works
  2. Materials Science2.56×186 works
  3. Chemistry2.12×70 works
  4. Medicine1.47×591 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.44×64 works
  6. Psychology1.23×78 works
  7. Health Professions1.19×65 works
  8. Engineering1.18×369 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.13×23 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.89×60 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.85×39 works
  12. Neuroscience0.84×28 works
  13. Mathematics0.81×20 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.80×17 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×79 works
  16. Nursing0.71×7 works
  17. Energy0.62×12 works
  18. Social Sciences0.61×162 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×20 works
  20. Environmental Science0.53×55 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.51×31 works
  22. Computer Science0.37×61 works
  23. Veterinary0.32×1 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×2 works
  25. Dentistry0.25×2 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×23 works

Which keywords describe research in Akron?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology140▲ 1.50×115 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties69▲ 3.0×35 topics
  3. Nanoparticles68▲ 2.3×36 topics
  4. Nanocomposites66▲ 3.6×20 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications57▲ 2.0×30 topics
  6. Mental Health47▲ 1.41×34 topics
  7. Treatment46▲ 1.63×47 topics
  8. Quality of Life43▲ 1.26×43 topics
  9. Risk Factors42▲ 1.64×34 topics
  10. Polymer Composites41▲ 6.5×6 topics
  11. Diagnosis40▲ 1.83×36 topics
  12. Tissue Engineering37▲ 2.6×12 topics
  13. Self-Assembly35▲ 4.7×11 topics
  14. Biodegradable Polymers34▲ 8.4×4 topics
  15. Catalysis34▲ 2.2×23 topics
  16. Complications31▲ 2.7×17 topics
  17. Additive Manufacturing30▲ 4.2×8 topics
  18. Recycling26▲ 2.9×6 topics
  19. Hydrogels24▲ 5.3×5 topics
  20. Shape Memory Polymers23▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Polymerization23▲ 10×6 topics
  22. Surface Roughness22▲ 6.9×4 topics
  23. Renewable Resources21▲ 5.1×5 topics
  24. Rheology21▲ 4.6×8 topics
  25. 3D Printing21▲ 4.0×5 topics
  26. Conducting Polymers20▲ 6.6×2 topics
  27. Sepsis19▲ 4.6×6 topics
  28. Biomedical Engineering19▲ 5.8×2 topics
  29. Properties18▲ 9.3×4 topics
  30. Review17▲ 6.2×4 topics
  31. Challenges17▲ 6.3×2 topics
  32. Fused Deposition Modeling17▲ 6.7×1 topic
  33. Polymer17▲ 9.8×2 topics
  34. Self-Healing17▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Supramolecular Polymers17▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Processing16▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Mechanical15▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Polyhydroxyalkanoates15▲ 8.7×1 topic
  39. Polylactic Acid15▲ 8.7×1 topic
  40. Polymer Blends15▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Akron?

Additive Manufacturing a…16Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 16 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer sy…15biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 15 fractional worksPolymer composites and s…15Polymer composites and self-healing: 15 fractional worksPolymer Nanocomposites a…13Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties: 13 fractional worksPolymer crystallization and properties: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 11 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and I…8Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 8 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 8 fractional worksMechanical Behavior of Composites: 8 fractional worksConducting polymers and …8Conducting polymers and applications: 8 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringBiomaterialsPolymers and PlasticsBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 16 works
  2. 2 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 15 works
  3. 3 Polymer composites and self-healing Polymers and Plastics 15 works
  4. 4 Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties Polymers and Plastics 13 works
  5. 5 Polymer crystallization and properties Polymers and Plastics 12 works
  6. 6 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 11 works
  7. 7 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 8 works
  8. 8 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  9. 9 Mechanical Behavior of Composites Mechanics of Materials 8 works
  10. 10 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 8 works

Research output over time

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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%Akron11.9% 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 22.6% in 2004.

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