Research in Asheville
Science Explorer records 35 research institutions in Asheville, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of North Carolina at Asheville, Southern Research Station and Mission Health.
- Research institutions
- 35 4 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 7.5k ▲ 14% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 17.0% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Asheville?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Research StationGovernment institution | 2,509 | #12,279 | |
| 2 | University of North Carolina at AshevilleUniversity | 1,746 | #10,662 | |
| 3 | Mission HealthHospital / health system | 629 | #20,473 | |
| 4 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFunder | 565 | #2,743 all time | |
| 5 | Cooperative Institute for Climate and SatellitesResearch facility | 332 | #5,913 all time | |
| 6 | Mountain Area Health Education CenterHospital / health system | 269 | #26,694 | |
| 7 | Warren Wilson CollegeUniversity | 249 | #36,038 all time | |
| 8 | Blue Ridge Research and Consulting (United States)Company | 206 | #8,605 all time | |
| 9 | Asheville Cardiology AssociatesInstitution | 151 | #41,574 all time | |
| 10 | Montreat CollegeUniversity | 141 | #37,615 all time | |
| 11 | Pediatric Brain Tumor FoundationNonprofit | 128 | #17,226 all time | |
| 12 | Orelena Hawks Puckett InstituteNonprofit | 96 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture ProjectNonprofit | 81 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Charles George VA Medical CenterHospital / health system | 72 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community CollegeUniversity | 41 | not ranked | |
| 16 | The Association of Boarding SchoolsUniversity | 40 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Cancer Care of Western North CarolinaHospital / health system | 40 | not ranked | |
| 18 | National Paideia CenterUniversity | 39 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Mission Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 23 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Buncombe County SchoolsUniversity | 19 | not ranked | |
| 21 | The American Chestnut FoundationNonprofit | 16 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Carolinas Center for Advanced Management of PainHospital / health system | 16 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Evergreen Community Charter SchoolUniversity | 15 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Mountain Diabetes and Endocrine CenterHospital / health system | 15 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Asheville Hematology & OncologyHospital / health system | 12 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Clinical Study Center of AshevilleResearch facility | 10 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Hope Women's Cancer CentersHospital / health system | 9 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Cielo InstituteResearch facility | 7 | not ranked | |
| 29 | LightForm (United States)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Bent Creek InstituteNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Arts For LifeNonprofit | 3 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Rural Support PartnersInstitution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Buncombe County Early CollegeUniversity | 2 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Southern Appalachian Highlands ConservancyNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Wild for LifeNonprofit | 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
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What is Asheville strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Asheville is most concentrated in Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change (12.7× the world share in Insect Science).
- Insect ScienceSubfield · 37.5 works13×
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 30.6 works12×
- Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 79.5 works10×
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 32.4 works7.0×
- EcologySubfield · 51.1 works6.2×
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 Asheville?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Global Warming, Biodiversity, Conservation, Remote Sensing, Ecosystem Resilience and Biodiversity Conservation.
- Forest Pests
- Bark Beetles
- Model Evaluation
- Citizen Science
- Economic Impacts
- Extreme Events
- Solar Wind
- Climate Change Impact
- Seismic Noise
- Population Dynamics
- Aboveground Biomass
- Ecosystem
- Wildfire Activity
- Soil Properties
- Global Change
- Biological Invasions
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Conservation
- Biodiversity
- Invasive Species
- Climate Change
- Remote Sensing
- Global Warming
- Ecosystem Resilience
- Public Health
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Biological Control
- Forest Fires
- Biomass Estimation
- Ecosystem Services
- Ocean Circulation
- Tomography
- Surface Wave
- Land Use Change
- Climate Change Impacts
- Hydrological Cycle
- Data Assimilation
- Drought
- Species Richness
- Evapotranspiration
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
- Climate Change155▲ 5.5×77 topics
- Invasive Species51▲ 11×18 topics
- Remote Sensing48▲ 3.7×25 topics
- Biodiversity44▲ 5.6×28 topics
- Global Warming42▲ 9.8×11 topics
- Conservation35▲ 7.8×18 topics
- Ecosystem Resilience34▲ 22×5 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation32▲ 8.2×13 topics
- Public Health28▲ 1.81×27 topics
- Biological Invasions25▲ 27×3 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation25▲ 11×5 topics
- Global Change25▲ 9.0×7 topics
- Biological Control24▲ 15×10 topics
- Soil Properties24▲ 13×6 topics
- Forest Fires22▲ 47×1 topic
- Wildfire Activity22▲ 47×1 topic
- Biomass Estimation20▲ 13×3 topics
- Ecosystem20▲ 18×4 topics
- Ecosystem Services19▲ 4.7×10 topics
- Aboveground Biomass18▲ 19×2 topics
- Ocean Circulation18▲ 13×3 topics
- Population Dynamics17▲ 6.5×11 topics
- Tomography17▲ 9.0×3 topics
- Seismic Noise17▲ 33×1 topic
- Surface Wave17▲ 33×1 topic
- Climate Change Impact17▲ 7.1×3 topics
- Land Use Change16▲ 5.0×6 topics
- Solar Wind16▲ 16×2 topics
- Climate Change Impacts15▲ 12×6 topics
- Extreme Events14▲ 15×2 topics
- Hydrological Cycle13▲ 13×2 topics
- Economic Impacts13▲ 18×2 topics
- Data Assimilation13▲ 8.0×4 topics
- Citizen Science13▲ 13×3 topics
- Drought13▲ 13×3 topics
- Model Evaluation13▲ 9.9×2 topics
- Species Richness13▲ 19×2 topics
- Bark Beetles13▲ 61×1 topic
- Evapotranspiration13▲ 16×2 topics
- Forest Pests13▲ 61×1 topic
What research is done in Asheville?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 22 works
- 2 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 17 works
- 3 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 13 works
- 4 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 13 works
- 5 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
- 6 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
- 7 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
- 8 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 12 works
- 9 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 10 works
- 10 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 10 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.