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Research in Augusta

Science Explorer records 16 research institutions in Augusta, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Augusta University, University Health Care System and Doctors Hospital.

Research institutions
16
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
33k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
762k
22.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Augusta

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 Augusta?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Augusta UniversityUniversity 28,352 #1,182
2University Health Care SystemHospital / health system 2,883 #7,044
3Doctors HospitalHospital / health system 887 #15,291
4Trinity Hospital of AugustaHospital / health system 193 #32,336 all time
5Paine CollegeUniversity 165 #28,713 all time
6Joseph M. Still Research FoundationNonprofit 82 not ranked
7Barney's PharmacyHospital / health system 47 not ranked
8Servy Institute for Reproductive EndocrinologyHospital / health system 39 not ranked
9Augusta Technical CollegeUniversity 30 not ranked
10Southeast Retina CenterHospital / health system 28 not ranked
11Lydia ProjectNonprofit 22 not ranked
12Luminomics (United States)Company 12 not ranked
13Augusta-Richmond County Public Library SystemArchive 6 not ranked
14Electrolux (United States)Company 2 not ranked
15Central Savannah River Area Regional CommissionNonprofit 1 not ranked
16Central Savannah River Area Regional Educational Service AgencyInstitution 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.

Augusta University: 86.6%University Health Care System: 8.8%Doctors Hospital: 2.7%Trinity Hospital of Augusta: 0.6%11 others listed: 1.3%87%largest
Augusta University28k · 86.6%University Health Care System2,883 · 8.8%Doctors Hospital887 · 2.7%Trinity Hospital of Augusta193 · 0.6%11 others listed434 · 1.3%

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

Which fields of science does Augusta work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Augusta is in Health Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Social Sciences (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,871 fractional works · 47.0% of its workMedicine: 2,486 fractional works · 40.7% of its workSurgery: 297 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 197 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 175 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 174 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 171 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 161 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 150 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 90 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 79 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 78 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 69 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 68 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 89 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 244 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 118 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 75 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOral Surgery: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 59 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,289 fractional works · 21.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 631 fractional works · 10.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 184 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 143 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 216 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 79 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 159 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 124 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 106 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 85 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1,056 fractional works · 17.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 573 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 321 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 77 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 76 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 192 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 147 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 126 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 124 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 888 fractional works · 14.6% of its workComputer Science: 394 fractional works · 6.5% of its workInformation Systems: 128 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 126 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 240 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 69 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 102 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAugusta6,105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences21%

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. Health Sciences2,87147.0%
    1. Medicine2,48640.7%
    2. Health Professions2444.0%
    3. Dentistry751.2%
    4. Nursing591.0%
    5. Veterinary70.1%
  2. Social Sciences1,28921.1%
    1. Social Sciences63110.3%
    2. Psychology2163.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1592.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities1242.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1061.7%
    6. Decision Sciences530.9%
  3. Life Sciences1,05617.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5739.4%
    2. Neuroscience1923.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1472.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1242.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics200.3%
    1. Computer Science3946.5%
    2. Engineering2403.9%
    3. Environmental Science1021.7%
    4. Mathematics360.6%
    5. Materials Science340.6%
    6. Chemistry310.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy270.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences130.2%
    9. Energy80.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Augusta strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Augusta is most concentrated in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Gastroenterology and Orthodontics (4.7× the world share in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems).

  1. Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 21.2 works4.7×
  2. GastroenterologySubfield · 25.7 works4.1×
  3. OrthodonticsSubfield · 24.1 works4.0×
  4. HematologySubfield · 64.2 works4.0×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 112 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.77× its world share, 502 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.36× its world share, 126 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.87× its world share, 161 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 26 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 338 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 213 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 86 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 32 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 24 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.56× its world share, 66 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.53× its world share, 214 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.09× its world share, 2,129 worksMedicineNursing: 1.97× its world share, 51 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 106 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 137 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 44 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 98 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 187 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 577 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry2.56×66 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.36×126 works
  3. Medicine2.09×2,129 works
  4. Nursing1.97×51 works
  5. Neuroscience1.87×161 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.77×502 works
  7. Health Professions1.53×214 works
  8. Psychology1.16×187 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.96×18 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.87×44 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×98 works
  12. Social Sciences0.86×577 works
  13. Computer Science0.82×338 works
  14. Veterinary0.80×6 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.80×137 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.69×106 works
  17. Mathematics0.52×32 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×112 works
  19. Environmental Science0.33×86 works
  20. Chemistry0.31×26 works
  21. Engineering0.27×213 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.23×4 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.20×24 works
  24. Energy0.15×7 works
  25. Materials Science0.15×28 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×11 works

Which keywords describe research in Augusta?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Risk Factors, Hypertension and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology435▲ 1.79×133 topics
  2. Inflammation404▲ 3.1×83 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress224▲ 2.2×60 topics
  4. Cancer193▲ 2.4×55 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease183▲ 2.6×38 topics
  6. Machine Learning177◆ 0.87×82 topics
  7. Risk Factors156▲ 2.3×36 topics
  8. Quality of Life154▲ 1.75×52 topics
  9. Treatment150▲ 2.0×51 topics
  10. Public Health133▲ 1.49×55 topics
  11. Diagnosis120▲ 2.1×40 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome119▲ 2.4×23 topics
  13. COVID-19109▲ 1.38×28 topics
  14. Depression108▲ 2.0×25 topics
  15. Obesity107▲ 2.3×27 topics
  16. Biomarkers107▲ 2.5×18 topics
  17. Mental Health105▲ 1.20×44 topics
  18. Chemotherapy100▲ 2.3×25 topics
  19. Social Media97◆ 1.15×32 topics
  20. Hypertension95▲ 5.4×15 topics
  21. Immunotherapy93▲ 2.1×19 topics
  22. Clinical Trials93▲ 2.3×19 topics
  23. Management85▲ 1.74×34 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors76▲ 2.9×14 topics
  25. Atherosclerosis75▲ 4.3×13 topics
  26. Cancer Therapy74▲ 2.1×19 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders74▲ 2.1×20 topics
  28. Diabetes71▲ 2.3×21 topics
  29. Mortality71▲ 2.0×13 topics
  30. Aging69▲ 2.1×18 topics
  31. Complications68▲ 2.2×17 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations68▲ 2.5×23 topics
  33. Guidelines65▲ 2.3×13 topics
  34. Cytokines64▲ 3.6×8 topics
  35. Neuroinflammation64▲ 3.6×6 topics
  36. Surgical Management62▲ 2.5×20 topics
  37. Angiogenesis62▲ 3.0×16 topics
  38. Chronic Kidney Disease59▲ 3.9×9 topics
  39. Immune System52▲ 3.6×8 topics
  40. Academic Medicine36▲ 7.5×3 topics

What research is done in Augusta?

SMEs Development and Dig…22SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 22 fractional worksSodium Intake and Health20Sodium Intake and Health: 20 fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 20 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease a…20Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 20 fractional worksAtherosclerosis and Card…19Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases: 19 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 18 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 17 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metab…16Adipose Tissue and Metabolism: 16 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 16 fractional worksHormonal Regulation and Hypertension: 16 fractional works
DemographyNutrition and DieteticsHematologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 22 works
  2. 2 Sodium Intake and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 20 works
  3. 3 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 20 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 20 works
  5. 5 Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases Immunology 19 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 18 works
  7. 7 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 17 works
  8. 8 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 16 works
  9. 9 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 16 works
  10. 10 Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 16 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%Augusta11.3% 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 22.2% in 2000.

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