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Research in Aurora

Science Explorer records 30 research institutions in Aurora, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Children's Hospital Colorado and Colorado School of Public Health.

Research institutions
30
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
43k
▲ 72% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
18.2%
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 Aurora?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUniversity 15,114 #582
2University of Colorado HealthHospital / health system 14,175 #14,596
3Children's Hospital ColoradoHospital / health system 4,515 #4,050
4Colorado School of Public HealthUniversity 2,102 #4,576
5University of Colorado HospitalHospital / health system 2,061 #7,349
6Fitzsimons Army Medical CenterHospital / health system 1,330 #12,447 all time
7University of Colorado Cancer CenterHospital / health system 1,080 #8,228
8The Medical Center of AuroraHospital / health system 963 #17,907
9University PhysiciansNonprofit 459 #21,907
10Tissue Genetics (United States)Company 439 #7,239 all time
11Aurora Periodontics and Implant DentistryHospital / health system 265 #29,974 all time
12American Sentinel UniversityUniversity 200 #28,192 all time
13Community College of AuroraUniversity 97 not ranked
14International Association for the Study of Lung CancerInstitution 24 not ranked
15HealthONE Spalding Rehabilitation HospitalHospital / health system 22 not ranked
16Advanced Health Care of AuroraHospital / health system 17 not ranked
17Platt College AuroraUniversity 13 not ranked
18MBC Pharma (United States)Company 12 not ranked
19Sharklet Technologies (United States)Company 12 not ranked
20Avidity (United States)Company 12 not ranked
21Just Associates (United States)Company 11 not ranked
22Touch of Life Technologies (United States)Company 11 not ranked
23MycologicsCompany 9 not ranked
24Lohocla Research Corporation (United States)Company 4 not ranked
25Asian Pacific Development CenterNonprofit 3 not ranked
26DARTNet InstituteNonprofit 1 not ranked
27Taiga Biotechnologies (United States)Company 1 not ranked
28Apoplogic Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 1 not ranked
29Brent's PlaceNonprofit 1 not ranked
30VisuGen Global (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 Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus: 35.2%University of Colorado Health: 33.0%Children's Hospital Colorado: 10.5%Colorado School of Public Health: 4.9%25 others listed: 16.4%35%largest
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus15k · 35.2%University of Colorado Health14k · 33.0%Children's Hospital Colorado4,515 · 10.5%Colorado School of Public Health2,102 · 4.9%25 others listed7,048 · 16.4%

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

What is Aurora strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Aurora is most concentrated in Transplantation, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (8.8× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 32.7 works8.8×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 102.8 works5.1×
  3. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 61.9 works5.0×
  4. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 29.6 works4.5×
  5. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 199.3 works4.4×
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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 Aurora?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Immunotherapy, Oxidative Stress, Metabolic Syndrome, Public Health 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology932▲ 2.8×130 topics
  2. Inflammation487▲ 2.8×83 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease322▲ 3.5×38 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress312▲ 2.3×61 topics
  5. Public Health274▲ 2.3×56 topics
  6. Quality of Life271▲ 2.3×53 topics
  7. Treatment255▲ 2.5×52 topics
  8. Mental Health243▲ 2.0×41 topics
  9. Risk Factors242▲ 2.6×37 topics
  10. Immunotherapy239▲ 4.0×19 topics
  11. Diagnosis227▲ 2.9×40 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome226▲ 3.4×23 topics
  13. Cancer226▲ 2.0×51 topics
  14. Genetics204▲ 3.5×25 topics
  15. Management198▲ 3.0×33 topics
  16. Obesity185▲ 2.9×25 topics
  17. Depression184▲ 2.5×22 topics
  18. Chemotherapy168▲ 2.9×25 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders162▲ 3.4×20 topics
  20. Complications162▲ 3.9×17 topics
  21. Diabetes161▲ 3.9×21 topics
  22. Mortality160▲ 3.3×13 topics
  23. Clinical Trials158▲ 2.8×19 topics
  24. Heart Failure149▲ 4.2×13 topics
  25. Biomarkers143▲ 2.5×18 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations135▲ 3.8×23 topics
  27. Guidelines128▲ 3.3×13 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors128▲ 3.5×14 topics
  29. Primary Care126▲ 4.0×15 topics
  30. Glycemic Control123▲ 9.6×4 topics
  31. Adolescents118▲ 3.8×8 topics
  32. Type 1 Diabetes117▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Echocardiography111▲ 4.9×8 topics
  34. Insulin Therapy105▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Endothelial Dysfunction102▲ 5.3×8 topics
  36. Chronic Kidney Disease99▲ 5.0×9 topics
  37. Mortality Risk97▲ 4.9×6 topics
  38. Treatment Guidelines92▲ 5.1×7 topics
  39. Autoimmunity89▲ 7.5×6 topics
  40. Pulmonary Hypertension88▲ 7.5×3 topics

What research is done in Aurora?

  1. 1 Diabetes Management and ResearchEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 66 works
  2. 2 Diabetes and associated disordersGenetics 50 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic function and diabetesSurgery 47 works
  4. 4 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 45 works
  5. 5 Birth, Development, and HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 39 works
  6. 6 Congenital Heart Disease StudiesEpidemiology 38 works
  7. 7 CAR-T cell therapy researchOncology 36 works
  8. 8 Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchEpidemiology 35 works
  9. 9 Diet and metabolism studiesPhysiology 33 works
  10. 10 Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 33 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.