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Research in Austin

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Austin, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Hormel (United States).

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.2k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.4%
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 Austin?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Hormel (United States)Company 1,146 #9,456
2Riverland Community CollegeUniversity 4 not ranked
3Hormel FoundationNonprofit 1 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.

What is Austin strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Austin is most concentrated in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9.3× the world share in Molecular Biology).

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 25.3 works9.3×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 38.4 works8.0×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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 Austin?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Metabolism, Cancer Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Vaccine, Inflammation and Aging.

▲ 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. Cancer9▲ 7.3×36 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress7▲ 4.9×21 topics
  3. Epidemiology6▲ 1.70×28 topics
  4. Inflammation6▲ 3.0×25 topics
  5. Metabolism4▲ 9.5×11 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy4▲ 8.2×13 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 10×7 topics
  8. Vaccine4▲ 9.9×8 topics
  9. Aging4▲ 7.2×8 topics
  10. Immunotherapy3▲ 5.3×12 topics
  11. Gene Expression3▲ 5.2×11 topics
  12. Tumor Hypoxia3▲ 48×2 topics
  13. HIF-13▲ 53×1 topic
  14. Warburg Effect3▲ 53×1 topic
  15. Immunity3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  16. Mitochondria3▲ 23×4 topics
  17. Immune Response3▲ 5.1×9 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 3.5×11 topics
  19. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.7×9 topics
  20. Apoptosis2▲ 9.3×13 topics
  21. DNA Methylation2▲ 25×1 topic
  22. Histone Modification2▲ 40×1 topic
  23. Regulation2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  24. Cellular Homeostasis2▲ 73×2 topics
  25. Mutation2▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Transcriptional Regulation2▲ 16×8 topics
  27. Cholesterol2▲ 16×5 topics
  28. Cancer Progression2▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Resveratrol2▲ 135×1 topic
  30. Sirtuins2▲ 135×1 topic
  31. Chromatin2▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Drug Resistance2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  33. Gene Regulation2▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Innate Immunity2▲ 6.4×7 topics
  35. Molecular Classification2▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Gene Therapy2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  37. Glioblastoma2▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Metabolic Regulation2▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Temozolomide2▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Gene Expression Regulation2▲ 17×3 topics

What research is done in Austin?

  1. 1 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 3 works
  2. 2 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  4. 4 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 1 works
  6. 6 Biochemical and Molecular Research Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 1 works

Research output over time

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