City · United States
Research in Austin
Science Explorer records 220 research institutions in Austin, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are The University of Texas at Austin, EarthTech International (United States) and Oracle (United States).
- Research institutions
- 220 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 187k ◆ 1% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 20.0% 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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of Texas at AustinUniversity | 150,769 | #92 | |
| 2 | Perfect Harmony HealthInstitution | 3,704 | #22,430 | |
| 3 | Oracle (United States)Company | 3,385 | #10,558 | |
| 4 | Dynamic Systems (United States)Company | 2,886 | #13,071 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas SystemUniversity | 2,265 | #4,002 all time | |
| 6 | Office of the Attorney GeneralGovernment institution | 1,677 | #22,306 | |
| 7 | Silicon Labs (United States)Company | 1,427 | #13,280 | |
| 8 | Texas Department of TransportationGovernment institution | 1,387 | #15,195 | |
| 9 | American Association of Nurse PractitionersInstitution | 1,326 | #14,008 | |
| 10 | Texas Parks and Wildlife DepartmentGovernment institution | 1,119 | #18,531 | |
| 11 | IBM Research - AustinResearch facility | 1,057 | #4,635 all time | |
| 12 | St. Edward's UniversityUniversity | 907 | #16,208 | |
| 13 | Texas Department of State Health ServicesGovernment institution | 754 | #24,216 | |
| 14 | Texas Research InstituteNonprofit | 677 | #12,742 all time | |
| 15 | Texas Cardiac ArrhythmiaHospital / health system | 540 | #18,494 | |
| 16 | Koo & Associates International (United States)Company | 521 | #22,034 all time | |
| 17 | Dell Children's Medical Center of Central TexasHospital / health system | 494 | #13,700 | |
| 18 | Semantic Designs (United States)Company | 467 | #3,999 all time | |
| 19 | St David's Medical CenterHospital / health system | 404 | #20,890 | |
| 20 | Austin Presbyterian Theological SeminaryUniversity | 386 | #20,435 all time | |
| 21 | EarthTech International (United States)Company | 385 | #9,540 | |
| 22 | Urology TeamInstitution | 371 | #33,447 all time | |
| 23 | National Instruments (United States)Company | 347 | #22,793 all time | |
| 24 | Cirrus Logic (United States)Company | 342 | #19,749 all time | |
| 25 | Omega Optics (United States)Company | 337 | #5,188 all time | |
| 26 | Cardiovascular Research AssociatesResearch facility | 331 | #24,444 all time | |
| 27 | Austin Community CollegeUniversity | 323 | #32,438 all time | |
| 28 | Superconductor Technologies (United States)Company | 319 | #10,703 all time | |
| 29 | Eon Corporation (United States)Company | 317 | #26,275 all time | |
| 30 | Luminex (United States)Company | 307 | #18,824 all time | |
| 31 | Texas Health and Science UniversityUniversity | 264 | #18,166 all time | |
| 32 | Austin Independent School DistrictUniversity | 258 | #23,942 | |
| 33 | Texas Medical BoardGovernment institution | 250 | #34,425 all time | |
| 34 | Seminary of the SouthwestInstitution | 248 | #22,652 all time | |
| 35 | Applied Nanotech (United States)Company | 240 | #20,711 all time | |
| 36 | University Medical Center BrackenridgeHospital / health system | 233 | #33,228 all time | |
| 37 | Ovation FertilityHospital / health system | 216 | #31,891 all time | |
| 38 | 21st Century Technologies (United States)Company | 209 | #36,775 all time | |
| 39 | Livestrong FoundationNonprofit | 190 | #16,337 all time | |
| 40 | Texas Water Development BoardGovernment institution | 179 | #33,026 all time | |
| 41 | Pinnacle Clinical ResearchResearch facility | 179 | #25,751 all time | |
| 42 | Migrant Clinicians NetworkNonprofit | 158 | #41,100 all time | |
| 43 | Texas Fertility CenterHospital / health system | 158 | #39,441 all time | |
| 44 | Balcones Technologies (United States)Company | 154 | #19,771 all time | |
| 45 | Applied Physical Electronics (United States)Company | 146 | #21,091 all time | |
| 46 | Texas Education AgencyGovernment institution | 144 | #41,013 all time | |
| 47 | Motility (United States)Company | 137 | #37,596 all time | |
| 48 | DermResearch (United States)Company | 135 | #36,879 all time | |
| 49 | Oxford Instruments (United States)Company | 133 | #14,797 all time | |
| 50 | Texas Medical AssociationNonprofit | 133 | #40,113 all time | |
| 51 | Texas Commission on Environmental QualityGovernment institution | 123 | #29,667 all time | |
| 52 | Austin Diagnostic ClinicHospital / health system | 119 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Seton Healthcare FamilyNonprofit | 117 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Huston–Tillotson UniversityUniversity | 114 | not ranked | |
| 55 | International Biomedical (United States)Company | 110 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Education Service Center Region 13Nonprofit | 102 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Austin Travis County Integral CareHospital / health system | 101 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Cycorp (United States)Company | 90 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Seton Medical Center AustinHospital / health system | 90 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Austin Graduate School of TheologyUniversity | 86 | 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.
The University of Texas at Austin151k · 81.8%Perfect Harmony Health3,704 · 2.0%Oracle (United States)3,385 · 1.8%Dynamic Systems (United States)2,886 · 1.6%56 others listed24k · 12.8%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Austin strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Austin is most concentrated in Music, Geophysics and Behavioral Neuroscience (4.6× the world share in Music).
- MusicSubfield · 80.2 works4.6×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 283.8 works3.8×
- Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 27.8 works3.4×
- InstrumentationSubfield · 32.7 works3.1×
- Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 70.5 works3.0×
- Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 309.2 works2.8×
← 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.
Which keywords describe research in Austin?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Mental Health, Climate Change, Globalization, Hydraulic Fracturing, Neural Networks and Epidemiology.
- Surface Wave
- Thermal Maturity
- Gas Hydrates
- Methane Oxidation
- Nanopores
- Inverse Problems
- Shale Gas Reservoirs
- CO2 Sequestration
- Health Disparities
- Emotion Regulation
- Colonialism
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- Gender
- Identity
- Nanoparticles
- Social Media
- Sustainability
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Neural Networks
- Public Health
- Quality of Life
- Depression
- Social Support
- Cathode Materials
- Nationalism
- Anxiety
- Hydraulic Fracturing
- Tomography
- Fracture Propagation
- Shale Gas
- Porous Media
- Gas Permeability
- Anaerobic
- Mudstones
- Seismic Noise
▲ 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
- Deep Learning764◆ 1.05×82 topics
- Machine Learning731◆ 1.05×93 topics
- Epidemiology586▼ 0.70×137 topics
- Climate Change565◆ 0.99×111 topics
- Mental Health499▲ 1.60×46 topics
- Globalization455◆ 1.09×148 topics
- Neural Networks400▲ 1.22×38 topics
- Sustainability346▼ 0.67×113 topics
- Public Health339◆ 1.10×75 topics
- Social Media317◆ 1.04×39 topics
- Quality of Life302◆ 0.99×58 topics
- Nanoparticles285◆ 1.07×44 topics
- Depression266▲ 1.43×26 topics
- Identity251▲ 1.62×68 topics
- Social Support241▲ 2.0×19 topics
- Gender238▲ 2.1×51 topics
- Cathode Materials225▲ 2.7×3 topics
- Lithium-ion Batteries188▲ 2.1×4 topics
- Nationalism186▲ 1.89×30 topics
- Colonialism182▲ 1.81×46 topics
- Anxiety173▲ 1.72×12 topics
- Emotion Regulation164▲ 2.5×9 topics
- Hydraulic Fracturing157▲ 6.7×2 topics
- Health Disparities156▲ 2.8×9 topics
- Tomography146▲ 3.8×5 topics
- CO2 Sequestration143▲ 3.5×4 topics
- Fracture Propagation126▲ 9.7×1 topic
- Shale Gas Reservoirs126▲ 9.7×1 topic
- Shale Gas124▲ 4.6×2 topics
- Inverse Problems116▲ 5.1×4 topics
- Porous Media114▲ 4.1×6 topics
- Nanopores107▲ 5.2×2 topics
- Gas Permeability104▲ 4.9×2 topics
- Methane Oxidation103▲ 5.9×2 topics
- Anaerobic100▲ 6.8×1 topic
- Gas Hydrates100▲ 6.8×1 topic
- Mudstones92▲ 5.7×1 topic
- Thermal Maturity92▲ 5.7×1 topic
- Seismic Noise86▲ 8.4×1 topic
- Surface Wave86▲ 8.4×1 topic
What research is done in Austin?
Mechanical EngineeringEnvironmental ChemistryElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMechanics of Materials3 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 126 works
- 2 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 100 works
- 3 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 98 works
- 4 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 98 works
- 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 92 works
- 6 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 86 works
- 7 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 72 works
- 8 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 70 works
- 9 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 68 works
- 10 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 67 works
Research output over time
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.