Research in Baltimore
Science Explorer records 169 research institutions in Baltimore, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Baltimore and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
- Research institutions
- 169 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 379k ◆ 1% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 16.3M 43.0 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 20.3% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Baltimore?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johns Hopkins UniversityUniversity | 236,602 | #18 | |
| 2 | University of Maryland, BaltimoreUniversity | 58,713 | #447 | |
| 3 | University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyUniversity | 17,042 | #1,086 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins HospitalHospital / health system | 15,370 | #1,865 | |
| 5 | University of BaltimoreUniversity | 12,715 | #3,147 | |
| 6 | Sinai HospitalHospital / health system | 4,263 | #7,709 | |
| 7 | Space Telescope Science InstituteResearch facility | 4,250 | #7,587 | |
| 8 | Morgan State UniversityUniversity | 4,222 | #2,082 | |
| 9 | Loyola University MarylandUniversity | 3,637 | #6,611 | |
| 10 | Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer CenterResearch facility | 3,562 | #1,065 | |
| 11 | University of Maryland Medical SystemHospital / health system | 3,049 | #5,651 | |
| 12 | Kennedy Krieger InstituteNonprofit | 2,775 | #2,485 | |
| 13 | Mercy Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,870 | #20,615 | |
| 14 | Jensen Hughes (United States)Company | 1,608 | #16,945 | |
| 15 | MedStar Union Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 1,591 | #13,913 | |
| 16 | McCormick (United States)Company | 1,413 | #14,514 | |
| 17 | National Alliance on Mental IllnessNonprofit | 1,265 | #4,513 | |
| 18 | Baltimore City Health DepartmentGovernment institution | 801 | #11,410 all time | |
| 19 | Greater Baltimore Medical CenterHospital / health system | 772 | #20,746 | |
| 20 | Maryland Department of HealthGovernment institution | 617 | #6,709 all time | |
| 21 | Under Armour (United States)Company | 544 | #14,813 all time | |
| 22 | National Federation of the BlindInstitution | 543 | #21,955 all time | |
| 23 | Notre Dame of Maryland UniversityUniversity | 535 | #16,074 | |
| 24 | Maryland Medical Research InstituteResearch facility | 506 | #13,757 all time | |
| 25 | University of Maryland ExtensionUniversity | 489 | #9,997 | |
| 26 | Sheppard and Enoch Pratt HospitalHospital / health system | 444 | #13,810 all time | |
| 27 | MedStar Franklin Square Medical CenterHospital / health system | 389 | #22,099 | |
| 28 | Levin Group (United States)Company | 388 | #12,683 all time | |
| 29 | Coppin State UniversityUniversity | 362 | #15,341 | |
| 30 | Friends Research InstituteResearch facility | 322 | #20,698 | |
| 31 | Maryland Institute College of ArtUniversity | 267 | #23,746 all time | |
| 32 | Synaptic Research (United States)Company | 258 | #12,074 all time | |
| 33 | Lieber Institute for Brain DevelopmentNonprofit | 241 | #16,733 | |
| 34 | Johns Hopkins Center for Health SecurityUniversity | 240 | #18,195 all time | |
| 35 | Maryland State Department of EducationGovernment institution | 231 | #21,544 all time | |
| 36 | LifeBridge HealthHospital / health system | 226 | #20,516 | |
| 37 | International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care SocietyNonprofit | 216 | #24,486 all time | |
| 38 | Community College of Baltimore CountyUniversity | 209 | #28,944 all time | |
| 39 | Bon Secours HospitalHospital / health system | 201 | #29,303 all time | |
| 40 | St. Mary's Seminary and UniversityUniversity | 201 | #34,680 all time | |
| 41 | Catholic Relief ServicesNonprofit | 180 | #28,543 all time | |
| 42 | Global Virus NetworkInstitution | 177 | #13,591 | |
| 43 | MedStar Harbor HospitalHospital / health system | 171 | #32,865 all time | |
| 44 | Brimrose (United States)Company | 139 | #34,791 all time | |
| 45 | Institutes for Behavior ResourcesUniversity | 117 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Chesapeake Urology AssociatesHospital / health system | 111 | not ranked | |
| 47 | National AquariumNonprofit | 107 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Maritime Applied Physics Corporation (United States)Company | 105 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Baltimore City Public SchoolsUniversity | 93 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Annie E. Casey FoundationNonprofit | 81 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Brightwood CollegeUniversity | 71 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Robin Medical (United States)Company | 70 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Nephrology Center of MarylandHospital / health system | 66 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Life Sciences Research FoundationInstitution | 66 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Walters Art MuseumArchive | 63 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Center for Medical Technology PolicyNonprofit | 63 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Profectus Biosciences (United States)Company | 56 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Potomac Photonics (United States)Company | 53 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Center for Occupational and Environmental NeurologyHospital / health system | 52 | not ranked | |
| 60 | National Center on Institutions and AlternativesNonprofit | 52 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Baltimore work in?
In 2022-now, 50% of research in Baltimore is in Health Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (44%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Health Sciences28k49.8%
- Medicine25k44.2%
- Health Professions2,5414.5%
- Nursing3630.6%
- Dentistry1920.3%
- Veterinary670.1%
- Physical Sciences9,62217.1%
- Engineering2,9015.1%
- Computer Science2,3854.2%
- Physics and Astronomy1,3262.4%
- Environmental Science1,1122.0%
- Materials Science5651.0%
- Mathematics4740.8%
- Chemistry3610.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences3540.6%
- Energy950.2%
- Chemical Engineering500.1%
- Life Sciences9,57917.0%
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5,2169.2%
- Neuroscience2,3194.1%
- Immunology and Microbiology1,2542.2%
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences5601.0%
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2300.4%
- Social Sciences9,10016.1%
- Social Sciences4,0807.2%
- Psychology2,3794.2%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,0061.8%
- Arts and Humanities7861.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting4840.9%
- Decision Sciences3650.6%
What is Baltimore strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Baltimore is most concentrated in Transplantation, Family Practice and Virology (5.2× the world share in Transplantation).
- TransplantationSubfield · 115.3 works5.2×
- Family PracticeSubfield · 96.1 works4.1×
- VirologySubfield · 108.8 works3.8×
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 451.4 works3.8×
- Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 168.3 works3.2×
- HealthSubfield · 450.7 works3.1×
- Sensory SystemsSubfield · 115.0 works3.0×
- Developmental NeuroscienceSubfield · 74.1 works3.0×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Neuroscience2.49×1,987 works
- Medicine2.30×22k works
- Immunology and Microbiology2.20×1,092 works
- Health Professions1.76×2,279 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.72×4,512 works
- Psychology1.39×2,082 works
- Nursing1.28×310 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.14×199 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.06×1,163 works
- Veterinary0.85×57 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×887 works
- Mathematics0.72×417 works
- Dentistry0.72×172 works
- Decision Sciences0.66×313 works
- Social Sciences0.57×3,550 works
- Computer Science0.53×2,017 works
- Arts and Humanities0.47×673 works
- Chemistry0.42×326 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×303 works
- Environmental Science0.39×958 works
- Engineering0.35×2,581 works
- Materials Science0.29×498 works
- Chemical Engineering0.27×46 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.27×426 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×486 works
- Energy0.19×84 works
Which keywords describe research in Baltimore?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Public Health, Risk Factors, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life and Mental Health.
- Substance Use Disorders
- Global Burden of Disease
- Neuroinflammation
- Primary Care
- Mortality Risk
- Guidelines
- Genetic Mutations
- Immune Response
- Mortality
- Chemotherapy
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Neurological Disorders
- Biomarkers
- Immunotherapy
- Cancer
- Machine Learning
- Oxidative Stress
- Treatment
- Risk Factors
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Deep Learning
- Quality of Life
- Mental Health
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Diagnosis
- Depression
- Management
- Clinical Trials
- Aging
- Genetics
- Obesity
- Global Burden
- Heart Failure
- Complications
- Neuroimaging
- Neuroprotection
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Health Disparities
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
- Epidemiology4,971▲ 2.2×139 topics
- Inflammation2,290▲ 1.91×83 topics
- Public Health1,640▲ 2.0×73 topics
- Risk Factors1,469▲ 2.4×37 topics
- Deep Learning1,466▼ 0.75×83 topics
- Treatment1,430▲ 2.1×52 topics
- Quality of Life1,379▲ 1.69×58 topics
- Oxidative Stress1,366▲ 1.47×63 topics
- Mental Health1,353▲ 1.68×46 topics
- Machine Learning1,329▼ 0.71×92 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease1,323▲ 2.1×39 topics
- Cancer1,192▲ 1.57×58 topics
- Diagnosis1,094▲ 2.1×41 topics
- Immunotherapy1,044▲ 2.6×19 topics
- Depression1,011▲ 2.0×25 topics
- Biomarkers933▲ 2.4×18 topics
- Management894▲ 1.98×38 topics
- Neurological Disorders867▲ 2.7×20 topics
- Clinical Trials863▲ 2.3×19 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome813▲ 1.78×24 topics
- Aging797▲ 2.6×18 topics
- Chemotherapy794▲ 1.99×25 topics
- Genetics783▲ 1.97×27 topics
- Mortality756▲ 2.4×13 topics
- Obesity729▲ 1.68×28 topics
- Immune Response726▲ 2.3×23 topics
- Global Burden724▲ 2.4×12 topics
- Genetic Mutations700▲ 2.8×23 topics
- Heart Failure637▲ 2.5×14 topics
- Guidelines620▲ 2.3×13 topics
- Complications618▲ 2.2×17 topics
- Mortality Risk585▲ 4.3×6 topics
- Neuroimaging570▲ 3.7×11 topics
- Primary Care569▲ 2.7×15 topics
- Neuroprotection528▲ 2.6×16 topics
- Neuroinflammation523▲ 3.2×6 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy498▲ 5.4×6 topics
- Global Burden of Disease491▲ 3.5×4 topics
- Health Disparities491▲ 3.4×8 topics
- Substance Use Disorders351▲ 8.3×2 topics
What research is done in Baltimore?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 182 works
- 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 180 works
- 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 172 works
- 4 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 160 works
- 5 Health disparities and outcomes Health 150 works
- 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 150 works
- 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 150 works
- 8 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 148 works
- 9 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 146 works
- 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 144 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.1% in 2008.
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