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Research in Baltimore
Science Explorer records 188 research institutions in Baltimore, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine and University of Maryland, Baltimore.
- Research institutions
- 188 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 379k ▲ 10% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 20.3% 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 Baltimore?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johns Hopkins UniversityUniversity | 170,647 | #51 | |
| 2 | University of Maryland, BaltimoreUniversity | 53,622 | #460 | |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins MedicineHospital / health system | 47,670 | #219 | |
| 4 | University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyUniversity | 17,042 | #1,639 | |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins HospitalHospital / health system | 14,782 | #3,300 | |
| 6 | University of BaltimoreUniversity | 12,715 | #3,849 | |
| 7 | National Institute on AgingResearch facility | 6,126 | #2,107 | |
| 8 | Sinai HospitalHospital / health system | 4,263 | #8,806 | |
| 9 | Space Telescope Science InstituteResearch facility | 4,250 | #1,808 | |
| 10 | Morgan State UniversityUniversity | 4,218 | #3,726 | |
| 11 | University of Maryland Medical CenterHospital / health system | 3,932 | #7,013 | |
| 12 | Loyola University MarylandUniversity | 3,637 | #12,230 | |
| 13 | Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer CenterResearch facility | 3,562 | #1,566 | |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterHospital / health system | 3,045 | #10,598 | |
| 15 | Kennedy Krieger InstituteNonprofit | 2,775 | #6,424 | |
| 16 | Mercy Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,870 | #22,442 | |
| 17 | Department of EmbryologyResearch facility | 1,847 | #12,074 | |
| 18 | Jensen Hughes (United States)Company | 1,608 | #23,599 | |
| 19 | MedStar Union Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 1,591 | #17,069 | |
| 20 | McCormick (United States)Company | 1,413 | #7,354 | |
| 21 | National Alliance on Mental IllnessNonprofit | 1,265 | #17,784 | |
| 22 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesGovernment institution | 977 | #16,244 | |
| 23 | University of Maryland Medical SystemHospital / health system | 916 | #21,874 | |
| 24 | Baltimore City Health DepartmentGovernment institution | 801 | #8,922 all time | |
| 25 | Greater Baltimore Medical CenterHospital / health system | 772 | #22,762 | |
| 26 | VA Maryland Health Care SystemHospital / health system | 724 | #8,913 | |
| 27 | Maryland Department of HealthGovernment institution | 617 | #14,958 all time | |
| 28 | Saint Agnes HospitalHospital / health system | 589 | #26,465 | |
| 29 | Baltimore VA Medical CenterHospital / health system | 562 | #12,958 all time | |
| 30 | Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of BioethicsResearch facility | 552 | #12,221 | |
| 31 | Under Armour (United States)Company | 544 | #11,831 all time | |
| 32 | National Federation of the BlindInstitution | 543 | #32,962 all time | |
| 33 | Notre Dame of Maryland UniversityUniversity | 535 | #21,500 | |
| 34 | Maryland Medical Research InstituteResearch facility | 506 | #13,595 all time | |
| 35 | University of Maryland ExtensionUniversity | 489 | #19,817 | |
| 36 | Sheppard and Enoch Pratt HospitalHospital / health system | 444 | #13,624 all time | |
| 37 | MedStar Franklin Square Medical CenterHospital / health system | 389 | #26,417 | |
| 38 | Levin Group (United States)Company | 388 | #26,370 all time | |
| 39 | Coppin State UniversityUniversity | 362 | #18,298 | |
| 40 | Johns Hopkins Children's CenterHospital / health system | 341 | #22,051 all time | |
| 41 | Friends Research InstituteResearch facility | 322 | #16,317 | |
| 42 | Maryland Institute College of ArtUniversity | 267 | #24,743 all time | |
| 43 | MedStar Good Samaritan HospitalHospital / health system | 262 | #11,788 all time | |
| 44 | Synaptic Research (United States)Company | 258 | #8,959 all time | |
| 45 | Lieber Institute for Brain DevelopmentNonprofit | 241 | #10,760 | |
| 46 | Johns Hopkins Center for Health SecurityUniversity | 240 | #20,724 all time | |
| 47 | Maryland State Department of EducationGovernment institution | 231 | #26,182 all time | |
| 48 | LifeBridge HealthHospital / health system | 226 | #18,583 | |
| 49 | International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care SocietyNonprofit | 216 | #37,328 all time | |
| 50 | Community College of Baltimore CountyUniversity | 209 | #38,224 all time | |
| 51 | Bon Secours HospitalHospital / health system | 201 | #35,764 all time | |
| 52 | St. Mary's Seminary and UniversityUniversity | 201 | #40,623 all time | |
| 53 | Catholic Relief ServicesNonprofit | 180 | #39,012 all time | |
| 54 | Global Virus NetworkInstitution | 177 | #15,213 | |
| 55 | MedStar Harbor HospitalHospital / health system | 171 | #35,222 all time | |
| 56 | University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown CampusHospital / health system | 161 | #33,944 all time | |
| 57 | Brimrose (United States)Company | 139 | #32,658 all time | |
| 58 | Institutes for Behavior ResourcesUniversity | 117 | not ranked | |
| 59 | University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic InstituteHospital / health system | 111 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Chesapeake Urology AssociatesHospital / health system | 111 | 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.
Johns Hopkins University171k · 45.3%University of Maryland, Baltimore54k · 14.2%Johns Hopkins Medicine48k · 12.6%University of Maryland, Baltimore County17k · 4.5%56 others listed88k · 23.3%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
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×
← 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 Baltimore?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Public Health, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life and Mental Health.
- Substance Use Disorders
- Global Burden of Disease
- Health Disparities
- Neuroimaging
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Heart Failure
- Complications
- Obesity
- Immune Response
- Genetics
- Aging
- Neurological Disorders
- Management
- Depression
- Diagnosis
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Quality of Life
- Treatment
- Risk Factors
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Deep Learning
- Mental Health
- Oxidative Stress
- Cancer
- Immunotherapy
- Biomarkers
- Clinical Trials
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Chemotherapy
- Mortality
- Global Burden
- Genetic Mutations
- Guidelines
- Mortality Risk
- Primary Care
- Neuroinflammation
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Medical Education
▲ 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
- Epidemiology4,358▲ 2.2×139 topics
- Inflammation1,983▲ 1.94×83 topics
- Public Health1,447▲ 2.0×71 topics
- Risk Factors1,305▲ 2.4×37 topics
- Deep Learning1,263▼ 0.75×83 topics
- Treatment1,248▲ 2.1×52 topics
- Mental Health1,220▲ 1.69×46 topics
- Quality of Life1,217▲ 1.71×58 topics
- Oxidative Stress1,190▲ 1.48×62 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease1,128▲ 2.1×39 topics
- Cancer1,048▲ 1.59×58 topics
- Diagnosis954▲ 2.1×41 topics
- Immunotherapy904▲ 2.6×19 topics
- Depression876▲ 2.0×25 topics
- Biomarkers801▲ 2.4×18 topics
- Management769▲ 1.99×38 topics
- Clinical Trials765▲ 2.3×19 topics
- Neurological Disorders756▲ 2.7×20 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome712▲ 1.78×24 topics
- Aging699▲ 2.6×18 topics
- Chemotherapy687▲ 1.99×25 topics
- Genetics683▲ 1.99×27 topics
- Mortality677▲ 2.4×13 topics
- Immune Response636▲ 2.3×23 topics
- Global Burden634▲ 2.4×12 topics
- Obesity626▲ 1.68×27 topics
- Genetic Mutations609▲ 2.9×23 topics
- Complications551▲ 2.2×17 topics
- Guidelines539▲ 2.4×13 topics
- Heart Failure538▲ 2.5×14 topics
- Mortality Risk529▲ 4.5×6 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment507▲ 2.3×8 topics
- Primary Care503▲ 2.7×15 topics
- Neuroimaging501▲ 3.8×11 topics
- Neuroinflammation446▲ 3.2×6 topics
- Health Disparities444▲ 3.4×8 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy438▲ 5.5×6 topics
- Global Burden of Disease418▲ 3.5×4 topics
- Medical Education415▲ 3.3×13 topics
- Substance Use Disorders312▲ 8.7×2 topics
What research is done in Baltimore?
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPsychiatry and Mental healthInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health Professions5 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 182 works
- 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 180 works
- 3 HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsInfectious Diseases 172 works
- 4 Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesGeneral Health Professions 160 works
- 5 Health disparities and outcomesHealth 150 works
- 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 150 works
- 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 150 works
- 8 Cardiovascular Health and Risk FactorsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 148 works
- 9 Cancer Genomics and DiagnosticsCancer Research 146 works
- 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchInfectious Diseases 144 works
Research output over time
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.