Research in Baton Rouge
Science Explorer records 64 research institutions in Baton Rouge, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Louisiana State University, Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.
- Research institutions
- 64 9 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 82k ▲ 6% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 17.4% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Baton Rouge?
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.
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What is Baton Rouge strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Baton Rouge is most concentrated in Earth-Surface Processes, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology (5.6× the world share in Earth-Surface Processes).
- Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 53.0 works5.6×
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 74.0 works3.9×
- EcologySubfield · 208.2 works3.3×
- VeterinaryField · 33.6 works3.1×
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 Baton Rouge?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Obesity, Public Health, Ecosystem Services, Invasive Species, Sea-Level Rise and Inflammation.
- Habitat Selection
- Mangrove Forests
- Eutrophication
- Global Carbon Budget
- Exercise
- Sediment Transport
- Global Change
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Conservation
- Sea-Level Rise
- Global Warming
- Aging
- Ecosystem Services
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Obesity
- Mental Health
- Sustainability
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Public Health
- Deep Learning
- Remote Sensing
- Oxidative Stress
- Globalization
- Invasive Species
- Biodiversity
- Health Effects
- Physical Activity
- Adolescents
- Insulin Resistance
- Water Quality
- Population Dynamics
- Weight Loss
- Climate Change Impacts
- Coastal Protection
- Carbon Sequestration
- Wetland Restoration
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
- Climate Change502▲ 2.3×99 topics
- Epidemiology354◆ 1.12×129 topics
- Machine Learning204▼ 0.78×81 topics
- Inflammation200▲ 1.20×81 topics
- Public Health190▲ 1.63×58 topics
- Sustainability186◆ 0.95×94 topics
- Deep Learning182▼ 0.66×80 topics
- Mental Health171▲ 1.46×41 topics
- Remote Sensing159▲ 1.61×35 topics
- Obesity155▲ 2.6×26 topics
- Oxidative Stress145◆ 1.11×55 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome136▲ 2.1×24 topics
- Globalization131▼ 0.84×99 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease122▲ 1.38×37 topics
- Invasive Species119▲ 3.5×21 topics
- Ecosystem Services117▲ 3.8×13 topics
- Biodiversity114▲ 1.90×32 topics
- Aging89▲ 2.1×18 topics
- Health Effects88▲ 1.82×23 topics
- Global Warming86▲ 2.6×14 topics
- Physical Activity86▲ 2.2×11 topics
- Sea-Level Rise81▲ 8.9×5 topics
- Adolescents79▲ 2.6×9 topics
- Conservation78▲ 2.2×21 topics
- Insulin Resistance74▲ 2.0×10 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation74▲ 4.2×5 topics
- Water Quality71▲ 2.2×15 topics
- Global Change69▲ 3.3×6 topics
- Population Dynamics64▲ 3.2×13 topics
- Sediment Transport63▲ 4.9×6 topics
- Weight Loss62▲ 4.7×4 topics
- Exercise58▲ 6.0×3 topics
- Climate Change Impacts56▲ 5.9×8 topics
- Global Carbon Budget55▲ 9.5×2 topics
- Coastal Protection51▲ 10×2 topics
- Eutrophication46▲ 5.6×4 topics
- Carbon Sequestration45▲ 7.9×3 topics
- Mangrove Forests45▲ 16×1 topic
- Wetland Restoration45▲ 16×1 topic
- Habitat Selection41▲ 6.9×2 topics
What research is done in Baton Rouge?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 45 works
- 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 34 works
- 3 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 33 works
- 4 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 32 works
- 5 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 32 works
- 6 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 32 works
- 7 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 30 works
- 8 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 28 works
- 9 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 25 works
- 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 25 works
Research output over time
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