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Research in Birmingham

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Birmingham. The largest by output are O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, UAB Medicine and Vulcan Materials (United States).

Research institutions
5
Research works
90
▲ 386% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.5%
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 Birmingham?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer CenterHospital / health system 51 not ranked
2UAB MedicineHospital / health system 22 not ranked
3Vulcan Materials (United States)Company 8 not ranked
4Regions Financial (United States)Company 8 not ranked
5Alabama AudubonNonprofit 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.

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.

O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center: 56.7%UAB Medicine: 24.4%Vulcan Materials (United States): 8.9%Regions Financial (United States): 8.9%1 other listed: 1.1%57%largest
O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center51 · 56.7%UAB Medicine22 · 24.4%Vulcan Materials (United States)8 · 8.9%Regions Financial (United States)8 · 8.9%1 other listed1 · 1.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which keywords describe research in Birmingham?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aging, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Depression, Health-related Quality of Life, Elderly Patients and Anxiety.

▲ 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. Inflammation4▲ 3.9×13 topics
  2. Epidemiology4▲ 1.91×26 topics
  3. Quality of Life4▲ 5.1×13 topics
  4. Aging4▲ 13×6 topics
  5. Depression3▲ 6.7×7 topics
  6. Chemotherapy3▲ 8.0×17 topics
  7. Anxiety3▲ 11×4 topics
  8. Elderly Patients3▲ 32×3 topics
  9. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 23×3 topics
  10. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 26×5 topics
  11. Frailty2▲ 101×1 topic
  12. Geriatric Assessment2▲ 71×1 topic
  13. Immunotherapy2▲ 6.8×13 topics
  14. Cancer2▲ 3.3×15 topics
  15. Physical Activity2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  16. Breast Cancer2▲ 16×8 topics
  17. Radiotherapy2▲ 9.0×8 topics
  18. Rituximab2▲ 24×3 topics
  19. COVID-192▲ 2.5×6 topics
  20. Cancer Survivorship2▲ 46×2 topics
  21. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.8×8 topics
  22. Precision Medicine2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  23. Mental Health2▲ 2.0×6 topics
  24. Patient-Reported Outcomes2▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Psychosocial Interventions2▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Digital Divide1▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Targeted Therapy1▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Tumor Microenvironment1▲ 6.2×6 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors1▲ 5.7×10 topics
  31. Cost of Care1▲ 82×1 topic
  32. Financial Toxicity1▲ 82×1 topic
  33. PET Imaging1▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Primary Care1▲ 6.5×7 topics
  35. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 2.6×5 topics
  36. Molecular Profiling1▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Gene Expression Profiling1▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Immune Response1▲ 3.6×5 topics
  39. Uterine Fibroids1▲ 67×1 topic
  40. Uterine Leiomyoma1▲ 67×1 topic

What research is done in Birmingham?

  1. 1 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  5. 5 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  9. 9 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works

Research output over time

200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.