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Research in Buffalo

Science Explorer records 56 research institutions in Buffalo, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Jacobs Institute.

Research institutions
56
11 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
112k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
17.0%
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 Buffalo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkUniversity 75,411 #464
2Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer CenterResearch facility 15,402 #2,213
3Buffalo State UniversityUniversity 5,746 #6,883
4Canisius CollegeUniversity 2,909 #19,195
5Women & Children's Hospital of BuffaloHospital / health system 2,153 #18,651
6Center for InquiryNonprofit 1,353 #11,833 all time
7Jacobs InstituteNonprofit 1,181 #6,824
8Buffalo General Medical CenterHospital / health system 834 #13,708 all time
9D'Youville CollegeUniversity 698 #22,960
10Erie County Medical CenterHospital / health system 650 #18,490
11VA Western New York Healthcare SystemHospital / health system 639 #19,093
12Kaleida HealthHospital / health system 609 #24,528
13Calspan-University of Buffalo Research CenterUniversity 469 #15,904 all time
14Millard Fillmore Suburban HospitalHospital / health system 419 #13,317 all time
15Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research InstituteNonprofit 417 #11,765 all time
16Sisters of Charity HospitalHospital / health system 311 #24,091 all time
17Buffalo VA Medical CenterHospital / health system 298 #25,858 all time
18Sentient Science (United States)Company 298 #24,411
19Buffalo Psychiatric CenterResearch facility 272 #29,769 all time
20Buffalo BioLabsCompany 222 #16,777 all time
21Buffalo Society of Natural SciencesArchive 202 #31,221 all time
22ZeptoMetrix (United States)Company 142 #23,869 all time
23Medaille CollegeUniversity 133 #40,037 all time
24Buffalo Medical GroupHospital / health system 129 #33,446 all time
25Buffalo History MuseumArchive 105 not ranked
26Athenex (United States)Company 77 not ranked
27Bryant & Stratton CollegeUniversity 73 not ranked
28Villa Maria CollegeUniversity 50 not ranked
29Cleveland BioLabs (United States)Company 46 not ranked
30IMMCO Diagnostics (United States)Company 43 not ranked
31Starks AssociatesCompany 43 not ranked
32M&T Bank (United States)Company 43 not ranked
33Incept (United States)Company 40 not ranked
34Trocaire CollegeUniversity 28 not ranked
35King Center Charter SchoolUniversity 17 not ranked
36Abcombi Biosciences (United States)Company 13 not ranked
37HealthNow New YorkHospital / health system 12 not ranked
38Canget BioTekpharma (United States)Company 6 not ranked
39Grassroots Gardens WNYNonprofit 6 not ranked
40Neighborhood Legal ServicesNonprofit 5 not ranked
41Western New York Independent LivingNonprofit 5 not ranked
42Helios-NRG (United States)Company 5 not ranked
43Tartis (United States)Company 4 not ranked
44American Crystallographic AssociationNonprofit 4 not ranked
45BioXFEL Science and Technology CenterResearch facility 3 not ranked
46Empire Genomics (United States)Company 3 not ranked
47Therapyx (United States)Company 3 not ranked
48Imagination Software Corporation (United States)Company 3 not ranked
49Buffalo and Erie County Public LibraryArchive 2 not ranked
50Tapecon (United States)Company 2 not ranked
51John R. Oishei FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
52Health Foundation for Western & Central New YorkInstitution 2 not ranked
53Association for Canadian Studies in the United StatesNonprofit 1 not ranked
54Community Foundation for Greater BuffaloNonprofit 1 not ranked
55James H. Cummings FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
56Veritay Technology (United States)Company 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.

University at Buffalo, State University of New York: 67.6%Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center: 13.8%Buffalo State University: 5.2%Canisius College: 2.6%52 others listed: 10.8%68%largest
University at Buffalo, State University of New York75k · 67.6%Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center15k · 13.8%Buffalo State University5,746 · 5.2%Canisius College2,909 · 2.6%52 others listed12k · 10.8%

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

What is Buffalo strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Buffalo is most concentrated in Library and Information Sciences, Oncology and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (10.2× the world share in Library and Information Sciences).

  1. Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 21.5 works10×
  2. OncologySubfield · 351.2 works2.8×
  3. Physical and Theoretical ChemistrySubfield · 22.8 works2.6×
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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 Buffalo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Inflammation, Cancer and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology595▲ 1.36×131 topics
  2. Deep Learning349◆ 0.92×79 topics
  3. Machine Learning294▼ 0.81×83 topics
  4. Inflammation278▲ 1.21×81 topics
  5. Mental Health251▲ 1.54×44 topics
  6. Cancer224▲ 1.51×51 topics
  7. Immunotherapy223▲ 2.8×19 topics
  8. Quality of Life210▲ 1.32×52 topics
  9. Chemotherapy206▲ 2.7×25 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress205◆ 1.13×60 topics
  11. Risk Factors203▲ 1.67×37 topics
  12. Treatment197▲ 1.47×50 topics
  13. Public Health191▲ 1.19×61 topics
  14. Globalization189◆ 0.87×111 topics
  15. Depression148▲ 1.53×24 topics
  16. Diagnosis145▲ 1.41×40 topics
  17. Clinical Trials140▲ 1.89×19 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease134◆ 1.09×38 topics
  19. Biomarkers132▲ 1.75×17 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors132▲ 2.7×14 topics
  21. Tumor Microenvironment125▲ 2.5×8 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders121▲ 1.93×20 topics
  23. Obesity111▲ 1.32×23 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis110▲ 1.69×18 topics
  25. Cancer Therapy109▲ 1.72×19 topics
  26. Genetics108▲ 1.40×23 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations103▲ 2.1×23 topics
  28. Radiotherapy101▲ 2.4×13 topics
  29. Neuroprotection92▲ 2.4×15 topics
  30. Adolescents90▲ 2.2×9 topics
  31. Magnetic Resonance Imaging85▲ 3.0×8 topics
  32. Breast Cancer82▲ 3.1×10 topics
  33. Health Disparities82▲ 2.8×9 topics
  34. Cancer Risk81▲ 3.3×9 topics
  35. Psychiatric Disorders79▲ 5.4×4 topics
  36. Lymphoma75▲ 4.2×4 topics
  37. Cancer Immunotherapy74▲ 4.3×3 topics
  38. Cognitive Impairment72▲ 2.6×11 topics
  39. Targeted Therapy71▲ 2.9×5 topics
  40. Tumor Regression56▲ 4.6×2 topics

What research is done in Buffalo?

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 51 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 42 works
  3. 3 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 36 works
  4. 4 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 33 works
  5. 5 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 31 works
  6. 6 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 27 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 27 works
  8. 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 27 works
  9. 9 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 27 works
  10. 10 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 26 works

Research output over time

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