Research in Chapel Hill
Science Explorer records 42 research institutions in Chapel Hill, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Health Care and University of North Carolina Hospitals.
- Research institutions
- 42 4 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 193k ▲ 181% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 9.9% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Chapel Hill?
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 Chapel Hill strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Chapel Hill is most concentrated in Virology, Instrumentation and Infectious Diseases (6.2× the world share in Virology).
- VirologySubfield · 129.4 works6.2×
- InstrumentationSubfield · 79.7 works4.4×
- Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 951.6 works3.9×
- Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 54.0 works3.8×
- HealthSubfield · 407.2 works3.8×
- Immunology and AllergySubfield · 101.2 works3.5×
- Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 268.7 works3.5×
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 Chapel Hill?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Public Health, Risk Factors, Antiretroviral Therapy, Inflammation, Depression and Cardiovascular Disease.
- HIV
- Stigma
- Preexposure Prophylaxis
- Global Burden of Disease
- Chronic Disease
- Health Outcomes
- Mortality Rates
- Mortality
- Primary Care
- Global Burden
- Adolescents
- Anxiety
- Obesity
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Pandemic
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Quality of Life
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Risk Factors
- Depression
- COVID-19
- Treatment
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Genetics
- Diagnosis
- Immune Response
- Health Disparities
- Prevalence
- Vaccine
- Social Support
- SARS-CoV-2
- HIV Transmission
- Viral Load
- Children
- Stigma and Discrimination
- Cancer Incidence
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
- Epidemiology3,130▲ 2.2×135 topics
- Mental Health1,544▲ 2.9×42 topics
- Inflammation1,346▲ 1.79×83 topics
- Public Health1,311▲ 2.5×67 topics
- Risk Factors1,092▲ 2.8×36 topics
- Quality of Life941▲ 1.80×54 topics
- Depression937▲ 3.0×24 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease875▲ 2.2×39 topics
- COVID-19810▲ 1.64×31 topics
- Cancer792▲ 1.63×56 topics
- Treatment734▲ 1.67×50 topics
- Pandemic717▲ 1.85×12 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome705▲ 2.4×24 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy636▲ 11×6 topics
- Genetics601▲ 2.4×26 topics
- Obesity600▲ 2.2×27 topics
- Diagnosis583▲ 1.73×40 topics
- Anxiety535▲ 3.1×12 topics
- Immune Response532▲ 2.6×22 topics
- Adolescents525▲ 3.9×9 topics
- Health Disparities521▲ 5.5×9 topics
- Global Burden514▲ 2.6×12 topics
- Prevalence504▲ 3.4×14 topics
- Primary Care493▲ 3.6×15 topics
- Vaccine482▲ 3.3×11 topics
- Mortality474▲ 2.3×13 topics
- Social Support456▲ 2.3×18 topics
- Mortality Rates441▲ 13×2 topics
- SARS-CoV-2430▲ 3.6×6 topics
- Health Outcomes400▲ 4.0×8 topics
- HIV Transmission380▲ 14×2 topics
- Chronic Disease378▲ 6.0×4 topics
- Viral Load371▲ 13×2 topics
- Global Burden of Disease354▲ 4.0×4 topics
- Children347▲ 4.1×7 topics
- Preexposure Prophylaxis334▲ 19×1 topic
- Stigma and Discrimination334▲ 19×1 topic
- Stigma297▲ 6.0×5 topics
- Cancer Incidence287▲ 5.8×4 topics
- HIV268▲ 8.9×4 topics
What research is done in Chapel Hill?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 334 works
- 2 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 199 works
- 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 169 works
- 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 166 works
- 5 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 162 works
- 6 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 157 works
- 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 154 works
- 8 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 145 works
- 9 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 139 works
- 10 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 129 works
Research output over time
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