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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%

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 Chapel Hill?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity 183,652 #100
2University of North Carolina Health CareHospital / health system 4,915 #2,354
3University of North Carolina HospitalsHospital / health system 1,474 #14,231
4Communities In Schools of Orange CountyUniversity 1,181 #23,239
5Rho (United States)Company 317 #12,463 all time
6Chapel Hill Carrboro City SchoolsUniversity 306 #27,267 all time
7Renaissance Computing InstituteUniversity 251 #20,229 all time
8Horizon Research (United States)Company 143 #33,199 all time
9IntraHealth InternationalNonprofit 118 not ranked
10Bruce Technologies (United States)Company 91 not ranked
11Clinical Tools, Inc.Company 73 not ranked
12Carolina Institute for NanoMedicineResearch facility 72 not ranked
13International Mammalian Genome SocietyInstitution 60 not ranked
14Chapel Hill Training Outreach ProjectUniversity 52 not ranked
15Telesage (United States)Company 49 not ranked
16American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial AssociationNonprofit 40 not ranked
17Cempra Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 36 not ranked
18GrassRoots Biotechnology (United States)Company 34 not ranked
19Path BioAnalytics (United States)Company 32 not ranked
20AskBio (United States)Company 24 not ranked
21Profile Associates (United States)Company 21 not ranked
22Oak FoundationInstitution 13 not ranked
23Cleft Palate FoundationNonprofit 9 not ranked
24Northern Microdesign (United States)Company 6 not ranked
25Tecan (United States)Company 5 not ranked
26JB Life Sciences (United States)Company 4 not ranked
27Rheomics (United States)Company 4 not ranked
28Vascular Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 4 not ranked
29Medical Foundation of North CarolinaNonprofit 3 not ranked
30Cell Microsystems (United States)Company 3 not ranked
31Theralogix (United States)Company 3 not ranked
32Redbud Labs (United States)Company 3 not ranked
33Synecor (United States)Company 3 not ranked
34NanoCor Therapeutics (United States)Company 2 not ranked
35Ocutech (United States)Company 2 not ranked
36Eppin Pharma (United States)Company 2 not ranked
37Brady Education FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
38Qualiber (United States)Company 1 not ranked
39Chapel Hill Breast Cancer FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
40Gravity Bio (United States)Company 1 not ranked
41AsystBio (United States)Company 1 not ranked
42BioKier (United States)Company 0 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 of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 95.2%University of North Carolina Health Care: 2.5%University of North Carolina Hospitals: 0.8%Communities In Schools of Orange County: 0.6%37 others listed: 0.9%95%largest
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill184k · 95.2%University of North Carolina Health Care4,915 · 2.5%University of North Carolina Hospitals1,474 · 0.8%Communities In Schools of Orange County1,181 · 0.6%37 others listed1,790 · 0.9%

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

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).

  1. VirologySubfield · 129.4 works6.2×
  2. InstrumentationSubfield · 79.7 works4.4×
  3. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 951.6 works3.9×
  4. Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 54.0 works3.8×
  5. HealthSubfield · 407.2 works3.8×
  6. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 101.2 works3.5×
  7. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 268.7 works3.5×
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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 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.

▲ 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. Epidemiology3,130▲ 2.2×135 topics
  2. Mental Health1,544▲ 2.9×42 topics
  3. Inflammation1,346▲ 1.79×83 topics
  4. Public Health1,311▲ 2.5×67 topics
  5. Risk Factors1,092▲ 2.8×36 topics
  6. Quality of Life941▲ 1.80×54 topics
  7. Depression937▲ 3.0×24 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease875▲ 2.2×39 topics
  9. COVID-19810▲ 1.64×31 topics
  10. Cancer792▲ 1.63×56 topics
  11. Treatment734▲ 1.67×50 topics
  12. Pandemic717▲ 1.85×12 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome705▲ 2.4×24 topics
  14. Antiretroviral Therapy636▲ 11×6 topics
  15. Genetics601▲ 2.4×26 topics
  16. Obesity600▲ 2.2×27 topics
  17. Diagnosis583▲ 1.73×40 topics
  18. Anxiety535▲ 3.1×12 topics
  19. Immune Response532▲ 2.6×22 topics
  20. Adolescents525▲ 3.9×9 topics
  21. Health Disparities521▲ 5.5×9 topics
  22. Global Burden514▲ 2.6×12 topics
  23. Prevalence504▲ 3.4×14 topics
  24. Primary Care493▲ 3.6×15 topics
  25. Vaccine482▲ 3.3×11 topics
  26. Mortality474▲ 2.3×13 topics
  27. Social Support456▲ 2.3×18 topics
  28. Mortality Rates441▲ 13×2 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-2430▲ 3.6×6 topics
  30. Health Outcomes400▲ 4.0×8 topics
  31. HIV Transmission380▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Chronic Disease378▲ 6.0×4 topics
  33. Viral Load371▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Global Burden of Disease354▲ 4.0×4 topics
  35. Children347▲ 4.1×7 topics
  36. Preexposure Prophylaxis334▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Stigma and Discrimination334▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Stigma297▲ 6.0×5 topics
  39. Cancer Incidence287▲ 5.8×4 topics
  40. HIV268▲ 8.9×4 topics

What research is done in Chapel Hill?

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 334 works
  2. 2 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 199 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 169 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 166 works
  5. 5 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 162 works
  6. 6 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 157 works
  7. 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 154 works
  8. 8 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 145 works
  9. 9 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 139 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 129 works

Research output over time

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