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Research in Charleston

Science Explorer records 26 research institutions in Charleston, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Medical University of South Carolina, College of Charleston and Life Cycle Engineering (United States).

Research institutions
26
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
51k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5M
29.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Charleston

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 Charleston?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Medical University of South CarolinaUniversity 39,167 #713
2College of CharlestonUniversity 6,156 #5,260
3CitadelUniversity 2,266 #9,085
4Life Cycle Engineering (United States)Company 739 #7,439
5Organ Recovery Systems (United States)Company 141 #30,969 all time
6Trident Technical CollegeUniversity 126 #31,235 all time
7Charleston School of LawUniversity 107 not ranked
8Roper St. Francis HealthcareHospital / health system 63 not ranked
9Charleston Hematology Oncology AssociatesHospital / health system 56 not ranked
10Charleston MuseumArchive 38 not ranked
11South Carolina Historical SocietyArchive 26 not ranked
12Charleston County Public LibraryArchive 18 not ranked
13Critical Solutions International (United States)Company 17 not ranked
14AstenJohnson (United States)Company 9 not ranked
15Charleston Breast CenterHospital / health system 8 not ranked
16Palmetto Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 4 not ranked
17Charleston County's Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse ServicesInstitution 4 not ranked
18Coastal Community FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
19Historic Charleston FoundationArchive 3 not ranked
20MitoHealth (United States)Company 3 not ranked
21Clinical Trials of South CarolinaResearch facility 2 not ranked
22West Virginia Bureau of Senior ServicesGovernment institution 2 not ranked
23Gibbes Museum of ArtArchive 2 not ranked
24South Atlantic Fishery Management CouncilGovernment institution 1 not ranked
25Charleston Research InstituteNonprofit 1 not ranked
26Brickhouse Equestrian CenterNonprofit 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. 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.

Medical University of South Carolina: 80.0%College of Charleston: 12.6%Citadel: 4.6%Life Cycle Engineering (United States): 1.5%22 others listed: 1.3%80%largest
Medical University of South Carolina39k · 80.0%College of Charleston6,156 · 12.6%Citadel2,266 · 4.6%Life Cycle Engineering (United States)739 · 1.5%22 others listed636 · 1.3%

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

Which fields of science does Charleston work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Charleston is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (48%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 4,096 fractional works · 53.7% of its workMedicine: 3,693 fractional works · 48.5% of its workSurgery: 516 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 321 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 309 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 251 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOncology: 220 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 215 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 166 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 148 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 142 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 119 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 106 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 96 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 83 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 70 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 66 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 66 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 304 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 159 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,405 fractional works · 18.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 616 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 334 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 118 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 421 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 147 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 104 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 75 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSensory Systems: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 195 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 102 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 141 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 114 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,224 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 507 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 161 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 86 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 379 fractional works · 5.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 176 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 83 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 132 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 89 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 88 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 896 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEngineering: 312 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 120 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 104 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science: 171 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 156 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCharleston7,621fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences54%Social Sciences16%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences4,09653.7%
    1. Medicine3,69348.5%
    2. Health Professions3044.0%
    3. Nursing530.7%
    4. Dentistry390.5%
    5. Veterinary70.1%
  2. Life Sciences1,40518.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6168.1%
    2. Neuroscience4215.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1952.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1411.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics320.4%
  3. Social Sciences1,22416.1%
    1. Social Sciences5076.6%
    2. Psychology3795.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities1321.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting891.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance881.2%
    6. Decision Sciences290.4%
    1. Engineering3124.1%
    2. Computer Science1712.2%
    3. Environmental Science1562.0%
    4. Mathematics680.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy480.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences460.6%
    7. Chemistry420.6%
    8. Materials Science410.5%
    9. Energy100.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Charleston strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Charleston is most concentrated in Transplantation, Sensory Systems and Otorhinolaryngology (8.1× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 24.1 works8.1×
  2. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 35.8 works7.0×
  3. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 41.2 works6.2×
  4. NeurologySubfield · 91.5 works5.0×
  5. RehabilitationSubfield · 57.8 works4.2×
  6. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 30.3 works4.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 174 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.50× its world share, 535 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.86× its world share, 125 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.45× its world share, 374 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.16× its world share, 27 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 36 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 147 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 42 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 275 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 139 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 35 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 59 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 41 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.09× its world share, 35 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.53× its world share, 269 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.50× its world share, 3,203 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 46 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 121 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 77 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 79 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 339 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 457 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience3.45×374 works
  2. Medicine2.50×3,203 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.86×125 works
  4. Psychology1.66×339 works
  5. Health Professions1.53×269 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.50×535 works
  7. Nursing1.39×46 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.16×27 works
  9. Dentistry1.09×35 works
  10. Mathematics0.75×59 works
  11. Veterinary0.68×6 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.63×121 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×174 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×79 works
  15. Social Sciences0.54×457 works
  16. Environmental Science0.42×139 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×42 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×77 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.36×23 works
  20. Chemistry0.34×36 works
  21. Computer Science0.28×147 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.28×41 works
  23. Engineering0.27×275 works
  24. Materials Science0.15×35 works
  25. Energy0.13×8 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.07×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Charleston?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Treatment, Neural Plasticity, Heart Failure and Neurological Disorders.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology624▲ 2.0×132 topics
  2. Inflammation321▲ 1.98×81 topics
  3. Quality of Life241▲ 2.2×51 topics
  4. Risk Factors222▲ 2.6×37 topics
  5. Treatment220▲ 2.4×51 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress209▲ 1.67×60 topics
  7. Cancer185▲ 1.81×57 topics
  8. Mental Health179▲ 1.64×40 topics
  9. Diagnosis162▲ 2.3×40 topics
  10. Depression156▲ 2.3×24 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders151▲ 3.5×20 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease150▲ 1.73×38 topics
  13. Heart Failure148▲ 4.3×14 topics
  14. Public Health142▲ 1.28×56 topics
  15. Chemotherapy122▲ 2.2×25 topics
  16. Clinical Trials120▲ 2.4×19 topics
  17. Neural Plasticity118▲ 8.5×5 topics
  18. Immunotherapy117▲ 2.1×19 topics
  19. Management115▲ 1.88×34 topics
  20. Genetics112▲ 2.1×27 topics
  21. Rehabilitation108▲ 3.6×13 topics
  22. Neuroprotection102▲ 3.8×16 topics
  23. Guidelines101▲ 2.8×13 topics
  24. Echocardiography100▲ 4.7×8 topics
  25. Global Burden98▲ 2.4×12 topics
  26. Mortality95▲ 2.2×13 topics
  27. Complications93▲ 2.5×17 topics
  28. Psychiatric Disorders89▲ 8.6×4 topics
  29. Cancer Risk83▲ 4.9×10 topics
  30. Medical Education82▲ 4.0×12 topics
  31. Neurobiology79▲ 4.0×10 topics
  32. Mortality Risk76▲ 4.2×6 topics
  33. Myocardial Infarction76▲ 4.2×7 topics
  34. Hearing Loss75▲ 8.3×4 topics
  35. Health-related Quality of Life72▲ 4.0×5 topics
  36. Immunosuppressive Therapy69▲ 4.7×7 topics
  37. Functional Connectivity67▲ 6.4×3 topics
  38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention62▲ 6.0×4 topics
  39. Functional Recovery62▲ 5.4×4 topics
  40. Substance Use Disorders60▲ 10×2 topics

What research is done in Charleston?

Mechanical Circulatory S…36Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 36 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…34Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 34 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 30 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 29 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 29 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 28 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 27 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic St…27Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 27 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 26 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 25 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringRehabilitationEpidemiologyOncology5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 36 works
  2. 2 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 34 works
  3. 3 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 30 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 29 works
  5. 5 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 29 works
  6. 6 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 28 works
  7. 7 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 27 works
  8. 8 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 27 works
  9. 9 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 26 works
  10. 10 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 25 works

Research output over time

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Charleston13.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.6% in 2004.

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