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Research in Charleston

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Charleston, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Charleston Area Medical Center, University of Charleston and Saint Francis Hospital.

Research institutions
18
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.5k
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
8.0%
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 Charleston?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of CharlestonUniversity 1,321 #19,959
2Charleston Area Medical CenterHospital / health system 1,217 #17,019
3Saint Francis HospitalHospital / health system 294 #24,077
4West Virginia Department of TransportationGovernment institution 217 #36,970 all time
5CAMC Health Education and Research InstituteHospital / health system 115 not ranked
6West Virginia Department of EducationGovernment institution 78 not ranked
7The Spine & Nerve Centers of the VirginiasHospital / health system 48 not ranked
8Kanawha County SchoolsUniversity 46 not ranked
9Maternal Child and Family HealthHospital / health system 36 not ranked
10West Virginia Department of AgricultureGovernment institution 32 not ranked
11West Virginia Library CommissionGovernment institution 25 not ranked
12West Virginia State Department of Health and Human ResourcesGovernment institution 15 not ranked
13Maier FoundationNonprofit 7 not ranked
14West Virginia Higher Education Policy CommissionGovernment institution 6 not ranked
15West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and HistoryArchive 3 not ranked
16West Virginia Humanities CouncilFunder 2 not ranked
17West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public SafetyGovernment institution 1 not ranked
18National Youth Science FoundationNonprofit 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 Charleston: 38.1%Charleston Area Medical Center: 35.1%Saint Francis Hospital: 8.5%West Virginia Department of Transportation: 6.3%13 others listed: 12.0%38%largest
University of Charleston1,321 · 38.1%Charleston Area Medical Center1,217 · 35.1%Saint Francis Hospital294 · 8.5%West Virginia Department of Transportation217 · 6.3%13 others listed414 · 12.0%

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

What is Charleston strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Charleston is most concentrated in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (8.3× the world share in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine).

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 62.4 works8.3×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 51.6 works4.7×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Charleston?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Heart Failure, Treatment, Echocardiography and Stroke Prevention.

▲ 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. Epidemiology79▲ 2.8×100 topics
  2. Risk Factors39▲ 4.9×30 topics
  3. Treatment34▲ 3.9×35 topics
  4. Diagnosis33▲ 5.0×32 topics
  5. Guidelines29▲ 8.7×11 topics
  6. Inflammation28▲ 1.91×57 topics
  7. Heart Failure25▲ 8.1×12 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines20▲ 5.0×13 topics
  9. Echocardiography19▲ 9.7×8 topics
  10. Quality of Life18▲ 1.76×31 topics
  11. Chemotherapy18▲ 3.6×21 topics
  12. Management18▲ 3.1×24 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease17▲ 2.2×27 topics
  14. Stroke Prevention17▲ 20×2 topics
  15. Magnetic Resonance Imaging16▲ 8.6×6 topics
  16. Clinical Trials16▲ 3.2×17 topics
  17. Myocardial Infarction15▲ 9.1×7 topics
  18. Atherosclerosis15▲ 7.4×8 topics
  19. Immunotherapy15▲ 2.9×17 topics
  20. Complications15▲ 4.2×14 topics
  21. Diabetes14▲ 4.0×15 topics
  22. Global Burden13▲ 3.5×11 topics
  23. Prophylaxis13▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Revascularization13▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Neuroprotection13▲ 5.1×12 topics
  26. Catheter Ablation12▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Cardiac Imaging11▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Surgery11▲ 4.5×10 topics
  29. Anticoagulant Therapy11▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 5.0×9 topics
  31. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention10▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Thrombosis10▲ 5.1×7 topics
  33. Clinical Outcomes10▲ 6.5×6 topics
  34. Atrial Fibrillation10▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Cerebrovascular Events9▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Carotid Artery Stenosis9▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Endarterectomy9▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Risk Stratification9▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Thromboembolism9▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 16×1 topic

What research is done in Charleston?

Cerebrovascular and Caro…9Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 9 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…9Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 7 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 6 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 5 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…5Diabetes Treatment and Management: 5 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 5 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 5 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryInternal Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  4. 4 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 7 works
  5. 5 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 5 works
  8. 8 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 5 works
  10. 10 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works

Research output over time

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