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Research in Charlottesville

Science Explorer records 65 research institutions in Charlottesville, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Virginia, University of Virginia Health System and National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Research institutions
65
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
120k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
17.9%
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 Charlottesville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of VirginiaUniversity 100,357 #191
2University of Virginia Health SystemHospital / health system 7,838 #6,935
3National Radio Astronomy ObservatoryResearch facility 3,325 #7,914
4University of Virginia Medical CenterHospital / health system 2,735 #13,435
5Charlottesville Medical ResearchHospital / health system 1,569 #20,891
6CFA InstituteNonprofit 782 #30,887 all time
7Center for Open ScienceNonprofit 694 #25,152
8University of Virginia HospitalHospital / health system 474 #16,417 all time
9Virginia Transportation Research CouncilGovernment institution 389 #33,520 all time
10Indoor Biotechnologies (United States)Company 385 #21,148 all time
11Barron Associates (United States)Company 227 #23,080 all time
12University of Virginia Children's HospitalHospital / health system 189 #31,758 all time
13Dependable Computing (United States)Company 133 #30,641 all time
14ThriveNonprofit 113 not ranked
15Piedmont Virginia Community CollegeUniversity 108 not ranked
16Simpson Weather Associates (United States)Company 96 not ranked
17Ampel BioSolutions (United States)Company 92 not ranked
18Martha Jefferson HospitalHospital / health system 86 not ranked
19Virginia Diodes (United States)Company 82 not ranked
20Zephyr Software (United States)Company 71 not ranked
21RetiVue (United States)Company 59 not ranked
22Focused Ultrasound FoundationNonprofit 50 not ranked
23Empirical Technologies (United States)Company 50 not ranked
24VLNComm (United States)Company 43 not ranked
25The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and SchoolUniversity 38 not ranked
26Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral ResourcesGovernment institution 36 not ranked
27Rare Book SchoolUniversity 33 not ranked
28The Epsilon GroupHospital / health system 30 not ranked
29BrightSpecCompany 30 not ranked
30Mind and Life InstituteNonprofit 27 not ranked
31Adenosine Therapeutics (United States)Company 25 not ranked
32Commonwealth Computer Research (United States)Company 22 not ranked
33Thomas Jefferson FoundationNonprofit 21 not ranked
34HemoShear (United States)Company 21 not ranked
35Directed Vapor Technologies (United States)Company 19 not ranked
36Mikro Systems (United States)Company 17 not ranked
37Rivanna Medical (United States)Company 16 not ranked
38Virginia Foundation for the HumanitiesFunder 16 not ranked
39Southern Environmental Law CenterNonprofit 15 not ranked
40Biovista (United States)Company 15 not ranked
41Quad-C Management (United States)Company 14 not ranked
42Cellular Materials International (United States)Company 13 not ranked
43Gencia (United States)Company 11 not ranked
44Virginia Technologies (United States)Company 11 not ranked
45HemoSonics (United States)Company 10 not ranked
46Xdot Engineering and Analysis (United States)Company 10 not ranked
47Cavion (United States)Company 8 not ranked
48Mid-Atlantic University Transportation CenterUniversity 8 not ranked
49PsiKick (United States)Company 8 not ranked
50International Center for Jefferson Studies at MonticelloNonprofit 7 not ranked
51Green Infrastructure CenterInstitution 6 not ranked
52Silverchair Information Systems (United States)Company 5 not ranked
53NDE Technologies (United States)Company 5 not ranked
54Lewis and Clark Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 5 not ranked
55Vibratess (United States)Company 4 not ranked
56OESH Shoes (United States)Company 4 not ranked
57American Association for Cancer EducationNonprofit 3 not ranked
58dbS Productions (United States)Company 2 not ranked
59Center for Digital Image EvaluationInstitution 1 not ranked
60InSpark Technologies (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 of Virginia: 83.3%University of Virginia Health System: 6.5%National Radio Astronomy Observatory: 2.8%University of Virginia Medical Center: 2.3%56 others listed: 5.2%83%largest
University of Virginia100k · 83.3%University of Virginia Health System7,838 · 6.5%National Radio Astronomy Observatory3,325 · 2.8%University of Virginia Medical Center2,735 · 2.3%56 others listed6,209 · 5.2%

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

What is Charlottesville strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Charlottesville is most concentrated in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Algebra and Number Theory (3.3× the world share in Astronomy and Astrophysics).

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 226.5 works3.3×
  2. InstrumentationSubfield · 21.3 works3.2×
  3. Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 26.0 works3.1×
  4. Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 34.5 works3.1×
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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 Charlottesville?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Cardiovascular Disease, Complications, Diagnosis 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. Epidemiology751▲ 1.43×133 topics
  2. Deep Learning401◆ 0.88×76 topics
  3. Inflammation401▲ 1.45×82 topics
  4. Machine Learning388◆ 0.89×85 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease242▲ 1.64×37 topics
  6. Globalization241◆ 0.92×115 topics
  7. Climate Change236▼ 0.66×96 topics
  8. Quality of Life232▲ 1.21×56 topics
  9. Treatment218▲ 1.35×49 topics
  10. Risk Factors216▲ 1.48×36 topics
  11. Mental Health210◆ 1.08×43 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress208◆ 0.96×58 topics
  13. Diagnosis203▲ 1.64×40 topics
  14. Neural Networks198◆ 0.97×36 topics
  15. Cancer188◆ 1.05×50 topics
  16. Public Health178◆ 0.92×62 topics
  17. Immunotherapy173▲ 1.83×19 topics
  18. Complications169▲ 2.5×17 topics
  19. Management162▲ 1.55×34 topics
  20. Depression160▲ 1.37×22 topics
  21. Genetics154▲ 1.66×26 topics
  22. Obesity146▲ 1.45×25 topics
  23. Mortality136▲ 1.77×13 topics
  24. Heart Failure135▲ 2.4×13 topics
  25. Guidelines131▲ 2.1×13 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders130▲ 1.73×20 topics
  27. Diabetes127▲ 1.94×19 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines126▲ 1.74×14 topics
  29. Gender124▲ 1.72×50 topics
  30. Child Development109▲ 1.95×8 topics
  31. Genetic Mutations106▲ 1.85×23 topics
  32. Magnetic Resonance Imaging97▲ 2.9×8 topics
  33. Echocardiography96▲ 2.7×8 topics
  34. Children88▲ 2.8×7 topics
  35. Academic Achievement84▲ 3.8×9 topics
  36. Public Opinion73▲ 4.4×6 topics
  37. Type 1 Diabetes63▲ 5.6×2 topics
  38. Star Formation62▲ 8.9×2 topics
  39. Magnetic Fields56▲ 6.6×3 topics
  40. Accretion Disks55▲ 8.9×2 topics

What research is done in Charlottesville?

  1. 1 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 46 works
  2. 2 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 43 works
  3. 3 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 40 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 39 works
  5. 5 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 35 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 33 works
  7. 7 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 32 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 31 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 30 works
  10. 10 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 30 works

Research output over time

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