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Research in Cleveland

Science Explorer records 104 research institutions in Cleveland, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic and University School.

Research institutions
104
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
251k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.2M
28.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Cleveland

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 Cleveland?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Case Western Reserve UniversityUniversity 106,130 #247
2Cleveland ClinicHospital / health system 66,577 #583
3Cleveland State UniversityUniversity 13,409 #1,883
4University SchoolUniversity 9,366 #1,099
5Cleveland FoundationNonprofit 4,408 #7,441
6MetroHealth Medical CenterHospital / health system 3,209 #5,772
7United Church of ChristInstitution 2,745 #15,076
8Eaton (United States)Company 1,886 #5,973
9Advanced Imaging Research (United States)Company 1,336 #5,505
10Dominion (United States)Company 1,326 #8,329
11St. Luke's HospitalHospital / health system 1,289 #12,990 all time
12Cleveland Research (United States)Company 1,206 #7,896 all time
13Federal Reserve Bank of ClevelandInstitution 997 #14,779
14Outcomes Research ConsortiumNonprofit 905 #4,101
15Ohio Aerospace InstituteNonprofit 881 #11,354 all time
16FrontLine ServiceInstitution 873 #10,517 all time
17Parker Hannifin (United States)Company 866 #9,697
18University Memory and Aging CenterUniversity 754 #7,277
19Great Lakes Science CenterArchive 622 #22,274
20Arrow International (United States)Company 462 #16,985
21Sherwin Williams (United States)Company 377 #18,674 all time
22Orthopaedic Research LaboratoriesResearch facility 329 #13,947 all time
23Benjamin Rose Institute on AgingNonprofit 286 #20,637 all time
24Cleveland Museum of Natural HistoryArchive 237 #22,970 all time
25Cleveland FES CenterInstitution 235 #21,726 all time
26Lincoln Electric (United States)Company 227 #24,839 all time
27Cuyahoga Community CollegeUniversity 221 #22,229 all time
28Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network (United States)Company 194 #29,897 all time
29Cleveland Museum of ArtArchive 164 #30,223 all time
30Orbital Research (United States)Company 162 #26,726 all time
31Cleveland Hearing & Speech CenterNonprofit 157 #32,753 all time
32Cleveland Metropolitan School DistrictUniversity 148 #26,845 all time
33AnywherEnergy (United States)Company 137 #30,337 all time
34Cleveland-Cliffs (United States)Company 136 #29,461 all time
35Cuyahoga County Juvenile CourtGovernment institution 133 #31,749 all time
36ZIN Technologies (United States)Company 132 #29,124 all time
37BioInVision (United States)Company 128 #33,344 all time
38Molecular Theranostics (United States)Company 119 #21,752
39Cleveland Institute of ArtUniversity 115 not ranked
40Cleveland MetroparksGovernment institution 98 not ranked
41DANTE Solutions (United States)Company 83 not ranked
42Athersys (United States)Company 78 not ranked
43Sisters of Charity Health SystemHospital / health system 77 not ranked
44Cleveland Metroparks ZooArchive 74 not ranked
45Copernicus Therapeutics (United States)Company 66 not ranked
46Cleveland Medical DevicesCompany 61 not ranked
47Analiza (United States)Company 61 not ranked
48ViewRay (United States)Company 47 not ranked
49Quasar Energy Group (United States)Company 43 not ranked
50Hospice of the Western ReserveHospital / health system 39 not ranked
51Cleveland Cord Blood CenterNonprofit 36 not ranked
52Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies (United States)Company 36 not ranked
53Northern Ohio Recovery AssociationHospital / health system 33 not ranked
54Polgenix (United States)Company 30 not ranked
55Genvac Aerospace (United States)Company 30 not ranked
56N&R Engineering Management & Services (United States)Company 29 not ranked
57Cleveland Public LibraryArchive 24 not ranked
58Sprint PNS System (United States)Company 24 not ranked
59NeuroWave Systems (United States)Company 20 not ranked
60Cleveland Law Library AssociationArchive 20 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.

Case Western Reserve University: 47.4%Cleveland Clinic: 29.7%Cleveland State University: 6.0%University School: 4.2%56 others listed: 12.7%47%largest
Case Western Reserve University106k · 47.4%Cleveland Clinic67k · 29.7%Cleveland State University13k · 6.0%University School9,366 · 4.2%56 others listed28k · 12.7%

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

Which fields of science does Cleveland work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research in Cleveland is in Health Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (58%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Engineering (6%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 21k fractional works · 62.0% of its workMedicine: 19k fractional works · 57.8% of its workSurgery: 3,391 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1,829 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1,821 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1,310 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 1,254 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 865 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 841 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 681 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 681 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 538 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 528 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 481 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 464 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 386 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 361 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 359 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 303 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 255 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 248 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 218 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 211 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 210 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 205 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 195 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 188 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 181 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 165 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 162 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 126 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 124 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 115 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 107 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 95 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 94 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 92 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 289 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1,116 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 639 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 134 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 94 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 72 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 177 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 157 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 128 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 116 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 24 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4,638 fractional works · 13.8% of its workEngineering: 2,152 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 640 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 384 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 254 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 253 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 120 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 109 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 85 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 71 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 235 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 747 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 306 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 119 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 85 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 83 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 153 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 498 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 134 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 82 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 73 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 210 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 370 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 197 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 173 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 335 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 94 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 82 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 67 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 91 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 161 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 159 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 92 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 66 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 60 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4,545 fractional works · 13.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2,708 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,400 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 568 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 302 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 153 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 285 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 968 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 317 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 234 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 210 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 206 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 589 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 458 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 131 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 201 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 80 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 120 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 79 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,546 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,341 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 425 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 166 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 165 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 146 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 111 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 68 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 260 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 900 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 410 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 228 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 136 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 480 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 365 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 404 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 78 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 75 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 251 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 271 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 151 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKCleveland34kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences11%

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. Medicine19k57.8%
    2. Health Professions1,1163.3%
    3. Nursing1570.5%
    4. Dentistry1160.3%
    5. Veterinary240.1%
    1. Engineering2,1526.4%
    2. Computer Science7472.2%
    3. Environmental Science4981.5%
    4. Materials Science3701.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy3351.0%
    6. Chemistry1610.5%
    7. Mathematics1590.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences920.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering660.2%
    10. Energy600.2%
  3. Life Sciences4,54513.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2,7088.1%
    2. Neuroscience9682.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology5891.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2010.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics790.2%
  4. Social Sciences3,54610.6%
    1. Social Sciences1,3414.0%
    2. Psychology9002.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4801.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities4041.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting2710.8%
    6. Decision Sciences1510.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Cleveland strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Cleveland is most concentrated in Transplantation, Gastroenterology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (6.6× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 86.2 works6.6×
  2. GastroenterologySubfield · 187.9 works5.5×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 1,560.3 works5.1×
  4. Internal MedicineSubfield · 82.3 works4.6×
  5. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 141.9 works4.4×
  6. SurgerySubfield · 2,950.5 works4.3×
  7. HematologySubfield · 337.1 works3.8×
  8. NeurologySubfield · 605.6 works3.6×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 176 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.49× its world share, 2,327 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.68× its world share, 495 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 834 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 68 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 61 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 147 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 632 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 81 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 55 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 1,923 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 425 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 325 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 132 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 282 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 102 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 994 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.00× its world share, 17k worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 139 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 21 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 349 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 240 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 134 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 441 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 785 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1,188 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.00×17k works
  2. Neuroscience1.76×834 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.68×495 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.49×2,327 works
  5. Health Professions1.29×994 works
  6. Nursing0.97×139 works
  7. Psychology0.88×785 works
  8. Dentistry0.72×102 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×441 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×68 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.60×61 works
  12. Veterinary0.53×21 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.47×134 works
  14. Engineering0.44×1,923 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.43×282 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.41×349 works
  17. Mathematics0.38×132 works
  18. Chemistry0.32×147 works
  19. Materials Science0.32×325 works
  20. Social Sciences0.32×1,188 works
  21. Environmental Science0.29×425 works
  22. Computer Science0.28×632 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×240 works
  24. Energy0.20×55 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×81 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×176 works

Which keywords describe research in Cleveland?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Complications, Heart Failure and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology3,207▲ 2.4×136 topics
  2. Inflammation1,472▲ 2.1×83 topics
  3. Treatment1,217▲ 3.0×52 topics
  4. Quality of Life1,060▲ 2.2×55 topics
  5. Diagnosis1,059▲ 3.4×41 topics
  6. Risk Factors923▲ 2.5×37 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease862▲ 2.2×38 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress845▲ 1.53×62 topics
  9. Immunotherapy831▲ 3.4×19 topics
  10. Chemotherapy827▲ 3.5×25 topics
  11. Guidelines796▲ 5.0×13 topics
  12. Complications789▲ 4.7×17 topics
  13. Heart Failure735▲ 4.9×13 topics
  14. Management708▲ 2.6×34 topics
  15. Cancer667▲ 1.48×58 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines640▲ 3.5×14 topics
  17. Echocardiography611▲ 6.6×8 topics
  18. Mortality594▲ 3.1×13 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors592▲ 4.1×14 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders572▲ 3.0×20 topics
  21. Clinical Trials565▲ 2.5×19 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations558▲ 3.8×23 topics
  23. Obesity547▲ 2.1×26 topics
  24. Genetics546▲ 2.3×27 topics
  25. Biomarkers536▲ 2.3×18 topics
  26. Metabolic Syndrome514▲ 1.89×24 topics
  27. Radiotherapy474▲ 3.6×13 topics
  28. Surgical Management466▲ 3.4×20 topics
  29. Surgery448▲ 3.8×12 topics
  30. Rehabilitation428▲ 3.2×13 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction418▲ 5.3×7 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines397▲ 4.0×9 topics
  33. Neoadjuvant Therapy393▲ 4.9×5 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Risk392▲ 3.7×9 topics
  35. Prognosis374▲ 3.4×9 topics
  36. Magnetic Resonance Imaging362▲ 4.3×8 topics
  37. Cardiac Imaging274▲ 6.8×3 topics
  38. Catheter Ablation262▲ 6.4×2 topics
  39. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement254▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement254▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Cleveland?

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…226Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 226 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …147Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 147 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 140 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …138Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 138 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…129Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 129 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 112 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 111 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …103Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 103 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 100 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 99 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 226 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 147 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 140 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 138 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 129 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 112 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 111 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 103 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 100 works
  10. 10 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 99 works

Research output over time

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grewheldshrank

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%Cleveland14.6% 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 25.9% in 2000.

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