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Research in Columbus

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Columbus, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Columbus State University and Aflac (United States).

Research institutions
8
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.4k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
47k
19.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Columbus

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 Columbus?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Columbus State UniversityUniversity 1,639 #8,375
2Hughston ClinicHospital / health system 322 #20,801 all time
3Aflac (United States)Company 272 #13,636
4Columbus Technical CollegeUniversity 89 not ranked
5Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemHospital / health system 72 not ranked
6Columbus Consolidated GovernmentGovernment institution 3 not ranked
7West Central Georgia Cancer CoalitionInstitution 2 not ranked
8New Horizons Community Service BoardNonprofit 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.

Columbus State University: 68.3%Hughston Clinic: 13.4%Aflac (United States): 11.3%Columbus Technical College: 3.7%4 others listed: 3.2%68%largest
Columbus State University1,639 · 68.3%Hughston Clinic322 · 13.4%Aflac (United States)272 · 11.3%Columbus Technical College89 · 3.7%4 others listed78 · 3.2%

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

Which fields of science does Columbus work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Columbus is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (15%), Computer Science (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 153 fractional works · 33.5% of its workMedicine: 140 fractional works · 30.7% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHematology: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 144 fractional works · 31.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 68 fractional works · 14.9% of its workEducation: 24 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMusic: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 125 fractional works · 27.4% of its workComputer Science: 61 fractional works · 13.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 6.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKColumbus458fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences31%

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. Medicine14030.7%
    2. Health Professions102.3%
    3. Nursing20.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences6814.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities306.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting163.4%
    4. Psychology143.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance122.5%
    6. Decision Sciences40.9%
    1. Computer Science6113.4%
    2. Engineering286.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences122.6%
    4. Environmental Science81.7%
    5. Mathematics61.3%
    6. Chemistry40.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.5%
    8. Materials Science20.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Energy10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology183.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences81.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology61.3%
    4. Neuroscience40.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Columbus?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Health-related Quality of Life, IoT Security, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods and Higher Education.

▲ 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. Machine Learning28▲ 1.82×47 topics
  2. Epidemiology26▲ 1.44×66 topics
  3. Deep Learning24▲ 1.51×39 topics
  4. Educational Technology14▲ 2.5×16 topics
  5. Education12▲ 1.46×23 topics
  6. Social Media10▲ 1.62×17 topics
  7. Health-related Quality of Life9▲ 8.5×4 topics
  8. Higher Education9▲ 3.6×14 topics
  9. IoT Security9▲ 6.1×3 topics
  10. Healthcare8▲ 1.56×10 topics
  11. Complications8▲ 3.5×9 topics
  12. Immunotherapy8▲ 2.4×14 topics
  13. Cultural Heritage8▲ 3.2×10 topics
  14. Technology8▲ 3.2×8 topics
  15. Data Mining7▲ 2.2×6 topics
  16. Student Engagement7▲ 4.0×9 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors7▲ 3.4×12 topics
  18. Technology Integration6▲ 4.3×10 topics
  19. Teaching Methods6▲ 8.4×6 topics
  20. Surgical Management6▲ 3.2×11 topics
  21. Academic Achievement6▲ 7.2×9 topics
  22. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study6▲ 28×1 topic
  23. Diversity6▲ 7.0×5 topics
  24. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory6▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Psychosocial Outcomes6▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Intrusion Detection5▲ 8.0×3 topics
  27. Pulmonary Hypertension5▲ 8.3×3 topics
  28. Cybersecurity5▲ 4.5×4 topics
  29. Digital Divide5▲ 4.2×6 topics
  30. Shoulder Function5▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Sickle-cell Disease5▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Thalassemia5▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Hematopoietic Stem Cells5▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Anemia4▲ 9.3×4 topics
  35. Cultural Competence4▲ 7.0×4 topics
  36. Injury Prevention4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  37. Rotator Cuff Tears4▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Shoulder Pathology4▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Hemostasis4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  40. Fake News4▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Columbus?

Childhood Cancer Survivo…6Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 6 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…4Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 4 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 4 fractional worksVarious Chemistry Research Topics: 3 fractional worksInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting: 3 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Vi…3Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 3 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 3 fractional worksMusic History and Culture: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneticsSurgeryComputer Networks and Communications6 others

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

  1. 1 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  2. 2 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  5. 5 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Various Chemistry Research Topics Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 3 works
  7. 7 Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  8. 8 Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 3 works
  9. 9 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 Music History and Culture Music 3 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting20%40%Columbus15.3% 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 31.5% in 2017.

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