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Research in Dayton

Science Explorer records 55 research institutions in Dayton, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Dayton, Wright State University and U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology.

Research institutions
55
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
52k
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
11.5%
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 Dayton?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Wright State UniversityUniversity 21,127 #4,352
2University of DaytonUniversity 14,221 #3,689
3U.S. Air Force Institute of TechnologyUniversity 6,244 #8,315
4Public Health Dayton & Montgomery CountyHospital / health system 2,371 #15,346
5Matrix Research (United States)Company 983 #17,959
6Spectra Research (United States)Company 741 #5,270 all time
7UES (United States)Company 712 #14,797
8Innovative Scientific Solutions (United States)Company 601 #7,148 all time
9Miami Valley HospitalHospital / health system 596 #23,370
10Dayton Clinical Oncology ProgramNonprofit 486 #23,608 all time
11Kettering FoundationNonprofit 455 #5,561 all time
12Applied Optimization (United States)Company 367 #13,432
13United Theological SeminaryUniversity 357 #32,210 all time
14Sinclair Community CollegeUniversity 344 #24,186 all time
15Dayton Children's HospitalHospital / health system 327 #24,008
16Spectral Energies (United States)Company 265 #14,226 all time
17Dayton VA Medical CenterHospital / health system 251 #34,400 all time
18Grandview Medical CenterHospital / health system 200 #35,450 all time
19Engineering Research & Analysis (United States)Company 177 #25,973 all time
20RNET Technologies (United States)Company 151 #29,059 all time
21Materials Resources (United States)Company 136 #15,973 all time
22Universal Technology Corporation (United States)Company 133 #17,483 all time
23Dayton Metro LibraryArchive 119 not ranked
24IAP Research (United States)Company 113 not ranked
25Cornerstone Research Group (United States)Company 107 not ranked
26Good Samaritan HospitalHospital / health system 106 not ranked
27MacAulay-Brown (United States)Company 94 not ranked
28Hipple Cancer Research CenterResearch facility 76 not ranked
29Dayton Interventional RadiologyHospital / health system 69 not ranked
30GoHypersonic (United States)Company 57 not ranked
31Ohio Pediatric Research AssociationResearch facility 54 not ranked
32Sytronics (United States)Company 45 not ranked
33Washington Township Fire DepartmentGovernment institution 43 not ranked
34APS Materials (United States)Company 38 not ranked
35Optonicus (United States)Company 32 not ranked
36Edaptive Computing (United States)Company 21 not ranked
37Midmark (United States)Company 20 not ranked
38Ohio's Hospice of DaytonNonprofit 17 not ranked
39Nanotek Instruments (United States)Company 15 not ranked
40RHAMM Technologies (United States)Company 15 not ranked
41Ahmic Aerospace (United States)Company 14 not ranked
42Mathile Institute For The Advancement of Human NutritionNonprofit 11 not ranked
43FoodbankNonprofit 10 not ranked
44Premier Community HealthInstitution 9 not ranked
45BerrieHill Research (United States)Company 7 not ranked
46Angstron Materials (United States)University 7 not ranked
47Dayton Art InstituteNonprofit 7 not ranked
48Tenet 3 (United States)Company 4 not ranked
49Materials Research Institute (United States)Company 3 not ranked
50Boonshoft Museum of DiscoveryArchive 3 not ranked
51Advratech (United States)Company 3 not ranked
52First Dayton CyberKnifeHospital / health system 2 not ranked
53Kalos Technologies (United States)Company 2 not ranked
54Kettering Family FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
55Dayton FoundationNonprofit 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.

Wright State University: 40.3%University of Dayton: 27.2%U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology: 11.9%Public Health Dayton & Montgomery County: 4.5%51 others listed: 16.1%40%largest
Wright State University21k · 40.3%University of Dayton14k · 27.2%U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology6,244 · 11.9%Public Health Dayton & Montgomery County2,371 · 4.5%51 others listed8,407 · 16.1%

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

What is Dayton strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Dayton is most concentrated in Transportation, Aerospace Engineering and Religious studies (5.9× the world share in Transportation).

  1. TransportationSubfield · 112.0 works5.9×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 283.5 works4.2×
  3. Religious studiesSubfield · 24.7 works2.6×
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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 Dayton?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Legal Regulation, Economic Security, Science, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Philosophy, Islam, Social Influence and Modernization.

▲ 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. Deep Learning236▲ 1.20×79 topics
  2. Machine Learning212◆ 1.13×90 topics
  3. Epidemiology188▼ 0.83×128 topics
  4. Globalization162▲ 1.44×102 topics
  5. History144▲ 3.6×36 topics
  6. Sustainability134◆ 0.96×83 topics
  7. Literature134▲ 4.3×32 topics
  8. Philosophy132▲ 5.2×24 topics
  9. Culture130▲ 4.3×25 topics
  10. Legal Regulation125▲ 10.0×7 topics
  11. Climate Change124▼ 0.81×94 topics
  12. Ethnicity121▲ 5.6×19 topics
  13. Economic Security119▲ 9.7×7 topics
  14. Science119▲ 8.4×7 topics
  15. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles112▲ 10×4 topics
  16. Islam109▲ 9.1×5 topics
  17. Social Influence108▲ 8.7×3 topics
  18. Mental Health107▲ 1.28×41 topics
  19. Modernization106▲ 10×4 topics
  20. International Trade Law106▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Foresight106▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Public Oversight106▲ 15×1 topic
  23. Transport Policy106▲ 15×1 topic
  24. Sharia Law105▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Malay Language105▲ 13×1 topic
  26. Design105▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Strategic Planning104▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Air Force103▲ 15×1 topic
  29. Warfare103▲ 15×1 topic
  30. Education98◆ 1.00×80 topics
  31. Heat Transfer81▲ 2.9×18 topics
  32. Healthcare80▲ 1.24×34 topics
  33. Pedagogy66▲ 2.4×19 topics
  34. Large-Eddy Simulation53▲ 4.9×5 topics
  35. Teaching Methods39▲ 4.8×8 topics
  36. Critical Thinking38▲ 6.7×5 topics
  37. Formative Assessment33▲ 8.6×2 topics
  38. Educational Technologies32▲ 7.2×2 topics
  39. Artistic Education32▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Student Competencies32▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Dayton?

  1. 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 106 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 105 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 103 works
  4. 4 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 32 works
  5. 5 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 20 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 19 works
  7. 7 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 17 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 16 works
  9. 9 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 14 works
  10. 10 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 14 works

Research output over time

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