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Research in Decatur

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Decatur, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta VA Health Care System and The Task Force for Global Health.

Research institutions
17
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4k
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.7%
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 Decatur?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Atlanta VA Medical CenterHospital / health system 1,569 #10,540
2Agnes Scott CollegeUniversity 780 #20,598
3Columbia Theological SeminaryUniversity 496 #21,213 all time
4The Task Force for Global HealthNonprofit 331 #17,854
5Atlanta VA Health Care SystemHospital / health system 313 #12,084
6DeKalb Medical CenterHospital / health system 183 #28,246 all time
7International Trachoma InitiativeNonprofit 131 #34,131 all time
8DeKalb County Board of HealthGovernment institution 105 not ranked
9Virtually BetterCompany 30 not ranked
10Foundational Questions InstituteNonprofit 13 not ranked
11Georgia Mental Health Consumer NetworkHospital / health system 12 not ranked
12Pact AtlantaHospital / health system 8 not ranked
13iResearch AtlantaResearch facility 3 not ranked
14BlazeSports AmericaNonprofit 1 not ranked
15DeKalb County Public LibraryArchive 1 not ranked
16Recovery Consultants of AtlantaNonprofit 0 not ranked
17Standing to Achieve New DirectionsNonprofit 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.

Atlanta VA Medical Center: 39.5%Agnes Scott College: 19.6%Columbia Theological Seminary: 12.5%The Task Force for Global Health: 8.3%11 others listed: 20.1%39%largest
Atlanta VA Medical Center1,569 · 39.5%Agnes Scott College780 · 19.6%Columbia Theological Seminary496 · 12.5%The Task Force for Global Health331 · 8.3%11 others listed800 · 20.1%

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

Which keywords describe research in Decatur?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Immune Response, Public Health, Mental Health, Inflammation, Religion and Liver Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology77▲ 3.2×107 topics
  2. Inflammation28▲ 2.2×61 topics
  3. Public Health26▲ 3.0×42 topics
  4. Mental Health25▲ 2.8×30 topics
  5. Depression23▲ 4.2×20 topics
  6. Immune Response19▲ 5.6×20 topics
  7. Risk Factors19▲ 2.8×27 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 2.7×31 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress17▲ 1.69×39 topics
  10. Treatment17▲ 2.3×33 topics
  11. Pandemic17▲ 2.6×7 topics
  12. Religion16▲ 5.4×15 topics
  13. Global Burden14▲ 4.4×12 topics
  14. Pathogenesis14▲ 4.5×19 topics
  15. Anxiety12▲ 4.3×10 topics
  16. Nationalism12▲ 4.1×11 topics
  17. Vaccine12▲ 4.6×10 topics
  18. Liver Disease11▲ 20×3 topics
  19. Clinical Trials10▲ 2.6×18 topics
  20. Gender10▲ 3.2×14 topics
  21. Culture10▲ 2.9×10 topics
  22. Antiviral Therapy9▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 8.4×6 topics
  24. Mortality Risk8▲ 5.3×6 topics
  25. Feminism8▲ 4.5×9 topics
  26. Genetic Variation8▲ 5.7×7 topics
  27. Trauma7▲ 6.0×6 topics
  28. Hepatocellular Carcinoma7▲ 5.6×3 topics
  29. Cognitive Therapy7▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Psychometric Evaluation7▲ 12×2 topics
  31. HIV Transmission7▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Immunomodulation6▲ 8.2×4 topics
  33. Respiratory6▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Helminth Infections6▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Health Behavior6▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Antibodies6▲ 18×2 topics
  37. COVID-19 Vaccine6▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Global Access6▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Herd Immunity6▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Vaccine Hesitancy6▲ 15×1 topic

What research is done in Decatur?

  1. 1 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 6 works
  2. 2 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 5 works
  3. 3 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 5 works
  4. 4 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 5 works
  5. 5 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 4 works
  8. 8 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 4 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works

Research output over time

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