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Research in Decatur

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Decatur, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are The Task Force for Global Health and Agnes Scott College.

Research institutions
15
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
108k
27.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Decatur

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Which research institutions are in Decatur?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Agnes Scott CollegeUniversity 780 #17,885
2Columbia Theological SeminaryUniversity 496 #27,417 all time
3The Task Force for Global HealthNonprofit 331 #16,424
4DeKalb Medical CenterHospital / health system 183 #26,037 all time
5International Trachoma InitiativeNonprofit 131 #27,758 all time
6DeKalb County Board of HealthGovernment institution 105 not ranked
7Virtually BetterCompany 30 not ranked
8Foundational Questions InstituteNonprofit 13 not ranked
9Georgia Mental Health Consumer NetworkHospital / health system 12 not ranked
10Pact AtlantaHospital / health system 8 not ranked
11iResearch AtlantaResearch facility 3 not ranked
12BlazeSports AmericaNonprofit 1 not ranked
13DeKalb County Public LibraryArchive 1 not ranked
14Standing to Achieve New DirectionsNonprofit 0 not ranked
15Recovery Consultants of AtlantaNonprofit 0 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.

Agnes Scott College: 37.2%Columbia Theological Seminary: 23.7%The Task Force for Global Health: 15.8%DeKalb Medical Center: 8.7%9 others listed: 14.5%37%largest
Agnes Scott College780 · 37.2%Columbia Theological Seminary496 · 23.7%The Task Force for Global Health331 · 15.8%DeKalb Medical Center183 · 8.7%9 others listed304 · 14.5%

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

Which fields of science does Decatur work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Decatur is in Health Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Social Sciences (13%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 330 fractional works · 48.0% of its workMedicine: 291 fractional works · 42.4% of its workEpidemiology: 40 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 27 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 22 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSurgery: 22 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 33 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 198 fractional works · 28.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 89 fractional works · 13.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 32 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 52 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPhilosophy: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReligious studies: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 40 fractional works · 5.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 21 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 100 fractional works · 14.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 47 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 27 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 2.7% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 60 fractional works · 8.7% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKDecatur687fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences48%Social Sciences29%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine29142.4%
    2. Health Professions334.8%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    4. Dentistry20.3%
    5. Veterinary20.2%
    1. Social Sciences8913.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities527.6%
    3. Psychology405.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance91.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting60.9%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology476.8%
    2. Neuroscience274.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology192.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
    1. Computer Science152.2%
    2. Environmental Science152.1%
    3. Engineering91.3%
    4. Mathematics81.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy60.8%
    6. Chemistry40.6%
    7. Materials Science10.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Decatur?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology86▲ 3.1×110 topics
  2. Inflammation32▲ 2.2×64 topics
  3. Public Health29▲ 2.9×44 topics
  4. Mental Health26▲ 2.6×30 topics
  5. Depression24▲ 4.0×20 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 2.8×33 topics
  7. Immune Response22▲ 5.6×20 topics
  8. Risk Factors20▲ 2.7×27 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress20▲ 1.74×41 topics
  10. Treatment19▲ 2.2×36 topics
  11. Pandemic18▲ 2.6×7 topics
  12. Globalization17▲ 1.25×34 topics
  13. Global Burden16▲ 4.3×12 topics
  14. Pathogenesis16▲ 4.6×20 topics
  15. Religion16▲ 5.1×15 topics
  16. COVID-1915▲ 1.65×19 topics
  17. Anxiety13▲ 4.1×11 topics
  18. Liver Disease13▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Vaccine13▲ 4.8×10 topics
  20. Gender12▲ 3.1×15 topics
  21. Nationalism12▲ 3.7×11 topics
  22. Clinical Trials11▲ 2.5×18 topics
  23. Antiviral Therapy11▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Antiretroviral Therapy9▲ 7.8×6 topics
  25. Genetic Variation9▲ 5.7×8 topics
  26. Mortality Risk9▲ 5.2×6 topics
  27. Trauma8▲ 5.9×6 topics
  28. Hepatocellular Carcinoma8▲ 5.9×3 topics
  29. Cognitive Therapy8▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Psychometric Evaluation8▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Respiratory8▲ 11×2 topics
  32. HIV Transmission7▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Global Access7▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Immunomodulation7▲ 7.8×4 topics
  35. Antibodies7▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Health Behavior7▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Helminth Infections7▲ 24×2 topics
  38. COVID-19 Vaccine7▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Herd Immunity7▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Vaccine Hesitancy7▲ 15×1 topic

What research is done in Decatur?

Vaccine Coverage and Hes…6Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 6 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Dis…5Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 5 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 5 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and…5Classical Philosophy and Thought: 5 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research…5Influenza Virus Research Studies: 5 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies: 4 fractional worksReproductive tract infections research: 4 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…4Classical Antiquity Studies: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional works
HealthClinical PsychologyHepatologyPhilosophy4 others

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

  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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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%Decatur16.1% 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 33.4% in 2016.

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