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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta VA Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,569 | #10,540 | |
| 2 | Agnes Scott CollegeUniversity | 780 | #20,598 | |
| 3 | Columbia Theological SeminaryUniversity | 496 | #21,213 all time | |
| 4 | The Task Force for Global HealthNonprofit | 331 | #17,854 | |
| 5 | Atlanta VA Health Care SystemHospital / health system | 313 | #12,084 | |
| 6 | DeKalb Medical CenterHospital / health system | 183 | #28,246 all time | |
| 7 | International Trachoma InitiativeNonprofit | 131 | #34,131 all time | |
| 8 | DeKalb County Board of HealthGovernment institution | 105 | not ranked | |
| 9 | Virtually BetterCompany | 30 | not ranked | |
| 10 | Foundational Questions InstituteNonprofit | 13 | not ranked | |
| 11 | Georgia Mental Health Consumer NetworkHospital / health system | 12 | not ranked | |
| 12 | Pact AtlantaHospital / health system | 8 | not ranked | |
| 13 | iResearch AtlantaResearch facility | 3 | not ranked | |
| 14 | BlazeSports AmericaNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 15 | DeKalb County Public LibraryArchive | 1 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Recovery Consultants of AtlantaNonprofit | 0 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Standing 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.
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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.
- Vaccine Hesitancy
- Global Access
- Antibodies
- Helminth Infections
- Immunomodulation
- Psychometric Evaluation
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Genetic Variation
- Mortality Risk
- Antiviral Therapy
- Gender
- Liver Disease
- Nationalism
- Pathogenesis
- Religion
- Treatment
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Immune Response
- Mental Health
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Depression
- Risk Factors
- Oxidative Stress
- Pandemic
- Global Burden
- Anxiety
- Vaccine
- Clinical Trials
- Culture
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Feminism
- Trauma
- Cognitive Therapy
- HIV Transmission
- Respiratory
- Health Behavior
- COVID-19 Vaccine
- Herd Immunity
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
- Epidemiology77▲ 3.2×107 topics
- Inflammation28▲ 2.2×61 topics
- Public Health26▲ 3.0×42 topics
- Mental Health25▲ 2.8×30 topics
- Depression23▲ 4.2×20 topics
- Immune Response19▲ 5.6×20 topics
- Risk Factors19▲ 2.8×27 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 2.7×31 topics
- Oxidative Stress17▲ 1.69×39 topics
- Treatment17▲ 2.3×33 topics
- Pandemic17▲ 2.6×7 topics
- Religion16▲ 5.4×15 topics
- Global Burden14▲ 4.4×12 topics
- Pathogenesis14▲ 4.5×19 topics
- Anxiety12▲ 4.3×10 topics
- Nationalism12▲ 4.1×11 topics
- Vaccine12▲ 4.6×10 topics
- Liver Disease11▲ 20×3 topics
- Clinical Trials10▲ 2.6×18 topics
- Gender10▲ 3.2×14 topics
- Culture10▲ 2.9×10 topics
- Antiviral Therapy9▲ 15×3 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 8.4×6 topics
- Mortality Risk8▲ 5.3×6 topics
- Feminism8▲ 4.5×9 topics
- Genetic Variation8▲ 5.7×7 topics
- Trauma7▲ 6.0×6 topics
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma7▲ 5.6×3 topics
- Cognitive Therapy7▲ 11×3 topics
- Psychometric Evaluation7▲ 12×2 topics
- HIV Transmission7▲ 15×2 topics
- Immunomodulation6▲ 8.2×4 topics
- Respiratory6▲ 11×2 topics
- Helminth Infections6▲ 27×2 topics
- Health Behavior6▲ 10×2 topics
- Antibodies6▲ 18×2 topics
- COVID-19 Vaccine6▲ 14×2 topics
- Global Access6▲ 11×2 topics
- Herd Immunity6▲ 15×1 topic
- Vaccine Hesitancy6▲ 15×1 topic
What research is done in Decatur?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 6 works
- 2 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 5 works
- 3 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 5 works
- 4 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 5 works
- 5 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 5 works
- 6 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 4 works
- 7 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 4 works
- 8 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 4 works
- 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
- 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
Research output over time
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