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Research in Detroit

Science Explorer records 47 research institutions in Detroit, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Wayne State University, Henry Ford Health System and University of Detroit Mercy.

Research institutions
47
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
119k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3M
27.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Detroit

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 Detroit?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Wayne State UniversityUniversity 74,457 #596
2Henry Ford Health SystemNonprofit 20,078 #3,330
3General Motors (United States)Company 14,359 #6,889
4University of Detroit MercyUniversity 3,842 #6,496
5Children's Hospital of MichiganHospital / health system 3,017 #13,173
6Detroit R&D (United States)Company 2,048 #7,774 all time
7Detroit Receiving HospitalHospital / health system 804 #11,625 all time
8Hutzel Women's HospitalHospital / health system 698 #13,135 all time
9Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesUniversity 522 #16,762
10Sinai Grace HospitalHospital / health system 507 #22,040
11Rehabilitation Institute of MichiganHospital / health system 414 #18,112 all time
12Michigan Science CenterArchive 362 #20,979 all time
13Sacred Heart Major SeminaryUniversity 174 #33,703 all time
14Detroit Historical SocietyInstitution 155 #29,707 all time
15DMC University LaboratoriesResearch facility 123 #33,913 all time
16Marygrove CollegeUniversity 113 not ranked
17Wayne County Community College DistrictUniversity 103 not ranked
18American Axle & Manufacturing (United States)Company 89 not ranked
19College for Creative StudiesUniversity 79 not ranked
20Detroit Institute of ArtsArchive 78 not ranked
21Samaritan CenterHospital / health system 77 not ranked
22Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan FoundationNonprofit 75 not ranked
23Magnetic Resonance Imaging Institute for Biomedical ResearchNonprofit 66 not ranked
24Dickinson Wright (United States)Company 54 not ranked
25Detroit Public LibraryArchive 31 not ranked
26Dykema (United States)Company 26 not ranked
2721st Century Therapeutics (United States)Company 22 not ranked
28New Paradigm for EducationNonprofit 20 not ranked
29Graham International Implant InstituteResearch facility 17 not ranked
30Compuware (United States)Company 13 not ranked
31Miller Canfield (United States)Company 12 not ranked
32Microcide (United States)Company 10 not ranked
33Department of Health and Wellness PromotionGovernment institution 8 not ranked
34Community Development Advocates of DetroitNonprofit 4 not ranked
35Allied Media ProjectsInstitution 4 not ranked
36Detroit Area Agency on AgingNonprofit 2 not ranked
37Greening of DetroitNonprofit 2 not ranked
38Detroit Economic Growth CorporationNonprofit 2 not ranked
39Detroit Recovery ProjectNonprofit 2 not ranked
40ConVida - Popular Arts of the AmericasNonprofit 2 not ranked
41Warriors on Wheels of Metropolitan DetroitNonprofit 2 not ranked
42Community Health Awareness GroupNonprofit 2 not ranked
43Immunolight (United States)Company 2 not ranked
44United Way for Southeastern MichiganInstitution 1 not ranked
45Detroit Area Pre College Engineering ProgramNonprofit 1 not ranked
46Detroit Rescue Mission MinistriesInstitution 1 not ranked
47HoMedics (United States)Company 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.

Wayne State University: 60.8%Henry Ford Health System: 16.4%General Motors (United States): 11.7%University of Detroit Mercy: 3.1%43 others listed: 8.0%61%largest
Wayne State University74k · 60.8%Henry Ford Health System20k · 16.4%General Motors (United States)14k · 11.7%University of Detroit Mercy3,842 · 3.1%43 others listed9,745 · 8.0%

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

Which fields of science does Detroit work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research in Detroit is in Health Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (49%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 7,211 fractional works · 53.3% of its workMedicine: 6,601 fractional works · 48.8% of its workSurgery: 959 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 610 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 585 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 549 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOncology: 430 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 324 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 234 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 234 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 193 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 177 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 175 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 174 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 151 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 150 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 148 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 136 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 122 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 110 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 109 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 103 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 96 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 91 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 476 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 283 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 105 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 70 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,308 fractional works · 17.1% of its workEngineering: 1,044 fractional works · 7.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 231 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 205 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 119 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 92 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 447 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 136 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 219 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 129 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 172 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 136 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 87 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 130 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 84 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,174 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 981 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 346 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 139 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 94 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 82 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 168 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 628 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 274 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 153 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 120 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 187 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 95 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 157 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 153 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 127 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1,828 fractional works · 13.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,076 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 555 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 160 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 137 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 110 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 388 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 138 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 84 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 229 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 158 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKDetroit14kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences16%

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. Health Sciences7,21153.3%
    1. Medicine6,60148.8%
    2. Health Professions4763.5%
    3. Nursing700.5%
    4. Dentistry460.3%
    5. Veterinary190.1%
    1. Engineering1,0447.7%
    2. Computer Science4473.3%
    3. Environmental Science2191.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1721.3%
    5. Materials Science1361.0%
    6. Chemistry1301.0%
    7. Mathematics840.6%
    8. Energy280.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences280.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering200.2%
  3. Social Sciences2,17416.1%
    1. Social Sciences9817.3%
    2. Psychology6284.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities1871.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1571.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1531.1%
    6. Decision Sciences680.5%
  4. Life Sciences1,82813.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,0768.0%
    2. Neuroscience3882.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology2291.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences900.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics440.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Detroit strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Detroit is most concentrated in Transplantation, Internal Medicine and Behavioral Neuroscience (5.4× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 28.4 works5.4×
  2. Internal MedicineSubfield · 37.8 works5.2×
  3. Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 23.7 works5.1×
  4. DermatologySubfield · 135.5 works4.4×
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 488.3 works3.9×
  6. Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 21.0 works3.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 75 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.48× its world share, 931 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.65× its world share, 196 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 338 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.93× its world share, 39 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 19 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 114 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 389 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 961 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 187 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 121 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 74 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 152 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 40 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 420 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.51× its world share, 5,696 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 60 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 17 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.48× its world share, 165 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 141 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 59 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 136 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 553 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 875 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.51×5,696 works
  2. Neuroscience1.76×338 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.65×196 works
  4. Psychology1.54×553 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.48×931 works
  6. Health Professions1.35×420 works
  7. Veterinary1.06×17 works
  8. Nursing1.03×60 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.93×39 works
  10. Dentistry0.69×40 works
  11. Chemistry0.62×114 works
  12. Social Sciences0.59×875 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.58×152 works
  14. Engineering0.54×961 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×136 works
  16. Mathematics0.53×74 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.52×59 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.48×165 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.45×19 works
  20. Computer Science0.42×389 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×141 works
  22. Environmental Science0.32×187 works
  23. Materials Science0.29×121 works
  24. Energy0.24×26 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×75 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×24 works

Which keywords describe research in Detroit?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Chemotherapy, Oxidative Stress and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,271▲ 2.4×131 topics
  2. Inflammation517▲ 1.80×82 topics
  3. Treatment431▲ 2.6×49 topics
  4. Risk Factors399▲ 2.7×36 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress395▲ 1.77×60 topics
  6. Diagnosis386▲ 3.1×41 topics
  7. Quality of Life334▲ 1.71×56 topics
  8. Mental Health327▲ 1.69×43 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease324▲ 2.1×38 topics
  10. Chemotherapy293▲ 3.1×25 topics
  11. Cancer287▲ 1.58×55 topics
  12. Immunotherapy275▲ 2.8×19 topics
  13. Public Health270▲ 1.37×62 topics
  14. Management256▲ 2.4×36 topics
  15. Guidelines249▲ 3.9×13 topics
  16. Heart Failure241▲ 4.0×13 topics
  17. Depression232▲ 1.95×25 topics
  18. Biomarkers226▲ 2.4×18 topics
  19. Clinical Trials223▲ 2.5×19 topics
  20. Mortality219▲ 2.8×13 topics
  21. Complications212▲ 3.2×17 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome210▲ 1.92×23 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines204▲ 2.7×14 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations189▲ 3.2×23 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders185▲ 2.4×20 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors181▲ 3.1×14 topics
  27. Echocardiography168▲ 4.5×8 topics
  28. Global Burden157▲ 2.1×12 topics
  29. Surgical Management155▲ 2.8×20 topics
  30. Surgery150▲ 3.2×12 topics
  31. Radiotherapy146▲ 2.7×13 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction146▲ 4.6×7 topics
  33. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention135▲ 7.3×4 topics
  34. Neuroprotection129▲ 2.7×16 topics
  35. Thrombosis125▲ 3.3×7 topics
  36. Atherosclerosis120▲ 3.1×12 topics
  37. Mortality Risk112▲ 3.5×6 topics
  38. Prophylaxis95▲ 5.6×4 topics
  39. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement92▲ 9.4×1 topic
  40. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement92▲ 9.4×1 topic

What research is done in Detroit?

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 81 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 49 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 44 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 41 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 40 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 38 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 36 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …35Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 35 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 34 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 34 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical EngineeringExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyEmergency Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 81 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 49 works
  3. 3 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 44 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 41 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 40 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 38 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 36 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 35 works
  9. 9 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 34 works
  10. 10 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 34 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 counting10%20%30%Detroit13.2% 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 25.4% in 2008.

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