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Research in Duluth

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Duluth, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Minnesota, Duluth, Essentia Health and College of St. Scholastica.

Research institutions
17
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9.6k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.1%
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 Duluth?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Minnesota, DuluthUniversity 7,652 #4,717
2St. Luke's HospitalHospital / health system 558 #13,158 all time
3College of St. ScholasticaUniversity 491 #26,667
4Duluth ClinicHospital / health system 414 #19,290 all time
5Essentia HealthHospital / health system 344 #19,637
6Lake Superior CollegeUniversity 38 not ranked
7St. Mary's Medical CenterHospital / health system 37 not ranked
8Minnesota Sea GrantInstitution 32 not ranked
9Synergy America (United States)Company 31 not ranked
10Duluth Business UniversityUniversity 28 not ranked
11Cirrus Aircraft (United States)Company 11 not ranked
12Miller Dwan FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
13Great Lakes AquariumInstitution 2 not ranked
14St. Louis County Historical SocietyArchive 1 not ranked
15Duluth Superior Area Community FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
16Community Action DuluthNonprofit 0 not ranked
17Great Lakes Maritime Research InstituteResearch facility 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.

University of Minnesota, Duluth: 79.3%St. Luke's Hospital: 5.8%College of St. Scholastica: 5.1%Duluth Clinic: 4.3%11 others listed: 5.5%79%largest
University of Minnesota, Duluth7,652 · 79.3%St. Luke's Hospital558 · 5.8%College of St. Scholastica491 · 5.1%Duluth Clinic414 · 4.3%11 others listed529 · 5.5%

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

Which keywords describe research in Duluth?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Mental Health, Globalization, Eutrophication, Human-Robot Interaction, Fisheries Sustainability and Aging.

▲ 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. Climate Change82▲ 2.5×71 topics
  2. Mental Health40▲ 2.2×34 topics
  3. Epidemiology37▼ 0.76×81 topics
  4. Globalization34▲ 1.42×47 topics
  5. Invasive Species27▲ 5.2×18 topics
  6. Public Health26▲ 1.45×33 topics
  7. Depression22▲ 2.1×17 topics
  8. Aging19▲ 2.8×9 topics
  9. Gender18▲ 2.7×22 topics
  10. Social Support17▲ 2.5×13 topics
  11. Anxiety17▲ 2.9×11 topics
  12. Water Quality17▲ 3.4×13 topics
  13. Conservation16▲ 3.0×17 topics
  14. Well-being14▲ 3.0×14 topics
  15. Neuroscience14▲ 3.9×11 topics
  16. Habitat Fragmentation14▲ 5.1×5 topics
  17. Environmental Impacts14▲ 4.1×5 topics
  18. Eutrophication13▲ 10×4 topics
  19. Neuroimaging13▲ 3.8×10 topics
  20. Emotion Regulation12▲ 3.1×8 topics
  21. Human-Robot Interaction12▲ 9.4×3 topics
  22. Fisheries Sustainability12▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Cognitive Decline11▲ 7.1×2 topics
  24. Cognitive Training10▲ 9.1×2 topics
  25. Freshwater Biodiversity10▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Sediment Transport10▲ 5.0×6 topics
  27. Conservation Challenges9▲ 16×1 topic
  28. Flow Regulation9▲ 16×1 topic
  29. Caregiver Burden9▲ 6.9×2 topics
  30. Dementia9▲ 7.8×1 topic
  31. Mild Cognitive Impairment9▲ 8.8×1 topic
  32. Paleoclimatology9▲ 8.8×2 topics
  33. Harmful Algal Blooms9▲ 9.3×2 topics
  34. Holocene9▲ 6.2×3 topics
  35. Sea Level8▲ 6.9×2 topics
  36. Modular Forms8▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Ecosystem Engineering8▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Graph Labeling8▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Metric Dimension8▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Number Theory8▲ 27×3 topics

What research is done in Duluth?

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 9 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 9 works
  3. 3 Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems Computational Theory and Mathematics 8 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 7 works
  5. 5 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 7 works
  6. 6 Social Robot Interaction and HRI Social Psychology 6 works
  7. 7 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 6 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 6 works
  9. 9 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 6 works
  10. 10 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 6 works

Research output over time

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