Research in Durham
Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Durham. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Duke Cancer Institute.
- Research institutions
- 3 1 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 511 ▲ 66% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 19.3% 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 Durham?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke Cancer InstituteHospital / health system | 507 | #12,616 | |
| 2 | RTI PressNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 3 | Triangle Center for Evolutionary MedicineResearch facility | 1 | 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.
What is Durham strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Durham is most concentrated in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (15.5× the world share in Oncology).
- OncologySubfield · 27.3 works16×
- Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 23.6 works9.8×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Durham?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Trials, Targeted Therapy, Biomarkers, Radiotherapy and Prostate Cancer.
- PET Imaging
- Blood-Brain Barrier
- Immune Checkpoint Blockade
- Population-Based Study
- Molecular Subtypes
- Anxiety
- Biopsy
- Cancer Survivorship
- Metastasis
- Cancer Incidence
- Metastatic Prostate Cancer
- Survival Analysis
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Breast Cancer
- Genomic Profiling
- Radiotherapy
- Biomarkers
- Clinical Trials
- Chemotherapy
- Immunotherapy
- Prognostic Factors
- Targeted Therapy
- Quality of Life
- Prostate Cancer
- Genetic Mutations
- Cancer
- Hormone Therapy
- Health-related Quality of Life
- Androgen Receptor
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Gene Expression
- Radiation Therapy
- Cognitive Function
- Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Clinical Guidelines
- Cancer Treatment
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
- PD-1 and PD-L1
- Patient-Reported Outcomes
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
- Immunotherapy19▲ 17×16 topics
- Chemotherapy15▲ 14×20 topics
- Prognostic Factors13▲ 19×13 topics
- Clinical Trials13▲ 12×11 topics
- Targeted Therapy10▲ 29×5 topics
- Biomarkers10▲ 9.5×9 topics
- Quality of Life10▲ 4.3×15 topics
- Radiotherapy10▲ 16×11 topics
- Prostate Cancer9▲ 45×5 topics
- Genomic Profiling8▲ 50×2 topics
- Genetic Mutations8▲ 12×10 topics
- Breast Cancer8▲ 21×11 topics
- Cancer8▲ 3.6×30 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 8.0×10 topics
- Hormone Therapy6▲ 49×3 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 8.8×7 topics
- Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 16×3 topics
- Survival Analysis6▲ 13×6 topics
- Androgen Receptor6▲ 48×1 topic
- Metastatic Prostate Cancer6▲ 87×1 topic
- Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 15×5 topics
- Cancer Incidence5▲ 23×4 topics
- Gene Expression5▲ 5.2×10 topics
- Metastasis5▲ 9.3×10 topics
- Radiation Therapy5▲ 24×5 topics
- Cancer Survivorship5▲ 41×2 topics
- Cognitive Function5▲ 17×6 topics
- Biopsy4▲ 47×2 topics
- Metastatic Breast Cancer4▲ 50×2 topics
- Anxiety4▲ 5.8×5 topics
- Clinical Guidelines4▲ 9.5×4 topics
- Molecular Subtypes4▲ 32×2 topics
- Cancer Treatment4▲ 11×6 topics
- Population-Based Study4▲ 38×2 topics
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells4▲ 28×3 topics
- Immune Checkpoint Blockade4▲ 22×1 topic
- PD-1 and PD-L14▲ 22×1 topic
- Blood-Brain Barrier4▲ 37×2 topics
- Patient-Reported Outcomes4▲ 44×1 topic
- PET Imaging4▲ 14×4 topics
What research is done in Durham?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
- 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
- 3 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 4 works
- 4 Brain Metastases and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
- 5 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
- 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 3 works
- 7 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 3 works
- 8 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 3 works
- 9 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
- 10 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 3 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.