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Research in Fayetteville

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Fayetteville, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Fayetteville State University, Methodist University and Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

Research institutions
11
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.6k
▲ 73% vs 2018-21
Citations
47k
13.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Fayetteville

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 Fayetteville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Fayetteville State UniversityUniversity 2,164 #7,128
2Methodist UniversityUniversity 803 #9,495
3Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterHospital / health system 271 #21,692
4Cape Fear Valley Health SystemHospital / health system 67 not ranked
5Southern Regional Area Health Education CentersHospital / health system 51 not ranked
6AC Diagnostics (United States)Company 50 not ranked
7Ozark Integrated Circuits (United States)Company 50 not ranked
8Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeUniversity 34 not ranked
9Cumberland County SchoolsUniversity 15 not ranked
10Cumberland County Public Library and Information CenterInstitution 7 not ranked
11Cumberland Research Associates (United States)Company 5 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.

Fayetteville State University: 61.5%Methodist University: 22.8%Cape Fear Valley Medical Center: 7.7%Cape Fear Valley Health System: 1.9%7 others listed: 6.0%62%largest
Fayetteville State University2,164 · 61.5%Methodist University803 · 22.8%Cape Fear Valley Medical Center271 · 7.7%Cape Fear Valley Health System67 · 1.9%7 others listed212 · 6.0%

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

Which fields of science does Fayetteville work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Fayetteville is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Social Sciences (23%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 459 fractional works · 43.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 242 fractional works · 22.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 133 fractional works · 12.5% of its workEducation: 42 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 74 fractional works · 6.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 26 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 53 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 47 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 46 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 33 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 314 fractional works · 29.4% of its workMedicine: 283 fractional works · 26.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 36 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 33 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 26 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 227 fractional works · 21.3% of its workComputer Science: 87 fractional works · 8.2% of its workInformation Systems: 31 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 57 fractional works · 5.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 26 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 67 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFayetteville1,067fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences43%

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. Social Sciences24222.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting746.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance535.0%
    4. Psychology464.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities333.1%
    6. Decision Sciences121.1%
    1. Medicine28326.5%
    2. Health Professions272.6%
    3. Nursing30.2%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Computer Science878.2%
    2. Engineering575.3%
    3. Materials Science262.5%
    4. Environmental Science191.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy121.1%
    6. Mathematics90.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.6%
    8. Chemistry60.6%
    9. Energy40.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology272.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences201.9%
    3. Neuroscience151.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Fayetteville strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Fayetteville is most concentrated in Complementary and alternative medicine, Sociology and Political Science and Strategy and Management (7.9× the world share in Complementary and alternative medicine).

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 20.2 works7.9×
  2. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 127.6 works4.1×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 24.2 works3.2×
  4. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 43.8 works3.2×
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 28.4 works3.1×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 66 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.79× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.25× its world share, 210 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.10× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.29× its world share, 64 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.66× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 216 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.66×50 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.29×64 works
  3. Social Sciences1.95×216 works
  4. Psychology1.26×34 works
  5. Medicine1.25×210 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.22×10 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.10×28 works
  8. Health Professions0.99×23 works
  9. Computer Science0.96×66 works
  10. Mathematics0.83×8 works
  11. Materials Science0.79×24 works
  12. Neuroscience0.75×11 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.60×12 works
  14. Energy0.49×4 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×21 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×6 works
  17. Nursing0.43×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×16 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×3 works
  20. Chemistry0.38×5 works
  21. Environmental Science0.36×16 works
  22. Engineering0.34×44 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×1 works
  24. Veterinary0.19×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Fayetteville?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corruption, Regulation, Economic Growth, Democracy, Governance, Political Economy, Institutions and Public Sector.

▲ 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. Corruption105▲ 63×4 topics
  2. Regulation89▲ 16×16 topics
  3. Economic Growth89▲ 10×17 topics
  4. Democracy77▲ 21×10 topics
  5. Governance76▲ 22×6 topics
  6. Political Economy74▲ 27×7 topics
  7. Institutions73▲ 88×3 topics
  8. Public Sector73▲ 153×2 topics
  9. Bribery73▲ 310×1 topic
  10. Cross-National Study73▲ 310×1 topic
  11. Epidemiology46◆ 1.08×92 topics
  12. Globalization36▲ 1.70×42 topics
  13. Enforcement28▲ 94×2 topics
  14. Depression26▲ 2.7×16 topics
  15. Clinical Trials24▲ 3.3×15 topics
  16. Fiscal Policy23▲ 10×5 topics
  17. Law Enforcement20▲ 33×3 topics
  18. Drug Trafficking19▲ 32×2 topics
  19. Health Benefits19▲ 5.4×5 topics
  20. Violence19▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Self-Regulation18▲ 9.6×5 topics
  22. Biofield18▲ 167×1 topic
  23. Biophoton18▲ 167×1 topic
  24. Labor Market18▲ 5.9×9 topics
  25. Criminal Networks18▲ 78×1 topic
  26. Organized Crime18▲ 78×1 topic
  27. Acupuncture17▲ 28×3 topics
  28. Pain Relief17▲ 41×2 topics
  29. Neurological Effects17▲ 24×3 topics
  30. Osteoarthritis17▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Adverse Events17▲ 25×3 topics
  32. Environmental Compliance16▲ 140×1 topic
  33. Regulatory Capitalism16▲ 140×1 topic
  34. Brain Imaging16▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Cancer Care16▲ 68×1 topic
  36. Fibroblast Response16▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Institutional Quality16▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Informal Economy14▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Tax Evasion14▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Property Rights13▲ 19×3 topics

What research is done in Fayetteville?

Corruption and Economic …73Corruption and Economic Development: 73 fractional worksCrime, Illicit Activities, and Governance: 18 fractional worksRegulation and Compliance Studies: 16 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance Studies: 13 fractional worksLaw, Economics, and Judi…11Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems: 11 fractional worksBiofield Effects and Biophysics: 8 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medicine Studies: 8 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 6 fractional worksAcupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 6 fractional worksComplementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 5 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceStrategy and ManagementEconomics and EconometricsPhysiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Corruption and Economic Development Sociology and Political Science 73 works
  2. 2 Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  3. 3 Regulation and Compliance Studies Strategy and Management 16 works
  4. 4 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 13 works
  5. 5 Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Economics and Econometrics 11 works
  6. 6 Biofield Effects and Biophysics Physiology 8 works
  7. 7 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  9. 9 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 5 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%Fayetteville10.1% 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 24.0% in 2008.

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