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Research in Flint

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Flint, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Kettering University, Flint Institute Of Arts and McLaren Health Care.

Research institutions
15
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
12k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
332k
27.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Flint

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 Flint?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kettering UniversityUniversity 6,772 #1,991
2Flint Institute Of ArtsArchive 832 #8,891
3McLaren Health CareHospital / health system 333 #19,819
4Baker CollegeUniversity 147 #27,768 all time
5Mott Community CollegeUniversity 77 not ranked
6Flint Community SchoolsUniversity 46 not ranked
7Institute of General & Endovascular NeurosurgeryHospital / health system 40 not ranked
8Mott Childrens Health CenterHospital / health system 20 not ranked
9Charles Stewart Mott FoundationNonprofit 7 not ranked
10Genesee Cancer & Blood DiseaseHospital / health system 5 not ranked
11Genesys Hurley Cancer InstituteHospital / health system 5 not ranked
12Ruth Mott FoundationNonprofit 3 not ranked
13Flint Public LibraryArchive 1 not ranked
14Hurley FoundationNonprofit 0 not ranked
15Flint and Saginaw Odyssey HouseNonprofit 0 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.

Kettering University: 81.7%Flint Institute Of Arts: 10.0%McLaren Health Care: 4.0%Baker College: 1.8%9 others listed: 2.5%82%largest
Kettering University6,772 · 81.7%Flint Institute Of Arts832 · 10.0%McLaren Health Care333 · 4.0%Baker College147 · 1.8%9 others listed204 · 2.5%

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

Which fields of science does Flint work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Flint is in Health Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 902 fractional works · 44.9% of its workMedicine: 810 fractional works · 40.3% of its workOncology: 114 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 93 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSurgery: 87 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 70 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 49 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHematology: 41 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 39 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 36 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 30 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 78 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 43 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 407 fractional works · 20.3% of its workEngineering: 188 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 119 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 36 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 363 fractional works · 18.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 248 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 147 fractional works · 7.3% of its workCancer Research: 55 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 50 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 32 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 39 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 36 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 339 fractional works · 16.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 168 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 46 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 38 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 62 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 38 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFlint2,011fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences17%

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. Medicine81040.3%
    2. Health Professions783.9%
    3. Nursing90.5%
    4. Dentistry30.2%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Engineering1889.3%
    2. Computer Science1195.9%
    3. Environmental Science311.5%
    4. Materials Science261.3%
    5. Chemistry130.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy90.4%
    7. Mathematics80.4%
    8. Energy70.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering40.2%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24812.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences502.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology391.9%
    4. Neuroscience231.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
    1. Social Sciences1688.3%
    2. Psychology623.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting381.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance281.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities251.2%
    6. Decision Sciences180.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Flint strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Flint is most concentrated in Hematology, Cancer Research and Genetics (7.3× the world share in Hematology).

  1. HematologySubfield · 39.0 works7.3×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 50.4 works6.6×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 28.8 works6.0×
  4. OncologySubfield · 104.9 works5.3×
  5. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 33.8 works3.7×
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 62.7 works3.4×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 47 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.29× its world share, 215 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.96× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 94 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 162 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 71 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.12× its world share, 718 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 53 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 152 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.29×215 works
  2. Medicine2.12×718 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.96×35 works
  4. Health Professions1.54×71 works
  5. Psychology0.99×53 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.92×16 works
  7. Nursing0.91×8 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×26 works
  9. Computer Science0.69×94 works
  10. Social Sciences0.68×152 works
  11. Neuroscience0.64×18 works
  12. Engineering0.61×162 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.60×4 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.60×34 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×47 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×3 works
  17. Veterinary0.49×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.42×12 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.41×21 works
  20. Dentistry0.40×3 works
  21. Energy0.38×6 works
  22. Materials Science0.36×22 works
  23. Mathematics0.32×7 works
  24. Environmental Science0.29×25 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.12×5 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Flint?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Lymphoma, Prognostic Factors, Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Genomic Instability and Cancer Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology109▲ 1.36×112 topics
  2. Immunotherapy80▲ 5.5×19 topics
  3. Machine Learning72◆ 1.08×56 topics
  4. Cancer61▲ 2.2×48 topics
  5. Chemotherapy55▲ 3.8×24 topics
  6. Sustainability54◆ 1.11×58 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors52▲ 6.0×14 topics
  8. Targeted Therapy50▲ 11×5 topics
  9. Risk Factors48▲ 2.2×35 topics
  10. Treatment48▲ 1.98×42 topics
  11. Lymphoma48▲ 15×4 topics
  12. Inflammation48◆ 1.11×75 topics
  13. Diagnosis46▲ 2.4×36 topics
  14. Quality of Life42▲ 1.44×54 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment42▲ 4.6×8 topics
  16. Genomic Instability37▲ 16×3 topics
  17. Cancer Immunotherapy36▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines34▲ 3.1×14 topics
  19. Gene Expression34▲ 2.7×16 topics
  20. Cell-Free DNA34▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Tumor Regression34▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Somatic Mutations33▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Cancer Genomics33▲ 23×1 topic
  24. Clinical Trials33▲ 2.5×18 topics
  25. Mutational Signatures33▲ 23×1 topic
  26. Rituximab32▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations31▲ 3.6×20 topics
  28. Guidelines30▲ 3.1×13 topics
  29. Leukemia29▲ 17×2 topics
  30. CAR T Cells28▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Chimeric Antigen Receptor28▲ 19×1 topic
  32. PET Imaging27▲ 8.0×5 topics
  33. Classification27▲ 2.9×11 topics
  34. Breast Cancer23▲ 4.6×11 topics
  35. Molecular Profiling22▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Transcriptional Regulation22▲ 6.5×9 topics
  37. Gene Expression Profiling21▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Genetic Pathogenesis19▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Hodgkin's Lymphoma19▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Hematopoietic Stem Cells18▲ 10×3 topics

What research is done in Flint?

Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 30 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 27 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 18 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 13 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 12 fractional worksFood Waste Reduction and Sustainability: 12 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…12Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 12 fractional worksFood, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices: 12 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 12 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…11Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 11 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOncologyPathology and Forensic MedicineGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 30 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 27 works
  3. 3 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 18 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 13 works
  5. 5 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 12 works
  6. 6 Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability Food Science 12 works
  7. 7 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 12 works
  8. 8 Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices Food Science 12 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 12 works
  10. 10 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 11 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 counting20%40%Flint10.2% 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 36.1% in 1991.

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