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Research in Fort Worth

Science Explorer records 37 research institutions in Fort Worth, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Texas Christian University, University of North Texas Health Science Center and Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.

Research institutions
37
11 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
22k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.4%
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 Fort Worth?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Texas Christian UniversityUniversity 9,345 #3,958
2University of North Texas Health Science CenterUniversity 3,332 #6,325
3Texas A&M University School of LawUniversity 2,054 #22,392
4Alcon (United States)Company 1,158 #22,689
5Center for Cancer and Blood DisordersResearch facility 843 #9,379
6Fort Worth LibraryUniversity 575 #22,854 all time
7John Peter Smith HospitalHospital / health system 511 #26,044
8Cook Children's Medical CenterHospital / health system 503 #17,311
9American Airlines (United States)Company 475 #27,359 all time
10Tarrant County CollegeUniversity 356 #23,591
11Texas Wesleyan UniversityUniversity 333 #32,220 all time
12Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort WorthHospital / health system 327 #24,913
13Botanical Research Institute of TexasNonprofit 274 #26,554
14Southwestern Baptist Theological SeminaryUniversity 267 #35,893 all time
15Mental Health Mental Retardation of Tarrant CountyHospital / health system 221 #25,752 all time
16Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical CenterHospital / health system 206 #23,858
17JPS Health NetworkHospital / health system 189 #38,708 all time
18Brite Divinity SchoolUniversity 160 #33,240 all time
19Cook Children's Health Care SystemHospital / health system 156 #27,303 all time
20American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians & GynecologistsHospital / health system 138 #35,334 all time
21Galderma (United States)Company 111 not ranked
22Cancer Care ServicesNonprofit 77 not ranked
23PharmChem (United States)Company 70 not ranked
24Organizational Wellness and Learning SystemsCompany 42 not ranked
25Pointwise (United States)Company 36 not ranked
26Southwest Scoliosis InstituteHospital / health system 34 not ranked
27Elbit Systems (United States)Company 19 not ranked
28WilliamsRDM (United States)Company 17 not ranked
29Fort Worth Museum of Science and HistoryArchive 13 not ranked
30Stop Calling It AutismHospital / health system 11 not ranked
31Sid W Richardson FoundationNonprofit 7 not ranked
32Rainwater Charitable FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
33Amon Carter Museum of American ArtArchive 3 not ranked
34Klabzuba (United States)Company 3 not ranked
35International Society on Aging and DiseaseNonprofit 1 not ranked
36Niadyne Pharma (United States)Company 1 not ranked
37Tarrant County ChallengeNonprofit 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.

Texas Christian University: 42.7%University of North Texas Health Science Center: 15.2%Texas A&M University School of Law: 9.4%Alcon (United States): 5.3%32 others listed: 27.4%43%largest
Texas Christian University9,345 · 42.7%University of North Texas Health Science Center3,332 · 15.2%Texas A&M University School of Law2,054 · 9.4%Alcon (United States)1,158 · 5.3%32 others listed5,983 · 27.4%

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

What is Fort Worth strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Fort Worth is most concentrated in Religious studies, Ophthalmology and Dermatology (4.1× the world share in Religious studies).

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 23.0 works4.1×
  2. OphthalmologySubfield · 36.8 works4.0×
  3. DermatologySubfield · 35.2 works4.0×
  4. HematologySubfield · 40.0 works3.9×
  5. GeneticsSubfield · 33.7 works3.6×
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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 Fort Worth?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Inflammation, Gender, Quality of Life, Public Health, Public Opinion and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology234▲ 1.74×126 topics
  2. Inflammation102▲ 1.45×79 topics
  3. Mental Health92▲ 1.84×34 topics
  4. Globalization81▲ 1.22×76 topics
  5. Quality of Life79▲ 1.62×48 topics
  6. Public Health77▲ 1.55×50 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress76▲ 1.37×55 topics
  8. Treatment64▲ 1.56×46 topics
  9. Risk Factors61▲ 1.63×35 topics
  10. Gender58▲ 3.2×37 topics
  11. Human Rights55▲ 1.58×39 topics
  12. Identity52▲ 2.1×38 topics
  13. Corporate Governance51▲ 2.0×19 topics
  14. Depression50▲ 1.68×23 topics
  15. Immunotherapy46▲ 1.89×18 topics
  16. Social Support44▲ 2.3×14 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors44▲ 2.9×14 topics
  18. Chemotherapy43▲ 1.82×23 topics
  19. Primary Care42▲ 3.3×12 topics
  20. Biomarkers39▲ 1.69×17 topics
  21. Literature39▲ 2.1×33 topics
  22. Aging39▲ 2.1×18 topics
  23. Nationalism36▲ 2.3×19 topics
  24. Religion36▲ 2.3×28 topics
  25. Culture36▲ 2.0×20 topics
  26. Colonialism35▲ 2.2×24 topics
  27. Feminism34▲ 3.5×16 topics
  28. Public Opinion33▲ 7.7×6 topics
  29. Medical Education31▲ 3.5×12 topics
  30. Neurodegeneration29▲ 2.9×11 topics
  31. Race28▲ 7.4×16 topics
  32. Reflective Practice27▲ 4.3×7 topics
  33. Glaucoma24▲ 4.8×4 topics
  34. Health Care Utilization23▲ 5.9×3 topics
  35. Property Rights22▲ 9.9×6 topics
  36. Cold War20▲ 9.0×3 topics
  37. Federalism19▲ 8.7×4 topics
  38. Political Philosophy19▲ 9.6×3 topics
  39. Black Studies18▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Civil Rights Movement18▲ 23×1 topic

What research is done in Fort Worth?

  1. 1 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  2. 2 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 18 works
  3. 3 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 16 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 15 works
  5. 5 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 14 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  7. 7 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 12 works
  9. 9 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  10. 10 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 12 works

Research output over time

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