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Research in Grand Rapids

Science Explorer records 40 research institutions in Grand Rapids, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids Community College and Cornerstone University.

Research institutions
40
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
280k
21.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Grand Rapids

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 Grand Rapids?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Calvin UniversityUniversity 2,383 #11,603
2Fusion AcademyUniversity 1,976 #10,789
3Van Andel InstituteNonprofit 1,239 #1,856
4Spectrum HealthHospital / health system 1,129 #12,191
5Grand Rapids Community CollegeUniversity 874 #10,333
6Acton InstituteNonprofit 811 #8,708 all time
7Amway (United States)Company 504 #18,097
8Helen DeVos Children's HospitalHospital / health system 429 #19,588
9Davenport UniversityNonprofit 359 #19,493 all time
10Aquinas College - MichiganUniversity 351 #17,523
11Corewell Health Blodgett HospitalHospital / health system 333 #18,055 all time
12Cornerstone UniversityUniversity 293 #10,351
13Orthopaedic Associates of MichiganInstitution 285 #22,733 all time
14Trinity Health Grand RapidsHospital / health system 255 #22,813 all time
15Young Men's Christian Association Of Greater Grand RapidsNonprofit 233 #22,875 all time
16Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation HospitalHospital / health system 214 #29,525 all time
17Calvin Theological SeminaryUniversity 187 #33,981 all time
18Bissell (United States)Company 163 #19,792 all time
19Tiburon Associates (United States)Company 143 #27,551 all time
20Steelcase (United States)Company 125 #28,773 all time
21Pine Rest Christian Mental Health ServicesHospital / health system 84 not ranked
22Grand Rapids Women's HealthHospital / health system 72 not ranked
23Cascade Engineering (United States)Company 66 not ranked
24Retina Specialists of MichiganHospital / health system 63 not ranked
25Kuyper CollegeUniversity 58 not ranked
26Grace Bible CollegeUniversity 44 not ranked
27Grand Rapids Public MuseumArchive 27 not ranked
28Lakeland Library CooperativeArchive 25 not ranked
29Grand Rapids Public LibraryArchive 24 not ranked
30DornerWorks (United States)Company 18 not ranked
31Tetra Therapeutics (United States)Company 15 not ranked
32Phoenix Society for Burn SurvivorsNonprofit 14 not ranked
33Infusion AssociatesHospital / health system 11 not ranked
34Kent County Health DepartmentGovernment institution 10 not ranked
35Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and MuseumArchive 6 not ranked
36Scott Group Studio (United States)Company 3 not ranked
37Biologos FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
38BFKW (United States)Company 1 not ranked
39Gerald R. Ford Presidential FoundationNonprofit 0 not ranked
40Colossian ForumInstitution 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.

Calvin University: 18.6%Fusion Academy: 15.4%Van Andel Institute: 9.7%Spectrum Health: 8.8%34 others listed: 47.6%19%largest
Calvin University2,383 · 18.6%Fusion Academy1,976 · 15.4%Van Andel Institute1,239 · 9.7%Spectrum Health1,129 · 8.8%34 others listed6,101 · 47.6%

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

Which fields of science does Grand Rapids work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Grand Rapids is in Health Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 899 fractional works · 40.5% of its workMedicine: 800 fractional works · 36.0% of its workSurgery: 124 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 69 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 68 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 54 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 46 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 40 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 36 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 34 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 78 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 462 fractional works · 20.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 179 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 62 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 107 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 40 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 35 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 103 fractional works · 4.7% of its workReligious studies: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 460 fractional works · 20.7% of its workEngineering: 142 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 46 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 94 fractional works · 4.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 42 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 59 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 50 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 399 fractional works · 18.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 263 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 175 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGenetics: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 52 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 47 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGrand Rapids2,220fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences40%Social Sciences21%

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. Medicine80036.0%
    2. Health Professions783.5%
    3. Nursing150.7%
    4. Dentistry40.2%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
    1. Social Sciences1798.0%
    2. Psychology1074.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities1034.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance321.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting321.4%
    6. Decision Sciences100.4%
    1. Engineering1426.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy944.2%
    3. Computer Science592.7%
    4. Environmental Science502.2%
    5. Materials Science371.7%
    6. Chemistry301.3%
    7. Energy150.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences150.7%
    9. Mathematics130.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology26311.8%
    2. Neuroscience522.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences472.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology301.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Grand Rapids strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Grand Rapids is most concentrated in Religious studies, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and History (10.0× the world share in Religious studies).

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 32.3 works10.0×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 37.8 works6.2×
  3. HistorySubfield · 26.0 works4.2×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 41 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.13× its world share, 220 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 43 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 51 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 132 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 44 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 31 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.93× its world share, 83 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 70 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.85× its world share, 687 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.75× its world share, 98 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.61× its world share, 95 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 163 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, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.13×220 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy1.93×83 works
  3. Medicine1.85×687 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.75×98 works
  5. Psychology1.61×95 works
  6. Neuroscience1.37×43 works
  7. Health Professions1.37×70 works
  8. Nursing1.37×13 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.31×26 works
  10. Veterinary0.83×2 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×6 works
  12. Energy0.81×14 works
  13. Chemistry0.80×24 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×30 works
  15. Social Sciences0.67×163 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.61×4 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×29 works
  18. Environmental Science0.46×44 works
  19. Materials Science0.46×31 works
  20. Engineering0.45×132 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×41 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.44×13 works
  23. Dentistry0.40×4 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.39×7 works
  25. Computer Science0.34×51 works
  26. Mathematics0.28×6 works

Which keywords describe research in Grand Rapids?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Theology, Oxidative Stress, Turbulence, Diagnostics, Tokamak, Transport and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology142▲ 1.61×120 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress68▲ 1.86×52 topics
  3. Inflammation67▲ 1.41×78 topics
  4. Cancer57▲ 1.91×52 topics
  5. Quality of Life54▲ 1.67×49 topics
  6. Mental Health51▲ 1.60×36 topics
  7. Treatment47▲ 1.75×46 topics
  8. Risk Factors41▲ 1.69×34 topics
  9. Depression41▲ 2.1×24 topics
  10. Diagnosis36▲ 1.74×36 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations34▲ 3.5×23 topics
  12. Management33▲ 1.88×30 topics
  13. Theology33▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Turbulence32▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Complications32▲ 2.9×16 topics
  16. Heart Failure31▲ 3.2×14 topics
  17. Diagnostics31▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Tokamak30▲ 64×1 topic
  19. Transport30▲ 43×1 topic
  20. Biomarkers30▲ 1.94×16 topics
  21. Social Support29▲ 2.4×15 topics
  22. Neurodegeneration29▲ 4.2×10 topics
  23. Aging28▲ 2.3×17 topics
  24. Parkinson's Disease27▲ 4.8×8 topics
  25. Church History24▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Mitochondrial Dysfunction23▲ 3.5×11 topics
  27. DNA Methylation22▲ 8.9×3 topics
  28. Epigenetic Reprogramming20▲ 9.8×2 topics
  29. Cancer Epigenetics20▲ 13×1 topic
  30. Histone Modification20▲ 13×1 topic
  31. Reformation19▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Transcriptional Regulation19▲ 5.2×9 topics
  33. Social History18▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Calvinism18▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Religious Controversy18▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention18▲ 5.9×4 topics
  37. African Christianity18▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Solar Wind15▲ 7.5×2 topics
  39. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation15▲ 8.8×2 topics
  40. Biblical Monotheism14▲ 25×1 topic

What research is done in Grand Rapids?

Magnetic confinement fusion research: 27 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 18 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…18Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 18 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…14Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 14 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 12 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 12 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…10Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 10 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 10 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 9 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 9 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsHistoryMolecular BiologyReligious studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 27 works
  2. 2 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 18 works
  3. 3 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 18 works
  4. 4 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 14 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  6. 6 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 12 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  8. 8 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  9. 9 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  10. 10 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 9 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%Grand Rapids13.0% 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 23.6% in 2008.

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