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Research in Grand Rapids

Science Explorer records 41 research institutions in Grand Rapids, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Van Andel Institute, Fusion Academy and Cornerstone University.

Research institutions
41
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.1%
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 Grand Rapids?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Calvin UniversityUniversity 2,383 #13,195
2Fusion AcademyUniversity 1,976 #6,844
3Van Andel InstituteNonprofit 1,239 #4,557
4Spectrum HealthHospital / health system 1,129 #18,716
5Grand Rapids Community CollegeUniversity 874 #12,621
6Acton InstituteNonprofit 811 #14,662 all time
7Amway (United States)Company 504 #24,244
8Helen DeVos Children's HospitalHospital / health system 429 #21,145
9Davenport UniversityNonprofit 359 #15,356 all time
10Aquinas College - MichiganUniversity 351 #24,111
11Corewell Health Blodgett HospitalHospital / health system 333 #25,464 all time
12Cornerstone UniversityUniversity 293 #12,025
13Orthopaedic Associates of MichiganInstitution 285 #33,433 all time
14Corewell Health Butterworth HospitalHospital / health system 256 #32,013 all time
15Trinity Health Grand RapidsHospital / health system 255 #23,451 all time
16Young Men's Christian Association Of Greater Grand RapidsNonprofit 233 #36,731 all time
17Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation HospitalHospital / health system 214 #38,639 all time
18Calvin Theological SeminaryUniversity 187 #28,424 all time
19Bissell (United States)Company 163 #23,215 all time
20Tiburon Associates (United States)Company 143 #31,541 all time
21Steelcase (United States)Company 125 #37,205 all time
22Pine Rest Christian Mental Health ServicesHospital / health system 84 not ranked
23Grand Rapids Women's HealthHospital / health system 72 not ranked
24Cascade Engineering (United States)Company 66 not ranked
25Retina Specialists of MichiganHospital / health system 63 not ranked
26Kuyper CollegeUniversity 58 not ranked
27Grace Bible CollegeUniversity 44 not ranked
28Grand Rapids Public MuseumArchive 27 not ranked
29Lakeland Library CooperativeArchive 25 not ranked
30Grand Rapids Public LibraryArchive 24 not ranked
31DornerWorks (United States)Company 18 not ranked
32Tetra Therapeutics (United States)Company 15 not ranked
33Phoenix Society for Burn SurvivorsNonprofit 14 not ranked
34Infusion AssociatesHospital / health system 11 not ranked
35Kent County Health DepartmentGovernment institution 10 not ranked
36Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and MuseumArchive 6 not ranked
37Scott Group Studio (United States)Company 3 not ranked
38Biologos FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
39BFKW (United States)Company 1 not ranked
40Gerald R. Ford Presidential FoundationNonprofit 0 not ranked
41Colossian ForumInstitution 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.

Calvin University: 18.2%Fusion Academy: 15.1%Van Andel Institute: 9.5%Spectrum Health: 8.6%35 others listed: 48.6%18%largest
Calvin University2,383 · 18.2%Fusion Academy1,976 · 15.1%Van Andel Institute1,239 · 9.5%Spectrum Health1,129 · 8.6%35 others listed6,357 · 48.6%

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

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×
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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 Grand Rapids?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Theology, Turbulence, Diagnostics, Tokamak, Transport, Oxidative Stress 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology123▲ 1.60×117 topics
  2. Inflammation56▲ 1.38×76 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress55▲ 1.74×50 topics
  4. Cancer49▲ 1.90×50 topics
  5. Quality of Life48▲ 1.73×47 topics
  6. Mental Health48▲ 1.69×34 topics
  7. Treatment41▲ 1.76×44 topics
  8. Risk Factors36▲ 1.68×34 topics
  9. Depression36▲ 2.1×21 topics
  10. Theology32▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Diagnosis31▲ 1.70×36 topics
  12. Complications29▲ 3.0×16 topics
  13. Turbulence28▲ 17×3 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations28▲ 3.4×21 topics
  15. Diagnostics27▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Social Support27▲ 2.5×14 topics
  17. Tokamak27▲ 65×1 topic
  18. Transport27▲ 44×1 topic
  19. Heart Failure26▲ 3.0×14 topics
  20. Parkinson's Disease23▲ 5.0×8 topics
  21. Aging23▲ 2.2×16 topics
  22. Church History23▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Neurodegeneration23▲ 3.9×9 topics
  24. Religion22▲ 2.5×15 topics
  25. DNA Methylation20▲ 9.0×3 topics
  26. Reformation19▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Social History18▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Calvinism18▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Religious Controversy18▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Epigenetic Reprogramming18▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Cancer Epigenetics18▲ 13×1 topic
  32. Histone Modification18▲ 13×1 topic
  33. African Christianity17▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Transcriptional Regulation16▲ 5.0×9 topics
  35. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention16▲ 6.0×4 topics
  36. Solar Wind15▲ 8.2×2 topics
  37. Biblical Monotheism14▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Jewish Society14▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation13▲ 8.9×2 topics
  40. Electron Acceleration12▲ 9.5×2 topics

What research is done in Grand Rapids?

  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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