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Research in Greensboro

Science Explorer records 25 research institutions in Greensboro, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Qorvo (United States).

Research institutions
25
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
27k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
20.0%
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 Greensboro?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of North Carolina at GreensboroUniversity 14,613 #2,364
2North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityUniversity 7,774 #1,710
3Guilford CollegeUniversity 738 #22,216
4Cone HealthHospital / health system 709 #20,205
5Greensboro CollegeUniversity 590 #24,537
6Syngenta (United States)Company 449 #19,376
7Center for Creative LeadershipNonprofit 416 #24,029 all time
8Medication Management (United States)Company 386 #21,260
9Volvo (United States)Company 312 #22,806 all time
10Moses H Cone Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 303 #25,360 all time
11Qorvo (United States)Company 273 #12,312
12Bennett CollegeUniversity 130 #35,484 all time
13Tanglewood ResearchInstitution 99 not ranked
14Greensboro Science CenterArchive 50 not ranked
15Guilford County SchoolsUniversity 48 not ranked
16Headache Wellness CenterHospital / health system 47 not ranked
17Wesley Long HospitalHospital / health system 24 not ranked
18Kepley BioSystems (United States)Company 18 not ranked
19National Board for Certified CounselorsNonprofit 17 not ranked
20Quimba Software (United States)Company 4 not ranked
21North Carolina Families UnitedNonprofit 2 not ranked
22Creative Aging Network-NCNonprofit 2 not ranked
23North Carolina Center of Innovation NetworkNonprofit 1 not ranked
24Beloved Community CenterNonprofit 1 not ranked
25Triad Clinical TrialsInstitution 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.

University of North Carolina at Greensboro: 54.1%North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University: 28.8%Guilford College: 2.7%Cone Health: 2.6%20 others listed: 11.7%54%largest
University of North Carolina at Greensboro15k · 54.1%North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University7,774 · 28.8%Guilford College738 · 2.7%Cone Health709 · 2.6%20 others listed3,172 · 11.7%

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

What is Greensboro strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Greensboro is most concentrated in Safety Research and Social Psychology (3.2× the world share in Safety Research).

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 40.4 works3.2×
  2. Social PsychologySubfield · 126.6 works3.2×
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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 Greensboro?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Globalization, Diversity, Student Engagement, Sustainability and Health Effects.

▲ 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. Deep Learning202▲ 1.31×77 topics
  2. Machine Learning200▲ 1.35×80 topics
  3. Mental Health175▲ 2.6×41 topics
  4. Epidemiology129▼ 0.72×122 topics
  5. Globalization125▲ 1.41×88 topics
  6. Sustainability113◆ 1.03×74 topics
  7. Climate Change110◆ 0.90×88 topics
  8. Public Health89▲ 1.36×54 topics
  9. Social Media80▲ 1.24×31 topics
  10. Education79◆ 1.02×62 topics
  11. Neural Networks74◆ 1.06×35 topics
  12. Depression72▲ 1.82×25 topics
  13. Healthcare66▲ 1.30×28 topics
  14. Health Effects65▲ 2.4×22 topics
  15. Consumer Behavior64▲ 2.2×16 topics
  16. Social Justice59▲ 2.2×31 topics
  17. Student Engagement58▲ 3.2×13 topics
  18. Identity56▲ 1.70×45 topics
  19. Social Support55▲ 2.2×14 topics
  20. Security55▲ 1.86×20 topics
  21. Social Capital55▲ 2.3×15 topics
  22. Adolescents54▲ 3.2×9 topics
  23. Gender51▲ 2.1×37 topics
  24. Diversity50▲ 6.4×12 topics
  25. Child Development49▲ 2.6×8 topics
  26. Meta-Analysis49▲ 1.83×20 topics
  27. Higher Education47▲ 1.93×21 topics
  28. Emotion Regulation47▲ 3.3×9 topics
  29. IoT Security44▲ 3.1×3 topics
  30. Well-being44▲ 2.5×14 topics
  31. Health Promotion39▲ 2.7×13 topics
  32. Anomaly Detection38▲ 2.9×4 topics
  33. Health Outcomes38▲ 3.0×8 topics
  34. Self-Regulation35▲ 4.3×6 topics
  35. Academic Achievement34▲ 4.5×10 topics
  36. Academic Performance32▲ 8.5×4 topics
  37. Developmental Trajectories30▲ 5.4×3 topics
  38. Cultural Competence30▲ 5.2×6 topics
  39. Career Development29▲ 5.5×6 topics
  40. Educational Inequality28▲ 11×3 topics

What research is done in Greensboro?

  1. 1 Higher Education Research Studies Education 22 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 22 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 22 works
  4. 4 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 21 works
  5. 5 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 20 works
  6. 6 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 19 works
  7. 7 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 16 works
  8. 8 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 15 works
  9. 9 Physical Education and Pedagogy Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 15 works
  10. 10 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 15 works

Research output over time

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