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Research in Greenville

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Greenville, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are East Carolina University.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
24k
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
499k
21.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Greenville

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 Greenville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1East Carolina UniversityUniversity 23,343 #1,891
2Vidant HealthHospital / health system 159 #26,968 all time
3Physicians EastHospital / health system 40 not ranked
4StarRecreationNonprofit 32 not ranked
5GEM Tox Consultants & Labs (United States)Company 19 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.

East Carolina University: 98.9%Vidant Health: 0.7%Physicians East: 0.2%StarRecreation: 0.1%1 other listed: 0.1%99%largest
East Carolina University23k · 98.9%Vidant Health159 · 0.7%Physicians East40 · 0.2%StarRecreation32 · 0.1%1 other listed19 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Greenville work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Greenville is in Health Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Social Sciences (15%), Psychology (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,419 fractional works · 42.4% of its workMedicine: 1,170 fractional works · 35.0% of its workSurgery: 138 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 127 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 105 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 103 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 84 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 69 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 63 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 198 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 106 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,011 fractional works · 30.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 489 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 145 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 112 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGender Studies: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 234 fractional works · 7.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 85 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 77 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 98 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArcheology: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 89 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAccounting: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 64 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 50 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 532 fractional works · 15.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 143 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 126 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 125 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 54 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOceanography: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 385 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 210 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 104 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 74 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 59 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKGreenville3,347fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences42%Social Sciences30%

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. Health Sciences1,41942.4%
    1. Medicine1,17035.0%
    2. Health Professions1985.9%
    3. Dentistry290.9%
    4. Nursing200.6%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
  2. Social Sciences1,01130.2%
    1. Social Sciences48914.6%
    2. Psychology2347.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities982.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting892.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance641.9%
    6. Decision Sciences371.1%
    1. Environmental Science1434.3%
    2. Engineering1263.8%
    3. Computer Science1253.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences541.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy280.8%
    6. Mathematics210.6%
    7. Chemistry160.5%
    8. Materials Science120.4%
    9. Energy50.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2106.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences742.2%
    3. Neuroscience591.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology361.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Greenville strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Greenville is most concentrated in Library and Information Sciences (45.5× the world share in Library and Information Sciences).

  1. Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 25.9 works46×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 67 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 185 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.02× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 51 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 109 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 50 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 116 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 122 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 24 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.75× its world share, 25 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.28× its world share, 179 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.81× its world share, 1,036 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 88 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 80 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.26× its world share, 205 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 444 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.28×179 works
  2. Psychology2.26×205 works
  3. Medicine1.81×1,036 works
  4. Dentistry1.75×25 works
  5. Social Sciences1.18×444 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×185 works
  7. Nursing1.17×17 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.16×33 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.07×50 works
  10. Neuroscience1.06×51 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.02×31 works
  12. Arts and Humanities1.02×88 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.94×60 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.84×80 works
  15. Environmental Science0.82×122 works
  16. Mathematics0.54×19 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×67 works
  18. Computer Science0.47×109 works
  19. Veterinary0.44×2 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×5 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.36×24 works
  22. Chemistry0.31×14 works
  23. Engineering0.26×116 works
  24. Energy0.13×3 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.12×1 works
  26. Materials Science0.11×11 works

Which keywords describe research in Greenville?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Public Health, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Health Outcomes, Inflammation and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology243▲ 1.82×126 topics
  2. Mental Health116▲ 2.4×41 topics
  3. Public Health110▲ 2.3×55 topics
  4. Inflammation100▲ 1.40×74 topics
  5. Risk Factors96▲ 2.6×36 topics
  6. Quality of Life93▲ 1.93×52 topics
  7. Climate Change84◆ 0.92×83 topics
  8. Treatment78▲ 1.90×46 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease72▲ 1.89×36 topics
  10. Diagnosis70▲ 2.2×41 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress63◆ 1.14×53 topics
  12. Depression61▲ 2.1×22 topics
  13. Obesity59▲ 2.3×24 topics
  14. Guidelines49▲ 3.1×13 topics
  15. Health Outcomes48▲ 5.3×8 topics
  16. Mortality48▲ 2.5×13 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome47▲ 1.72×22 topics
  18. Primary Care46▲ 3.7×14 topics
  19. Heart Failure45▲ 3.0×13 topics
  20. Social Support44▲ 2.5×17 topics
  21. Global Burden43▲ 2.4×12 topics
  22. Physical Activity41▲ 2.5×11 topics
  23. Anxiety40▲ 2.5×11 topics
  24. Adolescents40▲ 3.2×9 topics
  25. Echocardiography39▲ 4.2×8 topics
  26. Digital Divide39▲ 4.5×7 topics
  27. Health Effects39▲ 1.91×22 topics
  28. Prevalence39▲ 2.8×15 topics
  29. Diversity38▲ 6.5×7 topics
  30. Well-being38▲ 2.9×12 topics
  31. Student Engagement33▲ 2.5×13 topics
  32. Cultural Competence31▲ 7.2×6 topics
  33. Self-Regulation29▲ 4.9×6 topics
  34. Health Disparities28▲ 3.3×8 topics
  35. Myocardial Infarction28▲ 3.5×7 topics
  36. Reflective Practice27▲ 4.2×7 topics
  37. Social Inclusion21▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Information Practices21▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Library Services21▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Academic Medicine20▲ 7.5×3 topics

What research is done in Greenville?

Library Science and Administration: 19 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 13 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 11 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 10 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 9 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 9 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …9Diversity and Career in Medicine: 9 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 9 fractional worksOlder Adults Driving Studies: 9 fractional works
Library and Information SciencesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsArcheology6 others

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

  1. 1 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 19 works
  2. 2 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  3. 3 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 11 works
  4. 4 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 10 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 10 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 9 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  8. 8 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 9 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  10. 10 Older Adults Driving Studies Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 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%Greenville14.2% 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 25.9% in 2016.

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