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Research in Hattiesburg

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Hattiesburg, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Southern Mississippi and William Carey University.

Research institutions
8
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.6%
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 Hattiesburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Southern MississippiUniversity 12,255 #3,273
2William Carey UniversityUniversity 1,958 #15,355
3Hattiesburg ClinicHospital / health system 204 #34,101 all time
4Forrest General HospitalHospital / health system 75 not ranked
5Hybrid Plastics (United States)Company 54 not ranked
6Pine Belt Mental Healthcare ResourcesHospital / health system 9 not ranked
7Library of Hattiesburg, Petal and Forrest CountyArchive 0 not ranked
8Dream of HattiesburgNonprofit 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 Southern Mississippi: 84.2%William Carey University: 13.5%Hattiesburg Clinic: 1.4%Forrest General Hospital: 0.5%2 others listed: 0.4%84%largest
University of Southern Mississippi12k · 84.2%William Carey University1,958 · 13.5%Hattiesburg Clinic204 · 1.4%Forrest General Hospital75 · 0.5%2 others listed63 · 0.4%

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

What is Hattiesburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Hattiesburg is most concentrated in Oceanography (5.3× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 25.8 works5.3×
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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 Hattiesburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Epidemiology, Climate Change, Student Engagement, Public Opinion, Public Health, Political Philosophy and Federalism.

▲ 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. Epidemiology88▲ 1.28×105 topics
  2. Mental Health69▲ 2.7×36 topics
  3. Climate Change60▲ 1.29×58 topics
  4. Machine Learning53◆ 0.94×62 topics
  5. Public Health44▲ 1.73×39 topics
  6. Deep Learning43▼ 0.72×59 topics
  7. Globalization39◆ 1.13×58 topics
  8. Human Rights35▲ 1.98×39 topics
  9. Depression31▲ 2.0×18 topics
  10. Quality of Life31▲ 1.25×41 topics
  11. Social Media31▲ 1.26×22 topics
  12. Corporate Governance29▲ 2.2×20 topics
  13. Nanocomposites28▲ 2.0×16 topics
  14. Student Engagement28▲ 4.0×13 topics
  15. Social Support28▲ 2.9×15 topics
  16. Risk Factors27▲ 1.41×33 topics
  17. Nationalism25▲ 3.1×12 topics
  18. Emotion Regulation23▲ 4.2×8 topics
  19. Identity23▲ 1.79×30 topics
  20. Adolescents21▲ 3.3×7 topics
  21. Social Justice21▲ 2.1×25 topics
  22. Public Opinion20▲ 9.2×5 topics
  23. Political Philosophy19▲ 19×4 topics
  24. Well-being19▲ 2.8×13 topics
  25. Federalism18▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Feminism18▲ 3.6×15 topics
  27. Diversity17▲ 5.6×8 topics
  28. Discrimination17▲ 5.0×6 topics
  29. American founding16▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Constitutional government16▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Fisheries Sustainability16▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Conducting Polymers16▲ 6.4×2 topics
  33. Developmental Trajectories16▲ 7.3×3 topics
  34. Intersectionality15▲ 4.8×11 topics
  35. Injury Prevention13▲ 6.3×5 topics
  36. Academic Performance13▲ 9.1×3 topics
  37. Anxiety Disorders12▲ 6.2×2 topics
  38. Polymer Blends12▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Special Education12▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Price Discrimination11▲ 17×2 topics

What research is done in Hattiesburg?

  1. 1 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  2. 2 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 11 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 9 works
  5. 5 Higher Education Research Studies Education 9 works
  6. 6 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 9 works
  7. 7 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 8 works
  8. 8 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  10. 10 Merger and Competition Analysis Economics and Econometrics 8 works

Research output over time

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