Research in Indianapolis
Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Indianapolis. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.
- Research institutions
- 9 2 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 22k ▲ 50% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 16.5% 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 Indianapolis?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indiana University School of MedicineUniversity | 21,895 | #1,331 | |
| 2 | Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer CenterHospital / health system | 194 | #16,049 | |
| 3 | Eskenazi HealthHospital / health system | 96 | not ranked | |
| 4 | Marion County Public Health DepartmentGovernment institution | 20 | not ranked | |
| 5 | Indiana Health Information ExchangeNonprofit | 7 | not ranked | |
| 6 | Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science CenterResearch facility | 6 | not ranked | |
| 7 | Helix Biostructures (United States)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 8 | Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion CountyInstitution | 3 | not ranked | |
| 9 | Private Academic Library Network of Indiana, Inc. (PALNI)Nonprofit | 2 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Indianapolis strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Indianapolis is most concentrated in Nephrology, Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry and Mental health (6.3× the world share in Nephrology).
- NephrologySubfield · 45.2 works6.3×
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 40.6 works5.0×
- Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 79.1 works4.8×
- HepatologySubfield · 30.2 works4.8×
- Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 22.6 works4.6×
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 Indianapolis?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Biomarkers, Risk Factors, Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy and Treatment.
- Tau Pathology
- Vascular Risk Factors
- Dementia
- Caregiver Burden
- Cognitive Decline
- Prognosis
- Global Burden
- Genetic Mutations
- Neuroimaging
- Genetics
- Guidelines
- Management
- Neuroinflammation
- Aging
- Diagnosis
- Immunotherapy
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Quality of Life
- Treatment
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Oxidative Stress
- Risk Factors
- Cancer
- Biomarkers
- Chemotherapy
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Neurodegeneration
- Mortality
- Neurological Disorders
- Complications
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Prognostic Factors
- Therapeutic Strategies
- Brain Development
- Cognitive Training
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Amyloid Hypothesis
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
- Epidemiology355▲ 2.7×131 topics
- Inflammation203▲ 3.0×82 topics
- Oxidative Stress163▲ 3.0×59 topics
- Treatment114▲ 2.9×49 topics
- Risk Factors113▲ 3.1×36 topics
- Quality of Life110▲ 2.3×50 topics
- Cancer109▲ 2.5×52 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease105▲ 2.9×38 topics
- Biomarkers97▲ 4.3×17 topics
- Immunotherapy96▲ 4.1×18 topics
- Chemotherapy95▲ 4.1×24 topics
- Diagnosis92▲ 3.0×40 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome80▲ 3.0×22 topics
- Aging71▲ 4.0×18 topics
- Neurodegeneration70▲ 7.1×11 topics
- Neuroinflammation68▲ 7.3×6 topics
- Mortality66▲ 3.5×13 topics
- Management66▲ 2.5×31 topics
- Neurological Disorders63▲ 3.4×20 topics
- Guidelines61▲ 4.0×13 topics
- Complications60▲ 3.6×17 topics
- Genetics60▲ 2.6×25 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines59▲ 3.3×14 topics
- Neuroimaging57▲ 6.4×11 topics
- Alzheimer's Disease55▲ 5.9×9 topics
- Genetic Mutations55▲ 3.8×23 topics
- Chronic Kidney Disease54▲ 6.8×9 topics
- Global Burden53▲ 3.0×12 topics
- Prognostic Factors53▲ 3.6×14 topics
- Prognosis48▲ 4.5×9 topics
- Therapeutic Strategies40▲ 13×2 topics
- Cognitive Decline39▲ 9.9×2 topics
- Brain Development38▲ 6.6×6 topics
- Caregiver Burden36▲ 10×3 topics
- Cognitive Training36▲ 12×2 topics
- Dementia35▲ 11×2 topics
- Mild Cognitive Impairment35▲ 13×1 topic
- Vascular Risk Factors35▲ 13×1 topic
- Amyloid Hypothesis35▲ 18×1 topic
- Tau Pathology35▲ 18×1 topic
What research is done in Indianapolis?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 35 works
- 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 35 works
- 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 21 works
- 4 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 20 works
- 5 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 15 works
- 6 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 15 works
- 7 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 14 works
- 8 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 14 works
- 9 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
- 10 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 14 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.