Research in Indianapolis
Science Explorer records 138 research institutions in Indianapolis, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Eli Lilly (United States) and Indiana University Health.
- Research institutions
- 138 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 101k ▲ 6% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 17.4% 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 – Purdue University IndianapolisUniversity | 50,293 | #733 | |
| 2 | Eli Lilly (United States)Company | 14,964 | #1,662 | |
| 3 | University of IndianapolisUniversity | 4,274 | #6,074 | |
| 4 | Butler UniversityUniversity | 3,482 | #10,326 | |
| 5 | Indiana University HealthFunder | 3,061 | #4,889 | |
| 6 | Indianapolis ZooNonprofit | 2,802 | #17,031 | |
| 7 | Riley Hospital for ChildrenHospital / health system | 2,088 | #12,055 | |
| 8 | Methodist HospitalHospital / health system | 1,857 | #12,160 | |
| 9 | Martin UniversityUniversity | 1,584 | #13,065 | |
| 10 | Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,453 | #10,561 | |
| 11 | St Vincent HospitalHospital / health system | 1,275 | #24,485 | |
| 12 | Regenstrief InstituteNonprofit | 1,254 | #8,902 | |
| 13 | Marian University - IndianaUniversity | 955 | #15,824 | |
| 14 | Indiana University IndianapolisUniversity | 820 | #8,060 | |
| 15 | American College of Sports MedicineResearch facility | 781 | #27,110 | |
| 16 | Indiana University HospitalHospital / health system | 544 | #16,153 all time | |
| 17 | National CollegeUniversity | 515 | #23,240 | |
| 18 | Orthopaedic Research FoundationNonprofit | 457 | #7,789 all time | |
| 19 | Sidney & Lois Eskenazi HospitalHospital / health system | 438 | #13,890 all time | |
| 20 | Technicolor (United States)Company | 374 | #26,386 all time | |
| 21 | SpaceTech (United States)Company | 355 | #19,530 all time | |
| 22 | Methodist Sports MedicineHospital / health system | 337 | #33,139 all time | |
| 23 | Indiana Hand to Shoulder CenterHospital / health system | 329 | #14,045 | |
| 24 | Christian Theological SeminaryInstitution | 322 | #31,634 all time | |
| 25 | Walther Cancer FoundationInstitution | 320 | #9,029 all time | |
| 26 | Health and Hospital CorporationGovernment institution | 307 | #15,080 | |
| 27 | Indiana Cancer ConsortiumNonprofit | 285 | #13,629 | |
| 28 | Anthem (United States)Company | 259 | #31,175 all time | |
| 29 | Larue Carter HospitalHospital / health system | 236 | #20,235 all time | |
| 30 | Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis CenterNonprofit | 213 | #29,643 all time | |
| 31 | Ivy Tech Community College of IndianaUniversity | 207 | #31,289 all time | |
| 32 | Indiana Department of TransportationGovernment institution | 205 | #39,412 all time | |
| 33 | Sigma Theta Tau InternationalHospital / health system | 197 | #21,352 all time | |
| 34 | Indiana Department of Natural ResourcesGovernment institution | 190 | #31,524 all time | |
| 35 | Indiana State Department of HealthGovernment institution | 190 | #33,843 all time | |
| 36 | Rehabilitation Hospital of IndianaHospital / health system | 183 | #41,468 all time | |
| 37 | Richard M. Fairbanks FoundationNonprofit | 178 | #31,489 all time | |
| 38 | Midwest Eye InstituteHospital / health system | 175 | #28,652 all time | |
| 39 | Global MinistriesNonprofit | 165 | #40,547 all time | |
| 40 | Urology of IndianaHospital / health system | 165 | #38,251 all time | |
| 41 | NobleNonprofit | 158 | #35,073 all time | |
| 42 | Indiana Spine GroupHospital / health system | 153 | #37,034 all time | |
| 43 | Indiana Orthopaedic HospitalHospital / health system | 150 | #38,060 all time | |
| 44 | Community Health NetworkHospital / health system | 148 | #38,641 all time | |
| 45 | Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and PreventionNonprofit | 138 | #40,569 all time | |
| 46 | Eskenazi Health FoundationHospital / health system | 137 | #37,183 all time | |
| 47 | American College of EducationUniversity | 126 | #37,255 all time | |
| 48 | Franciscan Health IndianapolisHospital / health system | 126 | #33,747 all time | |
| 49 | Family and Social Services AdministrationGovernment institution | 101 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences InstituteGovernment institution | 96 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Medical Decision Modeling (United States)Company | 89 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Price Vision GroupHospital / health system | 83 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Cornea Research Foundation of AmericaNonprofit | 78 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Advanced Science and Automation (United States)Company | 76 | not ranked | |
| 55 | National Collegiate Athletic AssociationNonprofit | 69 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St.VincentHospital / health system | 67 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Indiana State Department of EducationGovernment institution | 64 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Indiana Biosciences Research InstituteNonprofit | 60 | not ranked | |
| 59 | American Health NetworkHospital / health system | 60 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Indianapolis Museum of ArtArchive | 55 | 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 Family Practice, Transplantation and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (5.1× the world share in Family Practice).
- Family PracticeSubfield · 30.8 works5.1×
- TransplantationSubfield · 28.3 works5.0×
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 262.5 works3.8×
- Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 220.0 works3.5×
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 105.7 works3.4×
- NephrologySubfield · 87.3 works3.2×
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, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Oxidative Stress, Cardiovascular Disease, Biomarkers and Glycemic Control.
- Vascular Risk Factors
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Neurodegeneration
- Clinical Guidelines
- Global Burden
- Glycemic Control
- Mortality
- Aging
- Obesity
- Complications
- Clinical Trials
- Immunotherapy
- Chemotherapy
- Cancer
- Mental Health
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Quality of Life
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Oxidative Stress
- Risk Factors
- Treatment
- Public Health
- Biomarkers
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Diagnosis
- Heart Failure
- Depression
- Genetics
- Diabetes
- Neurological Disorders
- Guidelines
- Neuroinflammation
- Primary Care
- Insulin Therapy
- Neuroimaging
- Cognitive Training
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
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
- Epidemiology1,055▲ 2.1×135 topics
- Inflammation536▲ 2.0×83 topics
- Oxidative Stress396▲ 1.90×61 topics
- Quality of Life396▲ 2.1×56 topics
- Risk Factors346▲ 2.5×37 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease332▲ 2.3×39 topics
- Treatment318▲ 2.0×52 topics
- Mental Health293▲ 1.56×44 topics
- Public Health288▲ 1.55×63 topics
- Cancer271▲ 1.58×53 topics
- Biomarkers265▲ 3.0×18 topics
- Chemotherapy240▲ 2.7×25 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome237▲ 2.3×23 topics
- Immunotherapy236▲ 2.6×19 topics
- Diagnosis236▲ 1.98×41 topics
- Clinical Trials223▲ 2.6×19 topics
- Heart Failure221▲ 4.0×14 topics
- Complications206▲ 3.2×17 topics
- Depression203▲ 1.81×23 topics
- Obesity196▲ 2.0×26 topics
- Genetics192▲ 2.1×27 topics
- Aging188▲ 2.7×18 topics
- Diabetes184▲ 2.9×20 topics
- Mortality172▲ 2.3×13 topics
- Neurological Disorders169▲ 2.3×20 topics
- Glycemic Control167▲ 8.5×4 topics
- Guidelines163▲ 2.7×13 topics
- Global Burden162▲ 2.4×12 topics
- Neuroinflammation152▲ 4.2×6 topics
- Clinical Guidelines151▲ 4.1×9 topics
- Primary Care150▲ 3.1×15 topics
- Neurodegeneration148▲ 3.9×11 topics
- Insulin Therapy146▲ 9.4×3 topics
- Alzheimer's Disease146▲ 4.0×9 topics
- Neuroimaging142▲ 4.1×11 topics
- Type 2 Diabetes127▲ 4.5×6 topics
- Cognitive Training88▲ 7.6×2 topics
- Type 1 Diabetes88▲ 8.2×2 topics
- Mild Cognitive Impairment87▲ 8.1×1 topic
- Vascular Risk Factors87▲ 8.1×1 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 87 works
- 2 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 78 works
- 3 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 76 works
- 4 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 53 works
- 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 46 works
- 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 45 works
- 7 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 42 works
- 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 42 works
- 9 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 35 works
- 10 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 35 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.