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Research in Iowa City

Science Explorer records 24 research institutions in Iowa City, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Iowa, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Iowa City VA Health Care System.

Research institutions
24
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
119k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
16.6%
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 Iowa City?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of IowaUniversity 100,584 #540
2University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsHospital / health system 11,930 #5,223
3Iowa City Public LibraryArchive 2,107 #22,559
4University of Iowa Health CareHospital / health system 1,006 #12,242
5Iowa City VA Medical CenterHospital / health system 806 #8,393 all time
6Iowa City VA Health Care SystemHospital / health system 645 #10,009
7University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s HospitalHospital / health system 604 #20,760
8Iowa Policy ProjectNonprofit 305 #20,950 all time
9ACT FoundationNonprofit 277 #26,271
10American College TestingUniversity 236 #19,442 all time
11ACTNonprofit 178 #36,673 all time
12Developmental Studies Hybridoma BankNonprofit 54 not ranked
13Digital Artefacts (United States)Company 37 not ranked
14Behavioral Diagnostics (United States)Company 30 not ranked
15University of Iowa FoundationNonprofit 28 not ranked
16Northeast Iowa Community CollegeUniversity 18 not ranked
17Ramdo (United States)Company 15 not ranked
18John Paul II Medical Research InstituteResearch facility 6 not ranked
19Safer SimInstitution 4 not ranked
20Heartland Center for Occupational Safety and HealthUniversity 3 not ranked
21Cottage Systems (United States)Company 2 not ranked
22Advanced Infoneering (United States)Company 2 not ranked
23Humanities IowaFunder 2 not ranked
24KidneedsNonprofit 1 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 Iowa: 84.6%University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics: 10.0%Iowa City Public Library: 1.8%University of Iowa Health Care: 0.8%20 others listed: 2.7%85%largest
University of Iowa101k · 84.6%University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics12k · 10.0%Iowa City Public Library2,107 · 1.8%University of Iowa Health Care1,006 · 0.8%20 others listed3,253 · 2.7%

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

What is Iowa City strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Iowa City is most concentrated in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Sensory Systems and Periodontics (4.4× the world share in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems).

  1. Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 40.0 works4.4×
  2. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 28.4 works3.5×
  3. PeriodonticsSubfield · 49.8 works3.4×
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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 Iowa City?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Oxidative Stress, Global Burden, Treatment and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology850▲ 2.0×131 topics
  2. Inflammation422▲ 1.89×82 topics
  3. Risk Factors312▲ 2.6×37 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress284▲ 1.62×59 topics
  5. Quality of Life284▲ 1.84×54 topics
  6. Treatment226▲ 1.74×50 topics
  7. Mental Health221▲ 1.41×42 topics
  8. Cancer209▲ 1.46×54 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease208▲ 1.75×36 topics
  10. Public Health190▲ 1.22×60 topics
  11. Diagnosis189▲ 1.90×41 topics
  12. Global Burden173▲ 3.0×12 topics
  13. Depression163▲ 1.73×22 topics
  14. COVID-19159◆ 1.09×26 topics
  15. Chemotherapy156▲ 2.1×25 topics
  16. Management156▲ 1.85×30 topics
  17. Immunotherapy150▲ 1.97×19 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders149▲ 2.5×20 topics
  19. Clinical Trials143▲ 1.99×19 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome139▲ 1.59×23 topics
  21. Genetics134▲ 1.79×25 topics
  22. Biomarkers129▲ 1.77×18 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations129▲ 2.8×23 topics
  24. Guidelines124▲ 2.5×13 topics
  25. Mortality123▲ 1.99×13 topics
  26. Rehabilitation120▲ 2.8×13 topics
  27. Aging117▲ 2.0×18 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors115▲ 2.5×14 topics
  29. Mitochondrial Dysfunction112▲ 3.5×12 topics
  30. Clinical Practice Guidelines111▲ 1.90×14 topics
  31. Meta-Analysis111▲ 1.76×18 topics
  32. Neuroprotection97▲ 2.6×16 topics
  33. Emotion Regulation92▲ 2.8×9 topics
  34. Neurodegeneration92▲ 2.9×11 topics
  35. Hypertension87▲ 2.8×15 topics
  36. Mortality Risk83▲ 3.3×6 topics
  37. Health-related Quality of Life82▲ 3.2×5 topics
  38. Hearing Loss66▲ 5.3×4 topics
  39. Language Development64▲ 4.9×5 topics
  40. Speech Perception62▲ 7.0×3 topics

What research is done in Iowa City?

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementEpidemiology 36 works
  2. 2 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 35 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 33 works
  4. 4 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsNeurology 32 works
  5. 5 Hearing Loss and RehabilitationCognitive Neuroscience 32 works
  6. 6 Dental Health and Care UtilizationPeriodontics 30 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 28 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesGeneral Health Professions 28 works
  9. 9 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchCellular and Molecular Neuroscience 28 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 27 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.