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%
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Which research institutions are in Iowa City?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of IowaUniversity | 100,584 | #540 | |
| 2 | University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsHospital / health system | 11,930 | #5,223 | |
| 3 | Iowa City Public LibraryArchive | 2,107 | #22,559 | |
| 4 | University of Iowa Health CareHospital / health system | 1,006 | #12,242 | |
| 5 | Iowa City VA Medical CenterHospital / health system | 806 | #8,393 all time | |
| 6 | Iowa City VA Health Care SystemHospital / health system | 645 | #10,009 | |
| 7 | University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s HospitalHospital / health system | 604 | #20,760 | |
| 8 | Iowa Policy ProjectNonprofit | 305 | #20,950 all time | |
| 9 | ACT FoundationNonprofit | 277 | #26,271 | |
| 10 | American College TestingUniversity | 236 | #19,442 all time | |
| 11 | ACTNonprofit | 178 | #36,673 all time | |
| 12 | Developmental Studies Hybridoma BankNonprofit | 54 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Digital Artefacts (United States)Company | 37 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Behavioral Diagnostics (United States)Company | 30 | not ranked | |
| 15 | University of Iowa FoundationNonprofit | 28 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Northeast Iowa Community CollegeUniversity | 18 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Ramdo (United States)Company | 15 | not ranked | |
| 18 | John Paul II Medical Research InstituteResearch facility | 6 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Safer SimInstitution | 4 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Heartland Center for Occupational Safety and HealthUniversity | 3 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Cottage Systems (United States)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Advanced Infoneering (United States)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Humanities IowaFunder | 2 | not ranked | |
| 24 | KidneedsNonprofit | 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
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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).
- Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 40.0 works4.4×
- Sensory SystemsSubfield · 28.4 works3.5×
- PeriodonticsSubfield · 49.8 works3.4×
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.
- Speech Perception
- Hearing Loss
- Mortality Risk
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuroprotection
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Prognostic Factors
- Rehabilitation
- Guidelines
- Biomarkers
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Neurological Disorders
- Management
- COVID-19
- Global Burden
- Public Health
- Cancer
- Treatment
- Oxidative Stress
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Risk Factors
- Quality of Life
- Mental Health
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Diagnosis
- Depression
- Chemotherapy
- Immunotherapy
- Clinical Trials
- Genetics
- Genetic Mutations
- Mortality
- Aging
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction
- Meta-Analysis
- Emotion Regulation
- Hypertension
- Health-related Quality of Life
- Language Development
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
- Epidemiology850▲ 2.0×131 topics
- Inflammation422▲ 1.89×82 topics
- Risk Factors312▲ 2.6×37 topics
- Oxidative Stress284▲ 1.62×59 topics
- Quality of Life284▲ 1.84×54 topics
- Treatment226▲ 1.74×50 topics
- Mental Health221▲ 1.41×42 topics
- Cancer209▲ 1.46×54 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease208▲ 1.75×36 topics
- Public Health190▲ 1.22×60 topics
- Diagnosis189▲ 1.90×41 topics
- Global Burden173▲ 3.0×12 topics
- Depression163▲ 1.73×22 topics
- COVID-19159◆ 1.09×26 topics
- Chemotherapy156▲ 2.1×25 topics
- Management156▲ 1.85×30 topics
- Immunotherapy150▲ 1.97×19 topics
- Neurological Disorders149▲ 2.5×20 topics
- Clinical Trials143▲ 1.99×19 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome139▲ 1.59×23 topics
- Genetics134▲ 1.79×25 topics
- Biomarkers129▲ 1.77×18 topics
- Genetic Mutations129▲ 2.8×23 topics
- Guidelines124▲ 2.5×13 topics
- Mortality123▲ 1.99×13 topics
- Rehabilitation120▲ 2.8×13 topics
- Aging117▲ 2.0×18 topics
- Prognostic Factors115▲ 2.5×14 topics
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction112▲ 3.5×12 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines111▲ 1.90×14 topics
- Meta-Analysis111▲ 1.76×18 topics
- Neuroprotection97▲ 2.6×16 topics
- Emotion Regulation92▲ 2.8×9 topics
- Neurodegeneration92▲ 2.9×11 topics
- Hypertension87▲ 2.8×15 topics
- Mortality Risk83▲ 3.3×6 topics
- Health-related Quality of Life82▲ 3.2×5 topics
- Hearing Loss66▲ 5.3×4 topics
- Language Development64▲ 4.9×5 topics
- Speech Perception62▲ 7.0×3 topics
What research is done in Iowa City?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementEpidemiology 36 works
- 2 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 35 works
- 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 33 works
- 4 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsNeurology 32 works
- 5 Hearing Loss and RehabilitationCognitive Neuroscience 32 works
- 6 Dental Health and Care UtilizationPeriodontics 30 works
- 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 28 works
- 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesGeneral Health Professions 28 works
- 9 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchCellular and Molecular Neuroscience 28 works
- 10 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 27 works
Research output over time
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