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Research in Jacksonville

Science Explorer records 39 research institutions in Jacksonville, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of North Florida, Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates and Jacksonville University.

Research institutions
39
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
46k
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3M
28.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Jacksonville

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 Jacksonville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of North FloridaUniversity 6,519 #2,246
2Jacksonville UniversityUniversity 2,903 #8,042
3Nemours Children's Health SystemHospital / health system 2,351 #9,047
4Pulmonary and Critical Care AssociatesHospital / health system 1,867 #5,126
5Child Guidance CenterHospital / health system 1,424 #18,191
6Jones CollegeUniversity 858 #13,241
7St. Vincent's Medical CenterHospital / health system 839 #16,011
8Baptist Medical Center JacksonvilleHospital / health system 379 #21,859
9Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 344 #28,997 all time
10Florida State College at JacksonvilleUniversity 168 #27,964 all time
11Florida Coastal School of LawUniversity 134 #33,838 all time
12Wolfson Children's HospitalHospital / health system 130 #33,296 all time
13Brooks Rehabilitation Clinical Research CenterHospital / health system 119 not ranked
14Edward Waters UniversityUniversity 83 not ranked
15Borland Groover ClinicHospital / health system 78 not ranked
16Duval County Public SchoolsUniversity 77 not ranked
17Renova Life (United States)Company 41 not ranked
18Baptist Medical Center BeachesHospital / health system 39 not ranked
19Community Rehabilitation CenterNonprofit 34 not ranked
20American Association of Clinical EndocrinologistsNonprofit 30 not ranked
21First Coast Cardiovascular InstituteHospital / health system 28 not ranked
22Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida FoundationNonprofit 25 not ranked
23Jacksonville Center for Clinical ResearchResearch facility 16 not ranked
24Nonagen Bioscience (United States)Company 16 not ranked
25Florida State Association of Rehabilitation NursesHospital / health system 13 not ranked
26Trinity Baptist CollegeUniversity 12 not ranked
27Partnership for Child HealthInstitution 11 not ranked
28Heekin ClinicHospital / health system 11 not ranked
29Gateway Community Services (United States)Company 10 not ranked
30Northeast Florida Healthy Start CoalitionHospital / health system 5 not ranked
31River Region Human ServicesNonprofit 4 not ranked
32Jacksonville Public LibraryArchive 4 not ranked
33St. Joe Community FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
34Analysis Design & Diagnostics (United States)Company 3 not ranked
35Women's Center of JacksonvilleNonprofit 2 not ranked
36Jacksonville Public Education FundInstitution 1 not ranked
37American Association of Avian PathologistsNonprofit 1 not ranked
38Arthur Vining Davis FoundationsNonprofit 1 not ranked
39Westside Center for Clinical ResearchResearch facility 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. 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 North Florida: 35.1%Jacksonville University: 15.6%Nemours Children's Health System: 12.7%Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates: 10.0%34 others listed: 26.6%35%largest
University of North Florida6,519 · 35.1%Jacksonville University2,903 · 15.6%Nemours Children's Health System2,351 · 12.7%Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates1,867 · 10.0%34 others listed4,944 · 26.6%

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

Which fields of science does Jacksonville work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research in Jacksonville is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 7,535 fractional works · 66.2% of its workMedicine: 6,989 fractional works · 61.4% of its workSurgery: 1,121 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 731 fractional works · 6.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 549 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEpidemiology: 488 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOncology: 441 fractional works · 3.9% of its workNeurology: 327 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 287 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 283 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 272 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 202 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 198 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 171 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 167 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 167 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 147 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 144 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 133 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 104 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 79 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 75 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 441 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 224 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,484 fractional works · 13.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 889 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 444 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 216 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 100 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 280 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 84 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 75 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 204 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 156 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 81 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,339 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 555 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 169 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 126 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 339 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 141 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 94 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 172 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 117 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 96 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 98 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,016 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEngineering: 355 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 168 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 124 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 283 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 126 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 131 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKJacksonville11kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences66%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences7,53566.2%
    1. Medicine6,98961.4%
    2. Health Professions4413.9%
    3. Nursing590.5%
    4. Dentistry320.3%
    5. Veterinary130.1%
  2. Life Sciences1,48413.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8897.8%
    2. Neuroscience2802.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology2041.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences810.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics290.3%
  3. Social Sciences1,33911.8%
    1. Social Sciences5554.9%
    2. Psychology3393.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1721.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1171.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities980.9%
    6. Decision Sciences580.5%
    1. Engineering3553.1%
    2. Computer Science2832.5%
    3. Environmental Science1311.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy710.6%
    5. Mathematics590.5%
    6. Materials Science540.5%
    7. Chemistry280.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences250.2%
    9. Energy80.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Jacksonville strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Jacksonville is most concentrated in Transplantation, Genetics and Neurology (7.3× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 32.4 works7.3×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 151.5 works5.6×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 290.2 works5.1×
  4. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 53.7 works5.0×
  5. GastroenterologySubfield · 57.0 works4.9×
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 473.2 works4.6×
  7. Internal MedicineSubfield · 27.6 works4.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 69 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.43× its world share, 755 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 173 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 240 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 237 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 312 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 114 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 46 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 59 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 28 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 389 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.21× its world share, 6,096 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 50 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.87× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 83 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 155 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 50 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 106 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 297 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 484 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.21×6,096 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.74×173 works
  3. Neuroscience1.50×240 works
  4. Health Professions1.49×389 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.43×755 works
  6. Nursing1.04×50 works
  7. Psychology0.99×297 works
  8. Veterinary0.87×12 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×24 works
  10. Dentistry0.59×28 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.53×50 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×106 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×155 works
  14. Mathematics0.43×50 works
  15. Social Sciences0.39×484 works
  16. Computer Science0.31×237 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.29×83 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.27×59 works
  19. Environmental Science0.23×114 works
  20. Engineering0.21×312 works
  21. Chemistry0.16×24 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×69 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×21 works
  24. Materials Science0.13×46 works
  25. Energy0.07×7 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.06×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Jacksonville?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Management and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology1,112▲ 2.5×138 topics
  2. Inflammation466▲ 1.93×83 topics
  3. Treatment434▲ 3.1×50 topics
  4. Diagnosis425▲ 4.0×41 topics
  5. Quality of Life346▲ 2.1×55 topics
  6. Immunotherapy324▲ 3.9×19 topics
  7. Management309▲ 3.4×35 topics
  8. Risk Factors299▲ 2.4×36 topics
  9. Chemotherapy297▲ 3.7×25 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress278▲ 1.48×60 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease252▲ 1.94×38 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors250▲ 5.1×14 topics
  13. Cancer239▲ 1.56×55 topics
  14. Heart Failure234▲ 4.6×13 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations228▲ 4.6×23 topics
  16. Complications227▲ 4.0×17 topics
  17. Biomarkers220▲ 2.8×18 topics
  18. Public Health218▲ 1.31×63 topics
  19. Guidelines216▲ 4.0×13 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines212▲ 3.4×14 topics
  21. Radiotherapy203▲ 4.5×13 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders198▲ 3.0×20 topics
  23. Surgical Management197▲ 4.2×20 topics
  24. Obesity195▲ 2.2×27 topics
  25. Echocardiography195▲ 6.2×8 topics
  26. Genetics188▲ 2.3×25 topics
  27. Clinical Trials187▲ 2.5×19 topics
  28. Precision Medicine170▲ 3.0×8 topics
  29. Neurodegeneration152▲ 4.3×11 topics
  30. Prognosis147▲ 3.9×9 topics
  31. Rehabilitation146▲ 3.2×13 topics
  32. Surgery140▲ 3.5×12 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk128▲ 3.6×9 topics
  34. Neuroimaging121▲ 3.9×11 topics
  35. Rituximab121▲ 7.3×4 topics
  36. Neuroinflammation121▲ 3.7×6 topics
  37. Immunosuppressive Therapy118▲ 5.4×8 topics
  38. Neoadjuvant Therapy116▲ 4.3×5 topics
  39. Lymphoma110▲ 6.0×4 topics
  40. Transplantation92▲ 7.8×4 topics

What research is done in Jacksonville?

Lymphoma Diagnosis and T…52Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 52 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…50Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 50 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 48 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 47 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 45 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 44 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 44 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…42Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 42 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 42 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 40 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePsychiatry and Mental health5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 52 works
  2. 2 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 50 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 48 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 47 works
  5. 5 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 45 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 44 works
  7. 7 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 44 works
  8. 8 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 42 works
  9. 9 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 42 works
  10. 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 40 works

Research output over time

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Jacksonville16.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.9% in 2016.

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