Research in Kansas City
Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Kansas City, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Kansas Medical Center and The University of Kansas Health System.
- Research institutions
- 10 2 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 22k ▲ 13% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 13.9% 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 Kansas City?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Kansas Medical CenterFunder | 19,730 | #1,537 | |
| 2 | The University of Kansas Health SystemHospital / health system | 1,629 | #18,360 | |
| 3 | Retina AssociatesHospital / health system | 746 | #16,735 all time | |
| 4 | Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeUniversity | 114 | not ranked | |
| 5 | Donnelly CollegeUniversity | 111 | not ranked | |
| 6 | National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic EquipmentNonprofit | 79 | not ranked | |
| 7 | International Union of Basic and Clinical PharmacologyNonprofit | 35 | not ranked | |
| 8 | Orbis Biosciences (United States)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 9 | Rainbow Communications (United States)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 10 | Kansas City, Kansas Public LibraryArchive | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Kansas City strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Kansas City is most concentrated in Hematology, Physiology and Neurology (7.6× the world share in Hematology).
- HematologySubfield · 74.5 works7.6×
- PhysiologySubfield · 140.0 works5.0×
- NeurologySubfield · 91.8 works4.9×
- Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 73.3 works4.3×
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 Kansas City?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Treatment, Quality of Life and Metabolic Syndrome.
- Tumor Regression
- Metabolic Regulation
- Neuroinflammation
- Neurodegeneration
- Guidelines
- Parkinson's Disease
- Heart Failure
- Radiotherapy
- Complications
- Genetics
- Prognostic Factors
- Neurological Disorders
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction
- Aging
- Immunotherapy
- Diagnosis
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Treatment
- Cancer
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Oxidative Stress
- Quality of Life
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Risk Factors
- Biomarkers
- Chemotherapy
- Public Health
- Obesity
- Clinical Trials
- Management
- Insulin Resistance
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Global Burden
- Genetic Mutations
- Gene Expression
- Prognosis
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Breast Cancer
- Lymphoma
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
- Epidemiology334▲ 2.6×123 topics
- Inflammation224▲ 3.3×81 topics
- Oxidative Stress173▲ 3.3×57 topics
- Cancer121▲ 2.8×51 topics
- Quality of Life118▲ 2.5×51 topics
- Treatment115▲ 2.9×47 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease114▲ 3.2×35 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome96▲ 3.6×23 topics
- Risk Factors94▲ 2.6×34 topics
- Diagnosis91▲ 3.0×39 topics
- Biomarkers89▲ 4.0×17 topics
- Immunotherapy84▲ 3.6×19 topics
- Chemotherapy78▲ 3.4×25 topics
- Aging78▲ 4.4×18 topics
- Public Health71▲ 1.51×45 topics
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction69▲ 7.2×12 topics
- Obesity69▲ 2.8×22 topics
- Neurological Disorders68▲ 3.7×20 topics
- Clinical Trials68▲ 3.1×18 topics
- Prognostic Factors68▲ 4.8×14 topics
- Management67▲ 2.6×29 topics
- Genetics63▲ 2.8×22 topics
- Insulin Resistance61▲ 4.1×10 topics
- Complications54▲ 3.3×16 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines54▲ 3.0×14 topics
- Radiotherapy53▲ 4.3×13 topics
- Global Burden53▲ 3.0×12 topics
- Heart Failure52▲ 3.7×13 topics
- Genetic Mutations52▲ 3.7×23 topics
- Parkinson's Disease52▲ 6.6×8 topics
- Gene Expression50▲ 2.6×19 topics
- Guidelines49▲ 3.3×13 topics
- Prognosis49▲ 4.6×9 topics
- Neurodegeneration44▲ 4.5×11 topics
- Alzheimer's Disease43▲ 4.7×9 topics
- Neuroinflammation39▲ 4.2×6 topics
- Breast Cancer37▲ 4.8×11 topics
- Metabolic Regulation36▲ 6.7×5 topics
- Lymphoma35▲ 6.7×4 topics
- Tumor Regression30▲ 8.4×2 topics
What research is done in Kansas City?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 26 works
- 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 24 works
- 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 19 works
- 4 Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases Genetics 16 works
- 5 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 16 works
- 6 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 16 works
- 7 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 15 works
- 8 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 14 works
- 9 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 14 works
- 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 14 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.