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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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Kansas Medical CenterFunder 19,730 #1,537
2The University of Kansas Health SystemHospital / health system 1,629 #18,360
3Retina AssociatesHospital / health system 746 #16,735 all time
4Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeUniversity 114 not ranked
5Donnelly CollegeUniversity 111 not ranked
6National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic EquipmentNonprofit 79 not ranked
7International Union of Basic and Clinical PharmacologyNonprofit 35 not ranked
8Orbis Biosciences (United States)Company 8 not ranked
9Rainbow Communications (United States)Company 3 not ranked
10Kansas 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.

University of Kansas Medical Center: 87.9%The University of Kansas Health System: 7.3%Retina Associates: 3.3%Kansas City Kansas Community College: 0.5%6 others listed: 1.1%88%largest
University of Kansas Medical Center20k · 87.9%The University of Kansas Health System1,629 · 7.3%Retina Associates746 · 3.3%Kansas City Kansas Community College114 · 0.5%6 others listed237 · 1.1%

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).

  1. HematologySubfield · 74.5 works7.6×
  2. PhysiologySubfield · 140.0 works5.0×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 91.8 works4.9×
  4. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 73.3 works4.3×
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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 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.

▲ 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. Epidemiology334▲ 2.6×123 topics
  2. Inflammation224▲ 3.3×81 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress173▲ 3.3×57 topics
  4. Cancer121▲ 2.8×51 topics
  5. Quality of Life118▲ 2.5×51 topics
  6. Treatment115▲ 2.9×47 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease114▲ 3.2×35 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome96▲ 3.6×23 topics
  9. Risk Factors94▲ 2.6×34 topics
  10. Diagnosis91▲ 3.0×39 topics
  11. Biomarkers89▲ 4.0×17 topics
  12. Immunotherapy84▲ 3.6×19 topics
  13. Chemotherapy78▲ 3.4×25 topics
  14. Aging78▲ 4.4×18 topics
  15. Public Health71▲ 1.51×45 topics
  16. Mitochondrial Dysfunction69▲ 7.2×12 topics
  17. Obesity69▲ 2.8×22 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders68▲ 3.7×20 topics
  19. Clinical Trials68▲ 3.1×18 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors68▲ 4.8×14 topics
  21. Management67▲ 2.6×29 topics
  22. Genetics63▲ 2.8×22 topics
  23. Insulin Resistance61▲ 4.1×10 topics
  24. Complications54▲ 3.3×16 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines54▲ 3.0×14 topics
  26. Radiotherapy53▲ 4.3×13 topics
  27. Global Burden53▲ 3.0×12 topics
  28. Heart Failure52▲ 3.7×13 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations52▲ 3.7×23 topics
  30. Parkinson's Disease52▲ 6.6×8 topics
  31. Gene Expression50▲ 2.6×19 topics
  32. Guidelines49▲ 3.3×13 topics
  33. Prognosis49▲ 4.6×9 topics
  34. Neurodegeneration44▲ 4.5×11 topics
  35. Alzheimer's Disease43▲ 4.7×9 topics
  36. Neuroinflammation39▲ 4.2×6 topics
  37. Breast Cancer37▲ 4.8×11 topics
  38. Metabolic Regulation36▲ 6.7×5 topics
  39. Lymphoma35▲ 6.7×4 topics
  40. Tumor Regression30▲ 8.4×2 topics

What research is done in Kansas City?

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 26 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 24 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 19 works
  4. 4 Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases Genetics 16 works
  5. 5 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 16 works
  6. 6 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 16 works
  7. 7 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 15 works
  8. 8 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 14 works
  9. 9 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 14 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 14 works

Research output over time

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