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Research in Lancaster

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Lancaster, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Franklin & Marshall College and Lancaster General Hospital.

Research institutions
18
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.1k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.8%
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 Lancaster?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Franklin & Marshall CollegeUniversity 3,479 #12,207
2Lancaster General HospitalHospital / health system 657 #23,023
3Armstrong World Industries (United States)Company 281 #34,467 all time
4Advanced Cooling Technologies (United States)Company 249 #26,504 all time
5Thermacore (United States)Company 110 not ranked
6Pennsylvania College of Health SciencesUniversity 108 not ranked
7Lancaster Bible CollegeUniversity 49 not ranked
8Industrial Science & Technology Network (United States)Company 42 not ranked
9Kauffman Physical TherapyHospital / health system 26 not ranked
10Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignUniversity 18 not ranked
11Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyUniversity 13 not ranked
12Oyster Point Family Health CenterResearch facility 8 not ranked
13Cosmopolitan InternationalNonprofit 6 not ranked
14World Technology Evaluation CenterNonprofit 2 not ranked
15Library System of Lancaster CountyArchive 2 not ranked
16Advanced Threat AnalysisInstitution 2 not ranked
17Ferree FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
18Lancaster Education FoundationNonprofit 0 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.

Franklin & Marshall College: 68.9%Lancaster General Hospital: 13.0%Armstrong World Industries (United States): 5.6%Advanced Cooling Technologies (United States): 4.9%13 others listed: 7.7%69%largest
Franklin & Marshall College3,479 · 68.9%Lancaster General Hospital657 · 13.0%Armstrong World Industries (United States)281 · 5.6%Advanced Cooling Technologies (United States)249 · 4.9%13 others listed387 · 7.7%

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

Which keywords describe research in Lancaster?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Heat Exchangers, Globalization, Nationalism, Identity, Gender, Religion and Colonialism.

▲ 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. Globalization26▲ 2.5×38 topics
  2. Heat Transfer19▲ 7.1×9 topics
  3. Identity19▲ 4.8×26 topics
  4. Nationalism16▲ 6.5×13 topics
  5. Gender16▲ 5.5×23 topics
  6. Heat Exchangers16▲ 38×2 topics
  7. Religion15▲ 6.0×17 topics
  8. History15▲ 4.0×20 topics
  9. Colonialism14▲ 5.6×18 topics
  10. Climate Change14◆ 0.96×42 topics
  11. Mental Health14▲ 1.76×26 topics
  12. Neuroscience12▲ 7.5×15 topics
  13. Culture12▲ 4.2×14 topics
  14. Literature11▲ 3.9×18 topics
  15. Ethics10▲ 3.9×15 topics
  16. Two-Phase Flow10▲ 25×3 topics
  17. Boiling Heat Transfer10▲ 72×1 topic
  18. Microchannels10▲ 72×1 topic
  19. Feminism9▲ 5.9×9 topics
  20. Social Justice8▲ 2.6×14 topics
  21. Public Opinion8▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Race8▲ 12×11 topics
  23. Thermal Management7▲ 4.1×4 topics
  24. Neoliberalism7▲ 3.6×12 topics
  25. Numerical Simulation7▲ 4.3×3 topics
  26. Emotion6▲ 5.7×9 topics
  27. Late Antiquity6▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Thermodynamic Modeling6▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Federalism6▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Psychology6▲ 8.4×4 topics
  31. Convective Heat Transfer6▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Microchannel6▲ 21×1 topic
  33. Politics6▲ 4.0×8 topics
  34. Society6▲ 5.3×9 topics
  35. American founding5▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Constitutional government5▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Cryogenic Storage5▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)5▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Empathy4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  40. Church History4▲ 17×2 topics

What research is done in Lancaster?

  1. 1 Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies Mechanical Engineering 10 works
  2. 2 Heat Transfer and Optimization Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  4. 4 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 4 works
  6. 6 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 3 works
  7. 7 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 3 works
  8. 8 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 3 works
  9. 9 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 3 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 3 works

Research output over time

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