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Research in Lansing

Science Explorer records 46 research institutions in Lansing, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan Department of Education.

Research institutions
46
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.7k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.1%
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 Lansing?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Michigan Department of Natural ResourcesGovernment institution 1,317 #19,208
2Michigan Department of Health and Human ServicesGovernment institution 1,144 #13,675
3Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentGovernment institution 742 #14,548 all time
4Michigan Department of TransportationGovernment institution 653 #23,515
5Michigan Department of EducationGovernment institution 499 #23,228
6Sparrow HospitalHospital / health system 432 #26,870
7McLaren Greater LansingHospital / health system 276 #27,735
8Library of MichiganArchive 246 #15,756 all time
9Western Michigan University Cooley Law SchoolUniversity 191 #42,658 all time
10Sparrow Health SystemHospital / health system 186 #27,718
11Neogen (United States)Company 185 #39,466 all time
12Lansing Community CollegeUniversity 169 #35,909 all time
13Michigan Primary Care AssociationInstitution 135 #37,988 all time
14Michigan State PoliceGovernment institution 128 #39,045 all time
15Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and EnergyGovernment institution 102 not ranked
16Michigan History CenterArchive 43 not ranked
17NorthStar Cooperative (United States)Company 35 not ranked
18Niowave (United States)Company 26 not ranked
19Michigan Virtual UniversityUniversity 23 not ranked
20Metna (United States)Company 21 not ranked
21Progress MichiganNonprofit 19 not ranked
22Association for Childrens Mental HealthHospital / health system 11 not ranked
23Great Lakes Christian CollegeUniversity 10 not ranked
24Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory AffairsGovernment institution 10 not ranked
25EcoSynthetix (United States)Company 8 not ranked
26Michigan League for Public PolicyNonprofit 7 not ranked
27Mid Michigan Research (United States)Company 6 not ranked
28Michigan Economic Development CorporationGovernment institution 5 not ranked
29XG Sciences (United States)Company 5 not ranked
30Michigan State University FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
31Michigan Public Service CommissionGovernment institution 4 not ranked
32Beals instituteHospital / health system 4 not ranked
33Sparrow Thoracic Cardiovascular InstituteResearch facility 4 not ranked
34Michigan Institute for Educational ManagementNonprofit 3 not ranked
35Impression 5 Science CenterArchive 3 not ranked
36Capital Area District LibrariesArchive 3 not ranked
37Greater Lansing Food BankNonprofit 2 not ranked
38Liuman Technologies (United States)Company 2 not ranked
39Diocese of LansingInstitution 2 not ranked
40Michigan Department of Technology, Management & BudgetGovernment institution 1 not ranked
41Michigan Community Service CommissionGovernment institution 1 not ranked
42Mid Michigan Autism AssociationNonprofit 1 not ranked
43Michigan Department of Military and Veterans AffairsGovernment institution 1 not ranked
44Michigan Humanities CouncilFunder 1 not ranked
45Michigan State Housing Development AuthorityGovernment institution 0 not ranked
46Great Lakes Fishery TrustNonprofit 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.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources: 19.7%Michigan Department of Health and Human Services: 17.2%Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: 11.1%Michigan Department of Transportation: 9.8%40 others listed: 42.2%20%largest
Michigan Department of Natural Resources1,317 · 19.7%Michigan Department of Health and Human Services1,144 · 17.2%Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development742 · 11.1%Michigan Department of Transportation653 · 9.8%40 others listed2,814 · 42.2%

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

What is Lansing strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lansing is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (11.1× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 23.6 works11×
  2. EcologySubfield · 34.9 works5.0×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 38.1 works4.0×
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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 Lansing?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Habitat Fragmentation, Freshwater Biodiversity, Conservation Challenges and Flow Regulation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology76▲ 2.1×104 topics
  2. Climate Change56▲ 2.3×63 topics
  3. Invasive Species33▲ 8.7×13 topics
  4. Public Health32▲ 2.5×40 topics
  5. Mental Health30▲ 2.3×33 topics
  6. Risk Factors27▲ 2.8×28 topics
  7. Fisheries Sustainability26▲ 33×2 topics
  8. Treatment23▲ 2.1×37 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation23▲ 12×4 topics
  10. Diagnosis21▲ 2.5×32 topics
  11. Freshwater Biodiversity21▲ 39×2 topics
  12. Conservation Challenges20▲ 48×1 topic
  13. Flow Regulation20▲ 48×1 topic
  14. Biodiversity18▲ 2.7×19 topics
  15. Management14▲ 1.97×30 topics
  16. Trophic Cascades14▲ 16×2 topics
  17. Guidelines14▲ 3.2×12 topics
  18. Complications12▲ 2.8×16 topics
  19. Population Dynamics12▲ 5.5×7 topics
  20. Echocardiography11▲ 4.6×8 topics
  21. Conservation11▲ 2.8×16 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity11▲ 2.7×16 topics
  23. Driver Behavior11▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Adolescents10▲ 3.0×9 topics
  25. Catheter Ablation10▲ 8.8×2 topics
  26. Habitat Selection9▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Economic Security9▲ 4.7×5 topics
  28. Legal Regulation9▲ 4.5×6 topics
  29. Evidence-Based Practice8▲ 7.1×5 topics
  30. Animal Movement7▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Occupancy Rates7▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Conservation Genetics7▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Ecosystem Engineering7▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Atrial Fibrillation7▲ 7.9×2 topics
  35. Injury Severity7▲ 9.3×2 topics
  36. Biodiversity Loss7▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Arrhythmias6▲ 7.7×2 topics
  38. Ecosystem Management6▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Pedestrian Safety6▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Traffic Accidents6▲ 16×2 topics

What research is done in Lansing?

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 20 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 7 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 6 works
  5. 5 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 6 works
  6. 6 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 5 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  9. 9 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 5 works
  10. 10 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 4 works

Research output over time

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