Research in Las Vegas
Science Explorer records 48 research institutions in Las Vegas, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Touro University Nevada and Clinical Research Consortium.
- Research institutions
- 48 5 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 28k ▼ 9% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 520k 18.5 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 17.3% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Las Vegas?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Nevada, Las VegasUniversity | 23,752 | #883 | |
| 2 | Touro University NevadaUniversity | 627 | #15,516 | |
| 3 | Clinical Research ConsortiumInstitution | 414 | #17,548 | |
| 4 | National Security Technologies (United States)Company | 357 | #27,081 all time | |
| 5 | Valley Hospital Medical CenterHospital / health system | 343 | #21,515 | |
| 6 | Las Vegas InstituteUniversity | 305 | #18,818 all time | |
| 7 | Lou Ruvo Brain InstituteResearch facility | 305 | #20,280 | |
| 8 | Comprehensive Cancer Centers of NevadaHospital / health system | 248 | #30,007 all time | |
| 9 | Southern Nevada Water AuthorityGovernment institution | 194 | #18,311 all time | |
| 10 | Clark County School DistrictUniversity | 148 | #30,104 all time | |
| 11 | Fertility Center of Las VegasHospital / health system | 126 | #34,509 all time | |
| 12 | Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral MedicineHospital / health system | 115 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Children's Heart Center NevadaHospital / health system | 111 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Longenecker and Associates (United States)Company | 101 | not ranked | |
| 15 | HealthCare Partners Medical GroupHospital / health system | 87 | not ranked | |
| 16 | International Game Technology (United States)Company | 80 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Manufacturing Laboratories (United States)Company | 71 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Southern Nevada Health DistrictGovernment institution | 68 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Sher FertilityHospital / health system | 63 | not ranked | |
| 20 | St. Rose Dominican HospitalHospital / health system | 52 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Women's Cancer Center of NevadaHospital / health system | 49 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Clinical Research Center of NevadaHospital / health system | 45 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Southeast Career Technical AcademyUniversity | 29 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Las Vegas Academy of the ArtsUniversity | 25 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Summerlin Hospital Medical CenterHospital / health system | 18 | not ranked | |
| 26 | S&B Christ Consulting (United States)Company | 16 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Bonanza High SchoolUniversity | 15 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Konami (United States)Company | 15 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Marathon (United States)Company | 13 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Cure 4 The Kids FoundationNonprofit | 10 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Telesecurity Sciences (United States)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Carbon Block Technology (United States)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Nathan Adelson HospiceNonprofit | 6 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Donald W. Reynolds FoundationInstitution | 6 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Radiation Oncology Centers of NevadaHospital / health system | 5 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Harris foundationNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Abrams Eye InstituteHospital / health system | 5 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Centennial Hills HospitalHospital / health system | 5 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Samaritan Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Rawson-Neal HospitalHospital / health system | 4 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Nevada PEPNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Nevada Cancer Research FoundationNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Rebuilding All Goals EfficientlyNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Wellish Vision InstituteHospital / health system | 2 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Jubilee Clinical ResearchInstitution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of NevadaNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Las Vegas Convention and Visitors AuthorityInstitution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Cyrus Tang FoundationNonprofit | 1 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Las Vegas work in?
In 2022-now, 36% of research in Las Vegas is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Social Sciences (15%), Psychology (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Health Sciences1,93735.6%
- Medicine1,61829.7%
- Health Professions2384.4%
- Dentistry500.9%
- Nursing260.5%
- Veterinary60.1%
- Social Sciences1,68130.9%
- Social Sciences80814.8%
- Psychology4287.9%
- Arts and Humanities1502.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting1422.6%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance941.7%
- Decision Sciences591.1%
- Physical Sciences1,32024.2%
- Engineering3756.9%
- Computer Science2614.8%
- Environmental Science2234.1%
- Physics and Astronomy1633.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences961.8%
- Materials Science751.4%
- Mathematics531.0%
- Chemistry480.9%
- Energy180.3%
- Chemical Engineering90.2%
- Life Sciences5069.3%
What is Las Vegas strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Las Vegas is most concentrated in Psychiatry and Mental health, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Clinical Psychology (3.8× the world share in Psychiatry and Mental health).
- Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 90.0 works3.8×
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 89.2 works3.6×
- Clinical PsychologySubfield · 164.8 works3.3×
- PeriodonticsSubfield · 20.7 works3.2×
- Applied PsychologySubfield · 21.1 works3.1×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Psychology2.61×378 works
- Dentistry2.02×47 works
- Health Professions1.69×212 works
- Neuroscience1.56×120 works
- Medicine1.52×1,385 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.38×146 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.19×89 works
- Social Sciences1.19×716 works
- Decision Sciences1.08×50 works
- Nursing0.97×22 works
- Arts and Humanities0.95×130 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.85×86 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×213 works
- Mathematics0.84×47 works
- Environmental Science0.82×193 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.82×126 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.68×32 works
- Veterinary0.65×4 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.62×10 works
- Chemistry0.60×45 works
- Computer Science0.57×209 works
- Chemical Engineering0.48×8 works
- Engineering0.47×332 works
- Materials Science0.40×67 works
- Energy0.36×16 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×67 works
Which keywords describe research in Las Vegas?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Treatment, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Public Health and Comorbidity.
- Vascular Risk Factors
- Dementia
- Caregiver Burden
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Impulsivity
- Intersectionality
- Neuroimaging
- Health Disparities
- Complications
- Well-being
- Resilience
- Aging
- Meta-Analysis
- Diagnosis
- Oxidative Stress
- Social Media
- Risk Factors
- Public Health
- Machine Learning
- Mental Health
- Epidemiology
- Treatment
- Quality of Life
- Inflammation
- Globalization
- Depression
- Prevalence
- Social Support
- Biomarkers
- Genetics
- Neurobiology
- Neurological Disorders
- Psychological Impact
- Student Engagement
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Comorbidity
- Cognitive Training
- Stigma
- Cognitive Decline
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
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
- Epidemiology352▲ 1.62×128 topics
- Mental Health195▲ 2.5×40 topics
- Treatment142▲ 2.1×51 topics
- Machine Learning133▼ 0.73×77 topics
- Quality of Life126▲ 1.61×54 topics
- Public Health125▲ 1.57×56 topics
- Inflammation116◆ 1.00×76 topics
- Risk Factors114▲ 1.91×36 topics
- Globalization101◆ 0.94×85 topics
- Social Media96▲ 1.28×32 topics
- Depression92▲ 1.93×22 topics
- Oxidative Stress92◆ 1.02×53 topics
- Prevalence86▲ 3.9×14 topics
- Diagnosis80▲ 1.57×39 topics
- Social Support76▲ 2.6×18 topics
- Meta-Analysis75▲ 2.3×19 topics
- Biomarkers74▲ 1.94×17 topics
- Aging73▲ 2.5×17 topics
- Genetics70▲ 1.81×24 topics
- Resilience65▲ 2.4×15 topics
- Neurobiology62▲ 4.3×10 topics
- Well-being61▲ 2.9×14 topics
- Neurological Disorders61▲ 1.95×20 topics
- Complications60▲ 2.2×17 topics
- Psychological Impact55▲ 3.2×9 topics
- Health Disparities55▲ 3.9×8 topics
- Student Engagement54▲ 2.5×13 topics
- Neuroimaging53▲ 3.6×11 topics
- Alzheimer's Disease53▲ 3.5×8 topics
- Intersectionality49▲ 4.8×11 topics
- Comorbidity48▲ 7.9×4 topics
- Impulsivity40▲ 14×2 topics
- Cognitive Training38▲ 7.4×2 topics
- Psychiatric Disorders37▲ 5.1×4 topics
- Stigma37▲ 5.0×5 topics
- Caregiver Burden37▲ 6.0×2 topics
- Cognitive Decline37▲ 5.6×2 topics
- Dementia36▲ 6.9×2 topics
- Mild Cognitive Impairment36▲ 7.7×1 topic
- Vascular Risk Factors36▲ 7.7×1 topic
What research is done in Las Vegas?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 33 works
- 2 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 19 works
- 3 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 18 works
- 4 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 18 works
- 5 Gambling Behavior and Treatments Clinical Psychology 18 works
- 6 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 17 works
- 7 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 16 works
- 8 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 15 works
- 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 14 works
- 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 14 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.4% in 2009.
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