Research in Little Rock
Science Explorer records 55 research institutions in Little Rock, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Arkansas Children's Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 55 12 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 39k ▲ 7% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 14.5% 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 Little Rock?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesUniversity | 20,611 | #2,259 | |
| 2 | University of Arkansas at Little RockUniversity | 6,759 | #5,053 | |
| 3 | Arkansas Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 2,679 | #9,249 | |
| 4 | University of Arkansas Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,688 | #10,368 | |
| 5 | Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare SystemHospital / health system | 1,264 | #17,776 | |
| 6 | University of Arkansas SystemUniversity | 1,199 | #9,858 | |
| 7 | Arkansas Department of AgricultureGovernment institution | 1,025 | #22,272 | |
| 8 | John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans HospitalHospital / health system | 492 | #15,691 all time | |
| 9 | Arkansas Children's Nutrition CenterGovernment institution | 476 | #18,115 | |
| 10 | Arkana LaboratoriesResearch facility | 377 | #18,243 | |
| 11 | Arkansas Department of HealthGovernment institution | 342 | #26,782 | |
| 12 | Arkansas Department of EducationGovernment institution | 308 | #23,852 | |
| 13 | Winthrop Rockefeller FoundationNonprofit | 265 | #14,451 | |
| 14 | Biomedical Research FoundationInstitution | 228 | #19,741 all time | |
| 15 | Arkansas CardiologyHospital / health system | 209 | #25,461 all time | |
| 16 | Winrock International (United States)Company | 196 | #27,765 all time | |
| 17 | Heifer InternationalNonprofit | 167 | #32,565 all time | |
| 18 | Advanced Tissue (United States)Company | 141 | #22,146 all time | |
| 19 | Arkansas Foundation for Medical CareNonprofit | 126 | #41,471 all time | |
| 20 | Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy InstituteNonprofit | 109 | not ranked | |
| 21 | CHI St. VincentHospital / health system | 98 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Philander Smith CollegeUniversity | 84 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Baptist Health FoundationNonprofit | 82 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Little Rock School DistrictUniversity | 54 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Arkansas Heart HospitalHospital / health system | 46 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Acxiom (United States)Company | 40 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Little Rock Family Practice ClinicHospital / health system | 38 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Arkansas Baptist CollegeUniversity | 33 | not ranked | |
| 29 | The Department of Arkansas HeritageArchive | 32 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Arkansas State HospitalHospital / health system | 25 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Arkansas Department of Career EducationGovernment institution | 25 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Arkansas Science & TechnologyGovernment institution | 15 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Arkansas State Crime LaboratoryInstitution | 15 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Arkansas Public Service CommissionGovernment institution | 13 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Arkansas Museum of DiscoveryArchive | 13 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Arkansas State Highway and Transportation DepartmentGovernment institution | 12 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Central Arkansas Library SystemArchive | 10 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Arkansas Department of Higher EducationGovernment institution | 7 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Camp AldersgateNonprofit | 7 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Arkansas Spinal Cord CommissionInstitution | 6 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Arkansas Community FoundationNonprofit | 6 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Mesolight (United States)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 43 | HipKnee Arkansas FoundationNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 44 | InterveXion Therapeutics (United States)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Arkansas Academy of ScienceNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Arkansas Space Grant ConsortiumInstitution | 4 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Arkansas State University SystemUniversity | 2 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Arkansas Arts CouncilGovernment institution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Arkansas Insurance DepartmentGovernment institution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Arkansas State LibraryArchive | 1 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Arkansas Community CollegesNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Benjamin Banneker AssociationNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Arkansas Economic Development CommissionGovernment institution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 54 | International Society for ChronobiologyInstitution | 0 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Arkansas Autism Resource & Outreach CenterNonprofit | 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.
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What is Little Rock strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Little Rock is most concentrated in Hematology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Nephrology (5.3× the world share in Hematology).
- HematologySubfield · 86.9 works5.3×
- Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 28.3 works4.8×
- NephrologySubfield · 53.3 works4.6×
- OphthalmologySubfield · 60.3 works4.2×
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 Little Rock?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Treatment, Diagnosis, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease and Public Health.
- Substance Use Disorders
- Diagnosis Criteria
- Staging System
- Proteasome Inhibitors
- Chronic Disease Management
- Mortality Risk
- Heart Failure
- Surgical Management
- Genetic Mutations
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Obesity
- Neurological Disorders
- Complications
- Management
- Mental Health
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Diagnosis
- Quality of Life
- Treatment
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Oxidative Stress
- Public Health
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Risk Factors
- Cancer
- Immunotherapy
- Chemotherapy
- Depression
- Genetics
- Primary Care
- Biomarkers
- Prognostic Factors
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction
- Guidelines
- Medical Education
- Chronic Disease
- Minimal Residual Disease
- Behavior Change
- International Myeloma Working Group
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
- Epidemiology501▲ 2.3×134 topics
- Inflammation272▲ 2.4×81 topics
- Oxidative Stress175▲ 1.98×58 topics
- Treatment153▲ 2.3×52 topics
- Public Health148▲ 1.88×54 topics
- Quality of Life141▲ 1.81×52 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease136▲ 2.3×36 topics
- Diagnosis131▲ 2.6×41 topics
- Risk Factors127▲ 2.1×37 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome123▲ 2.8×22 topics
- Cancer120▲ 1.65×54 topics
- Mental Health119▲ 1.50×37 topics
- Immunotherapy103▲ 2.7×18 topics
- Management92▲ 2.2×31 topics
- Chemotherapy89▲ 2.4×25 topics
- Complications89▲ 3.3×17 topics
- Depression85▲ 1.80×23 topics
- Neurological Disorders81▲ 2.6×20 topics
- Genetics81▲ 2.1×27 topics
- Obesity76▲ 1.86×27 topics
- Primary Care74▲ 3.6×13 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines74▲ 2.5×14 topics
- Biomarkers73▲ 1.97×17 topics
- Genetic Mutations70▲ 3.0×23 topics
- Prognostic Factors69▲ 3.0×14 topics
- Surgical Management69▲ 3.1×20 topics
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction65▲ 4.1×12 topics
- Heart Failure64▲ 2.7×12 topics
- Guidelines62▲ 2.5×13 topics
- Mortality Risk60▲ 4.7×6 topics
- Medical Education53▲ 3.8×12 topics
- Chronic Disease Management52▲ 5.1×5 topics
- Chronic Disease50▲ 5.2×4 topics
- Proteasome Inhibitors48▲ 13×2 topics
- Minimal Residual Disease47▲ 13×2 topics
- Staging System46▲ 14×2 topics
- Behavior Change44▲ 5.5×4 topics
- Diagnosis Criteria40▲ 21×1 topic
- International Myeloma Working Group40▲ 21×1 topic
- Substance Use Disorders39▲ 10×2 topics
What research is done in Little Rock?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 40 works
- 2 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 30 works
- 3 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 30 works
- 4 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 27 works
- 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 24 works
- 6 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 20 works
- 7 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 20 works
- 8 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 20 works
- 9 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 19 works
- 10 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 19 works
Research output over time
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