Research in Louisville
Science Explorer records 68 research institutions in Louisville, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Louisville, Advanced Energy Materials (United States) and University of Louisville Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 68 11 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 57k ▲ 4% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 14.0% 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 Louisville?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of LouisvilleUniversity | 39,414 | #1,248 | |
| 2 | University of Louisville HospitalHospital / health system | 6,068 | #9,469 | |
| 3 | Jewish HospitalHospital / health system | 1,941 | #12,044 | |
| 4 | Bellarmine UniversityUniversity | 1,041 | #22,440 | |
| 5 | Norton HealthcareHospital / health system | 948 | #15,085 | |
| 6 | James Graham Brown FoundationInstitution | 718 | #8,695 all time | |
| 7 | Kosair Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 582 | #21,992 | |
| 8 | Louisville Presbyterian Theological SeminaryUniversity | 500 | #22,682 all time | |
| 9 | Community LivingNonprofit | 477 | #26,726 | |
| 10 | Sullivan UniversityUniversity | 471 | #17,119 | |
| 11 | Kentucky Science CenterArchive | 456 | #23,577 all time | |
| 12 | Advanced Energy Materials (United States)Company | 380 | #3,880 | |
| 13 | Humana (United States)Company | 359 | #21,428 | |
| 14 | Christine M. Kleinert InstituteInstitution | 353 | #25,977 all time | |
| 15 | Louisville VA Medical CenterHospital / health system | 344 | #18,219 all time | |
| 16 | Spalding UniversityUniversity | 322 | #34,114 all time | |
| 17 | Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research CenterResearch facility | 249 | #13,197 all time | |
| 18 | Kentuckiana Pulmonary AssociatesHospital / health system | 243 | #28,879 all time | |
| 19 | University of Louisville PhysiciansUniversity | 190 | #25,999 | |
| 20 | Norton HospitalHospital / health system | 158 | #30,571 all time | |
| 21 | Cardiovascular Innovation InstituteResearch facility | 129 | #34,167 all time | |
| 22 | Advanced Cancer TherapeuticsHospital / health system | 116 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Baptist Health LouisvilleHospital / health system | 115 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Kentucky imaging Technologies (United States)Company | 106 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeUniversity | 84 | not ranked | |
| 26 | American Printing House for the BlindNonprofit | 64 | not ranked | |
| 27 | KentuckyOne HealthHospital / health system | 60 | not ranked | |
| 28 | International Spine and Pain InstituteUniversity | 59 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Advanced Genomic Technology (United States)Company | 53 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Advanced ENT and AllergyHospital / health system | 51 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Kosair CharitiesNonprofit | 51 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Peptides International (United States)Company | 41 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Forefront of DermatologyNonprofit | 39 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Jewish Hospital and St. Mary's HealthCareHospital / health system | 38 | not ranked | |
| 35 | The Eye Care InstituteHospital / health system | 36 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Louisville InstituteInstitution | 30 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Seven Counties ServicesHospital / health system | 23 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Gen-9 (United States)Company | 22 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Sts. Mary & Elizabeth HospitalHospital / health system | 20 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Talaris Therapeutics (United States)Company | 20 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Crain Communications (United States)Company | 18 | not ranked | |
| 42 | InfoBeyond Technology (United States)Company | 17 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Norton Women's and Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 16 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Family Allergy and Asthma Research InstituteResearch facility | 12 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Council on Prevention and Education: SubstancesInstitution | 10 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Filson Historical SocietyArchive | 9 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Sullivan College of Technology and DesignUniversity | 9 | not ranked | |
| 48 | ApoVax (United States)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Taustine Eye CenterHospital / health system | 8 | not ranked | |
| 50 | HosparusNonprofit | 6 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Tova Industries (United States)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Noveratech (United States)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Portland MuseumArchive | 5 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Kentucky Commission on Human RightsGovernment institution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Humana FoundationNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Advocado PressInstitution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Fons VitaeNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Louisville Free Public LibraryArchive | 3 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Kentucky Assistive Technology Services NetworkInstitution | 3 | not ranked | |
| 60 | NX PharmaGen (United States)Company | 2 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Louisville strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Louisville is most concentrated in Social Psychology and Pharmacy (4.5× the world share in Social Psychology).
- Social PsychologySubfield · 286.6 works4.5×
- PharmacySubfield · 20.3 works3.2×
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 Louisville?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Positive Psychology, Altruism, Leadership, Psychological Capital, Courage, Heroism and Inflammation.
- Myocardial Infarction
- Rehabilitation
- Mortality Risk
- Adolescents
- Mortality
- Immunotherapy
- Social Support
- Religion
- Management
- Genetics
- Obesity
- Depression
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Treatment
- Risk Factors
- Courage
- Psychological Capital
- Altruism
- Leadership
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Positive Psychology
- Quality of Life
- Oxidative Stress
- Heroism
- Public Health
- Cancer
- Diagnosis
- Clinical Trials
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Neurological Disorders
- Heart Failure
- Complications
- Biomarkers
- Chemotherapy
- Gender
- Prevalence
- Neuroprotection
- Thrombosis
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
- Epidemiology508▲ 1.77×130 topics
- Inflammation278▲ 1.85×81 topics
- Mental Health212▲ 2.0×41 topics
- Leadership211▲ 6.1×20 topics
- Positive Psychology201▲ 34×3 topics
- Altruism191▲ 31×5 topics
- Quality of Life190▲ 1.81×53 topics
- Psychological Capital187▲ 19×2 topics
- Oxidative Stress183▲ 1.54×60 topics
- Courage182▲ 221×1 topic
- Heroism182▲ 221×1 topic
- Risk Factors173▲ 2.2×36 topics
- Public Health166▲ 1.58×55 topics
- Treatment154▲ 1.75×50 topics
- Cancer135▲ 1.39×52 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease126▲ 1.56×38 topics
- Diagnosis112▲ 1.67×40 topics
- Depression112▲ 1.75×24 topics
- Clinical Trials105▲ 2.2×19 topics
- Obesity102▲ 1.86×25 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome96▲ 1.63×23 topics
- Genetics94▲ 1.86×23 topics
- Neurological Disorders92▲ 2.2×19 topics
- Management90▲ 1.59×35 topics
- Heart Failure89▲ 2.9×13 topics
- Religion86▲ 2.5×33 topics
- Complications86▲ 2.4×17 topics
- Social Support85▲ 2.1×17 topics
- Biomarkers85▲ 1.71×18 topics
- Immunotherapy84▲ 1.63×19 topics
- Chemotherapy83▲ 1.64×24 topics
- Mortality80▲ 1.92×13 topics
- Gender78▲ 2.0×42 topics
- Adolescents76▲ 2.8×8 topics
- Prevalence69▲ 2.4×14 topics
- Mortality Risk68▲ 4.0×6 topics
- Neuroprotection67▲ 2.6×16 topics
- Rehabilitation65▲ 2.3×13 topics
- Thrombosis58▲ 2.9×7 topics
- Myocardial Infarction53▲ 3.2×7 topics
What research is done in Louisville?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies Social Psychology 182 works
- 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 26 works
- 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 26 works
- 4 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 21 works
- 5 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 21 works
- 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 21 works
- 7 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20 works
- 8 Spinal Cord Injury Research Pathology and Forensic Medicine 20 works
- 9 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 20 works
- 10 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 20 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.