Research in Louisville
Science Explorer records 62 research institutions in Louisville, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Louisville, Norton Healthcare and Advanced Energy Materials (United States).
- Research institutions
- 62 9 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 57k ▼ 3% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 1.4M 24.3 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 14.0% 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 Louisville?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of LouisvilleUniversity | 45,955 | #851 | |
| 2 | Jewish HospitalHospital / health system | 1,941 | #12,863 | |
| 3 | Norton HealthcareHospital / health system | 1,704 | #6,619 | |
| 4 | Bellarmine UniversityUniversity | 1,041 | #12,152 | |
| 5 | James Graham Brown FoundationInstitution | 718 | #10,164 all time | |
| 6 | Louisville Presbyterian Theological SeminaryUniversity | 500 | #31,025 all time | |
| 7 | Community LivingNonprofit | 477 | #18,266 | |
| 8 | Sullivan UniversityUniversity | 471 | #17,702 | |
| 9 | Kentucky Science CenterArchive | 456 | #11,834 all time | |
| 10 | Advanced Energy Materials (United States)Company | 380 | #11,472 | |
| 11 | Humana (United States)Company | 359 | #20,032 | |
| 12 | Christine M. Kleinert InstituteInstitution | 353 | #25,748 all time | |
| 13 | Spalding UniversityUniversity | 322 | #19,146 all time | |
| 14 | Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research CenterResearch facility | 249 | #19,025 all time | |
| 15 | Kentuckiana Pulmonary AssociatesHospital / health system | 243 | #20,061 all time | |
| 16 | University of Louisville PhysiciansUniversity | 190 | #20,947 | |
| 17 | Advanced Cancer TherapeuticsHospital / health system | 116 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Baptist Health LouisvilleHospital / health system | 115 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Kentucky imaging Technologies (United States)Company | 106 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeUniversity | 84 | not ranked | |
| 21 | American Printing House for the BlindNonprofit | 64 | not ranked | |
| 22 | KentuckyOne HealthHospital / health system | 60 | not ranked | |
| 23 | International Spine and Pain InstituteUniversity | 59 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Advanced Genomic Technology (United States)Company | 53 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Advanced ENT and AllergyHospital / health system | 51 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Kosair CharitiesNonprofit | 51 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Peptides International (United States)Company | 41 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Forefront of DermatologyNonprofit | 39 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Jewish Hospital and St. Mary's HealthCareHospital / health system | 38 | not ranked | |
| 30 | The Eye Care InstituteHospital / health system | 36 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Louisville InstituteInstitution | 30 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Seven Counties ServicesHospital / health system | 23 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Gen-9 (United States)Company | 22 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Sts. Mary & Elizabeth HospitalHospital / health system | 20 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Talaris Therapeutics (United States)Company | 20 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Crain Communications (United States)Company | 18 | not ranked | |
| 37 | InfoBeyond Technology (United States)Company | 17 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Family Allergy and Asthma Research InstituteResearch facility | 12 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Council on Prevention and Education: SubstancesInstitution | 10 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Filson Historical SocietyArchive | 9 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Sullivan College of Technology and DesignUniversity | 9 | not ranked | |
| 42 | ApoVax (United States)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Taustine Eye CenterHospital / health system | 8 | not ranked | |
| 44 | HosparusNonprofit | 6 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Tova Industries (United States)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Noveratech (United States)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Portland MuseumArchive | 5 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Kentucky Commission on Human RightsGovernment institution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Humana FoundationNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Advocado PressInstitution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Fons VitaeNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Louisville Free Public LibraryArchive | 3 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Kentucky Assistive Technology Services NetworkInstitution | 3 | not ranked | |
| 54 | NX PharmaGen (United States)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Community Foundation of LouisvilleNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Foundation for a Healthy KentuckyNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 57 | EndoProtech (United States)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Signature Research InstituteNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 59 | The Morton CenterNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Gheens 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 Louisville work in?
In 2022-now, 42% of research in Louisville is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Social Sciences (12%), Psychology (8%). It does 1.8× 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 Sciences3,39041.6%
- Medicine2,94536.2%
- Health Professions3193.9%
- Dentistry630.8%
- Nursing550.7%
- Veterinary70.1%
- Social Sciences2,27327.9%
- Social Sciences96811.9%
- Psychology6748.3%
- Arts and Humanities2673.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting1772.2%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1291.6%
- Decision Sciences580.7%
- Physical Sciences1,50418.5%
- Engineering5807.1%
- Computer Science2903.6%
- Environmental Science1722.1%
- Materials Science1561.9%
- Chemistry801.0%
- Physics and Astronomy660.8%
- Energy560.7%
- Mathematics520.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences290.4%
- Chemical Engineering230.3%
- Life Sciences97612.0%
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.
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, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Psychology2.81×620 works
- Medicine1.86×2,597 works
- Dentistry1.65×58 works
- Neuroscience1.56×183 works
- Health Professions1.55×296 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.46×107 works
- Nursing1.41×50 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.22×472 works
- Arts and Humanities1.16×244 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.06×27 works
- Social Sciences0.97×890 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.78×122 works
- Chemical Engineering0.77×20 works
- Decision Sciences0.73×51 works
- Veterinary0.69×7 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.68×160 works
- Energy0.67×45 works
- Chemistry0.59×67 works
- Mathematics0.54×46 works
- Materials Science0.49×124 works
- Engineering0.47×515 works
- Computer Science0.44×246 works
- Environmental Science0.41×147 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.34×55 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×75 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×25 works
Which keywords describe research in Louisville?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Positive Psychology, Altruism, Psychological Capital, Courage, Heroism, Leadership and Inflammation.
- Myocardial Infarction
- Radiotherapy
- Neuroprotection
- Adolescents
- Social Support
- Mortality
- Biomarkers
- Chemotherapy
- Management
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Obesity
- Diagnosis
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Treatment
- Courage
- Psychological Capital
- Risk Factors
- Oxidative Stress
- Leadership
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Quality of Life
- Positive Psychology
- Altruism
- Public Health
- Heroism
- Cancer
- Depression
- Clinical Trials
- Genetics
- Heart Failure
- Neurological Disorders
- Immunotherapy
- Complications
- Religion
- Gender
- Prevalence
- Mortality Risk
- Thrombosis
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
- Epidemiology582▲ 1.79×133 topics
- Inflammation314▲ 1.81×82 topics
- Mental Health237▲ 2.0×42 topics
- Leadership214▲ 5.4×23 topics
- Quality of Life209▲ 1.77×53 topics
- Oxidative Stress206▲ 1.53×60 topics
- Positive Psychology201▲ 31×3 topics
- Risk Factors193▲ 2.1×36 topics
- Altruism192▲ 28×5 topics
- Psychological Capital188▲ 17×2 topics
- Public Health184▲ 1.55×57 topics
- Courage182▲ 211×1 topic
- Heroism182▲ 211×1 topic
- Treatment176▲ 1.78×50 topics
- Cancer150▲ 1.37×53 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease142▲ 1.53×38 topics
- Depression127▲ 1.77×24 topics
- Diagnosis126▲ 1.66×40 topics
- Clinical Trials116▲ 2.1×19 topics
- Obesity115▲ 1.83×25 topics
- Genetics109▲ 1.89×23 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome108▲ 1.64×23 topics
- Heart Failure104▲ 2.9×13 topics
- Management103▲ 1.59×35 topics
- Neurological Disorders102▲ 2.2×19 topics
- Chemotherapy97▲ 1.68×24 topics
- Immunotherapy96▲ 1.63×19 topics
- Biomarkers95▲ 1.68×18 topics
- Complications95▲ 2.4×17 topics
- Mortality91▲ 1.96×13 topics
- Religion89▲ 2.4×34 topics
- Social Support89▲ 2.0×17 topics
- Gender85▲ 1.94×42 topics
- Adolescents84▲ 2.8×8 topics
- Prevalence81▲ 2.4×14 topics
- Neuroprotection75▲ 2.6×16 topics
- Mortality Risk75▲ 3.9×6 topics
- Radiotherapy72▲ 2.2×13 topics
- Thrombosis64▲ 2.9×7 topics
- Myocardial Infarction61▲ 3.1×7 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.
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 25.5% in 2016.
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