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Research in Louisville

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Louisville. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
365
▲ 145% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
13.6%
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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryUniversity 359 #16,082
2Yum! Brands (United States)Company 3 not ranked
3Brown-Forman (United States)Company 3 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.

What is Louisville strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Louisville is most concentrated in Religious studies and Arts and Humanities (157.7× the world share in Religious studies).

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 20.2 works158×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 36.4 works16×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: Theology, Religion, Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society, Social Justice, Globalization, Church History and African Christianity.

▲ 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. Theology13▲ 178×4 topics
  2. Religion12▲ 33×12 topics
  3. Biblical Monotheism9▲ 447×1 topic
  4. Jewish Society9▲ 447×1 topic
  5. Social Justice9▲ 19×10 topics
  6. Globalization8▲ 5.1×12 topics
  7. Church History6▲ 180×3 topics
  8. African Christianity6▲ 355×2 topics
  9. Spirituality5▲ 69×5 topics
  10. Biblical Interpretation5▲ 207×2 topics
  11. Development5▲ 19×3 topics
  12. Nationalism5▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Political Philosophy4▲ 102×2 topics
  14. NGOs4▲ 57×2 topics
  15. American founding4▲ 177×1 topic
  16. Constitutional government4▲ 177×1 topic
  17. Faith-Based Organizations4▲ 172×1 topic
  18. Social Services4▲ 122×1 topic
  19. Gender4▲ 9.4×6 topics
  20. Cultural Identity4▲ 9.5×2 topics
  21. Global Christianity4▲ 317×1 topic
  22. History4▲ 6.5×7 topics
  23. Mental Health4▲ 3.1×4 topics
  24. Short-Term Missions4▲ 317×1 topic
  25. Calvinism3▲ 174×1 topic
  26. Feminism3▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Identity3▲ 5.8×5 topics
  28. Reformation3▲ 144×1 topic
  29. Multiculturalism3▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Secularism3▲ 34×3 topics
  31. Social Support3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  32. Hermeneutics3▲ 41×2 topics
  33. Christian Education2▲ 137×1 topic
  34. Church Leadership2▲ 137×1 topic
  35. Colonialism2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  36. Ecclesiology2▲ 427×1 topic
  37. Pentecostalism2▲ 135×1 topic
  38. Urban Development2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  39. Health2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  40. Equality2▲ 49×2 topics

What research is done in Louisville?

  1. 1 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 9 works
  2. 2 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  4. 4 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 4 works
  5. 5 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 3 works
  6. 6 Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education Religious studies 2 works
  7. 7 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 2 works
  8. 8 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 2 works
  9. 9 Religious Education and Schools Education 2 works
  10. 10 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works

Research output over time

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