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Research in Macon

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Macon, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Mercer University, Middle Georgia State College and Navicent Health.

Research institutions
11
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.1k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
92k
18.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Macon

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 Macon?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Mercer UniversityUniversity 3,969 #6,594
2Navicent HealthHospital / health system 469 #22,199
3Middle Georgia State CollegeUniversity 397 #19,402
4Wesleyan CollegeUniversity 199 #28,758 all time
5Georgia Arrhythmia ConsultantsHospital / health system 24 not ranked
6Middle Georgia Regional LibraryArchive 19 not ranked
7Community Health WorksHospital / health system 10 not ranked
8OrthoGeorgiaResearch facility 5 not ranked
9Pilot InternationalInstitution 4 not ranked
10Historic Macon FoundationArchive 1 not ranked
11Syncro Medical Innovations (United States)Company 0 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.

Mercer University: 77.9%Navicent Health: 9.2%Middle Georgia State College: 7.8%Wesleyan College: 3.9%6 others listed: 1.2%78%largest
Mercer University3,969 · 77.9%Navicent Health469 · 9.2%Middle Georgia State College397 · 7.8%Wesleyan College199 · 3.9%6 others listed63 · 1.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Macon work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Macon is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Social Sciences (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 360 fractional works · 39.5% of its workMedicine: 311 fractional works · 34.0% of its workSurgery: 54 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 27 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 22 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 40 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 21 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 291 fractional works · 31.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 135 fractional works · 14.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 36 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 34 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 47 fractional works · 5.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 42 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 25 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 140 fractional works · 15.3% of its workComputer Science: 51 fractional works · 5.5% of its workInformation Systems: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 43 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 122 fractional works · 13.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 56 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 23 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMacon913fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences39%Social Sciences32%

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
    1. Medicine31134.0%
    2. Health Professions404.3%
    3. Nursing60.7%
    4. Dentistry20.3%
    5. Veterinary20.2%
    1. Social Sciences13514.8%
    2. Psychology475.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities424.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting252.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance252.7%
    6. Decision Sciences171.9%
    1. Computer Science515.5%
    2. Engineering434.7%
    3. Environmental Science242.6%
    4. Mathematics50.6%
    5. Materials Science50.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy40.4%
    7. Chemistry30.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.3%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology566.2%
    2. Neuroscience232.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology182.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences141.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics101.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Macon?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Treatment, Healthcare, Big Data, Machine Learning, Mental Health and Inflammation.

▲ 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-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
  1. Epidemiology75▲ 2.0×112 topics
  2. Machine Learning32◆ 1.04×52 topics
  3. Inflammation25▲ 1.29×58 topics
  4. Public Health25▲ 1.88×41 topics
  5. Mental Health22▲ 1.71×34 topics
  6. Treatment21▲ 1.90×39 topics
  7. Healthcare21▲ 1.98×18 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress19▲ 1.29×33 topics
  9. Big Data19▲ 2.2×16 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence19▲ 1.47×20 topics
  11. Diagnosis18▲ 2.1×34 topics
  12. Quality of Life17▲ 1.32×45 topics
  13. Education16◆ 1.04×28 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 1.42×26 topics
  15. Depression14▲ 1.69×20 topics
  16. Management14▲ 1.85×24 topics
  17. Risk Factors14▲ 1.34×29 topics
  18. Guidelines13▲ 3.1×11 topics
  19. Higher Education12▲ 2.4×14 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders11▲ 2.2×18 topics
  21. Student Engagement11▲ 3.1×11 topics
  22. Social Support11▲ 2.3×15 topics
  23. Health Equity11▲ 4.1×5 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis10▲ 1.96×16 topics
  25. Precision Medicine10▲ 2.3×7 topics
  26. Complications10▲ 2.2×17 topics
  27. Surgical Management10▲ 2.6×18 topics
  28. Medical Education9▲ 3.7×12 topics
  29. Reflective Practice9▲ 5.0×6 topics
  30. Digital Divide8▲ 3.6×6 topics
  31. Science8▲ 3.4×5 topics
  32. Diversity7▲ 4.6×7 topics
  33. Metacognition7▲ 5.1×3 topics
  34. Faculty Development6▲ 9.2×2 topics
  35. Cognitive Engagement6▲ 9.8×2 topics
  36. Academic Performance6▲ 7.0×4 topics
  37. Skin Barrier Function6▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Collaborative Learning5▲ 8.2×2 topics
  39. Microneedles5▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Solid Lipid Nanoparticles5▲ 19×1 topic

What research is done in Macon?

Advancements in Transder…5Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery: 5 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and …4Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 4 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 4 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…4Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …4Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 4 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 4 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…3Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 3 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 3 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 3 fractional works
Pharmaceutical ScienceDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyEducationReligious studies6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery Pharmaceutical Science 5 works
  2. 2 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 4 works
  3. 3 Online and Blended Learning Education 4 works
  4. 4 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 4 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 4 works
  6. 6 Health disparities and outcomes Health 4 works
  7. 7 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 3 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 3 works
  9. 9 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 3 works
  10. 10 Social Media and Politics Communication 3 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

still counting10%20%30%Macon12.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.2% in 2000.

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