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Research in Madison

Science Explorer records 150 research institutions in Madison, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center and University of Wisconsin System.

Research institutions
150
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
234k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
20.3%
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 Madison?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity 191,625 #83
2University of Wisconsin SystemUniversity 8,510 #4,033
3UW Health University HospitalHospital / health system 3,415 #13,126
4Madison Group (United States)Company 2,396 #18,843
5Forest Products LaboratoryResearch facility 2,367 #14,228
6Northern Research StationGovernment institution 1,960 #10,267
7William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans HospitalHospital / health system 1,887 #6,988
8University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer CenterFunder 1,713 #3,583
9Exact Sciences (United States)Company 1,359 #5,360
10University of Wisconsin HealthHospital / health system 1,249 #8,670
11Wisconsin Division of Public HealthHospital / health system 1,246 #9,080
12University of Wisconsin–ExtensionUniversity 1,204 #18,641
13St. Mary's HospitalHospital / health system 1,031 #10,379
14Advanced DermatologyHospital / health system 896 #15,018
15Wisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGovernment institution 894 #18,345
16U.S. Dairy Forage Research CenterResearch facility 874 #21,147
17Wisconsin Institutes for DiscoveryNonprofit 829 #8,093
18Promega (United States)Company 749 #14,454
19Great Lakes Bioenergy Research CenterResearch facility 580 #11,766
20Medical Education InstituteNonprofit 558 #33,039 all time
21Madison Area Technical CollegeUniversity 503 #18,147
22State Innovation ExchangeNonprofit 465 #22,554
23Morgridge Institute for ResearchNonprofit 459 #4,355
24Wisconsin Disability AssociationNonprofit 445 #15,580 all time
25Center for TelepsychologyUniversity 391 #42,125 all time
26Edgewood UniversityUniversity 376 #25,857
27Wisconsin Department of Health ServicesGovernment institution 356 #25,519 all time
28National Wildlife Health CenterHospital / health system 328 #18,136 all time
29Energy Center of WisconsinInstitution 286 #12,580 all time
30Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationNonprofit 255 #18,803 all time
31Soil Science Society of AmericaInstitution 247 #25,291 all time
32WiCellResearch facility 246 #14,481 all time
33Convergent Science (United States)Company 233 #9,983
34University of Wisconsin American Family Children's HospitalHospital / health system 187 #35,431 all time
35Wisconsin Department of Public InstructionGovernment institution 180 #34,355 all time
36Mendota Mental Health InstituteHospital / health system 176 #34,813 all time
37Learning Multi Systems (United States)Company 166 #37,956 all time
38Meriter HospitalHospital / health system 163 #34,824 all time
39Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & LettersUniversity 153 #27,989
40Cameca (United States)Company 145 #20,363 all time
41Salus (United States)Company 134 #28,041 all time
42University of Wisconsin FoundationUniversity 117 not ranked
43Healthcare Technology SystemsHospital / health system 117 not ranked
44Wisconsin Department of TransportationGovernment institution 110 not ranked
45IPM Institute of North AmericaNonprofit 110 not ranked
46Wisconsin Historical SocietyInstitution 97 not ranked
47CompuTherm (United States)Company 92 not ranked
48Dean Health SystemsHospital / health system 87 not ranked
49Wisconsin Veterans MuseumArchive 86 not ranked
50Alliant Energy (United States)Company 84 not ranked
51Wisconsin Geological and Natural History SurveyGovernment institution 71 not ranked
52Mirus Bio (United States)Company 71 not ranked
53Bellbrook Labs (United States)Company 71 not ranked
54American Academy of Cosmetic DentistryUniversity 61 not ranked
55Cellular Dynamics International (United States)Company 61 not ranked
56Forte (United States)Company 58 not ranked
57Wisconsin Medical SocietyInstitution 58 not ranked
58Wisconsin Association for Perinatal CareNonprofit 56 not ranked
59Prism Computational Sciences (United States)Company 49 not ranked
60Swallow Solutions (United States)Company 47 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.

University of Wisconsin–Madison: 82.3%University of Wisconsin System: 3.7%UW Health University Hospital: 1.5%Madison Group (United States): 1.0%56 others listed: 11.5%82%largest
University of Wisconsin–Madison192k · 82.3%University of Wisconsin System8,510 · 3.7%UW Health University Hospital3,415 · 1.5%Madison Group (United States)2,396 · 1.0%56 others listed27k · 11.5%

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

What is Madison strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Madison is most concentrated in Transplantation, Agronomy and Crop Science and Small Animals (4.8× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 52.1 works4.8×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 188.3 works3.2×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 93.3 works3.1×
  4. VeterinaryField · 102.9 works3.1×
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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 Madison?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Machine Learning, Quality of Life, Biomarkers and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,196▲ 1.23×136 topics
  2. Climate Change912▲ 1.38×116 topics
  3. Machine Learning638▼ 0.79×87 topics
  4. Inflammation609▲ 1.19×82 topics
  5. Deep Learning564▼ 0.67×80 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress478▲ 1.19×60 topics
  7. Quality of Life444▲ 1.25×57 topics
  8. Mental Health439▲ 1.22×45 topics
  9. Public Health401◆ 1.12×68 topics
  10. Cancer396▲ 1.20×56 topics
  11. Risk Factors358▲ 1.32×37 topics
  12. Globalization342▼ 0.71×133 topics
  13. Treatment330◆ 1.10×51 topics
  14. Biomarkers327▲ 1.94×18 topics
  15. Immunotherapy318▲ 1.81×19 topics
  16. Depression278▲ 1.28×25 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease271◆ 0.99×37 topics
  18. Remote Sensing270◆ 0.89×39 topics
  19. Genetics260▲ 1.51×27 topics
  20. Biodiversity251▲ 1.37×35 topics
  21. Aging248▲ 1.87×18 topics
  22. Invasive Species230▲ 2.2×21 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders219▲ 1.57×20 topics
  24. Social Support217▲ 1.58×20 topics
  25. Chemotherapy215▲ 1.25×25 topics
  26. Gene Expression208▲ 1.38×20 topics
  27. Clinical Trials206▲ 1.24×19 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations182▲ 1.71×23 topics
  29. Health Disparities181▲ 2.8×9 topics
  30. Neuroimaging170▲ 2.5×11 topics
  31. Global Warming170▲ 1.69×15 topics
  32. Magnetic Resonance Imaging157▲ 2.5×8 topics
  33. Mortality Risk145▲ 2.5×6 topics
  34. Population Genetics119▲ 3.5×5 topics
  35. Cognitive Decline113▲ 3.8×2 topics
  36. Animal Welfare97▲ 4.5×5 topics
  37. Mild Cognitive Impairment95▲ 4.6×1 topic
  38. Vascular Risk Factors95▲ 4.6×1 topic
  39. Marker-Assisted Selection94▲ 4.9×3 topics
  40. Dairy Cattle90▲ 7.0×2 topics

What research is done in Madison?

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 95 works
  2. 2 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockGenetics 68 works
  3. 3 Health disparities and outcomesHealth 58 works
  4. 4 Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsPhysiology 58 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy researchOncology 56 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 56 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 52 works
  8. 8 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysics 52 works
  9. 9 Cancer Genomics and DiagnosticsCancer Research 51 works
  10. 10 Gut microbiota and healthMolecular Biology 51 works

Research output over time

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