Research in Memphis
Science Explorer records 56 research institutions in Memphis, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center and University of Memphis.
- Research institutions
- 56 13 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 82k ▼ 11% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.8M 33.8 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 16.5% 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 Memphis?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Tennessee Health Science CenterUniversity | 24,502 | #1,374 | |
| 2 | University of MemphisUniversity | 20,537 | #1,651 | |
| 3 | St. Jude Children's Research HospitalHospital / health system | 14,790 | #439 | |
| 4 | GTx (United States)Company | 9,359 | #10,780 | |
| 5 | Rhodes CollegeUniversity | 1,941 | #5,197 | |
| 6 | International Paper (United States)Company | 1,420 | #12,637 | |
| 7 | Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,137 | #14,202 | |
| 8 | Baptist Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 896 | #22,160 | |
| 9 | Campbell ClinicHospital / health system | 661 | #19,546 | |
| 10 | Memphis Health CenterHospital / health system | 583 | #9,881 all time | |
| 11 | Christian Brothers UniversityUniversity | 580 | #18,087 | |
| 12 | Ducks UnlimitedNonprofit | 550 | #17,878 | |
| 13 | US Biologic (United States)Company | 502 | #18,376 | |
| 14 | Southern College of OptometryUniversity | 437 | #32,443 all time | |
| 15 | Vector Oncology (United States)Company | 368 | #7,356 all time | |
| 16 | Methodist University HospitalHospital / health system | 353 | #25,228 all time | |
| 17 | FedEx (United States)Company | 313 | #24,056 all time | |
| 18 | Baptist College of Health SciencesUniversity | 298 | #21,860 all time | |
| 19 | Semmes Murphey FoundationNonprofit | 275 | #21,917 | |
| 20 | First Congregational ChurchInstitution | 264 | #31,036 all time | |
| 21 | Smith & Nephew (United States)Company | 231 | #26,824 all time | |
| 22 | Active Implants (United States)Company | 154 | #28,635 all time | |
| 23 | Memphis Theological SeminaryUniversity | 143 | #34,793 all time | |
| 24 | Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareHospital / health system | 127 | #33,498 all time | |
| 25 | Shelby County SchoolsUniversity | 125 | #31,409 all time | |
| 26 | The Stern Cardiovascular FoundationHospital / health system | 124 | #29,792 all time | |
| 27 | Memphis Fire ServicesGovernment institution | 106 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Southwest Tennessee Community CollegeUniversity | 88 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Plough FoundationNonprofit | 85 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Baptist Memorial Health CareHospital / health system | 84 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Buckman Laboratories (United States)Company | 81 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Memphis ZooArchive | 66 | not ranked | |
| 33 | LeMoyne–Owen CollegeUniversity | 60 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Shea Ear ClinicHospital / health system | 60 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Wright Medical Technology (United States)Company | 50 | not ranked | |
| 36 | CrossRoads Extremity Systems (United States)Company | 50 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Mid-America Baptist Theological SeminaryUniversity | 41 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Assisi Foundation of MemphisNonprofit | 21 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Molecular Design International (United States)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Achievement School DistrictUniversity | 18 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Memphis College of ArtUniversity | 16 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Hartwell FoundationNonprofit | 15 | not ranked | |
| 43 | American Association for Laboratory Animal ScienceNonprofit | 14 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Baptist Memorial Hospital for WomenHospital / health system | 13 | not ranked | |
| 45 | HyperMed (United States)Company | 12 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Memphis Library FoundationNonprofit | 8 | not ranked | |
| 47 | A Step Ahead FoundationNonprofit | 7 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Memphis Center For Reproductive HealthNonprofit | 7 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Translational Sciences (United States)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Immuno Technologies (United States)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 51 | LifeDoc HealthHospital / health system | 5 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Visible Music CollegeUniversity | 3 | not ranked | |
| 53 | National Civil Rights MuseumArchive | 3 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Pediatric Brain Tumor ConsortiumResearch facility | 3 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Central United States Earthquake ConsortiumNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Memphis Urban LeagueUniversity | 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 Memphis work in?
In 2022-now, 47% of research in Memphis is in Health Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.0× 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 Sciences5,41547.2%
- Medicine4,89142.6%
- Health Professions3733.2%
- Dentistry750.7%
- Nursing630.6%
- Veterinary130.1%
- Life Sciences2,19919.2%
- Social Sciences1,99017.4%
- Social Sciences9218.0%
- Psychology4233.7%
- Arts and Humanities2572.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting1591.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1561.4%
- Decision Sciences740.6%
- Physical Sciences1,86516.3%
- Engineering5765.0%
- Computer Science4874.2%
- Environmental Science2302.0%
- Mathematics1591.4%
- Materials Science1141.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1040.9%
- Physics and Astronomy940.8%
- Chemistry780.7%
- Energy170.2%
- Chemical Engineering50.0%
What is Memphis strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Memphis is most concentrated in Genetics, Hematology and Sensory Systems (6.0× the world share in Genetics).
- GeneticsSubfield · 165.1 works6.0×
- HematologySubfield · 158.9 works5.2×
- Sensory SystemsSubfield · 27.1 works3.5×
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 241.1 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: Immunology and Microbiology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Immunology and Microbiology2.62×264 works
- Medicine2.26×4,356 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.22×1,189 works
- Neuroscience1.71×278 works
- Dentistry1.38×67 works
- Health Professions1.25×330 works
- Psychology1.21×371 works
- Nursing1.14×56 works
- Mathematics1.08×127 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.01×36 works
- Veterinary0.83×11 works
- Arts and Humanities0.81×236 works
- Decision Sciences0.62×60 works
- Social Sciences0.61×779 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×129 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×85 works
- Computer Science0.53×416 works
- Chemistry0.43×67 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.43×140 works
- Environmental Science0.40×202 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.37×82 works
- Engineering0.33×504 works
- Materials Science0.29×100 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×133 works
- Energy0.16×14 works
- Chemical Engineering0.13×4 works
Which keywords describe research in Memphis?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Cancer, Health-related Quality of Life, Genetic Mutations and Cancer Immunotherapy.
- Temozolomide
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Molecular Classification
- Chimeric Antigen Receptor
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
- Genetic Alterations
- Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory
- Psychosocial Outcomes
- Prognosis
- Cancer Therapy
- Radiotherapy
- Diagnosis
- Genetic Mutations
- Chemotherapy
- Risk Factors
- Treatment
- Oxidative Stress
- Cancer
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Immunotherapy
- Machine Learning
- Prognostic Factors
- Quality of Life
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Health-related Quality of Life
- Biomarkers
- Cancer Immunotherapy
- Lymphoma
- Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
- Tumor Regression
- Leukemia
- CAR T Cells
- Minimal Residual Disease
- Pediatric Oncology
- Childhood Cancer
- Glioblastoma
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
- Epidemiology896▲ 1.96×136 topics
- Inflammation512▲ 2.1×83 topics
- Immunotherapy333▲ 4.0×19 topics
- Cancer319▲ 2.1×56 topics
- Machine Learning291▼ 0.76×85 topics
- Oxidative Stress274▲ 1.45×62 topics
- Prognostic Factors270▲ 5.4×14 topics
- Treatment254▲ 1.82×52 topics
- Quality of Life246▲ 1.49×55 topics
- Risk Factors238▲ 1.89×37 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease234▲ 1.79×38 topics
- Chemotherapy210▲ 2.6×25 topics
- Public Health199▲ 1.19×68 topics
- Genetic Mutations196▲ 3.9×23 topics
- Mental Health195▲ 1.19×44 topics
- Diagnosis191▲ 1.79×41 topics
- Health-related Quality of Life172▲ 6.3×6 topics
- Radiotherapy162▲ 3.6×13 topics
- Biomarkers145▲ 1.82×17 topics
- Cancer Therapy141▲ 2.2×20 topics
- Cancer Immunotherapy129▲ 7.4×3 topics
- Prognosis120▲ 3.1×9 topics
- Lymphoma118▲ 6.4×4 topics
- Psychosocial Outcomes117▲ 16×2 topics
- Childhood Cancer Survivor Study115▲ 23×1 topic
- Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory115▲ 23×1 topic
- Tumor Regression104▲ 8.1×2 topics
- Genetic Alterations96▲ 11×2 topics
- Leukemia95▲ 9.9×2 topics
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells93▲ 9.3×3 topics
- CAR T Cells92▲ 11×1 topic
- Chimeric Antigen Receptor92▲ 11×1 topic
- Minimal Residual Disease91▲ 12×2 topics
- Molecular Classification90▲ 5.2×4 topics
- Pediatric Oncology89▲ 14×3 topics
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia85▲ 22×1 topic
- Childhood Cancer85▲ 22×1 topic
- Pulmonary Hypertension83▲ 5.2×3 topics
- Glioblastoma73▲ 9.3×1 topic
- Temozolomide73▲ 9.3×1 topic
What research is done in Memphis?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 102 works
- 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 81 works
- 3 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 73 works
- 4 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 60 works
- 5 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 54 works
- 6 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 53 works
- 7 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 38 works
- 8 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments Neurology 38 works
- 9 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 36 works
- 10 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 35 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 29.5% in 2009.
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