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Research in Miami

Science Explorer records 109 research institutions in Miami, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Florida International University, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Research institutions
109
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
64k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.7%
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 Miami?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Florida International UniversityUniversity 31,860 #812
2Jackson Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 7,206 #5,007
3Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer CenterHospital / health system 2,844 #3,227
4Barry UniversityUniversity 2,200 #14,245
5Miami Children's HospitalHospital / health system 1,605 #19,379
6Baptist Hospital of MiamiHospital / health system 1,209 #9,157
7Care ResourceInstitution 1,053 #11,327 all time
8Miami Transplant InstituteHospital / health system 1,048 #5,343
9University of Miami HospitalHospital / health system 1,018 #20,104
10NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological LaboratoriesGovernment institution 880 #9,116
11Advanced PharmaResearch facility 876 #13,815
12Baptist Health South FloridaHospital / health system 874 #7,823
13Mercy HospitalHospital / health system 792 #24,413
14Miami Dade CollegeUniversity 753 #17,006
15Miami VA Healthcare SystemHospital / health system 737 #15,653
16College of Business and TechnologyUniversity 715 #16,137
17University of Miami Health SystemHospital / health system 695 #10,425
18NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science CenterGovernment institution 673 #20,455
19League Against CancerHospital / health system 672 #39,027 all time
20Miami Heart Research InstituteHospital / health system 513 #20,924
21Biomed Research InstituteResearch facility 450 #21,727
22Jackson Health SystemHospital / health system 439 #16,223
23Ocular Surface CenterCompany 431 #20,794 all time
24Florida Memorial UniversityUniversity 359 #20,166
25Miami Hand CenterHospital / health system 355 #22,715 all time
26Fairchild Tropical Botanic GardenArchive 328 #25,387 all time
27Zoo MiamiArchive 268 #27,273 all time
28Advanced Medical Research InstituteInstitution 244 #22,204 all time
29Dade County Medical Examiner DepartmentGovernment institution 244 #18,329 all time
30Larkin UniversityUniversity 237 #17,204
31Miami Dermatology and Laser InstituteHospital / health system 206 #32,931 all time
32Miami-Dade Public Library SystemArchive 200 #39,089 all time
33Bruce W. Carter VA Medical CenterHospital / health system 188 #23,279 all time
34Infotech Soft (United States)Company 175 #26,273
35Children's TrustInstitution 157 #42,175 all time
36COPD FoundationNonprofit 119 not ranked
37Miami-Dade County Public SchoolsUniversity 118 not ranked
38South Florida Veterans Affairs Foundation for Research and EducationNonprofit 114 not ranked
39Acupuncture And Massage CollegeUniversity 106 not ranked
40Dr. Herbert & Nicole Wertheim Family FoundationInstitution 106 not ranked
41Ferring Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 97 not ranked
42Intelligent Hearing Systems (United States)Company 96 not ranked
43Health Choice NetworkHospital / health system 87 not ranked
44General Oceanics (United States)Company 77 not ranked
45DeWitt Tool (United States)Company 61 not ranked
46School of Clinical ResearchUniversity 56 not ranked
47OPKO Health (United States)Company 55 not ranked
48New World School of the ArtsUniversity 45 not ranked
49New Span Opto-Technology (United States)Company 38 not ranked
50Central Agency for Jewish EducationUniversity 37 not ranked
51Royal Caribbean Cruises (United States)Company 34 not ranked
52Center for Excellence in Eye CareHospital / health system 34 not ranked
53Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico MiamiUniversity 32 not ranked
54Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of ScienceArchive 29 not ranked
55Saint John Vianney College SeminaryUniversity 28 not ranked
56Segal Institute for Clinical ResearchHospital / health system 26 not ranked
57Miami FoundationNonprofit 22 not ranked
58HistoryMiamiArchive 19 not ranked
59Abakan (United States)Company 19 not ranked
60American Welding SocietyNonprofit 16 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.

Florida International University: 49.8%Jackson Memorial Hospital: 11.3%Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center: 4.4%Barry University: 3.4%56 others listed: 31.1%50%largest
Florida International University32k · 49.8%Jackson Memorial Hospital7,206 · 11.3%Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center2,844 · 4.4%Barry University2,200 · 3.4%56 others listed20k · 31.1%

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

What is Miami strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Miami is most concentrated in Transplantation, Internal Medicine and Genetics (5.8× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 31.4 works5.8×
  2. Internal MedicineSubfield · 26.4 works3.5×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 116.5 works3.5×
  4. HematologySubfield · 105.4 works2.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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 Miami?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Treatment, Climate Change, Risk Factors, Chemotherapy, Inflammation and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology803▲ 1.67×133 topics
  2. Climate Change395▲ 1.20×105 topics
  3. Inflammation351▲ 1.38×82 topics
  4. Machine Learning345◆ 0.87×86 topics
  5. Immunotherapy312▲ 3.6×19 topics
  6. Deep Learning303▼ 0.73×80 topics
  7. Treatment296▲ 2.0×52 topics
  8. Risk Factors274▲ 2.0×37 topics
  9. Quality of Life256▲ 1.46×54 topics
  10. Mental Health255▲ 1.43×42 topics
  11. Public Health246▲ 1.39×68 topics
  12. Diagnosis233▲ 2.1×41 topics
  13. Chemotherapy232▲ 2.7×25 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress228◆ 1.14×61 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease214▲ 1.58×39 topics
  16. Cancer211▲ 1.29×54 topics
  17. Globalization199▼ 0.83×116 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors193▲ 3.6×14 topics
  19. Radiotherapy180▲ 3.8×13 topics
  20. Depression172▲ 1.60×25 topics
  21. Management164▲ 1.71×33 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome162▲ 1.63×23 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines155▲ 2.3×14 topics
  24. Clinical Trials152▲ 1.87×19 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations152▲ 2.9×23 topics
  26. Healthcare152◆ 1.10×32 topics
  27. Obesity140▲ 1.52×25 topics
  28. Biomarkers137▲ 1.64×18 topics
  29. Complications131▲ 2.1×17 topics
  30. Surgical Management123▲ 2.5×20 topics
  31. Neurological Disorders118▲ 1.70×20 topics
  32. Guidelines115▲ 2.0×13 topics
  33. Heart Failure115▲ 2.2×14 topics
  34. Health Disparities92▲ 2.9×8 topics
  35. Cognitive Function92▲ 4.2×8 topics
  36. Molecular Classification85▲ 4.6×4 topics
  37. Targeted Therapy83▲ 3.1×5 topics
  38. Radiosurgery76▲ 6.8×4 topics
  39. Glioblastoma62▲ 7.5×1 topic
  40. Temozolomide62▲ 7.5×1 topic

What research is done in Miami?

Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 62 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Treatment: 46 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 35 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 34 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analy…33Antenna Design and Analysis: 33 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 31 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 30 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…29Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 29 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 29 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 28 fractional works
GeneticsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGlobal and Planetary ChangeRadiation5 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentGenetics 62 works
  2. 2 Brain Metastases and TreatmentPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 46 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries researchGlobal and Planetary Change 35 works
  4. 4 Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesRadiation 34 works
  5. 5 Antenna Design and AnalysisAerospace Engineering 33 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 31 works
  7. 7 Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningOncology 30 works
  8. 8 Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 29 works
  9. 9 Microgrid Control and OptimizationControl and Systems Engineering 29 works
  10. 10 Coral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesEcology 28 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.