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Research in Morgantown

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Morgantown, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are West Virginia University, West Virginia University Hospitals and Morgantown High School.

Research institutions
12
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
46k
▲ 19% 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 Morgantown?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1West Virginia UniversityUniversity 43,106 #1,181
2West Virginia University HospitalsHospital / health system 2,093 #7,633
3Morgantown High SchoolUniversity 694 #20,784
4West Virginia Geological & Economic SurveyInstitution 161 #34,385 all time
5West Virginia NetworkUniversity 53 not ranked
6Mon Health Medical CenterHospital / health system 37 not ranked
7National Space Grant AllianceNonprofit 16 not ranked
8Your Community FoundationNonprofit 14 not ranked
9Spark Imagination and Science CenterNonprofit 7 not ranked
10NextGen Federal Systems (United States)Company 5 not ranked
11Downstream Strategies (United States)Company 3 not ranked
12West Virginia Space Grant ConsortiumInstitution 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.

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.

West Virginia University: 93.3%West Virginia University Hospitals: 4.5%Morgantown High School: 1.5%West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey: 0.3%8 others listed: 0.3%93%largest
West Virginia University43k · 93.3%West Virginia University Hospitals2,093 · 4.5%Morgantown High School694 · 1.5%West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey161 · 0.3%8 others listed138 · 0.3%

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

What is Morgantown strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Morgantown is most concentrated in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Emergency Medicine (3.1× the world share in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine).

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 217.3 works3.1×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 44.2 works2.7×
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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 Morgantown?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Treatment, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease, Diagnosis, Inflammation 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. Epidemiology446▲ 1.71×127 topics
  2. Machine Learning177▼ 0.82×74 topics
  3. Inflammation172▲ 1.25×78 topics
  4. Deep Learning163▼ 0.72×72 topics
  5. Climate Change158◆ 0.89×89 topics
  6. Risk Factors155▲ 2.1×36 topics
  7. Quality of Life151▲ 1.58×52 topics
  8. Mental Health147▲ 1.52×38 topics
  9. Public Health145▲ 1.51×48 topics
  10. Treatment144▲ 1.79×49 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress136▲ 1.26×57 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease136▲ 1.85×36 topics
  13. Diagnosis126▲ 2.1×40 topics
  14. Depression105▲ 1.81×22 topics
  15. Guidelines92▲ 3.0×13 topics
  16. Mortality92▲ 2.4×13 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome86▲ 1.60×23 topics
  18. Heart Failure82▲ 2.9×14 topics
  19. Management81▲ 1.57×33 topics
  20. Chemotherapy80▲ 1.73×24 topics
  21. Immunotherapy79▲ 1.67×18 topics
  22. Genetics78▲ 1.70×26 topics
  23. Obesity78▲ 1.56×23 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis68▲ 1.75×19 topics
  25. Global Burden66▲ 1.87×12 topics
  26. Social Support66▲ 1.80×16 topics
  27. Complications65▲ 1.97×17 topics
  28. Anxiety62▲ 1.98×12 topics
  29. Well-being60▲ 2.4×13 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations57▲ 1.98×23 topics
  31. Primary Care54▲ 2.2×12 topics
  32. Mortality Risk53▲ 3.4×6 topics
  33. Surgery53▲ 2.3×12 topics
  34. Echocardiography52▲ 2.9×8 topics
  35. Health Outcomes50▲ 2.8×8 topics
  36. Solar Wind42▲ 6.9×2 topics
  37. Psychiatric Disorders38▲ 4.3×4 topics
  38. Stroke Prevention37▲ 4.6×2 topics
  39. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement35▲ 7.3×1 topic
  40. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement35▲ 7.3×1 topic

What research is done in Morgantown?

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 35 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 25 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 22 works
  4. 4 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 20 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 18 works
  6. 6 Health disparities and outcomes Health 17 works
  7. 7 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 17 works
  8. 8 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 17 works
  9. 9 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 16 works
  10. 10 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 16 works

Research output over time

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