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Research in Morgantown

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Morgantown, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are West Virginia University and Morgantown High School.

Research institutions
9
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
46k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
1M
22.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Morgantown

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 Morgantown?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1West Virginia UniversityUniversity 46,050 #813
2Morgantown High SchoolUniversity 694 #14,953
3West Virginia Geological & Economic SurveyInstitution 161 #29,191 all time
4West Virginia NetworkUniversity 53 not ranked
5Mon Health Medical CenterHospital / health system 37 not ranked
6Your Community FoundationNonprofit 14 not ranked
7Spark Imagination and Science CenterNonprofit 7 not ranked
8NextGen Federal Systems (United States)Company 5 not ranked
9Downstream Strategies (United States)Company 3 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.

West Virginia University: 97.9%Morgantown High School: 1.5%West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey: 0.3%West Virginia Network: 0.1%5 others listed: 0.1%98%largest
West Virginia University46k · 97.9%Morgantown High School694 · 1.5%West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey161 · 0.3%West Virginia Network53 · 0.1%5 others listed66 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Morgantown work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Morgantown is in Health Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Engineering (11%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,834 fractional works · 38.3% of its workMedicine: 2,492 fractional works · 33.7% of its workSurgery: 332 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 254 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 236 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 194 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 165 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 132 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 130 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 98 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 83 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 92 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 266 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 142 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,104 fractional works · 28.5% of its workEngineering: 840 fractional works · 11.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 155 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 106 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 103 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 84 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 360 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 101 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 82 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 322 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 165 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 94 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 121 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 82 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 95 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 71 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,490 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 642 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 204 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 118 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 384 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 120 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 103 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 142 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 114 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 137 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 125 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 967 fractional works · 13.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 433 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 215 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 92 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 230 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 185 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 100 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMorgantown7,395fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences38%Social Sciences20%

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. Health Sciences2,83438.3%
    1. Medicine2,49233.7%
    2. Health Professions2663.6%
    3. Nursing300.4%
    4. Dentistry290.4%
    5. Veterinary160.2%
    1. Engineering84011.4%
    2. Computer Science3604.9%
    3. Environmental Science3224.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1652.2%
    5. Materials Science1211.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences951.3%
    7. Chemistry711.0%
    8. Mathematics530.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering480.7%
    10. Energy300.4%
  3. Social Sciences1,49020.1%
    1. Social Sciences6428.7%
    2. Psychology3845.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1421.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1371.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities1251.7%
    6. Decision Sciences590.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4335.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2303.1%
    3. Neuroscience1852.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1001.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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.

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 206 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 385 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.29× its world share, 86 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 162 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.75× its world share, 41 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 64 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 328 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 90 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 758 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 291 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 111 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 49 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.01× its world share, 148 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 25 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 237 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.72× its world share, 2,191 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.60× its world share, 14 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 112 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 126 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 53 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 134 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 346 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 588 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering1.75×41 works
  2. Medicine1.72×2,191 works
  3. Psychology1.72×346 works
  4. Veterinary1.60×14 works
  5. Neuroscience1.51×162 works
  6. Health Professions1.36×237 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.29×86 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.09×385 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.01×148 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.95×134 works
  11. Environmental Science0.89×291 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.86×90 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.82×53 works
  14. Nursing0.80×26 works
  15. Dentistry0.78×25 works
  16. Engineering0.76×758 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×17 works
  18. Social Sciences0.70×588 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×206 works
  20. Computer Science0.64×328 works
  21. Mathematics0.63×49 works
  22. Chemistry0.62×64 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×126 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.58×112 works
  25. Materials Science0.48×111 works
  26. Energy0.43×26 works

Which keywords describe research in Morgantown?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Diagnosis, Quality of Life, Inflammation and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology499▲ 1.69×129 topics
  2. Machine Learning195▼ 0.79×75 topics
  3. Inflammation195▲ 1.24×78 topics
  4. Deep Learning177▼ 0.69×74 topics
  5. Risk Factors173▲ 2.1×36 topics
  6. Climate Change172▼ 0.85×91 topics
  7. Quality of Life169▲ 1.58×52 topics
  8. Treatment162▲ 1.80×49 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease161▲ 1.91×36 topics
  10. Public Health160▲ 1.48×50 topics
  11. Mental Health158▲ 1.49×38 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress149▲ 1.23×57 topics
  13. Diagnosis144▲ 2.1×41 topics
  14. Depression115▲ 1.78×22 topics
  15. Guidelines107▲ 3.1×13 topics
  16. Mortality100▲ 2.4×13 topics
  17. Heart Failure97▲ 2.9×14 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome96▲ 1.61×23 topics
  19. Management95▲ 1.61×34 topics
  20. Genetics90▲ 1.73×27 topics
  21. Obesity90▲ 1.58×24 topics
  22. Chemotherapy89▲ 1.70×24 topics
  23. Immunotherapy88▲ 1.65×18 topics
  24. Global Burden77▲ 1.90×12 topics
  25. Meta-Analysis74▲ 1.70×19 topics
  26. Complications73▲ 1.99×17 topics
  27. Social Support71▲ 1.79×16 topics
  28. Anxiety70▲ 1.98×12 topics
  29. Well-being66▲ 2.3×14 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations65▲ 2.0×23 topics
  31. Echocardiography63▲ 3.1×8 topics
  32. Neuroprotection60▲ 2.3×15 topics
  33. Surgery58▲ 2.3×12 topics
  34. Mortality Risk58▲ 3.3×6 topics
  35. Hypertension54▲ 2.5×13 topics
  36. Health Outcomes54▲ 2.7×8 topics
  37. Solar Wind45▲ 6.7×2 topics
  38. Stroke Prevention42▲ 4.7×2 topics
  39. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement41▲ 7.7×1 topic
  40. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement41▲ 7.7×1 topic

What research is done in Morgantown?

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 35 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 25 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…22Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 22 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea …20Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 20 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 18 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 17 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…17Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 17 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 17 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 16 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…16Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 16 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineAstronomy and AstrophysicsPhysiologyHealth Informatics3 others

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

  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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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%Morgantown13.9% 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 28.2% in 2016.

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