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Research in Myrtle Beach

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Myrtle Beach, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Carolina Urologic Research Center.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
361
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
14.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Myrtle Beach

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 Myrtle Beach?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Carolina Urologic Research CenterResearch facility 347 #17,619
2Coastal Cancer CenterHospital / health system 14 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.

Which fields of science does Myrtle Beach work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research in Myrtle Beach is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (70%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Arts and Humanities (3%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 95 fractional works · 72.6% of its workMedicine: 92 fractional works · 70.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 33 fractional works · 24.9% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 11.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 10.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 8.1% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMyrtle Beach131fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences10%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9270.2%
    2. Health Professions31.9%
    3. Veterinary10.4%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology118.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.3%
    3. Neuroscience11.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities43.1%
    2. Social Sciences32.6%
    3. Psychology32.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Computer Science42.9%
    2. Environmental Science21.1%
    3. Materials Science10.9%
    4. Mathematics10.7%
    5. Engineering10.5%
    6. Chemistry10.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Myrtle Beach strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Myrtle Beach is most concentrated in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (15.3× the world share in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine).

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 26.5 works15×
← 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 25 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.50× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.55×77 works
  2. Veterinary3.45×0 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.50×9 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.25×4 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.14×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.97×0 works
  7. Psychology0.84×3 works
  8. Health Professions0.68×2 works
  9. Neuroscience0.65×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.60×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.42×4 works
  12. Nursing0.40×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.29×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.27×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.27×2 works
  18. Social Sciences0.23×3 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.14×0 works
  21. Engineering0.04×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Myrtle Beach?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Prostate Cancer, Immunotherapy, Biomarkers, Clinical Trials, Genetic Mutations, Hormone Therapy, Genomic Profiling and Androgen Receptor.

▲ 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. Prostate Cancer27▲ 151×4 topics
  2. Immunotherapy23▲ 24×12 topics
  3. Biomarkers18▲ 20×9 topics
  4. Clinical Trials18▲ 21×9 topics
  5. Genetic Mutations18▲ 32×8 topics
  6. Hormone Therapy18▲ 163×3 topics
  7. Genomic Profiling17▲ 126×2 topics
  8. Androgen Receptor17▲ 174×1 topic
  9. Metastatic Prostate Cancer17▲ 311×1 topic
  10. Clinical Guidelines11▲ 29×6 topics
  11. Survival Rates10▲ 80×2 topics
  12. Radiation Therapy10▲ 55×2 topics
  13. Screening10▲ 76×2 topics
  14. Gleason Grading10▲ 178×1 topic
  15. MRI Imaging10▲ 87×1 topic
  16. Epidemiology8▲ 1.60×38 topics
  17. Targeted Therapy8▲ 27×4 topics
  18. Cancer Treatment7▲ 23×6 topics
  19. PET Imaging7▲ 32×4 topics
  20. Dosimetry7▲ 74×2 topics
  21. Radioimmunotherapy6▲ 173×1 topic
  22. Radiopharmaceuticals6▲ 173×1 topic
  23. Guidelines6▲ 10×10 topics
  24. Chemotherapy5▲ 5.8×13 topics
  25. Cancer5▲ 2.8×15 topics
  26. Molecular Characterization4▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Treatment4▲ 2.6×15 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Bladder Cancer4▲ 74×1 topic
  30. Diagnosis4▲ 3.1×14 topics
  31. Urothelial Carcinoma4▲ 64×1 topic
  32. Fatty Acid Synthase3▲ 65×1 topic
  33. Lipid Metabolism3▲ 65×1 topic
  34. Complications3▲ 4.8×10 topics
  35. Surgical Management3▲ 5.8×11 topics
  36. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  37. Homologous Recombination2▲ 38×2 topics
  38. Breast Cancer2▲ 7.0×8 topics
  39. Cell Death2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  40. BRCA Mutation2▲ 66×1 topic

What research is done in Myrtle Beach?

Prostate Cancer Treatmen…14Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 14 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chem…5Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 5 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…3Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 3 fractional worksCancer, Lipids, and Metabolism: 3 fractional worksPARP inhibition in cancer therapy: 2 fractional worksHormonal and reproductive studies: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 1 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  4. 4 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism Cancer Research 3 works
  6. 6 PARP inhibition in cancer therapy Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Hormonal and reproductive studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works

Research output over time

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