Research in New Orleans
Science Explorer records 68 research institutions in New Orleans, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Tulane University, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans and University of New Orleans.
- Research institutions
- 68 13 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 93k ▲ 9% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 14.2% 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 New Orleans?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulane UniversityUniversity | 42,005 | #684 | |
| 2 | University of New OrleansUniversity | 12,182 | #5,823 | |
| 3 | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New OrleansHospital / health system | 12,166 | #2,526 | |
| 4 | Ochsner Medical CenterHospital / health system | 6,138 | #10,947 | |
| 5 | University Medical Center New OrleansHospital / health system | 5,326 | #17,696 | |
| 6 | Southern Regional Research CenterGovernment institution | 3,319 | #17,023 | |
| 7 | Loyola University New OrleansUniversity | 3,111 | #12,554 | |
| 8 | Tulane Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,730 | #25,497 | |
| 9 | Xavier University of LouisianaUniversity | 1,421 | #13,179 | |
| 10 | Ochsner Health SystemHospital / health system | 1,050 | #9,861 | |
| 11 | Children's Hospital of New OrleansHospital / health system | 739 | #25,276 | |
| 12 | NationsUniversityUniversity | 482 | #26,074 | |
| 13 | Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care SystemHospital / health system | 437 | #15,743 | |
| 14 | Southern University at New OrleansUniversity | 373 | #24,510 all time | |
| 15 | Dillard UniversityUniversity | 354 | #30,596 all time | |
| 16 | Brotherhood (United States)Company | 330 | #6,812 all time | |
| 17 | Audubon Nature InstituteArchive | 274 | #33,309 all time | |
| 18 | Kingsley HouseNonprofit | 237 | #25,375 all time | |
| 19 | Touro Infirmary FoundationHospital / health system | 180 | #30,857 all time | |
| 20 | Autoimmune Technologies (United States)Company | 173 | #12,718 all time | |
| 21 | New Orleans Public LibraryArchive | 166 | #41,183 all time | |
| 22 | New Orleans Baptist Theological SeminaryUniversity | 131 | #35,675 all time | |
| 23 | Louisiana Cancer Research CenterHospital / health system | 106 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Orleans Parish School BoardUniversity | 101 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Delgado Community CollegeUniversity | 87 | not ranked | |
| 26 | University of Holy CrossUniversity | 69 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Louisiana Public Health InstituteNonprofit | 67 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Ochsner Baptist Medical CenterHospital / health system | 60 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Michoud Assembly FacilityResearch facility | 43 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Notre Dame SeminaryUniversity | 38 | not ranked | |
| 31 | National Network of Public Health InstitutesNonprofit | 31 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Tidewater (United States)Company | 30 | not ranked | |
| 33 | InnoGenomics (United States)Company | 25 | not ranked | |
| 34 | DEKK-TEC (United States)Company | 24 | not ranked | |
| 35 | LaCell (United States)Company | 23 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Odyssey House LouisianaHospital / health system | 21 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Aquaculture Systems Technologies (United States)Company | 17 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Louisiana State MuseumArchive | 17 | not ranked | |
| 39 | AxoSim (United States)Company | 14 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Institute of Mental HygieneNonprofit | 12 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Archdiocese of New OrleansInstitution | 8 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Institute of Women and Ethnic StudiesNonprofit | 8 | not ranked | |
| 43 | National Finance CenterGovernment institution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Interventional Stroke Therapy Outcomes RegistryNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 45 | New Orleans AIDS Task ForceInstitution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Our School at Blair GroceryUniversity | 4 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Amistad Research CenterNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Orleans Parish Civil Clerk of CourtGovernment institution | 4 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Louisiana Museum FoundationNonprofit | 3 | not ranked | |
| 50 | New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial JusticeInstitution | 3 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Longue Vue House and GardensArchive | 2 | not ranked | |
| 52 | National Performance NetworkNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Firstline SchoolsUniversity | 2 | not ranked | |
| 54 | BreakOUTNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 55 | New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and FoundationInstitution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Southern Sports LeaguesInstitution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Women With A VisionNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 58 | WWOZNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Model Software (United States)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Greater New Orleans FoundationNonprofit | 1 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is New Orleans strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in New Orleans is most concentrated in Virology, Emergency Medical Services and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (3.9× the world share in Virology).
- VirologySubfield · 23.6 works3.9×
- Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 65.1 works3.5×
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 374.6 works3.5×
- Immunology and AllergySubfield · 26.7 works3.3×
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 80.8 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.
Which keywords describe research in New Orleans?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Public Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Risk Factors, Treatment, Metabolic Syndrome and Diagnosis.
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Chronic Disease
- Health Outcomes
- Pathophysiology
- Clinical Guidelines
- Primary Care
- Global Burden
- Neurological Disorders
- Regulation
- Mortality
- Immune Response
- Complications
- Biomarkers
- Management
- Cancer
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Mental Health
- Treatment
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Risk Factors
- Oxidative Stress
- Diagnosis
- Quality of Life
- Obesity
- Depression
- Guidelines
- Diabetes
- Immunotherapy
- Heart Failure
- Hypertension
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Genetic Mutations
- Surgical Management
- International Law
- Cardiovascular Health
- Quality Improvement
- Community Health
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
- Epidemiology905▲ 2.2×134 topics
- Inflammation465▲ 2.2×82 topics
- Public Health358▲ 2.4×64 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease310▲ 2.7×38 topics
- Risk Factors291▲ 2.6×37 topics
- Treatment285▲ 2.3×51 topics
- Oxidative Stress271▲ 1.60×58 topics
- Mental Health265▲ 1.75×40 topics
- Diagnosis243▲ 2.5×40 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome238▲ 2.8×23 topics
- Quality of Life238▲ 1.59×56 topics
- Cancer220▲ 1.59×53 topics
- Obesity177▲ 2.3×25 topics
- Management163▲ 2.0×36 topics
- Depression152▲ 1.68×22 topics
- Biomarkers147▲ 2.1×18 topics
- Guidelines147▲ 3.0×13 topics
- Complications146▲ 2.8×17 topics
- Diabetes137▲ 2.7×21 topics
- Immune Response136▲ 2.3×22 topics
- Immunotherapy136▲ 1.85×19 topics
- Mortality132▲ 2.2×13 topics
- Heart Failure130▲ 2.9×13 topics
- Regulation126▲ 2.3×24 topics
- Hypertension122▲ 4.1×14 topics
- Neurological Disorders121▲ 2.1×20 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines118▲ 2.1×14 topics
- Global Burden116▲ 2.1×12 topics
- Genetic Mutations115▲ 2.6×23 topics
- Primary Care110▲ 2.8×14 topics
- Surgical Management110▲ 2.6×20 topics
- Clinical Guidelines106▲ 3.5×9 topics
- International Law101▲ 3.2×21 topics
- Pathophysiology99▲ 3.2×11 topics
- Cardiovascular Health92▲ 4.6×8 topics
- Health Outcomes92▲ 3.2×8 topics
- Quality Improvement82▲ 4.1×8 topics
- Chronic Disease79▲ 4.4×4 topics
- Community Health78▲ 4.6×5 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy76▲ 4.5×6 topics
What research is done in New Orleans?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 52 works
- 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 43 works
- 3 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 36 works
- 4 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 34 works
- 5 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 31 works
- 6 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 30 works
- 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 30 works
- 8 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 30 works
- 9 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 28 works
- 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 28 works
Research output over time
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