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Research in Omaha

Science Explorer records 53 research institutions in Omaha, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center and University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Research institutions
53
14 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
73k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.4%
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 Omaha?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Nebraska Medical CenterHospital / health system 23,533 #1,045
2Creighton UniversityUniversity 14,107 #3,993
3University of Nebraska at OmahaUniversity 11,866 #3,531
4Engineering Systems (United States)Company 5,590 #8,769
5Nebraska Medical CenterHospital / health system 5,131 #3,228
6Clarkson CollegeUniversity 2,253 #2,918 all time
7CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan MercyHospital / health system 1,628 #21,109
8Children's Hospital & Medical CenterHospital / health system 1,463 #18,957
9Boys TownNonprofit 1,170 #16,043
10Visiting Nurse AssociationInstitution 1,077 #25,583
11Boys Town National Research HospitalHospital / health system 1,005 #14,089
12Methodist HospitalHospital / health system 741 #24,607
13CHI HealthHospital / health system 461 #25,031
14VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care SystemHospital / health system 441 #12,948
15Omaha VA Medical CenterHospital / health system 334 #24,605 all time
16Prevention GroupCompany 278 #27,506 all time
17Diabetes & Endocrine AssociatesInstitution 253 #26,619 all time
18CHI Health ImmanuelHospital / health system 253 #27,201
19Douglas County Health DepartmentGovernment institution 197 #38,730 all time
20Metropolitan Community CollegeUniversity 146 #32,702 all time
21Transgenomic (United States)Company 138 #32,016 all time
22College of Saint MaryUniversity 138 #39,086 all time
23Berkshire Hathaway (United States)Company 103 not ranked
24Nebraska Methodist CollegeUniversity 99 not ranked
25Quality LivingNonprofit 82 not ranked
26Nebraska Cancer SpecialistsHospital / health system 69 not ranked
27Grace UniversityUniversity 59 not ranked
28Meridian Clinical ResearchResearch facility 55 not ranked
29Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationNonprofit 53 not ranked
30Nebraska Orthopaedic HospitalHospital / health system 38 not ranked
31Hematology & Oncology ConsultantsHospital / health system 20 not ranked
32Missouri Valley Cancer ConsortiumNonprofit 19 not ranked
33Universal College of Healing ArtsUniversity 16 not ranked
34Omaha Public LibraryArchive 11 not ranked
35Society on Neuroimmune PharmacologyInstitution 10 not ranked
36Joslyn Art MuseumArchive 10 not ranked
37Urology Cancer Center and GU Research NetworkHospital / health system 8 not ranked
38Education and Research Foundation for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingNonprofit 6 not ranked
39Triological SocietyInstitution 5 not ranked
40Omaha Community FoundationNonprofit 5 not ranked
41Scoular (United States)Company 5 not ranked
42Methodist Hospital FoundationHospital / health system 5 not ranked
43Nebraska Independent College FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
44Nebraska Public Health LaboratoryResearch facility 2 not ranked
45Heartland Clinical ResearchResearch facility 2 not ranked
46Legal Aid of NebraskaNonprofit 2 not ranked
47Applied Information Management InstituteNonprofit 2 not ranked
48Durham MuseumArchive 2 not ranked
49Bemis Center for Contemporary ArtsInstitution 1 not ranked
50Heartland Family ServiceNonprofit 1 not ranked
51Nebraska Space Grant ConsortiumInstitution 1 not ranked
5221CSi (United States)Company 1 not ranked
53The Big GardenNonprofit 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.

University of Nebraska Medical Center: 32.3%Creighton University: 19.4%University of Nebraska at Omaha: 16.3%Engineering Systems (United States): 7.7%49 others listed: 24.4%32%largest
University of Nebraska Medical Center24k · 32.3%Creighton University14k · 19.4%University of Nebraska at Omaha12k · 16.3%Engineering Systems (United States)5,590 · 7.7%49 others listed18k · 24.4%

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

What is Omaha strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Omaha is most concentrated in Virology, Sensory Systems and Gastroenterology (5.6× the world share in Virology).

  1. VirologySubfield · 32.8 works5.6×
  2. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 26.1 works3.4×
  3. GastroenterologySubfield · 39.1 works3.3×
  4. OncologySubfield · 372.9 works3.3×
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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 Omaha?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Quality of Life and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology894▲ 2.3×135 topics
  2. Inflammation444▲ 2.1×82 topics
  3. Treatment300▲ 2.5×49 topics
  4. Quality of Life280▲ 1.94×54 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress279▲ 1.70×58 topics
  6. Cancer263▲ 1.96×54 topics
  7. Diagnosis259▲ 2.8×41 topics
  8. Immunotherapy242▲ 3.4×19 topics
  9. Risk Factors229▲ 2.1×37 topics
  10. Chemotherapy219▲ 3.1×25 topics
  11. Public Health218▲ 1.49×59 topics
  12. Mental Health216▲ 1.47×44 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease204▲ 1.83×37 topics
  14. Depression173▲ 1.97×23 topics
  15. Management171▲ 2.2×35 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders165▲ 2.9×20 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors165▲ 3.8×14 topics
  18. Clinical Trials153▲ 2.3×19 topics
  19. Guidelines148▲ 3.2×13 topics
  20. Heart Failure146▲ 3.4×13 topics
  21. Biomarkers145▲ 2.1×18 topics
  22. Complications142▲ 2.9×17 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines138▲ 2.5×14 topics
  24. Metabolic Syndrome136▲ 1.67×22 topics
  25. Immune Response134▲ 2.4×22 topics
  26. Genetics130▲ 1.85×25 topics
  27. Tumor Microenvironment127▲ 2.9×8 topics
  28. Mortality126▲ 2.2×13 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations123▲ 2.8×23 topics
  30. Diabetes122▲ 2.5×22 topics
  31. Surgical Management120▲ 2.9×20 topics
  32. Radiotherapy103▲ 2.7×13 topics
  33. Metastasis102▲ 3.0×12 topics
  34. Medical Education102▲ 4.0×14 topics
  35. Rehabilitation102▲ 2.6×13 topics
  36. Echocardiography90▲ 3.3×8 topics
  37. Health-related Quality of Life88▲ 3.8×5 topics
  38. Antiretroviral Therapy77▲ 4.8×6 topics
  39. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention71▲ 5.3×4 topics
  40. Hearing Loss67▲ 5.8×4 topics

What research is done in Omaha?

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical EducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 46 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchOncology 42 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 34 works
  4. 4 Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesBiomedical Engineering 32 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 32 works
  6. 6 Hearing Loss and RehabilitationCognitive Neuroscience 32 works
  7. 7 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and ManagementOncology 31 works
  8. 8 Lymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentPathology and Forensic Medicine 29 works
  9. 9 Diversity and Career in MedicineGender Studies 29 works
  10. 10 Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesSurgery 28 works

Research output over time

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