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Research in Orlando

Science Explorer records 77 research institutions in Orlando, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Central Florida, AdventHealth Orlando and Orlando Health.

Research institutions
77
11 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
59k
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
17.3%
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 Orlando?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Central FloridaUniversity 45,925 #419
2Orlando HealthHospital / health system 1,868 #10,506
3AdventHealth OrlandoHospital / health system 1,790 #7,775
4American Academy of OptometryUniversity 1,690 #18,457 all time
5Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems DivisionResearch facility 1,288 #10,156 all time
6Orlando Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system 822 #22,829
7SeaWorld EntertainmentInstitution 675 #20,266
8Nemours Children's ClinicHospital / health system 493 #20,587
9Arnold Palmer Hospital for ChildrenHospital / health system 401 #23,139
10Florida Hospital Cancer InstituteHospital / health system 366 #21,760
11Cole Engineering Services (United States)Company 247 #25,387
12Valencia CollegeUniversity 243 #34,805 all time
13Orlando VA Medical CenterHospital / health system 206 #36,597 all time
14Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and DiabetesResearch facility 200 #13,220
15Beam Engineering for Advanced Measurements (United States)Company 188 #21,319 all time
16Design Interactive (United States)Company 165 #33,830 all time
17Plasmonics (United States)Company 163 #14,167 all time
18Advanced Power Electronics (United States)Company 161 #34,348 all time
19AdventHealth East OrlandoHospital / health system 161 #23,081
20Adventist University of Health SciencesUniversity 149 #35,005 all time
21Florida Department of Health in Orange CountyGovernment institution 148 #37,356 all time
22Florida College of Integrative MedicineUniversity 146 #42,654 all time
23Florida Technical CollegeUniversity 145 #39,787 all time
24Orlando Clinical Research CenterResearch facility 140 #32,027 all time
25AdventHealth for ChildrenHospital / health system 133 #38,843 all time
26Orlando Immunology CenterResearch facility 127 #16,654 all time
27Florida Urology AssociatesHospital / health system 106 not ranked
28Laser Institute of AmericaInstitution 94 not ranked
29International Vedic Hindu UniversityUniversity 93 not ranked
30SdPhotonics (United States)Company 70 not ranked
31Southern Technical CollegeUniversity 64 not ranked
32Orange County Public SchoolsUniversity 60 not ranked
33Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & BabiesHospital / health system 53 not ranked
34Florida Maxima (United States)Company 47 not ranked
35RSK Assessments (United States)Company 45 not ranked
36McKnight Brain Research FoundationNonprofit 42 not ranked
37Planar Energy (United States)Company 38 not ranked
38Hesperos (United States)Company 36 not ranked
39Sciperio (United States)Company 35 not ranked
40Enveda Therapeutics (United States)Company 32 not ranked
41Jewett Orthopaedic ClinicHospital / health system 31 not ranked
42Central Florida Neurosurgery InstituteHospital / health system 28 not ranked
43Biomedical Acoustics (United States)Company 25 not ranked
44Nscrypt (United States)Company 23 not ranked
45Q4 (United States)Company 22 not ranked
46API Technologies (United States)Company 20 not ranked
47Expand (United States)Company 20 not ranked
48Lensar (United States)Company 18 not ranked
49Partow Technologies (United States)Company 15 not ranked
50AdventHealth Foundation Central FloridaHospital / health system 12 not ranked
51Truventic (United States)Company 12 not ranked
52Central Florida Pulmonary GroupHospital / health system 12 not ranked
53CNS HealthcareHospital / health system 11 not ranked
54Global Institute for Quality EducationNonprofit 9 not ranked
55Florida Hospital AssociationNonprofit 8 not ranked
56Clear Hat Consulting (United States)Company 8 not ranked
57American University of LeadershipUniversity 7 not ranked
58Compass ResearchResearch facility 6 not ranked
59Orlando Science CenterArchive 5 not ranked
60Florida Space Grant ConsortiumInstitution 5 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 Central Florida: 77.6%Orlando Health: 3.2%AdventHealth Orlando: 3.0%American Academy of Optometry: 2.9%56 others listed: 13.3%78%largest
University of Central Florida46k · 77.6%Orlando Health1,868 · 3.2%AdventHealth Orlando1,790 · 3.0%American Academy of Optometry1,690 · 2.9%56 others listed7,879 · 13.3%

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

What is Orlando strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Orlando is most concentrated in Public Administration, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and Human-Computer Interaction (4.6× the world share in Public Administration).

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 25.3 works4.6×
  2. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 34.8 works4.4×
  3. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 68.2 works3.2×
  4. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 78.2 works3.2×
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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 Orlando?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Nonlinear Optics, Mental Health, Risk Factors, Driver Behavior and Heat Transfer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology522▲ 1.30×132 topics
  2. Deep Learning424▲ 1.22×79 topics
  3. Machine Learning350◆ 1.05×86 topics
  4. Mental Health226▲ 1.52×42 topics
  5. Risk Factors198▲ 1.77×37 topics
  6. Neural Networks196▲ 1.25×37 topics
  7. Public Health187▲ 1.26×61 topics
  8. Inflammation178▼ 0.84×79 topics
  9. Quality of Life164◆ 1.12×57 topics
  10. Treatment152▲ 1.23×48 topics
  11. Social Media146◆ 1.01×32 topics
  12. Heat Transfer130▲ 2.6×18 topics
  13. Diagnosis123▲ 1.30×39 topics
  14. Complications118▲ 2.3×17 topics
  15. Nonlinear Optics111▲ 9.9×4 topics
  16. Biosensors108▲ 2.1×12 topics
  17. Student Engagement94▲ 2.3×15 topics
  18. Driver Behavior78▲ 9.8×2 topics
  19. Optical Modulators78▲ 5.2×3 topics
  20. Fiber Lasers74▲ 7.5×3 topics
  21. Chemical Kinetics73▲ 8.0×2 topics
  22. Microresonators70▲ 8.4×3 topics
  23. Integrated Circuits69▲ 4.3×3 topics
  24. Raman Lasers68▲ 5.8×2 topics
  25. Intelligent Transportation Systems66▲ 4.5×4 topics
  26. Injury Severity63▲ 7.6×2 topics
  27. Microwave Photonics62▲ 6.9×2 topics
  28. Microcavities61▲ 5.4×2 topics
  29. Traffic Flow60▲ 5.6×2 topics
  30. Silicon Photonics59▲ 5.3×2 topics
  31. Nanophotonic Waveguides57▲ 5.7×1 topic
  32. Whispering Gallery Mode57▲ 5.7×1 topic
  33. Spatial Analysis56▲ 6.0×5 topics
  34. Combustion Instabilities55▲ 8.8×2 topics
  35. Optical Frequency Combs55▲ 9.7×1 topic
  36. Ultrafast Lasers55▲ 9.7×1 topic
  37. Pedestrian Safety50▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Traffic Accidents50▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Crash Prediction Models49▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Road Safety49▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Orlando?

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 57 works
  2. 2 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 55 works
  3. 3 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 49 works
  4. 4 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 45 works
  5. 5 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 40 works
  6. 6 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 38 works
  7. 7 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 37 works
  8. 8 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 33 works
  9. 9 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 32 works
  10. 10 Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 30 works

Research output over time

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