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Research in Philadelphia
Science Explorer records 254 research institutions in Philadelphia, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Drexel University.
- Research institutions
- 254 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 446k ▲ 9% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 18.5% 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 Philadelphia?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of PennsylvaniaUniversity | 160,633 | #36 | |
| 2 | Temple UniversityUniversity | 48,608 | #549 | |
| 3 | Drexel UniversityUniversity | 38,819 | #682 | |
| 4 | Thomas Jefferson UniversityUniversity | 26,848 | #1,084 | |
| 5 | Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFunder | 24,707 | #1,008 | |
| 6 | Philadelphia UniversityUniversity | 16,165 | #2,362 | |
| 7 | Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaHospital / health system | 15,237 | #3,579 | |
| 8 | Fox Chase Cancer CenterHospital / health system | 10,091 | #3,373 | |
| 9 | Thomas Jefferson University HospitalHospital / health system | 8,428 | #5,421 | |
| 10 | Hahnemann University HospitalHospital / health system | 5,706 | #3,279 all time | |
| 11 | The Wistar InstituteResearch facility | 4,944 | #3,774 | |
| 12 | GlaxoSmithKline (United States)Company | 4,376 | #4,744 | |
| 13 | Einstein Medical Center PhiladelphiaHospital / health system | 4,332 | #16,097 | |
| 14 | Temple University HospitalHospital / health system | 4,067 | #5,868 | |
| 15 | University of the SciencesUniversity | 3,981 | #7,555 | |
| 16 | Wills Eye HospitalHospital / health system | 3,979 | #15,893 | |
| 17 | Saint Joseph's UniversityUniversity | 3,293 | #10,911 | |
| 18 | La Salle UniversityUniversity | 3,154 | #10,292 | |
| 19 | Sidney Kimmel Cancer CenterHospital / health system | 2,890 | #4,124 | |
| 20 | Pennsylvania HospitalHospital / health system | 2,879 | #17,124 | |
| 21 | University of Pennsylvania Health SystemHospital / health system | 2,871 | #7,438 | |
| 22 | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineUniversity | 2,636 | #11,368 | |
| 23 | Rothman InstituteResearch facility | 2,069 | #12,655 | |
| 24 | Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterHospital / health system | 2,011 | #12,407 | |
| 25 | Philadelphia VA Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,916 | #3,955 | |
| 26 | St. Christopher's Hospital for ChildrenHospital / health system | 1,861 | #22,260 | |
| 27 | Franklin InstituteArchive | 1,854 | #2,781 all time | |
| 28 | Chestnut Hill CollegeUniversity | 1,815 | #17,884 | |
| 29 | Photonics (United States)Company | 1,761 | #5,291 | |
| 30 | Penn Center for AIDS ResearchResearch facility | 1,687 | #4,049 | |
| 31 | Monell Chemical Senses CenterNonprofit | 1,615 | #7,367 | |
| 32 | Lankenau Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,255 | #19,919 | |
| 33 | Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaInstitution | 1,078 | #21,970 | |
| 34 | Graduate HospitalHospital / health system | 1,036 | #13,288 all time | |
| 35 | Rothman OrthopaedicsInstitution | 891 | #11,782 | |
| 36 | University City Science CenterResearch facility | 866 | #12,100 | |
| 37 | Drexel University Elkins Park CampusUniversity | 861 | #14,624 | |
| 38 | FMC (United States)Company | 818 | #18,291 all time | |
| 39 | Lankenau Institute for Medical ResearchNonprofit | 815 | #13,278 | |
| 40 | University of the ArtsUniversity | 773 | #12,691 | |
| 41 | Moore College of Art and DesignUniversity | 729 | #18,232 all time | |
| 42 | Moss Rehabilitation HospitalHospital / health system | 715 | #24,544 | |
| 43 | National Board of Medical ExaminersNonprofit | 699 | #11,554 | |
| 44 | Community College of PhiladelphiaUniversity | 679 | #21,065 | |
| 45 | Temple University Health SystemUniversity | 674 | #16,479 | |
| 46 | American Board of Internal MedicineNonprofit | 673 | #18,671 | |
| 47 | Sunoco (United States)Company | 626 | #16,254 all time | |
| 48 | Einstein Healthcare NetworkHospital / health system | 564 | #24,322 | |
| 49 | Lutheran Theological Seminary at PhiladelphiaInstitution | 536 | #23,061 all time | |
| 50 | Shriners Hospitals for Children - PhiladelphiaHospital / health system | 505 | #29,425 all time | |
| 51 | Philadelphia Fire DepartmentGovernment institution | 504 | #7,440 all time | |
| 52 | American College of PhysiciansInstitution | 448 | #6,358 all time | |
| 53 | Philadelphia Department of Public HealthGovernment institution | 440 | #25,459 all time | |
| 54 | Samuel S. Fleisher Art MemorialInstitution | 430 | #17,486 all time | |
| 55 | Wolters Kluwer HealthCompany | 408 | #17,690 all time | |
| 56 | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related ResearchInstitution | 393 | #24,377 | |
| 57 | Treatment Research InstituteNonprofit | 388 | #18,150 all time | |
| 58 | Center for Visual Communication (United States)Company | 384 | #25,475 all time | |
| 59 | Mercy Catholic Medical CenterHospital / health system | 379 | #26,714 | |
| 60 | Research for ActionNonprofit | 360 | #24,941 |
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 Pennsylvania161k · 37.0%Temple University49k · 11.2%Drexel University39k · 8.9%Thomas Jefferson University27k · 6.2%56 others listed159k · 36.7%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Philadelphia strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Philadelphia is most concentrated in Transplantation, Internal Medicine and Equine (5.9× the world share in Transplantation).
- TransplantationSubfield · 140.4 works5.9×
- Internal MedicineSubfield · 130.6 works4.0×
- EquineSubfield · 27.7 works4.0×
- Family PracticeSubfield · 92.4 works3.6×
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 459.3 works3.5×
- Issues, ethics and legal aspectsSubfield · 36.4 works3.3×
- Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 185.4 works3.1×
- OphthalmologySubfield · 449.9 works3.1×
← 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.
Which keywords describe research in Philadelphia?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Immunotherapy, Treatment, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Diagnosis and Genetic Mutations.
- Leukemia
- Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
- Cancer Immunotherapy
- Medical Education
- Rehabilitation
- Surgical Management
- Global Burden
- Heart Failure
- Prognostic Factors
- Neurological Disorders
- Complications
- Depression
- Clinical Trials
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Management
- Cancer
- Diagnosis
- Oxidative Stress
- Treatment
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Quality of Life
- Risk Factors
- Immunotherapy
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Chemotherapy
- Genetic Mutations
- Genetics
- Biomarkers
- Mortality
- Guidelines
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Radiotherapy
- Primary Care
- Precision Medicine
- Echocardiography
- Mortality Risk
- Lymphoma
- Tumor Regression
▲ 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
- Epidemiology4,416▲ 2.1×140 topics
- Inflammation1,979▲ 1.77×83 topics
- Quality of Life1,426▲ 1.84×60 topics
- Treatment1,408▲ 2.2×52 topics
- Risk Factors1,332▲ 2.3×37 topics
- Oxidative Stress1,213▲ 1.38×63 topics
- Immunotherapy1,199▲ 3.1×19 topics
- Diagnosis1,143▲ 2.3×41 topics
- Public Health1,133▲ 1.45×74 topics
- Cancer1,119▲ 1.55×58 topics
- Mental Health1,096▲ 1.39×48 topics
- Management939▲ 2.2×38 topics
- Chemotherapy911▲ 2.4×25 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease867▲ 1.45×39 topics
- Genetic Mutations823▲ 3.5×23 topics
- Clinical Trials794▲ 2.2×19 topics
- Genetics791▲ 2.1×27 topics
- Depression790▲ 1.68×26 topics
- Biomarkers764▲ 2.1×18 topics
- Complications754▲ 2.8×17 topics
- Mortality741▲ 2.4×13 topics
- Neurological Disorders725▲ 2.4×20 topics
- Guidelines714▲ 2.9×13 topics
- Prognostic Factors714▲ 3.0×14 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines647▲ 2.2×14 topics
- Heart Failure632▲ 2.7×14 topics
- Radiotherapy618▲ 3.0×13 topics
- Global Burden579▲ 2.0×12 topics
- Primary Care556▲ 2.8×15 topics
- Surgical Management552▲ 2.5×20 topics
- Precision Medicine537▲ 2.1×8 topics
- Rehabilitation526▲ 2.5×13 topics
- Echocardiography508▲ 3.5×8 topics
- Medical Education496▲ 3.6×13 topics
- Mortality Risk477▲ 3.7×6 topics
- Cancer Immunotherapy446▲ 5.4×3 topics
- Lymphoma424▲ 4.9×4 topics
- Neurodevelopmental Outcomes386▲ 3.9×6 topics
- Tumor Regression340▲ 5.8×2 topics
- Leukemia307▲ 6.8×2 topics
What research is done in Philadelphia?
OncologyGender StudiesSurgeryEpidemiology4 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 CAR-T cell therapy researchOncology 288 works
- 2 Diversity and Career in MedicineGender Studies 177 works
- 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 170 works
- 4 Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesSurgery 166 works
- 5 Congenital Heart Disease StudiesEpidemiology 162 works
- 6 Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesBiomedical Engineering 160 works
- 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 155 works
- 8 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 154 works
- 9 Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics and Econometrics 152 works
- 10 Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationEmergency Medicine 151 works
Research output over time
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.