Research in Portland
Science Explorer records 157 research institutions in Portland, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Oregon Health & Science University, Portland State University and Providence Portland Medical Center.
- Research institutions
- 157 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 101k ▲ 7% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 17.0% 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 Portland?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon Health & Science UniversityUniversity | 44,738 | #511 | |
| 2 | Portland State UniversityUniversity | 17,901 | #2,206 | |
| 3 | University of PortlandUniversity | 3,752 | #11,356 | |
| 4 | Lewis & Clark CollegeUniversity | 2,860 | #11,907 | |
| 5 | Reed CollegeUniversity | 2,822 | #10,660 | |
| 6 | Portland VA Medical CenterHospital / health system | 2,344 | #16,818 | |
| 7 | Pacific Northwest Research StationGovernment institution | 2,216 | #11,936 | |
| 8 | Oregon Medical Research CenterHospital / health system | 1,957 | #11,810 | |
| 9 | Concordia UniversityUniversity | 1,853 | #14,359 | |
| 10 | Legacy HealthNonprofit | 1,459 | #20,819 | |
| 11 | Kaiser Permanente Center for Health ResearchHospital / health system | 1,443 | #10,097 | |
| 12 | Vollum InstituteResearch facility | 1,221 | #7,205 | |
| 13 | VA Portland Health Care SystemHospital / health system | 1,037 | #5,788 | |
| 14 | SMART ReadingNonprofit | 948 | #13,340 | |
| 15 | Providence Portland Medical CenterHospital / health system | 806 | #5,384 | |
| 16 | Institute for Learning InnovationNonprofit | 751 | #14,597 | |
| 17 | Energy Storage Systems (United States)Company | 695 | #6,547 | |
| 18 | Bonneville Power AdministrationNonprofit | 686 | #15,978 all time | |
| 19 | Legacy Good Samaritan Medical CenterHospital / health system | 605 | #13,394 all time | |
| 20 | Oregon ClinicHospital / health system | 595 | #16,287 | |
| 21 | Education NorthwestUniversity | 586 | #20,881 all time | |
| 22 | World Water WatchNonprofit | 578 | #22,612 | |
| 23 | Oregon Museum of Science and IndustryArchive | 471 | #10,632 all time | |
| 24 | Shriners Hospitals for Children - PortlandHospital / health system | 424 | #13,721 all time | |
| 25 | Birthingway College of MidwiferyUniversity | 415 | #24,184 all time | |
| 26 | Art Institute of PortlandUniversity | 409 | #16,199 | |
| 27 | Legacy Emanuel Medical CenterHospital / health system | 408 | #28,838 all time | |
| 28 | Doernbecher Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 384 | #24,747 all time | |
| 29 | Jackson FoundationNonprofit | 348 | #11,821 all time | |
| 30 | Providence St. Vincent Medical CenterHospital / health system | 347 | #28,144 all time | |
| 31 | Media Working GroupInstitution | 326 | #14,023 all time | |
| 32 | Oregon Health and Science University HospitalHospital / health system | 305 | #17,996 | |
| 33 | Oregon ZooArchive | 296 | #30,202 all time | |
| 34 | University of Western StatesUniversity | 278 | #28,890 all time | |
| 35 | National University of Natural MedicineUniversity | 250 | #31,299 all time | |
| 36 | Mercy CorpsNonprofit | 236 | #35,445 all time | |
| 37 | Oregon Department of Environmental QualityGovernment institution | 228 | #27,479 all time | |
| 38 | City of PortlandGovernment institution | 213 | #38,983 all time | |
| 39 | Portland Community CollegeUniversity | 211 | #30,323 all time | |
| 40 | Multnomah County Health DepartmentGovernment institution | 191 | #26,981 all time | |
| 41 | Cramer Fish Sciences (United States)Company | 170 | #36,369 all time | |
| 42 | Galois (United States)Company | 166 | #26,452 all time | |
| 43 | Allergy Associates Research CenterInstitution | 158 | #25,563 all time | |
| 44 | Lattice Semiconductor (United States)Company | 144 | #30,785 all time | |
| 45 | Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish CommissionGovernment institution | 136 | #28,534 all time | |
| 46 | OchinHospital / health system | 131 | #29,539 all time | |
| 47 | Electro Scientific Industries (United States)Company | 128 | #21,374 all time | |
| 48 | Gamma Therapeutics (United States)Company | 126 | #39,983 all time | |
| 49 | GreenWood Resources (United States)Company | 123 | #40,280 all time | |
| 50 | Cardno (United States)Company | 117 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Cascade (United States)Company | 114 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Northwest Evaluation AssociationNonprofit | 106 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Wild Salmon CenterNonprofit | 97 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Columbia EducationNonprofit | 95 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Oregon College of Oriental MedicineUniversity | 93 | not ranked | |
| 56 | The Intercultural Communication InstituteNonprofit | 90 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Western SeminaryUniversity | 87 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Portland Public SchoolsUniversity | 85 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Oregon Dermatology & Research CenterResearch facility | 82 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Marylhurst UniversityUniversity | 81 | 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 Portland strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Portland is most concentrated in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Sensory Systems and Dermatology (3.8× the world share in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems).
- Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 43.5 works3.8×
- Sensory SystemsSubfield · 35.1 works3.4×
- DermatologySubfield · 116.2 works3.3×
- OphthalmologySubfield · 114.7 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 Portland?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Treatment, Public Health, Mental Health, Risk Factors and Climate Change.
- Substance Use Disorders
- Cognitive Decline
- Quality Improvement
- Medical Education
- Health Disparities
- Anxiety
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Genetics
- Mortality
- Biomarkers
- Clinical Trials
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Immunotherapy
- Depression
- Diagnosis
- Oxidative Stress
- Treatment
- Quality of Life
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Cancer
- Chemotherapy
- Neurological Disorders
- Primary Care
- Management
- Aging
- Prognostic Factors
- Genetic Mutations
- Social Support
- Ethical Considerations
- Mortality Risk
- Neuroimaging
- Chronic Disease Management
- Health Care Utilization
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
- Epidemiology991▲ 1.85×136 topics
- Inflammation433▲ 1.54×80 topics
- Climate Change398◆ 1.09×108 topics
- Quality of Life382▲ 1.96×58 topics
- Public Health331▲ 1.69×65 topics
- Treatment330▲ 2.0×52 topics
- Mental Health325▲ 1.64×41 topics
- Oxidative Stress291▲ 1.32×61 topics
- Risk Factors286▲ 1.92×37 topics
- Diagnosis243▲ 1.93×41 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease226▲ 1.50×39 topics
- Depression222▲ 1.87×24 topics
- Cancer221▲ 1.22×54 topics
- Immunotherapy205▲ 2.1×19 topics
- Chemotherapy197▲ 2.1×25 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome191▲ 1.73×24 topics
- Neurological Disorders178▲ 2.3×20 topics
- Clinical Trials174▲ 1.92×18 topics
- Primary Care172▲ 3.4×15 topics
- Biomarkers168▲ 1.82×18 topics
- Management167▲ 1.57×38 topics
- Mortality162▲ 2.1×13 topics
- Aging152▲ 2.1×18 topics
- Genetics148▲ 1.57×27 topics
- Prognostic Factors147▲ 2.5×14 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines139▲ 1.89×14 topics
- Genetic Mutations135▲ 2.3×23 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment135▲ 2.2×8 topics
- Social Support134▲ 1.78×17 topics
- Anxiety132▲ 2.1×12 topics
- Ethical Considerations131▲ 2.9×19 topics
- Health Disparities129▲ 3.6×9 topics
- Mortality Risk128▲ 4.0×6 topics
- Medical Education106▲ 3.0×12 topics
- Neuroimaging102▲ 2.8×11 topics
- Quality Improvement102▲ 3.9×8 topics
- Chronic Disease Management97▲ 3.8×5 topics
- Cognitive Decline79▲ 4.8×2 topics
- Health Care Utilization79▲ 5.1×3 topics
- Substance Use Disorders77▲ 7.8×2 topics
What research is done in Portland?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 52 works
- 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 52 works
- 3 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 44 works
- 4 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 40 works
- 5 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 39 works
- 6 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 39 works
- 7 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 38 works
- 8 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 37 works
- 9 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 36 works
- 10 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 35 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.