Research in Portland
Science Explorer records 28 research institutions in Portland, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Mitchell Institute, University of Southern Maine and Maine Medical Center.
- Research institutions
- 28 5 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 20k ▲ 22% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 12.3% 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 Portland?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchell InstituteNonprofit | 13,655 | #3,044 | |
| 2 | University of Southern MaineUniversity | 3,019 | #11,250 | |
| 3 | Maine Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,295 | #13,587 | |
| 4 | MaineHealthHospital / health system | 400 | #13,793 | |
| 5 | University of Maine School of LawUniversity | 325 | #37,790 all time | |
| 6 | Biodiversity Research InstituteNonprofit | 262 | #18,365 | |
| 7 | Microwave Medical Systems (United States)Company | 248 | #17,911 all time | |
| 8 | Gulf of Maine Research InstituteNonprofit | 145 | #32,585 all time | |
| 9 | Barbara Bush Children’s HospitalHospital / health system | 67 | not ranked | |
| 10 | Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual ArtsUniversity | 55 | not ranked | |
| 11 | Gulf of Maine AssociationNonprofit | 48 | not ranked | |
| 12 | National Academy for State Health PolicyNonprofit | 47 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Ocean Renewable Power Company (United States)Company | 45 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Maine Classical AssociationInstitution | 38 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Maine College of ArtUniversity | 36 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Northern Light Mercy HospitalHospital / health system | 27 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Ocean ClassroomInstitution | 19 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Portland Public LibraryArchive | 9 | not ranked | |
| 19 | ImmuCell (United States)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Maine Historical SocietyInstitution | 7 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Introspective Systems (United States)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Tex Tech Industries (United States)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Maine Humanities CouncilFunder | 4 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Greater Portland LandmarksNonprofit | 3 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Opportunity AllianceInstitution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 26 | United Way of Greater PortlandNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Audiofile (United States)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Rockstep Solutions (United States)Company | 0 | 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 Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (5.1× the world share in Soil Science).
- Soil ScienceSubfield · 45.3 works5.1×
- Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 30.5 works4.3×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 37.8 works4.0×
- Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 24.8 works3.9×
- Media TechnologySubfield · 31.8 works3.4×
- Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 51.9 works3.4×
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: Climate Change, Engineering Education, Soil Moisture, Water Scarcity, Crop Productivity, Deficit Irrigation, Water Use Efficiency and Globalization.
- Fracture Propagation
- Statistical Reasoning
- Methane Production
- Agricultural Education
- Emotions
- System Dynamics
- Data Science
- Educational Reform
- Cognition
- Teacher Preparation
- Large-Eddy Simulation
- Student Engagement
- Heat Transfer
- Deficit Irrigation
- Water Scarcity
- Engineering Education
- Education
- Public Health
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Globalization
- Mental Health
- Innovation
- Soil Moisture
- Crop Productivity
- Water Use Efficiency
- Ethics
- Assessment Methods
- Dark Matter
- Teaching Methods
- Experiential Learning
- Hydraulic Fracturing
- Milk Composition
- Microbial Community
- Consciousness
- School Gardens
- Ruminant Nutrition
- Statistics Anxiety
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
- Climate Change122▲ 1.52×89 topics
- Epidemiology90▼ 0.76×108 topics
- Machine Learning87◆ 0.89×74 topics
- Sustainability81◆ 1.12×81 topics
- Globalization77▲ 1.32×85 topics
- Public Health65▲ 1.50×49 topics
- Mental Health64▲ 1.47×37 topics
- Education62▲ 1.21×67 topics
- Innovation44▲ 1.42×40 topics
- Engineering Education40▲ 15×4 topics
- Soil Moisture39▲ 18×5 topics
- Water Scarcity38▲ 16×3 topics
- Crop Productivity38▲ 19×2 topics
- Deficit Irrigation38▲ 53×1 topic
- Water Use Efficiency38▲ 39×1 topic
- Heat Transfer36▲ 2.4×17 topics
- Ethics34▲ 2.4×31 topics
- Student Engagement34▲ 2.8×14 topics
- Assessment Methods24▲ 7.5×3 topics
- Large-Eddy Simulation24▲ 4.3×5 topics
- Dark Matter23▲ 6.6×4 topics
- Teacher Preparation22▲ 11×5 topics
- Teaching Methods21▲ 5.0×7 topics
- Cognition20▲ 5.0×6 topics
- Experiential Learning20▲ 13×6 topics
- Educational Reform19▲ 5.1×4 topics
- Hydraulic Fracturing19▲ 5.8×2 topics
- Data Science19▲ 5.9×2 topics
- Milk Composition18▲ 14×2 topics
- System Dynamics18▲ 9.9×2 topics
- Microbial Community17▲ 7.4×5 topics
- Emotions17▲ 13×3 topics
- Consciousness17▲ 8.4×4 topics
- Agricultural Education17▲ 35×1 topic
- School Gardens17▲ 35×1 topic
- Methane Production17▲ 19×1 topic
- Ruminant Nutrition17▲ 19×1 topic
- Statistical Reasoning16▲ 39×1 topic
- Statistics Anxiety16▲ 39×1 topic
- Fracture Propagation16▲ 8.6×1 topic
What research is done in Portland?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 38 works
- 2 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 works
- 3 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 17 works
- 4 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 16 works
- 5 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 16 works
- 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 15 works
- 7 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 15 works
- 8 Cognitive Science and Education Research Cognitive Neuroscience 14 works
- 9 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 14 works
- 10 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 12 works
Research output over time
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