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Research in Raleigh

Science Explorer records 109 research institutions in Raleigh, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are North Carolina State University, Gad Consulting Services (United States) and NC Department of Health and Human Services.

Research institutions
109
12 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
108k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
19.0%
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 Raleigh?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1North Carolina State UniversityUniversity 96,840 #213
2PRA Health SciencesResearch facility 980 #22,698
3North Carolina Division of Public HealthGovernment institution 663 #11,293 all time
4North Carolina Exploring Cultural Heritage OnlineArchive 626 #27,035
5NC Department of Health and Human ServicesGovernment institution 621 #19,228
6Gad Consulting Services (United States)Company 591 #16,418
7University of North Carolina SystemUniversity 485 #20,750
8Meredith CollegeUniversity 441 #27,017
9Red Hat (United States)Company 412 #20,398
10North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer ServicesGovernment institution 406 #27,306 all time
11Quanta Technology (United States)Company 390 #24,512
12North Carolina Museum of Natural SciencesArchive 380 #20,321
13WakeMedHospital / health system 345 #25,735
14North Carolina Department of Environmental QualityGovernment institution 314 #25,694 all time
15INC Research (United States)Company 303 #20,489 all time
16Rex HospitalHospital / health system 248 #22,357 all time
17Shaw UniversityUniversity 242 #34,541 all time
18Rome FoundationNonprofit 230 #28,746 all time
19UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity 218 #24,667 all time
20Wake ResearchNonprofit 204 #31,739 all time
21Syneos Health (United States)Company 191 #21,034
22Dorothea Dix HospitalHospital / health system 180 #10,422 all time
23North Carolina Wildlife Resources CommissionGovernment institution 175 #39,310 all time
24North Carolina Natural Heritage ProgramGovernment institution 147 #38,295 all time
25Collaborations Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 147 #22,371 all time
26William Peace UniversityUniversity 139 #37,414 all time
27Duke Raleigh HospitalHospital / health system 124 #32,830 all time
28Wake County Human ServicesGovernment institution 115 not ranked
29Kyma Technologies (United States)Company 107 not ranked
30Geophex (United States)Company 101 not ranked
31North Carolina Clinical ResearchResearch facility 94 not ranked
32Electric Vehicle ChallengeInstitution 89 not ranked
33Saint Augustine's UniversityUniversity 85 not ranked
34Wake Technical Community CollegeUniversity 75 not ranked
35North Carolina Department of TransportationGovernment institution 67 not ranked
36North Carolina AquariumArchive 66 not ranked
37North Carolina Department of Public SafetyGovernment institution 63 not ranked
38Plant Health Care (United States)Company 56 not ranked
39Saint Mary's SchoolUniversity 49 not ranked
40Center for Dielectrics & PiezoelectricsResearch facility 46 not ranked
41Community-Campus Partnerships for HealthNonprofit 42 not ranked
42Merz (United States)Company 40 not ranked
43Adámas Nano (United States)Company 36 not ranked
44BioDelivery Sciences International (United States)Company 33 not ranked
45North Carolina Public SchoolsUniversity 31 not ranked
46Raleigh Neurology AssociatesInstitution 30 not ranked
47Carolina Unmanned Vehicles (United States)Company 28 not ranked
48Biothermal (United States)Company 25 not ranked
49North Carolina Academy of ScienceUniversity 25 not ranked
50North Carolina Space Grant ConsortiumInstitution 23 not ranked
51National Association of Hispanic NursesNonprofit 23 not ranked
52Advanced Liquid LogicCompany 19 not ranked
53Agile Sciences (United States)Company 17 not ranked
54North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline FoundationNonprofit 16 not ranked
55Environmental Research and Education FoundationInstitution 16 not ranked
56Carolina PerformanceInstitution 14 not ranked
57North Carolina Community College SystemUniversity 13 not ranked
58North Carolina Virtual Public SchoolUniversity 12 not ranked
59Rose Research Center (United States)Company 12 not ranked
60Applied LifeSciences & Systems (United States)Company 10 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.

North Carolina State University: 90.1%PRA Health Sciences: 0.9%North Carolina Division of Public Health: 0.6%North Carolina Exploring Cultural Heritage Online: 0.6%56 others listed: 7.8%90%largest
North Carolina State University97k · 90.1%PRA Health Sciences980 · 0.9%North Carolina Division of Public Health663 · 0.6%North Carolina Exploring Cultural Heritage Online626 · 0.6%56 others listed8,411 · 7.8%

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

What is Raleigh strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Raleigh is most concentrated in Equine, Veterinary and Small Animals (12.9× the world share in Equine).

  1. EquineSubfield · 22.4 works13×
  2. VeterinaryField · 145.9 works8.0×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 123.5 works7.5×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 148.0 works5.0×
  5. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 98.5 works3.5×
  6. SoftwareSubfield · 29.5 works3.4×
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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 Raleigh?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Machine Learning, Biomedical Applications, Gut Microbiota, Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Consumer Preferences and Power Electronics.

▲ 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. Climate Change557▲ 1.55×105 topics
  2. Machine Learning475◆ 1.08×87 topics
  3. Epidemiology394▼ 0.74×133 topics
  4. Deep Learning380▼ 0.83×80 topics
  5. Sustainability304◆ 0.93×98 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications265▲ 1.67×35 topics
  7. Neural Networks247▲ 1.20×40 topics
  8. Environmental Impact221◆ 0.97×58 topics
  9. Public Health197◆ 1.02×56 topics
  10. Gut Microbiota165▲ 3.5×7 topics
  11. Power Electronics147▲ 3.3×8 topics
  12. Biodiversity144▲ 1.44×33 topics
  13. Invasive Species136▲ 2.4×21 topics
  14. Health Effects127▲ 1.57×23 topics
  15. Renewable Energy Integration126▲ 2.8×6 topics
  16. Emotion123▲ 4.4×11 topics
  17. Student Engagement123▲ 2.3×15 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity119▲ 2.0×21 topics
  19. Probiotics118▲ 3.7×6 topics
  20. User Satisfaction107▲ 4.1×4 topics
  21. Thermal Management106▲ 2.4×8 topics
  22. Genomics105▲ 2.6×13 topics
  23. Consumer Preferences100▲ 9.8×3 topics
  24. Heat Stress97▲ 9.0×2 topics
  25. Product Design95▲ 5.1×4 topics
  26. Cognitive Performance90▲ 6.9×4 topics
  27. Amino Acids89▲ 7.0×4 topics
  28. Intestinal Barrier86▲ 8.1×2 topics
  29. Color Psychology84▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Kansei Engineering84▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Feed Additives83▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Antibiotic Alternatives82▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Poultry Production82▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Animal Welfare82▲ 7.0×4 topics
  35. Learning Analytics75▲ 4.5×2 topics
  36. Engineering Education65▲ 5.5×4 topics
  37. Power Devices62▲ 6.7×2 topics
  38. Spectral Imaging58▲ 8.0×2 topics
  39. Color Constancy55▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Colorimetry55▲ 35×1 topic

What research is done in Raleigh?

  1. 1 Color perception and design Social Psychology 84 works
  2. 2 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 82 works
  3. 3 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 58 works
  4. 4 Color Science and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 55 works
  5. 5 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 52 works
  6. 6 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 42 works
  7. 7 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 40 works
  8. 8 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 39 works
  9. 9 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 36 works
  10. 10 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 36 works

Research output over time

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