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Research in Rapid City

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Rapid City, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Regional Health and Youth & Family Services.

Research institutions
14
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.9k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
10.5%
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 Rapid City?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyUniversity 3,213 #6,727
2Regional HealthHospital / health system 2,643 #14,937
3Youth & Family ServicesInstitution 607 #25,183
4Rapid City Regional HospitalHospital / health system 250 #34,196 all time
5National American UniversityUniversity 54 not ranked
6Innovative Materials & Processes (United States)Company 33 not ranked
7Black Hills Center for American Indian HealthNonprofit 33 not ranked
8Respec (United States)Company 33 not ranked
9VRC Metal Systems (United States)Company 25 not ranked
10Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health BoardHospital / health system 25 not ranked
11Black Hills Regional Eye InstituteResearch facility 18 not ranked
12Journey MuseumArchive 2 not ranked
13South Dakota Space Grant ConsortiumInstitution 1 not ranked
14DakotaLink (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.

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology: 46.3%Regional Health: 38.1%Youth & Family Services: 8.8%Rapid City Regional Hospital: 3.6%9 others listed: 3.2%46%largest
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology3,213 · 46.3%Regional Health2,643 · 38.1%Youth & Family Services607 · 8.8%Rapid City Regional Hospital250 · 3.6%9 others listed224 · 3.2%

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

What is Rapid City strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Rapid City is most concentrated in Social Psychology (3.6× the world share in Social Psychology).

  1. Social PsychologySubfield · 38.1 works3.6×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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 Rapid City?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Embodiment, Pragmatism, Social Science, Tacit Knowledge, Ethical Guidelines, Dementia Care and Interactional Expertise.

▲ 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. Epidemiology73▲ 1.54×113 topics
  2. Machine Learning48▲ 1.23×52 topics
  3. Education32▲ 1.54×36 topics
  4. Healthcare30▲ 2.2×23 topics
  5. Quality of Life30▲ 1.73×45 topics
  6. Embodiment27▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Public Health26▲ 1.50×48 topics
  8. Mental Health26▲ 1.46×33 topics
  9. Pragmatism26▲ 84×2 topics
  10. Cathode Materials25▲ 5.2×3 topics
  11. Social Science24▲ 54×2 topics
  12. COVID-1924▲ 1.45×21 topics
  13. Risk Factors24▲ 1.81×31 topics
  14. Tacit Knowledge24▲ 42×3 topics
  15. Ethical Guidelines24▲ 36×2 topics
  16. Dementia Care24▲ 161×1 topic
  17. Interactional Expertise24▲ 175×1 topic
  18. Mechanical Properties22▲ 1.88×20 topics
  19. Energy Storage22▲ 2.8×9 topics
  20. Depression22▲ 2.0×14 topics
  21. Treatment21▲ 1.46×39 topics
  22. Lithium-ion Batteries20▲ 3.9×4 topics
  23. Diagnosis20▲ 1.76×36 topics
  24. Global Burden17▲ 2.7×11 topics
  25. Social Support16▲ 2.4×15 topics
  26. Optimization14▲ 2.6×16 topics
  27. Ethical Considerations14▲ 3.5×13 topics
  28. Primary Care14▲ 3.1×13 topics
  29. Rechargeable Batteries14▲ 4.2×2 topics
  30. Engineering Education12▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Psychological Distress12▲ 3.9×5 topics
  32. Social Sciences12▲ 6.8×4 topics
  33. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries11▲ 6.6×2 topics
  34. Ionic Conductivity11▲ 6.8×2 topics
  35. Nanostructured Cathodes11▲ 7.5×1 topic
  36. Solid-State Electrolytes11▲ 7.5×1 topic
  37. Battery Materials10▲ 5.1×1 topic
  38. Nanostructured Anodes10▲ 5.1×1 topic
  39. Integrated Care9▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Assessment Methods9▲ 6.9×3 topics

What research is done in Rapid City?

  1. 1 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 24 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Social and Educational Sciences Education 8 works
  5. 5 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 6 works
  6. 6 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 6 works
  7. 7 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 6 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 6 works

Research output over time

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