Research in Richmond
Science Explorer records 85 research institutions in Richmond, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Virginia Commonwealth University, National Clinical Research and University of Richmond.
- Research institutions
- 85 8 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 81k ▲ 9% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.2M 26.8 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 16.7% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 Richmond?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUniversity | 61,192 | #513 | |
| 2 | University of RichmondUniversity | 10,531 | #3,396 | |
| 3 | National Clinical ResearchResearch facility | 2,134 | #1,312 | |
| 4 | Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCUHospital / health system | 1,091 | #10,385 | |
| 5 | Federal Reserve Bank of RichmondInstitution | 958 | #17,991 | |
| 6 | Union Presbyterian SeminaryUniversity | 730 | #25,238 all time | |
| 7 | Virginia Department of HealthGovernment institution | 557 | #15,019 | |
| 8 | Altria (United States)Company | 553 | #21,818 all time | |
| 9 | Virginia Cancer InstituteHospital / health system | 422 | #17,108 | |
| 10 | St. Mary's HospitalHospital / health system | 308 | #21,906 | |
| 11 | Virginia Department of EducationGovernment institution | 265 | #20,100 all time | |
| 12 | Society for Pediatric AnesthesiaInstitution | 244 | #19,839 all time | |
| 13 | Orthopaedic Research of VirginiaInstitution | 221 | #20,379 all time | |
| 14 | Library of VirginiaGovernment institution | 214 | #23,437 all time | |
| 15 | Supreme Court of VirginiaGovernment institution | 205 | #32,901 all time | |
| 16 | McGuireWoodsCompany | 205 | #24,588 all time | |
| 17 | Virginia BioTechnology Research ParkResearch facility | 192 | #26,939 all time | |
| 18 | Virginia Union UniversityUniversity | 172 | #30,925 all time | |
| 19 | Bon Secours Heart & Vascular InstituteHospital / health system | 118 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Henrico Doctors' HospitalHospital / health system | 115 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Reynolds Community CollegeUniversity | 89 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Virginia Department of Forensic ScienceGovernment institution | 81 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer ServicesGovernment institution | 71 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Virginia Community College SystemUniversity | 68 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Molecules for Health (United States)Company | 64 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Commonwealth of VirginiaGovernment institution | 59 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Department of General ServicesGovernment institution | 45 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Virginia Department of Environmental QualityGovernment institution | 42 | not ranked | |
| 29 | State Council of Higher Education for VirginiaGovernment institution | 40 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Richmond Behavioral Health AuthorityGovernment institution | 31 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Bon Secours Memorial College of NursingUniversity | 30 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Sheltering Arms InstituteHospital / health system | 30 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Virginia Spine Research InstituteResearch facility | 30 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Smiths Power (United States)Company | 26 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Virginia Academy of ScienceUniversity | 22 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Kaléo (United States)Company | 20 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Virginia Department of Social ServicesGovernment institution | 19 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Preservation VirginiaNonprofit | 18 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Virginia Museum of History & CultureNonprofit | 18 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsArchive | 16 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Virginia Commission for the ArtsGovernment institution | 15 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Point Richmond Tech CenterInstitution | 14 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Tredegar (United States)Company | 12 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Department of Medical Assistance ServicesGovernment institution | 12 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Venebio (United States)Company | 11 | not ranked | |
| 46 | WestRock (United States)Company | 11 | not ranked | |
| 47 | The ValentineArchive | 11 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Virginia Department of Historic ResourcesGovernment institution | 11 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental ServicesGovernment institution | 11 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Science Museum of VirginiaArchive | 10 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative ServicesGovernment institution | 10 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Arcady Group (United States)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Bon Secours Liver Institute of RichmondHospital / health system | 10 | not ranked | |
| 54 | GPB Scientific (United States)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Virginia Department of Conservation and RecreationGovernment institution | 9 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Cupron (United States)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Greensea Systems (United States)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Richmond Public LibraryArchive | 6 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical CareNonprofit | 6 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Commonwealth Health Research BoardNonprofit | 5 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. 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.
Which fields of science does Richmond work in?
In 2022-now, 43% of research in Richmond is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Social Sciences (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences5,48042.7%
- Medicine4,65936.3%
- Health Professions4853.8%
- Dentistry2572.0%
- Nursing660.5%
- Veterinary130.1%
- Social Sciences3,54627.7%
- Social Sciences1,45311.3%
- Psychology1,1168.7%
- Arts and Humanities4053.2%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2762.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting1951.5%
- Decision Sciences1010.8%
- Life Sciences1,94515.2%
- Physical Sciences1,84914.4%
- Engineering5774.5%
- Computer Science4213.3%
- Materials Science1981.5%
- Environmental Science1971.5%
- Chemistry1421.1%
- Physics and Astronomy1311.0%
- Mathematics1000.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences390.3%
- Chemical Engineering230.2%
- Energy210.2%
What is Richmond strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Richmond is most concentrated in Transplantation, Applied Psychology and Oral Surgery (6.8× the world share in Transplantation).
- TransplantationSubfield · 33.6 works6.8×
- Applied PsychologySubfield · 79.0 works5.0×
- Oral SurgerySubfield · 103.1 works4.8×
- Social PsychologySubfield · 461.0 works4.7×
- DentistryField · 217.3 works4.0×
- OrthodonticsSubfield · 45.9 works3.7×
- HepatologySubfield · 77.3 works3.6×
- PeriodonticsSubfield · 54.8 works3.6×
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.
The whole field profile
All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry4.05×217 works
- Psychology2.99×1,007 works
- Medicine1.87×3,979 works
- Neuroscience1.82×326 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.67×986 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.49×166 works
- Health Professions1.47×430 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.29×50 works
- Nursing1.07×58 works
- Arts and Humanities1.07×343 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×250 works
- Social Sciences0.91×1,272 works
- Decision Sciences0.82×88 works
- Veterinary0.75×11 works
- Chemistry0.72×125 works
- Mathematics0.66×86 works
- Chemical Engineering0.51×20 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.50×179 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.48×118 works
- Computer Science0.43×372 works
- Materials Science0.43×167 works
- Environmental Science0.31×170 works
- Engineering0.30×504 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×34 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×89 works
- Energy0.17×17 works
Which keywords describe research in Richmond?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Positive Psychology, Altruism, Psychological Capital, Leadership, Courage, Heroism and Inflammation.
- Coping
- Graft Survival
- Mortality Risk
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Stress
- Prognostic Factors
- Meta-Analysis
- Resilience
- Management
- Diagnosis
- Clinical Trials
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Depression
- Public Health
- Heroism
- Psychological Capital
- Cancer
- Leadership
- Quality of Life
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Positive Psychology
- Oxidative Stress
- Altruism
- Courage
- Treatment
- Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Chemotherapy
- Social Support
- Biomarkers
- Immunotherapy
- Insulin Resistance
- Anxiety
- Adolescents
- Health Disparities
- Psychological Adjustment
- Cancer Risk
- Substance Use Disorders
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Epidemiology926▲ 1.81×134 topics
- Inflammation519▲ 1.90×83 topics
- Mental Health404▲ 2.2×43 topics
- Quality of Life373▲ 2.0×53 topics
- Positive Psychology353▲ 35×3 topics
- Leadership340▲ 5.4×23 topics
- Oxidative Stress318▲ 1.51×60 topics
- Cancer316▲ 1.83×57 topics
- Altruism301▲ 28×5 topics
- Psychological Capital298▲ 17×3 topics
- Courage288▲ 212×1 topic
- Heroism288▲ 212×1 topic
- Treatment280▲ 1.79×52 topics
- Public Health269▲ 1.44×59 topics
- Risk Factors262▲ 1.86×37 topics
- Depression252▲ 2.2×24 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease228▲ 1.56×37 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome212▲ 2.0×24 topics
- Chemotherapy198▲ 2.2×25 topics
- Clinical Trials197▲ 2.3×19 topics
- Social Support173▲ 2.5×18 topics
- Diagnosis173▲ 1.45×41 topics
- Biomarkers167▲ 1.86×18 topics
- Management163▲ 1.60×34 topics
- Immunotherapy157▲ 1.70×19 topics
- Resilience154▲ 2.4×18 topics
- Insulin Resistance153▲ 2.6×10 topics
- Meta-Analysis146▲ 1.94×19 topics
- Anxiety140▲ 2.3×12 topics
- Prognostic Factors132▲ 2.4×14 topics
- Adolescents131▲ 2.8×9 topics
- Stress123▲ 2.6×11 topics
- Health Disparities121▲ 3.6×8 topics
- Psychiatric Disorders115▲ 6.6×4 topics
- Psychological Adjustment110▲ 5.9×5 topics
- Mortality Risk107▲ 3.5×6 topics
- Cancer Risk103▲ 3.6×10 topics
- Graft Survival80▲ 7.3×3 topics
- Substance Use Disorders77▲ 7.9×2 topics
- Coping70▲ 11×2 topics
What research is done in Richmond?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies Social Psychology 287 works
- 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 62 works
- 3 Optimism, Hope, and Well-being Applied Psychology 55 works
- 4 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 40 works
- 5 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 39 works
- 6 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 38 works
- 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 36 works
- 8 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 36 works
- 9 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 30 works
- 10 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 30 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.1% in 2016.
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