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Research in Roanoke

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Roanoke, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Carilion Clinic and University of Fairfax.

Research institutions
11
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.2k
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
56k
13.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Roanoke

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 Roanoke?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Carilion ClinicFunder 1,960 #8,628
2Hollins UniversityUniversity 641 #11,564 all time
3Luna Innovations (United States)Company 422 #21,783 all time
4University of FairfaxUniversity 414 #14,299
5Jefferson College of Health SciencesUniversity 248 #18,666 all time
6Aerospace Testing (United States)Company 128 #32,513 all time
7Professional Education and Research InstituteResearch facility 79 not ranked
8Virginia Western Community CollegeUniversity 34 not ranked
9Blue Ridge Independent Living CenterNonprofit 4 not ranked
10Science Museum of Western VirginiaArchive 1 not ranked
11Foundation for Rehabilitation Equipment and EndowmentNonprofit 1 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.

Carilion Clinic: 49.8%Hollins University: 16.3%Luna Innovations (United States): 10.7%University of Fairfax: 10.5%7 others listed: 12.6%50%largest
Carilion Clinic1,960 · 49.8%Hollins University641 · 16.3%Luna Innovations (United States)422 · 10.7%University of Fairfax414 · 10.5%7 others listed495 · 12.6%

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

Which fields of science does Roanoke work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Roanoke is in Health Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Social Sciences (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 704 fractional works · 54.9% of its workMedicine: 641 fractional works · 50.0% of its workSurgery: 106 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 52 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEpidemiology: 48 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 43 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 37 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeurology: 28 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 27 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 26 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 52 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 216 fractional works · 16.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 84 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 56 fractional works · 4.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 207 fractional works · 16.2% of its workEngineering: 74 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 62 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 155 fractional works · 12.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 78 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 42 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 39 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRoanoke1,281fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences55%Social Sciences17%

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
    1. Medicine64150.0%
    2. Health Professions524.1%
    3. Nursing50.4%
    4. Veterinary30.2%
    5. Dentistry20.2%
    1. Social Sciences846.5%
    2. Psychology564.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities292.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting181.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance151.2%
    6. Decision Sciences141.1%
    1. Engineering745.8%
    2. Computer Science624.8%
    3. Environmental Science272.1%
    4. Materials Science151.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy80.6%
    6. Mathematics70.6%
    7. Chemistry50.4%
    8. Energy30.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology786.1%
    2. Neuroscience393.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology221.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences131.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Roanoke strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Roanoke is most concentrated in Psychiatry and Mental health (4.4× the world share in Psychiatry and Mental health).

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 22.6 works4.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 57 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.66× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.80× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 54 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 64 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 46 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.64× its world share, 521 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.03× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 66 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.64×521 works
  2. Veterinary2.03×3 works
  3. Neuroscience1.80×30 works
  4. Health Professions1.68×46 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.66×17 works
  6. Psychology1.34×42 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.21×12 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.04×57 works
  9. Nursing0.75×4 works
  10. Computer Science0.67×54 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.59×18 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×12 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×2 works
  14. Mathematics0.51×6 works
  15. Social Sciences0.51×66 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.48×16 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.44×2 works
  18. Engineering0.41×64 works
  19. Environmental Science0.39×20 works
  20. Materials Science0.34×12 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.30×7 works
  22. Dentistry0.28×1 works
  23. Energy0.26×2 works
  24. Chemistry0.24×4 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×9 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Roanoke?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Inflammation, Management, Quality of Life and Risk Factors.

▲ 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-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
  1. Epidemiology122▲ 2.4×118 topics
  2. Treatment44▲ 2.8×45 topics
  3. Inflammation43▲ 1.57×66 topics
  4. Diagnosis41▲ 3.5×39 topics
  5. Quality of Life32▲ 1.73×46 topics
  6. Management29▲ 2.8×29 topics
  7. Risk Factors29▲ 2.0×32 topics
  8. Complications27▲ 4.2×16 topics
  9. Public Health24▲ 1.27×37 topics
  10. Depression23▲ 2.0×21 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 1.41×34 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations20▲ 3.6×21 topics
  13. Surgical Management19▲ 3.6×17 topics
  14. Genetics19▲ 2.1×18 topics
  15. Rehabilitation18▲ 3.6×12 topics
  16. Surgery18▲ 4.1×11 topics
  17. Immunotherapy18▲ 1.96×19 topics
  18. Clinical Trials18▲ 2.1×17 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders18▲ 2.4×18 topics
  20. Mortality17▲ 2.3×13 topics
  21. Guidelines16▲ 2.7×13 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 2.2×14 topics
  23. Anxiety15▲ 2.5×11 topics
  24. Neuroprotection15▲ 3.3×12 topics
  25. Biomechanics14▲ 3.6×11 topics
  26. Medical Education14▲ 4.1×11 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction14▲ 3.4×9 topics
  28. Pain Management14▲ 4.6×9 topics
  29. Prognosis13▲ 3.0×9 topics
  30. Echocardiography12▲ 3.5×8 topics
  31. Neurobiology12▲ 3.6×9 topics
  32. Reflective Practice12▲ 5.0×5 topics
  33. Patient Safety12▲ 5.9×5 topics
  34. Prophylaxis11▲ 6.9×4 topics
  35. Healthcare-Associated Infections11▲ 6.7×5 topics
  36. Assessment Methods11▲ 7.9×3 topics
  37. Faculty Development10▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Competency-Based Education9▲ 8.3×2 topics
  39. Continuing Medical Education9▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Professional Identity Formation9▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Roanoke?

Innovations in Medical E…8Innovations in Medical Education: 8 fractional worksSoftware System Performa…6Software System Performance and Reliability: 6 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksMatrix Theory and Algorithms: 5 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional worksConnexins and lens biology: 4 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 4 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…4Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthComputer Networks and CommunicationsGeneticsComputational Theory and Mathematics4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  2. 2 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  3. 3 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 5 works
  4. 4 Matrix Theory and Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 5 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Connexins and lens biology Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 4 works
  8. 8 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 4 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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.

still counting10%20%30%Roanoke10.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.0% in 2009.

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