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Research in Roanoke

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Roanoke, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Carilion Clinic, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and University of Fairfax.

Research institutions
13
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.2k
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
10.2%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Roanoke?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Carilion ClinicFunder 1,922 #7,678
2Hollins UniversityUniversity 641 #21,774 all time
3Luna Innovations (United States)Company 422 #18,048 all time
4University of FairfaxUniversity 414 #20,444
5Carilion Roanoke Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 296 #18,847
6Jefferson College of Health SciencesUniversity 248 #24,265 all time
7Aerospace Testing (United States)Company 128 #40,381 all time
8Professional Education and Research InstituteResearch facility 79 not ranked
9Carilion Roanoke Community HospitalHospital / health system 38 not ranked
10Virginia Western Community CollegeUniversity 34 not ranked
11Blue Ridge Independent Living CenterNonprofit 4 not ranked
12Science Museum of Western VirginiaArchive 1 not ranked
13Foundation for Rehabilitation Equipment and EndowmentNonprofit 1 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.

Carilion Clinic: 45.5%Hollins University: 15.2%Luna Innovations (United States): 10.0%University of Fairfax: 9.8%9 others listed: 19.6%45%largest
Carilion Clinic1,922 · 45.5%Hollins University641 · 15.2%Luna Innovations (United States)422 · 10.0%University of Fairfax414 · 9.8%9 others listed829 · 19.6%

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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 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 Roanoke?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Inflammation, Management, Risk Factors and Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology100▲ 2.5×114 topics
  2. Treatment35▲ 2.8×43 topics
  3. Inflammation34▲ 1.60×60 topics
  4. Diagnosis34▲ 3.5×38 topics
  5. Quality of Life26▲ 1.75×43 topics
  6. Risk Factors24▲ 2.1×31 topics
  7. Management23▲ 2.9×28 topics
  8. Complications23▲ 4.5×16 topics
  9. Public Health20▲ 1.35×34 topics
  10. Depression18▲ 1.98×19 topics
  11. Immunotherapy17▲ 2.3×19 topics
  12. Genetics16▲ 2.2×18 topics
  13. Rehabilitation16▲ 3.9×12 topics
  14. Surgery16▲ 4.4×11 topics
  15. Clinical Trials16▲ 2.3×17 topics
  16. Surgical Management15▲ 3.6×17 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations15▲ 3.3×21 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders15▲ 2.5×18 topics
  19. Mortality14▲ 2.4×13 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis13▲ 2.2×16 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 2.3×13 topics
  22. Guidelines13▲ 2.7×12 topics
  23. Anxiety12▲ 2.5×11 topics
  24. Medical Education12▲ 4.6×11 topics
  25. Heart Failure12▲ 2.7×13 topics
  26. Neuroprotection12▲ 3.3×12 topics
  27. Biomechanics12▲ 3.7×11 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 3.4×9 topics
  29. Prognosis11▲ 3.2×9 topics
  30. Reflective Practice10▲ 5.3×5 topics
  31. Neurobiology10▲ 3.8×9 topics
  32. Assessment Methods10▲ 8.5×3 topics
  33. Distributed Systems10▲ 5.6×4 topics
  34. Prophylaxis10▲ 7.2×4 topics
  35. Faculty Development9▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Patient Safety8▲ 5.5×5 topics
  37. Competency-Based Education8▲ 8.5×2 topics
  38. Continuing Medical Education8▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Professional Identity Formation8▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Arthroplasty7▲ 7.3×2 topics

What research is done in Roanoke?

  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

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