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Research in Rochester

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Rochester, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Mayo Clinic and University of Minnesota Rochester.

Research institutions
14
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
75k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6M
47.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Rochester

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 Rochester?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Mayo ClinicHospital / health system 149,923 #206
2University of Minnesota RochesterUniversity 3,767 #11,663
3Olmsted Medical CenterHospital / health system 239 #19,017 all time
4North Central Cancer Treatment GroupInstitution 82 not ranked
5Crossroads CollegeUniversity 61 not ranked
6Rochester Community and Technical CollegeUniversity 30 not ranked
7Mazda (United States)Company 19 not ranked
8Apri HealthHospital / health system 9 not ranked
9History Center of Olmsted CountyArchive 7 not ranked
10FTL Systems (United States)Company 3 not ranked
11Rochester Area FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
12World-India Diabetes FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
13Neurological Recovery HouseHospital / health system 1 not ranked
14Academic and Community Cancer Research UnitedInstitution 0 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.

Mayo Clinic: 97.3%University of Minnesota Rochester: 2.4%Olmsted Medical Center: 0.2%North Central Cancer Treatment Group: 0.1%9 others listed: 0.1%97%largest
Mayo Clinic150k · 97.3%University of Minnesota Rochester3,767 · 2.4%Olmsted Medical Center239 · 0.2%North Central Cancer Treatment Group82 · 0.1%9 others listed133 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Rochester work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research in Rochester is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Neuroscience (3%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 7,177 fractional works · 76.1% of its workMedicine: 6,864 fractional works · 72.7% of its workSurgery: 1,197 fractional works · 12.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 695 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 593 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEpidemiology: 499 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOncology: 391 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNeurology: 332 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 322 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysiology: 242 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 227 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 211 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 188 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 182 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 168 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHematology: 156 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 148 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNephrology: 120 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 111 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 87 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 74 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 240 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 115 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,376 fractional works · 14.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 876 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 461 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGenetics: 213 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCancer Research: 89 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 270 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 77 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 186 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 149 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 484 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEngineering: 230 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 178 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 128 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 400 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPsychology: 154 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 138 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRochester9,436fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences76%Social Sciences4%

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. Health Sciences7,17776.1%
    1. Medicine6,86472.7%
    2. Health Professions2402.5%
    3. Nursing420.4%
    4. Dentistry240.3%
    5. Veterinary80.1%
  2. Life Sciences1,37614.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8769.3%
    2. Neuroscience2702.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1862.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics220.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences210.2%
    1. Engineering2302.4%
    2. Computer Science1281.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy340.4%
    4. Environmental Science300.3%
    5. Chemistry200.2%
    6. Materials Science180.2%
    7. Mathematics170.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.0%
    9. Energy20.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Psychology1541.6%
    2. Social Sciences1381.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance470.5%
    4. Decision Sciences220.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities220.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting170.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Rochester strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Rochester is most concentrated in Transplantation, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Genetics (7.3× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 27.0 works7.3×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 625.9 works7.2×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 152.8 works6.7×
  4. NeurologySubfield · 295.3 works6.2×
  5. GastroenterologySubfield · 58.7 works6.0×
  6. Health InformaticsSubfield · 58.2 works5.8×
  7. NephrologySubfield · 103.5 works5.8×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.72× its world share, 759 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.82× its world share, 152 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.71× its world share, 230 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 109 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 208 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 22 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 214 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.80× its world share, 6,068 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 36 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 132 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 118 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.80×6,068 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.82×152 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.72×759 works
  4. Neuroscience1.71×230 works
  5. Health Professions0.98×214 works
  6. Nursing0.89×36 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×20 works
  8. Veterinary0.65×7 works
  9. Dentistry0.54×22 works
  10. Psychology0.52×132 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×44 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.22×17 works
  13. Computer Science0.17×109 works
  14. Engineering0.17×208 works
  15. Mathematics0.16×15 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.16×29 works
  17. Chemistry0.13×17 works
  18. Social Sciences0.11×118 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.08×18 works
  20. Environmental Science0.07×27 works
  21. Materials Science0.06×16 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×16 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×19 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×3 works
  25. Energy0.02×2 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Rochester?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Inflammation, Heart Failure, Prognostic Factors, Immunotherapy and Echocardiography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,007▲ 2.7×132 topics
  2. Inflammation486▲ 2.4×82 topics
  3. Treatment420▲ 3.7×49 topics
  4. Diagnosis408▲ 4.6×41 topics
  5. Immunotherapy320▲ 4.7×19 topics
  6. Quality of Life293▲ 2.1×53 topics
  7. Heart Failure287▲ 6.8×13 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors280▲ 6.8×14 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease274▲ 2.5×37 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress269▲ 1.73×58 topics
  11. Risk Factors262▲ 2.5×36 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations262▲ 6.3×23 topics
  13. Management261▲ 3.5×31 topics
  14. Chemotherapy256▲ 3.8×25 topics
  15. Complications256▲ 5.5×17 topics
  16. Echocardiography240▲ 9.2×8 topics
  17. Surgical Management236▲ 6.1×20 topics
  18. Guidelines209▲ 4.7×13 topics
  19. Cancer208▲ 1.64×49 topics
  20. Obesity205▲ 2.8×24 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders205▲ 3.8×20 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines201▲ 3.9×14 topics
  23. Biomarkers192▲ 2.9×18 topics
  24. Radiotherapy184▲ 5.0×13 topics
  25. Metabolic Syndrome184▲ 2.4×22 topics
  26. Precision Medicine171▲ 3.6×8 topics
  27. Prognosis166▲ 5.3×9 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Risk155▲ 5.2×9 topics
  29. Mortality151▲ 2.8×13 topics
  30. Surgery142▲ 4.3×12 topics
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease139▲ 5.9×9 topics
  32. Revision Surgery132▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Total Hip Replacement132▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Patient Satisfaction129▲ 4.4×9 topics
  35. Myocardial Infarction125▲ 5.6×7 topics
  36. Rituximab115▲ 8.4×4 topics
  37. Health-related Quality of Life114▲ 5.1×5 topics
  38. Radiosurgery106▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Catheter Ablation102▲ 8.8×2 topics
  40. Cardiac Imaging96▲ 8.4×3 topics

What research is done in Rochester?

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…74Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 74 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …73Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 73 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 61 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …58Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 58 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…57Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 57 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 50 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 47 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…47Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 47 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 44 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 44 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryHealth InformaticsEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 74 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 73 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 61 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 58 works
  5. 5 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 57 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 50 works
  7. 7 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 47 works
  8. 8 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 47 works
  9. 9 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 44 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 44 works

Research output over time

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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 counting20%40%Rochester17.2% 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 31.6% in 2016.

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