Research in Saint Paul
Science Explorer records 100 research institutions in Saint Paul, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Minnesota Department of Health, University of St. Thomas - Minnesota and 3M (United States).
- Research institutions
- 100 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 32k ◆ 0% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 750k 23.6 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 14.9% 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 Saint Paul?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of St. Thomas - MinnesotaUniversity | 3,847 | #4,747 | |
| 2 | Macalester CollegeUniversity | 3,313 | #6,084 | |
| 3 | 3M (United States)Company | 2,906 | #5,429 | |
| 4 | Minnesota Department of HealthGovernment institution | 2,574 | #2,836 | |
| 5 | Minnesota Department of Natural ResourcesGovernment institution | 2,213 | #11,341 | |
| 6 | St. Catherine UniversityUniversity | 1,965 | #8,260 | |
| 7 | Hamline UniversityUniversity | 1,401 | #10,184 | |
| 8 | Ecolab (United States)Company | 1,384 | #13,460 | |
| 9 | Regions HospitalHospital / health system | 1,028 | #15,098 | |
| 10 | Metropolitan State UniversityUniversity | 971 | #10,008 | |
| 11 | Children’s Minnesota - St. Paul HospitalHospital / health system | 876 | #9,052 all time | |
| 12 | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities SystemUniversity | 569 | #17,040 | |
| 13 | Merrill (United States)Company | 565 | #8,072 all time | |
| 14 | Concordia UniversityUniversity | 529 | #11,819 | |
| 15 | Gillette Children's Specialty HealthcareHospital / health system | 520 | #19,412 | |
| 16 | Minnesota ProjectNonprofit | 457 | #16,838 | |
| 17 | University of NorthwesternUniversity | 428 | #16,043 | |
| 18 | Colon and Rectal Surgery AssociatesHospital / health system | 421 | #20,937 all time | |
| 19 | Luther SeminaryUniversity | 393 | #31,954 all time | |
| 20 | Memorial Blood CentersNonprofit | 340 | #24,488 all time | |
| 21 | Science Museum of MinnesotaArchive | 331 | #13,031 all time | |
| 22 | Minnesota Department of TransportationGovernment institution | 262 | #20,133 all time | |
| 23 | Kindeva Drug Delivery (United States)Company | 242 | #17,404 all time | |
| 24 | Minnesota Department of CorrectionsGovernment institution | 241 | #24,625 all time | |
| 25 | Minnesota OncologyHospital / health system | 223 | #16,761 all time | |
| 26 | Minnesota Epilepsy GroupHospital / health system | 206 | #27,730 all time | |
| 27 | The Center for Victims of TortureNonprofit | 204 | #31,563 all time | |
| 28 | Minnesota Pollution Control AgencyGovernment institution | 174 | #32,166 all time | |
| 29 | Data Sciences International (United States)Company | 152 | #25,593 all time | |
| 30 | International Society of DifferentiationNonprofit | 151 | #28,470 all time | |
| 31 | Cardiovascular Systems (United States)Company | 131 | #27,697 all time | |
| 32 | Saint Paul CollegeUniversity | 126 | #32,479 all time | |
| 33 | Minnesota Historical SocietyNonprofit | 126 | #33,861 all time | |
| 34 | HealthEast Care SystemHospital / health system | 125 | #33,635 all time | |
| 35 | Twin Cities Public TelevisionNonprofit | 119 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Minnesota Wire (United States)Company | 85 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Minnesota Department of Human ServicesGovernment institution | 67 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Immunization Action CoalitionInstitution | 66 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Recombinetics (United States)Company | 59 | not ranked | |
| 40 | St. Jude Medical FoundationNonprofit | 51 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Prism Clinical ResearchResearch facility | 50 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Minnesota Department of AgricultureGovernment institution | 46 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Minnetronix (United States)Company | 45 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Associated Colleges of the Twin CitiesUniversity | 35 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Minnesota HealthSolutions (United States)Company | 33 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Biomedical Frontiers (United States)Company | 29 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Lightwave Photonics (United States)Company | 25 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Mental Health Consumer Survivor NetworkNonprofit | 23 | not ranked | |
| 49 | ReProtect (United States)Company | 23 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Psych RecoveryHospital / health system | 21 | not ranked | |
| 51 | LKT Laboratories (United States)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Minnesota Public RadioInstitution | 14 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Ross-Hime Designs (United States)Company | 13 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Minnesota State University Student AssociationUniversity | 12 | not ranked | |
| 55 | American Public MediaNonprofit | 12 | not ranked | |
| 56 | McNally Smith College of MusicUniversity | 10 | not ranked | |
| 57 | National Council on Family RelationsNonprofit | 10 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Nanocopoeia (United States)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Center for Career and Community ResearchNonprofit | 9 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Hmong American PartnershipNonprofit | 8 | 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 Saint Paul work in?
In 2022-now, 38% of research in Saint Paul is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (18%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social 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
- Social Sciences1,78637.8%
- Social Sciences85518.1%
- Arts and Humanities3276.9%
- Psychology2495.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1603.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting1463.1%
- Decision Sciences491.0%
- Health Sciences1,35828.7%
- Medicine1,08322.9%
- Health Professions2314.9%
- Nursing300.6%
- Dentistry100.2%
- Veterinary50.1%
- Physical Sciences1,12823.8%
- Environmental Science3397.2%
- Engineering3236.8%
- Computer Science2344.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences561.2%
- Materials Science430.9%
- Mathematics390.8%
- Physics and Astronomy380.8%
- Chemistry320.7%
- Energy190.4%
- Chemical Engineering60.1%
- Life Sciences4599.7%
What is Saint Paul strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Saint Paul is most concentrated in Classics, Religious studies and History (14.9× the world share in Classics).
- ClassicsSubfield · 36.4 works15×
- Religious studiesSubfield · 43.1 works6.3×
- HistorySubfield · 60.8 works4.6×
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 40.9 works4.2×
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: Arts and Humanities, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities2.47×293 works
- Health Professions1.91×207 works
- Psychology1.69×212 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.67×147 works
- Social Sciences1.46×759 works
- Environmental Science1.45×295 works
- Nursing1.18×24 works
- Medicine1.15×910 works
- Decision Sciences1.10×44 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.00×132 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.79×154 works
- Neuroscience0.77×51 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.75×48 works
- Veterinary0.70×4 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×148 works
- Mathematics0.67×32 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×10 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.63×26 works
- Computer Science0.63×200 works
- Engineering0.47×287 works
- Chemistry0.42×27 works
- Energy0.39×15 works
- Dentistry0.39×8 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.36×33 works
- Chemical Engineering0.33×5 works
- Materials Science0.26×37 works
Which keywords describe research in Saint Paul?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Public Health, Mental Health, Globalization, Religion, Invasive Species and Ethics.
- Freshwater Biodiversity
- Eastern Mediterranean
- Health Care Utilization
- Religious Identity
- Discrimination
- Church History
- Health Equity
- Rehabilitation
- Gender
- Primary Care
- Philosophy
- Nationalism
- Biodiversity
- Healthcare
- Invasive Species
- Religion
- Risk Factors
- Machine Learning
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Sustainability
- Quality of Life
- Human Rights
- History
- Ethics
- Social Justice
- Social Support
- Urban Development
- Culture
- Health Disparities
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Psychological Impact
- Theology
- Cultural Exchange
- Late Antiquity
- Byzantium
- Racial Disparities
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
- Epidemiology263▲ 1.39×133 topics
- Climate Change197▲ 1.53×98 topics
- Public Health145▲ 2.1×60 topics
- Globalization145▲ 1.56×110 topics
- Mental Health144▲ 2.1×43 topics
- Machine Learning109▼ 0.69×75 topics
- Sustainability96▼ 0.83×87 topics
- Risk Factors89▲ 1.70×36 topics
- Quality of Life85▲ 1.24×55 topics
- Religion84▲ 3.9×34 topics
- Human Rights75▲ 1.54×56 topics
- Invasive Species74▲ 3.7×21 topics
- History73▲ 2.2×40 topics
- Healthcare67▲ 1.24×31 topics
- Ethics67▲ 2.8×36 topics
- Biodiversity64▲ 1.78×31 topics
- Social Justice60▲ 2.1×33 topics
- Nationalism58▲ 2.7×24 topics
- Social Support57▲ 2.2×18 topics
- Philosophy56▲ 2.6×26 topics
- Urban Development54▲ 3.2×14 topics
- Primary Care53▲ 3.0×14 topics
- Culture50▲ 2.0×27 topics
- Gender50▲ 1.96×40 topics
- Health Disparities49▲ 4.0×9 topics
- Rehabilitation47▲ 2.5×11 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation43▲ 4.2×5 topics
- Health Equity42▲ 3.1×6 topics
- Psychological Impact41▲ 2.7×10 topics
- Church History38▲ 19×3 topics
- Theology37▲ 8.6×4 topics
- Discrimination35▲ 3.6×9 topics
- Cultural Exchange34▲ 5.6×8 topics
- Religious Identity33▲ 12×5 topics
- Late Antiquity33▲ 14×3 topics
- Health Care Utilization30▲ 5.9×3 topics
- Byzantium28▲ 32×1 topic
- Eastern Mediterranean28▲ 32×1 topic
- Racial Disparities28▲ 11×3 topics
- Freshwater Biodiversity26▲ 9.0×2 topics
What research is done in Saint Paul?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 28 works
- 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 20 works
- 3 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 19 works
- 4 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 18 works
- 5 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 17 works
- 6 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 17 works
- 7 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 16 works
- 8 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 14 works
- 9 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 13 works
- 10 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 13 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 26.2% in 2011.
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