Research in Saint Paul
Science Explorer records 105 research institutions in Saint Paul, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Minnesota Department of Health, Macalester College and University of St. Thomas - Minnesota.
- Research institutions
- 105 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 32k ▲ 3% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 14.9% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 | #8,254 | |
| 2 | Macalester CollegeUniversity | 3,313 | #8,064 | |
| 3 | Minnesota Department of HealthGovernment institution | 2,574 | #7,498 | |
| 4 | 3M (United States)Company | 2,482 | #10,476 | |
| 5 | Minnesota Department of Natural ResourcesGovernment institution | 2,213 | #10,835 | |
| 6 | St. Catherine UniversityUniversity | 1,965 | #20,343 | |
| 7 | Hamline UniversityUniversity | 1,401 | #18,693 | |
| 8 | Ecolab (United States)Company | 1,384 | #23,027 | |
| 9 | Regions HospitalHospital / health system | 1,028 | #23,900 | |
| 10 | Metropolitan State UniversityUniversity | 971 | #8,918 | |
| 11 | Children’s Minnesota - St. Paul HospitalHospital / health system | 876 | #9,712 all time | |
| 12 | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities SystemUniversity | 569 | #25,201 | |
| 13 | United HospitalHospital / health system | 566 | #22,548 | |
| 14 | Merrill (United States)Company | 565 | #18,601 all time | |
| 15 | Concordia UniversityUniversity | 529 | #20,229 | |
| 16 | Gillette Children's Specialty HealthcareHospital / health system | 520 | #25,459 | |
| 17 | Minnesota ProjectNonprofit | 457 | #25,192 | |
| 18 | University of NorthwesternUniversity | 428 | #23,472 | |
| 19 | St. Joseph's HospitalHospital / health system | 425 | #21,789 all time | |
| 20 | Colon and Rectal Surgery AssociatesHospital / health system | 421 | #32,293 all time | |
| 21 | Luther SeminaryUniversity | 393 | #30,614 all time | |
| 22 | Memorial Blood CentersNonprofit | 340 | #15,227 all time | |
| 23 | Science Museum of MinnesotaArchive | 331 | #13,297 all time | |
| 24 | Cereal Disease LaboratoryResearch facility | 316 | #24,551 all time | |
| 25 | Minnesota Lions Eye BankInstitution | 272 | #37,342 all time | |
| 26 | Minnesota Department of TransportationGovernment institution | 262 | #21,540 all time | |
| 27 | Kindeva Drug Delivery (United States)Company | 242 | #20,970 all time | |
| 28 | Minnesota Department of CorrectionsGovernment institution | 241 | #33,365 all time | |
| 29 | Minnesota OncologyHospital / health system | 223 | #18,425 all time | |
| 30 | United Heart and Vascular ClinicHospital / health system | 221 | #29,508 all time | |
| 31 | Minnesota Epilepsy GroupHospital / health system | 206 | #28,782 all time | |
| 32 | The Center for Victims of TortureNonprofit | 204 | #40,382 all time | |
| 33 | Minnesota Pollution Control AgencyGovernment institution | 174 | #37,295 all time | |
| 34 | Data Sciences International (United States)Company | 152 | #36,270 all time | |
| 35 | International Society of DifferentiationNonprofit | 151 | #40,571 all time | |
| 36 | Cardiovascular Systems (United States)Company | 131 | #32,690 all time | |
| 37 | Saint Paul CollegeUniversity | 126 | #30,107 all time | |
| 38 | Minnesota Historical SocietyNonprofit | 126 | #39,756 all time | |
| 39 | HealthEast Care SystemHospital / health system | 125 | #37,320 all time | |
| 40 | Twin Cities Public TelevisionNonprofit | 119 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Minnesota Wire (United States)Company | 85 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Minnesota Department of Human ServicesGovernment institution | 67 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Immunization Action CoalitionInstitution | 66 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Recombinetics (United States)Company | 59 | not ranked | |
| 45 | St. Jude Medical FoundationNonprofit | 51 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Prism Clinical ResearchResearch facility | 50 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Minnesota Department of AgricultureGovernment institution | 46 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Minnetronix (United States)Company | 45 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Associated Colleges of the Twin CitiesUniversity | 35 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Minnesota HealthSolutions (United States)Company | 33 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Biomedical Frontiers (United States)Company | 29 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Lightwave Photonics (United States)Company | 25 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Mental Health Consumer Survivor NetworkNonprofit | 23 | not ranked | |
| 54 | ReProtect (United States)Company | 23 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Psych RecoveryHospital / health system | 21 | not ranked | |
| 56 | LKT Laboratories (United States)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Minnesota Public RadioInstitution | 14 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Ross-Hime Designs (United States)Company | 13 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Minnesota State University Student AssociationUniversity | 12 | not ranked | |
| 60 | American Public MediaNonprofit | 12 | 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.
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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.
Which keywords describe research in Saint Paul?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Public Health, Mental Health, Religion, Globalization, Invasive Species and History.
- Federalism
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Public Opinion
- Byzantium
- Late Antiquity
- Religious Identity
- Health Equity
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Health
- Culture
- Urban Development
- Biodiversity
- Social Justice
- Ethics
- Human Rights
- Risk Factors
- Religion
- Machine Learning
- Public Health
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Globalization
- Mental Health
- Sustainability
- Quality of Life
- History
- Invasive Species
- Nationalism
- Social Support
- Philosophy
- Primary Care
- Health Disparities
- Rehabilitation
- Church History
- Theology
- Cultural Exchange
- Health Care Utilization
- Eastern Mediterranean
- Racial Disparities
- Freshwater Biodiversity
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
- Epidemiology228▲ 1.40×132 topics
- Climate Change169▲ 1.52×96 topics
- Globalization133▲ 1.65×106 topics
- Public Health126▲ 2.1×58 topics
- Mental Health126▲ 2.1×43 topics
- Machine Learning92▼ 0.69×71 topics
- Sustainability81▼ 0.81×79 topics
- Religion80▲ 4.1×33 topics
- Quality of Life75▲ 1.27×54 topics
- Risk Factors73▲ 1.62×36 topics
- History68▲ 2.4×36 topics
- Human Rights66▲ 1.57×53 topics
- Invasive Species65▲ 3.7×20 topics
- Ethics58▲ 2.9×34 topics
- Nationalism55▲ 2.9×22 topics
- Social Justice54▲ 2.2×30 topics
- Social Support53▲ 2.3×18 topics
- Biodiversity53▲ 1.73×30 topics
- Philosophy53▲ 2.9×23 topics
- Urban Development53▲ 3.5×13 topics
- Primary Care48▲ 3.1×14 topics
- Culture47▲ 2.2×25 topics
- Health Disparities43▲ 4.0×9 topics
- Health41▲ 2.5×20 topics
- Rehabilitation40▲ 2.5×11 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation39▲ 4.3×5 topics
- Church History36▲ 20×3 topics
- Health Equity36▲ 3.2×6 topics
- Theology35▲ 9.0×4 topics
- Religious Identity32▲ 13×5 topics
- Cultural Exchange32▲ 6.0×8 topics
- Late Antiquity29▲ 13×3 topics
- Health Care Utilization28▲ 6.1×3 topics
- Byzantium28▲ 35×1 topic
- Eastern Mediterranean28▲ 35×1 topic
- Public Opinion27▲ 5.3×4 topics
- Racial Disparities25▲ 12×3 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability24▲ 6.4×2 topics
- Freshwater Biodiversity23▲ 9.2×2 topics
- Federalism22▲ 8.1×3 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
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