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Research in Seattle

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Seattle. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Benaroya Research Institute.

Research institutions
12
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
922
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
32.4%
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 Seattle?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Benaroya Research InstituteNonprofit 579 #4,954
2Western Fisheries Research CenterResearch facility 181 #23,367 all time
3Friday Harbor LaboratoriesResearch facility 76 not ranked
4Seattle Public UtilitiesFunder 48 not ranked
5Allen Institute for Neural DynamicsNonprofit 18 not ranked
6Access to Advanced Health InstituteNonprofit 7 not ranked
7Cyrus BiotechnologyCompany 6 not ranked
8NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service West Coast RegionGovernment institution 6 not ranked
9BlackSky Global (United States)Company 3 not ranked
10Government of SeattleGovernment institution 0 not ranked
11Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing SystemsNonprofit 0 not ranked
12Bailey-Boushay HouseHospital / health system 0 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.

Benaroya Research Institute: 62.7%Western Fisheries Research Center: 19.6%Friday Harbor Laboratories: 8.2%Seattle Public Utilities: 5.2%5 others listed: 4.3%63%largest
Benaroya Research Institute579 · 62.7%Western Fisheries Research Center181 · 19.6%Friday Harbor Laboratories76 · 8.2%Seattle Public Utilities48 · 5.2%5 others listed40 · 4.3%

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

What is Seattle strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Seattle is most concentrated in Immunology and Immunology and Microbiology (28.8× the world share in Immunology).

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 27.8 works29×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 29.1 works21×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Seattle?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Autoimmunity, Genetics, TGF-ß, CD4+CD25+, Foxp3, Type 1 Diabetes and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 4.0×44 topics
  2. Autoimmunity13▲ 65×4 topics
  3. Climate Change11▲ 2.9×25 topics
  4. Inflammation10▲ 3.3×30 topics
  5. Genetics9▲ 9.2×8 topics
  6. TGF-ß9▲ 41×3 topics
  7. CD4+CD25+8▲ 168×1 topic
  8. Foxp38▲ 168×1 topic
  9. Type 1 Diabetes8▲ 64×2 topics
  10. Immunotherapy7▲ 6.9×6 topics
  11. Invasive Species7▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Innate Immunity7▲ 15×8 topics
  13. NK Cell Recognition7▲ 73×1 topic
  14. Natural Killer Cells7▲ 73×1 topic
  15. Immunity7▲ 12×8 topics
  16. Immune Response6▲ 8.0×16 topics
  17. Fisheries Sustainability6▲ 49×2 topics
  18. Treatment5▲ 3.1×12 topics
  19. Vaccine5▲ 9.2×9 topics
  20. HLA Genes5▲ 91×1 topic
  21. Insulin Production5▲ 91×1 topic
  22. SARS-CoV-25▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Freshwater Biodiversity5▲ 55×2 topics
  24. Pandemic5▲ 3.1×5 topics
  25. Conservation Challenges4▲ 67×1 topic
  26. Diagnosis4▲ 3.5×13 topics
  27. Flow Regulation4▲ 67×1 topic
  28. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Antigen Presentation4▲ 34×2 topics
  30. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Aquaculture4▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Cytokines4▲ 9.8×6 topics
  34. Asthma4▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Immunology4▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Coronavirus3▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Dendritic Cells3▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Inflammatory Diseases3▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Tumor Antigen3▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Vaccine Adjuvants3▲ 35×1 topic

What research is done in Seattle?

T-cell and B-cell Immunology: 8 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 7 fractional worksDiabetes and associated …5Diabetes and associated disorders: 5 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…4Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 4 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 3 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 3 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…3Asthma and respiratory diseases: 3 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 3 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional works
ImmunologyGeneticsNature and Landscape ConservationSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 8 works
  2. 2 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 7 works
  3. 3 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 5 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  5. 5 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 3 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 3 works
  8. 8 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  9. 9 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 2 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.