Research in Sioux Falls
Science Explorer records 22 research institutions in Sioux Falls, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Sanford Research, Sanford Health and Augustana University.
- Research institutions
- 22 7 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 5.6k ▲ 32% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 11.1% 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 Sioux Falls?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orthopedic InstituteHospital / health system | 936 | #18,971 | |
| 2 | University of Sioux FallsUniversity | 878 | #19,647 | |
| 3 | Sanford HealthNonprofit | 703 | #15,725 | |
| 4 | Augustana UniversityUniversity | 697 | #18,284 | |
| 5 | Sanford ResearchResearch facility | 619 | #12,738 | |
| 6 | Avera HealthHospital / health system | 403 | #19,129 | |
| 7 | Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health CenterHospital / health system | 231 | #26,497 | |
| 8 | Sanford USD Medical CenterHospital / health system | 187 | #37,433 all time | |
| 9 | SynZyme Technologies (United States)Company | 157 | #27,176 all time | |
| 10 | Sioux Valley HospitalHospital / health system | 128 | #32,195 all time | |
| 11 | South Dakota Foundation for Medical CareHospital / health system | 114 | not ranked | |
| 12 | Raven (United States)Company | 110 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Sanford Children's Specialty ClinicHospital / health system | 94 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Vance Thompson VisionHospital / health system | 86 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Southeast TechUniversity | 64 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Sioux Falls VA Health Care SystemHospital / health system | 61 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Sioux Falls SeminaryUniversity | 37 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Antimicrobial Materials (United States)Company | 31 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Sab Biotherapeutics (United States)Company | 27 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Avera Heart HospitalHospital / health system | 17 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Complete Home CareHospital / health system | 9 | not ranked | |
| 22 | South Dakota Parent ConnectionInstitution | 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.
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What is Sioux Falls strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Sioux Falls is most concentrated in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Surgery (8.2× the world share in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine).
- Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 23.2 works8.2×
- SurgerySubfield · 122.5 works4.7×
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 Sioux Falls?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Complications, Treatment, Rehabilitation, Obesity, Inflammation and Biomechanics.
- Total Knee Replacement
- Injury Prevention
- Distal Radius Fractures
- Body Image
- Echocardiography
- Shoulder Pathology
- Psychological Factors
- Prognostic Factors
- Prevention
- Total Hip Replacement
- Genetic Mutations
- Biomechanics
- Prevalence
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Chemotherapy
- Genetics
- Oxidative Stress
- Obesity
- Treatment
- Risk Factors
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Complications
- Quality of Life
- Public Health
- Rehabilitation
- Diagnosis
- Surgical Management
- Adolescents
- Clinical Trials
- Revision Surgery
- Patient Satisfaction
- Shoulder Function
- Arthroplasty
- Rotator Cuff Tears
- Health-related Quality of Life
- Neurobiological Correlates
- Eating Disorders
- Flexor Tendon Repair
- Outcomes
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
- Epidemiology128▲ 2.9×111 topics
- Risk Factors52▲ 4.2×32 topics
- Inflammation42▲ 1.83×63 topics
- Treatment42▲ 3.1×38 topics
- Complications34▲ 6.1×17 topics
- Obesity30▲ 3.6×23 topics
- Quality of Life27▲ 1.70×48 topics
- Oxidative Stress26▲ 1.42×45 topics
- Public Health26▲ 1.60×38 topics
- Genetics26▲ 3.3×17 topics
- Rehabilitation25▲ 5.7×11 topics
- Chemotherapy25▲ 3.2×24 topics
- Diagnosis24▲ 2.3×32 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 2.5×21 topics
- Surgical Management22▲ 4.8×19 topics
- Prevalence21▲ 4.7×11 topics
- Adolescents21▲ 5.0×7 topics
- Biomechanics20▲ 6.1×11 topics
- Clinical Trials18▲ 2.5×14 topics
- Genetic Mutations18▲ 3.7×23 topics
- Revision Surgery18▲ 12×2 topics
- Total Hip Replacement18▲ 12×2 topics
- Patient Satisfaction17▲ 4.9×9 topics
- Prevention17▲ 3.6×15 topics
- Shoulder Function17▲ 17×2 topics
- Prognostic Factors16▲ 3.4×14 topics
- Arthroplasty15▲ 14×2 topics
- Psychological Factors15▲ 6.3×5 topics
- Rotator Cuff Tears14▲ 20×1 topic
- Shoulder Pathology14▲ 20×1 topic
- Health-related Quality of Life14▲ 5.5×5 topics
- Echocardiography14▲ 4.6×8 topics
- Neurobiological Correlates14▲ 12×3 topics
- Body Image13▲ 16×3 topics
- Eating Disorders13▲ 25×1 topic
- Distal Radius Fractures11▲ 19×1 topic
- Flexor Tendon Repair11▲ 19×1 topic
- Injury Prevention11▲ 8.2×5 topics
- Outcomes11▲ 12×1 topic
- Total Knee Replacement11▲ 15×1 topic
What research is done in Sioux Falls?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 14 works
- 2 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 13 works
- 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 11 works
- 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 11 works
- 5 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 9 works
- 6 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 7 works
- 7 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 6 works
- 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 6 works
- 9 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 6 works
- 10 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
Research output over time
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