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Research in St. Petersburg

Science Explorer records 30 research institutions in St. Petersburg, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Cognitive Research (United States), University of South Florida St. Petersburg and Eckerd College.

Research institutions
30
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
260k
25.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
St. Petersburg

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 St. Petersburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of South Florida St. PetersburgUniversity 3,419 #3,991
2Eckerd CollegeUniversity 1,114 #9,961
3Sterling Research Group (United States)Company 1,092 #27,716 all time
4Cognitive Research (United States)Company 899 #3,757
5Meridien ResearchInstitution 716 #11,088
6St. Anthony’s HospitalHospital / health system 377 #20,632 all time
7Jabil (United States)Company 322 #16,825
8St. Petersburg CollegeUniversity 306 #16,945 all time
9Hill Top Research (United States)Company 178 #30,301 all time
10Tampa Bay Research InstituteNonprofit 167 #29,965 all time
11OneBloodNonprofit 135 #32,634 all time
12Florida Institute of OceanographyUniversity 120 not ranked
13WestCare FoundationNonprofit 66 not ranked
14Oerlikon (United States)Company 63 not ranked
15Tampa Bay Estuary ProgramInstitution 54 not ranked
16Catalina (United States)Company 50 not ranked
17Palms of Pasadena HospitalHospital / health system 49 not ranked
18Mrag Americas (United States)Company 41 not ranked
19Resolve Therapeutics (United States)Company 41 not ranked
20American Otological SocietyNonprofit 20 not ranked
21Poynter Institute for Media StudiesUniversity 16 not ranked
22Florida Humanities CouncilNonprofit 16 not ranked
23Eclipse Energy Systems (United States)Company 16 not ranked
24Community Health Centers of PinellasHospital / health system 11 not ranked
25Science Center of PinellasNonprofit 7 not ranked
26Metro Wellness and Community CentersNonprofit 4 not ranked
27Suncoast Health CouncilNonprofit 4 not ranked
28Ala-Septic Pharmaceutical Research (United States)Company 3 not ranked
29TAO Connect (United States)Company 2 not ranked
30VFO (United States)Company 1 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.

University of South Florida St. Petersburg: 36.7%Eckerd College: 12.0%Sterling Research Group (United States): 11.7%Cognitive Research (United States): 9.7%26 others listed: 29.9%37%largest
University of South Florida St. Petersburg3,419 · 36.7%Eckerd College1,114 · 12.0%Sterling Research Group (United States)1,092 · 11.7%Cognitive Research (United States)899 · 9.7%26 others listed2,785 · 29.9%

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

Which fields of science does St. Petersburg work in?

In 2022-now, 30% of research in St. Petersburg is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (14%), Environmental Science (8%).

Social Sciences: 552 fractional works · 30.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 257 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 103 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEducation: 50 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 134 fractional works · 7.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 41 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 36 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 71 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 52 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 502 fractional works · 27.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 139 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEcology: 42 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 34 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 86 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOceanography: 46 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 78 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 77 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 77 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 498 fractional works · 27.5% of its workMedicine: 426 fractional works · 23.5% of its workSurgery: 50 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 39 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 34 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 34 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 57 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 260 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 104 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 52 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 91 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 64 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 34 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 28 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. Petersburg1,812fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences30%

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. Social Sciences25714.2%
    2. Psychology1347.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities713.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting522.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance221.2%
    6. Decision Sciences150.8%
    1. Environmental Science1397.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences864.8%
    3. Computer Science784.3%
    4. Mathematics774.2%
    5. Engineering774.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy241.3%
    7. Materials Science110.6%
    8. Chemistry50.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering30.1%
    10. Energy20.1%
    1. Medicine42623.5%
    2. Health Professions573.1%
    3. Nursing80.4%
    4. Veterinary50.3%
    5. Dentistry30.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1045.7%
    2. Neuroscience915.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences341.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology281.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is St. Petersburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in St. Petersburg is most concentrated in Oceanography and Cognitive Neuroscience (9.3× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 39.0 works9.3×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 47.3 works4.3×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 89 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.49× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.82× its world share, 68 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 55 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.83× its world share, 66 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 61 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.66× its world share, 123 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 51 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.31× its world share, 376 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.18× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.48× its world share, 64 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 46 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.53× its world share, 115 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 239 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.83×66 works
  2. Neuroscience2.82×68 works
  3. Psychology2.53×115 works
  4. Veterinary2.18×4 works
  5. Environmental Science1.66×123 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.49×22 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.48×64 works
  8. Medicine1.31×376 works
  9. Health Professions1.29×51 works
  10. Social Sciences1.27×239 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.12×89 works
  12. Nursing0.97×7 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.96×46 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.92×13 works
  15. Mathematics0.58×10 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.57×18 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.49×3 works
  18. Computer Science0.48×55 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×2 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×29 works
  21. Dentistry0.40×3 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.31×10 works
  23. Engineering0.27×61 works
  24. Chemistry0.20×5 works
  25. Energy0.18×2 works
  26. Materials Science0.16×9 works

Which keywords describe research in St. Petersburg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Number Theory, Mental Health, Ocean Acidification, Emotion Regulation, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse and Nonlinear Equations.

▲ 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. Climate Change104▲ 2.1×76 topics
  2. Epidemiology81◆ 1.12×115 topics
  3. Mental Health44▲ 1.69×42 topics
  4. Risk Factors34▲ 1.70×33 topics
  5. Treatment31▲ 1.39×42 topics
  6. Depression27▲ 1.70×24 topics
  7. Emotion Regulation25▲ 4.4×8 topics
  8. Number Theory24▲ 56×3 topics
  9. Neurological Disorders24▲ 2.3×19 topics
  10. Global Warming23▲ 3.0×11 topics
  11. Governance21▲ 3.6×11 topics
  12. Adolescents20▲ 3.0×8 topics
  13. Population Dynamics20▲ 4.2×11 topics
  14. Ocean Acidification19▲ 14×3 topics
  15. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse19▲ 27×2 topics
  16. Social Cognition19▲ 5.7×9 topics
  17. Decision Making19▲ 3.5×9 topics
  18. Neurobiology18▲ 3.7×10 topics
  19. Nonlinear Equations17▲ 7.5×3 topics
  20. Neural Mechanisms17▲ 9.2×4 topics
  21. Bildungsungleichheit17▲ 33×1 topic
  22. Ethnografisches Schreiben17▲ 33×1 topic
  23. Cardiac Surgery15▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Prefrontal Cortex15▲ 9.5×3 topics
  25. Fisheries Sustainability14▲ 9.2×2 topics
  26. Trophic Cascades14▲ 8.4×2 topics
  27. Modular Forms14▲ 20×3 topics
  28. Banach Spaces14▲ 27×3 topics
  29. Eutrophication14▲ 6.8×4 topics
  30. Harmful Algal Blooms14▲ 9.1×3 topics
  31. Neural Correlates14▲ 7.5×7 topics
  32. Benthic Communities13▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Blood Transfusion13▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Marine Biodiversity13▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Cognitive Control12▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Dissolved Organic Matter12▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Oceanic Carbon Cycle12▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Executive Functions12▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Dark Energy12▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Quantum Gravity12▲ 7.8×3 topics

What research is done in St. Petersburg?

Sociology and Education Studies: 17 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 11 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…9Marine and fisheries research: 9 fractional worksDigital Innovation in In…9Digital Innovation in Industries: 9 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 8 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 8 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…8Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 8 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 6 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 6 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant…6Marine and coastal plant biology: 6 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceOceanographyGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement of Technology and Innovation3 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  2. 2 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 11 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  4. 4 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 9 works
  5. 5 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 8 works
  6. 6 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  7. 7 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 8 works
  8. 8 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 6 works
  9. 9 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 6 works

Research output over time

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grewheldshrank

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 counting10%20%30%St. Petersburg14.1% 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 29.8% in 2008.

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