Research in Tacoma
Science Explorer records 31 research institutions in Tacoma, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Washington Tacoma, University of Puget Sound and Madigan Army Medical Center.
- Research institutions
- 31 5 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 13k ◆ 0% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 15.3% 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 Tacoma?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madigan Army Medical CenterHospital / health system | 3,377 | #16,690 | |
| 2 | University of Puget SoundUniversity | 3,298 | #9,098 | |
| 3 | University of Washington TacomaUniversity | 2,460 | #4,371 | |
| 4 | Pacific Lutheran UniversityUniversity | 1,576 | #19,893 | |
| 5 | Spectrum Research (United States)Company | 609 | #18,891 | |
| 6 | St. Joseph Medical Center in TacomaHospital / health system | 270 | #20,290 all time | |
| 7 | Tacoma Community CollegeUniversity | 233 | #29,818 all time | |
| 8 | MultiCare Health SystemHospital / health system | 230 | #23,049 all time | |
| 9 | The Geneva FoundationNonprofit | 170 | #30,980 all time | |
| 10 | Northwest Medical SpecialtiesHospital / health system | 162 | #27,924 all time | |
| 11 | Mary Bridge Children's Health CenterHospital / health system | 116 | not ranked | |
| 12 | Washington Military DepartmentGovernment institution | 75 | not ranked | |
| 13 | MultiCare Tacoma General HospitalHospital / health system | 66 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Tacoma Pierce County Health DepartmentGovernment institution | 65 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Faith Evangelical College & SeminaryUniversity | 42 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Center for Urban WatersResearch facility | 40 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Tacoma Housing AuthorityUniversity | 29 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Revalesio (United states)Company | 27 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Visual Health InformationCompany | 21 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Tacoma/Valley Radiation Oncology CentersHospital / health system | 19 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Topia Technology (United States)Company | 14 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Washington State Historical SocietyNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 23 | American Society for Environmental HistoryInstitution | 4 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Bates Technical CollegeUniversity | 4 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Cardiac Study CenterInstitution | 3 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Baker FoundationNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Pierce County Library SystemArchive | 1 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Community Counseling InstituteNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Courage360Nonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 30 | South Sound Care FoundationInstitution | 0 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Greater Tacoma Community FoundationNonprofit | 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.
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What is Tacoma strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Tacoma is most concentrated in Emergency Medicine (5.4× the world share in Emergency Medicine).
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 20.7 works5.4×
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 Tacoma?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Public Health, Gender, Religion, History, Risk Factors and Big Data.
- Hemorrhage
- Injury Severity
- Resuscitation
- Distributed Systems
- Cancer Risk
- Feminism
- Neuroscience
- Colonialism
- Complications
- Meta-Analysis
- Mortality
- Identity
- Management
- Gender
- Big Data
- Treatment
- Risk Factors
- Globalization
- Mental Health
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Public Health
- Quality of Life
- Education
- Healthcare
- History
- Religion
- Social Justice
- Ethics
- Resilience
- Social Support
- Philosophy
- Health Outcomes
- Psychological Impact
- Medical Education
- Intersectionality
- Trauma
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Cultural Transmission
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
- Epidemiology111▲ 1.77×116 topics
- Deep Learning45▼ 0.83×63 topics
- Machine Learning45▼ 0.86×63 topics
- Mental Health44▲ 1.91×33 topics
- Public Health41▲ 1.78×42 topics
- Globalization35◆ 1.14×59 topics
- Quality of Life33▲ 1.45×46 topics
- Risk Factors31▲ 1.80×34 topics
- Education31◆ 1.15×46 topics
- Treatment30▲ 1.58×44 topics
- Healthcare30▲ 1.68×21 topics
- Big Data29▲ 1.99×20 topics
- History28▲ 2.5×24 topics
- Gender26▲ 3.0×27 topics
- Religion25▲ 3.3×24 topics
- Management24▲ 1.89×27 topics
- Social Justice22▲ 2.4×23 topics
- Identity22▲ 1.90×32 topics
- Ethics21▲ 2.8×25 topics
- Mortality21▲ 2.3×13 topics
- Resilience19▲ 2.5×16 topics
- Meta-Analysis19▲ 2.1×15 topics
- Social Support19▲ 2.2×14 topics
- Complications19▲ 2.4×17 topics
- Philosophy18▲ 2.5×21 topics
- Colonialism17▲ 2.3×20 topics
- Health Outcomes16▲ 3.7×8 topics
- Neuroscience16▲ 3.4×14 topics
- Psychological Impact16▲ 3.1×9 topics
- Feminism15▲ 3.4×14 topics
- Medical Education14▲ 3.5×11 topics
- Cancer Risk14▲ 4.0×10 topics
- Intersectionality14▲ 4.8×8 topics
- Distributed Systems13▲ 5.1×5 topics
- Trauma13▲ 4.2×8 topics
- Resuscitation13▲ 6.3×4 topics
- Psychiatric Disorders11▲ 5.5×4 topics
- Injury Severity10▲ 8.1×2 topics
- Cultural Transmission10▲ 8.2×4 topics
- Hemorrhage10▲ 9.6×3 topics
What research is done in Tacoma?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 8 works
- 2 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 8 works
- 3 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 7 works
- 4 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 7 works
- 5 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
- 6 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 6 works
- 7 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 6 works
- 8 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
- 9 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 5 works
- 10 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
Research output over time
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