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Research in Tampa

Science Explorer records 65 research institutions in Tampa, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of South Florida, Moffitt Cancer Center and Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Research institutions
65
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
89k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2M
24.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Tampa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of South FloridaUniversity 63,916 #597
2Moffitt Cancer CenterHospital / health system 12,726 #1,519
3Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenHospital / health system 4,403 #2,837
4University of TampaUniversity 3,670 #6,590
5Atkins (United States)Company 1,420 #6,503
6Children's Cancer CenterNonprofit 1,069 #5,788
7AdventHealth TampaHospital / health system 794 #15,118
8Florida Orthopaedic InstituteHospital / health system 585 #15,979
9USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's InstituteResearch facility 393 #18,228
10Financial Management Association InternationalInstitution 266 #20,264 all time
11Jaeb Center for Health ResearchNonprofit 238 #8,761 all time
12St. Joseph's HospitalHospital / health system 205 #31,173 all time
13Revenue Management Solutions (United States)Company 196 #29,848 all time
14Florida Craniofacial InstituteHospital / health system 194 #28,843 all time
15Prosthetic Design + Research (United States)Company 187 #25,790 all time
16Hillsborough Community CollegeUniversity 161 #27,593 all time
17American College of Physician ExecutivesUniversity 157 #28,902 all time
18Hillsborough County Public SchoolsUniversity 134 #31,354 all time
19Foundation for Orthopaedic Research and EducationNonprofit 127 #33,170 all time
20Florida AquariumNonprofit 124 #34,318 all time
21Facing Our Risk of Cancer EmpoweredNonprofit 121 #27,729 all time
22St. Joseph's Children's HospitalHospital / health system 93 not ranked
23Retina Associates of FloridaHospital / health system 75 not ranked
24Modulation Therapeutics (United States)Company 64 not ranked
25American Association of Kidney PatientsNonprofit 58 not ranked
26Laser Spine InstituteHospital / health system 47 not ranked
27The Pelvic Floor InstituteHospital / health system 38 not ranked
28Everest UniversityUniversity 36 not ranked
29Romark (United States)Company 30 not ranked
30University Diagnostic InstituteHospital / health system 29 not ranked
31Saneron CCEL Therapeutics (United States)Company 25 not ranked
32Polaris Group (United States)Company 21 not ranked
33Hillsborough County Anti Drug Alliance’sNonprofit 17 not ranked
34Intezyne (United States)Company 17 not ranked
35Oragenics (United States)Company 16 not ranked
36National Academy of InventorsNonprofit 16 not ranked
37T2C-Energy (United States)Company 9 not ranked
38Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management CouncilInstitution 8 not ranked
39Academic Alliance in DermatologyHospital / health system 7 not ranked
40Rehab Ideas (United States)Company 7 not ranked
41The AIDS InstituteNonprofit 6 not ranked
42TransGenex Nanobiotech (United States)Company 6 not ranked
43Chapters Health SystemHospital / health system 5 not ranked
44Agency for Community Treatment ServicesInstitution 4 not ranked
45Metastasis Research SocietyNonprofit 4 not ranked
46THAP Group (United States)Company 4 not ranked
47Florida Education FundNonprofit 3 not ranked
48National CMV FoundationNonprofit 3 not ranked
49Cvergenx (United States)Company 3 not ranked
50Stedman Clinical TrialsResearch facility 2 not ranked
51Tampa Veterans Research and Education FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
52Neurotech NetworksNonprofit 2 not ranked
53Magellan BioScience (United States)Company 2 not ranked
54Kforce (United States)Company 2 not ranked
55Tampa–Hillsborough County Public Library SystemArchive 2 not ranked
56UBC (United States)Company 2 not ranked
57Gulf & South Atlantic Fisheries FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
58HedgePath Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 1 not ranked
59Faces of Courage FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
60Pediatric Cancer FoundationNonprofit 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: 69.7%Moffitt Cancer Center: 13.9%Shriners Hospitals for Children: 4.8%University of Tampa: 4.0%56 others listed: 7.7%70%largest
University of South Florida64k · 69.7%Moffitt Cancer Center13k · 13.9%Shriners Hospitals for Children4,403 · 4.8%University of Tampa3,670 · 4.0%56 others listed7,041 · 7.7%

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

Which fields of science does Tampa work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Tampa is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Social Sciences (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 7,346 fractional works · 45.4% of its workMedicine: 6,679 fractional works · 41.3% of its workSurgery: 911 fractional works · 5.6% of its workOncology: 866 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 620 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 431 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 376 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 290 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHematology: 281 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 270 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 239 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 221 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 207 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 189 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 154 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 153 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 147 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 142 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 109 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 97 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 79 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 74 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 74 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 217 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 537 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 327 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 117 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 83 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,532 fractional works · 21.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,602 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 580 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 275 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 155 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 100 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 86 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 155 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 844 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 299 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 220 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 125 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 124 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 400 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhilosophy: 95 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 136 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 308 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 244 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 197 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 134 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,914 fractional works · 18.0% of its workEngineering: 925 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 207 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 191 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 101 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 191 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science: 793 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 317 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 131 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 83 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 91 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 372 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 80 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 155 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 199 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 121 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 79 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 177 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 154 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 124 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 116 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2,391 fractional works · 14.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,458 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 811 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGenetics: 222 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 206 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 105 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 393 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 185 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 79 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 342 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 281 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 155 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 107 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKTampa16kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences22%

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. Health Sciences7,34645.4%
    1. Medicine6,67941.3%
    2. Health Professions5373.3%
    3. Nursing830.5%
    4. Dentistry310.2%
    5. Veterinary160.1%
  2. Social Sciences3,53221.8%
    1. Social Sciences1,6029.9%
    2. Psychology8445.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities4002.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting3081.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2441.5%
    6. Decision Sciences1340.8%
    1. Engineering9255.7%
    2. Computer Science7934.9%
    3. Environmental Science3722.3%
    4. Materials Science1991.2%
    5. Mathematics1771.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy1541.0%
    7. Chemistry1240.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1160.7%
    9. Energy330.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering190.1%
  3. Life Sciences2,39114.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,4589.0%
    2. Neuroscience3932.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology3422.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1551.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics440.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tampa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tampa is most concentrated in Hematology, Oncology and Genetics (5.9× the world share in Hematology).

  1. HematologySubfield · 254.0 works5.9×
  2. OncologySubfield · 762.7 works4.8×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 174.5 works4.5×
  4. TransplantationSubfield · 20.6 works3.2×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 143 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.67× its world share, 1,268 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.12× its world share, 304 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 345 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 38 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 114 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 694 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 101 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 31 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 826 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 333 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 179 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.88× its world share, 148 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 132 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 26 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 490 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.14× its world share, 5,848 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 72 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 14 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.81× its world share, 332 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 281 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 121 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 229 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 745 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 1,403 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.14×5,848 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.12×304 works
  3. Psychology1.72×745 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.67×1,268 works
  5. Neuroscience1.49×345 works
  6. Health Professions1.31×490 works
  7. Nursing1.03×72 works
  8. Mathematics0.88×148 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.88×121 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.81×332 works
  11. Social Sciences0.78×1,403 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×38 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×229 works
  14. Veterinary0.72×14 works
  15. Computer Science0.63×694 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×281 works
  17. Chemistry0.51×114 works
  18. Environmental Science0.47×333 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.45×101 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.42×132 works
  21. Engineering0.39×826 works
  22. Dentistry0.38×26 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.37×18 works
  24. Materials Science0.36×179 works
  25. Energy0.23×31 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×143 works

Which keywords describe research in Tampa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Chemotherapy, Lymphoma, Cancer Immunotherapy, Inflammation and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,190▲ 1.84×134 topics
  2. Immunotherapy601▲ 5.1×19 topics
  3. Inflammation537▲ 1.56×82 topics
  4. Chemotherapy448▲ 3.9×25 topics
  5. Machine Learning436▼ 0.81×87 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors426▲ 6.1×14 topics
  7. Quality of Life424▲ 1.81×55 topics
  8. Mental Health366▲ 1.58×43 topics
  9. Treatment362▲ 1.84×52 topics
  10. Cancer357▲ 1.64×57 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress333▲ 1.25×61 topics
  12. Risk Factors305▲ 1.71×37 topics
  13. Public Health298▲ 1.26×63 topics
  14. Diagnosis297▲ 1.97×41 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment278▲ 3.8×8 topics
  16. Depression257▲ 1.81×24 topics
  17. Clinical Trials257▲ 2.4×19 topics
  18. Radiotherapy238▲ 3.7×13 topics
  19. Lymphoma237▲ 9.2×4 topics
  20. Cancer Immunotherapy236▲ 9.5×3 topics
  21. Management229▲ 1.77×34 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines225▲ 2.5×14 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations221▲ 3.1×23 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy212▲ 2.3×20 topics
  25. Surgical Management195▲ 3.0×20 topics
  26. Precision Medicine194▲ 2.4×8 topics
  27. Complications190▲ 2.4×17 topics
  28. Tumor Regression190▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Targeted Therapy183▲ 5.1×5 topics
  30. Leukemia167▲ 12×2 topics
  31. CAR T Cells161▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Chimeric Antigen Receptor161▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Survival Analysis160▲ 3.6×7 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy157▲ 4.1×5 topics
  35. Health-related Quality of Life148▲ 3.9×6 topics
  36. Hematopoietic Stem Cells141▲ 10.0×3 topics
  37. Rituximab132▲ 5.7×4 topics
  38. Immune Checkpoint Blockade125▲ 6.8×1 topic
  39. PD-1 and PD-L1125▲ 6.8×1 topic
  40. Minimal Residual Disease100▲ 9.1×2 topics

What research is done in Tampa?

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 148 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 107 works
  3. 3 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 91 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 74 works
  5. 5 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 62 works
  6. 6 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 61 works
  7. 7 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 50 works
  8. 8 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 50 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 49 works
  10. 10 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 45 works

Research output over time

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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%Tampa14.3% 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 23.9% in 2012.

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