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Research in Wilkes-Barre

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Wilkes-Barre, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Wilkes University and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.

Research institutions
9
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.4k
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.6%
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 Wilkes-Barre?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Wilkes UniversityUniversity 1,504 #15,036
2Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterHospital / health system 374 #22,894
3King's College - PennsylvaniaUniversity 371 #21,525 all time
4Community Health Systems - Wilkes-Barre General HospitalHospital / health system 59 not ranked
5Wilkes-Barre VA Medical CenterHospital / health system 52 not ranked
6Bucci Laser Vision InstituteHospital / health system 35 not ranked
7Angeline Elizabeth Kirby Memorial Health CenterHospital / health system 3 not ranked
8Luzerne County LibrariesArchive 2 not ranked
9Wyoming Valley Alcohol and Drug ServicesNonprofit 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.

Wilkes University: 62.6%Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center: 15.6%King's College - Pennsylvania: 15.5%Community Health Systems - Wilkes-Barre General Hospital: 2.5%5 others listed: 3.9%63%largest
Wilkes University1,504 · 62.6%Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center374 · 15.6%King's College - Pennsylvania371 · 15.5%Community Health Systems - Wilkes-Barre General Hospital59 · 2.5%5 others listed93 · 3.9%

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

What is Wilkes-Barre strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Wilkes-Barre is most concentrated in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (6.3× the world share in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine).

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 26.3 works6.3×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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 Wilkes-Barre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Sudden Cardiac Death, Epidemiology, Catheter Ablation, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator and Arrhythmias.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 1.35×64 topics
  2. Heart Failure12▲ 6.8×9 topics
  3. Echocardiography11▲ 10×7 topics
  4. Diagnosis10▲ 2.8×23 topics
  5. Mental Health10▲ 1.74×25 topics
  6. Globalization10▲ 1.29×21 topics
  7. Risk Factors9▲ 2.0×21 topics
  8. Sudden Cardiac Death9▲ 26×2 topics
  9. Quality of Life8▲ 1.40×23 topics
  10. Treatment8▲ 1.67×20 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 1.75×22 topics
  12. Catheter Ablation7▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Guidelines7▲ 3.9×10 topics
  14. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy7▲ 44×1 topic
  15. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator7▲ 44×1 topic
  16. Arrhythmias7▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Social Justice7▲ 2.9×9 topics
  18. Social Support7▲ 3.0×13 topics
  19. Gender6▲ 2.9×10 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 2.7×8 topics
  21. Identity6▲ 1.97×12 topics
  22. Religion6▲ 2.9×10 topics
  23. Cardiomyopathy5▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 5.7×7 topics
  25. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 12×1 topic
  26. Ventricular Tachycardia5▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Elderly5▲ 5.1×3 topics
  28. Ethics5▲ 2.7×6 topics
  29. Mortality Risk5▲ 5.4×5 topics
  30. Complications5▲ 2.5×12 topics
  31. Diversity5▲ 7.1×6 topics
  32. Responsibility5▲ 27×3 topics
  33. Memory5▲ 4.7×8 topics
  34. Engineering Education4▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Cultural Competence4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  36. Thrombosis4▲ 3.7×6 topics
  37. Inappropriate Medication Use4▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Polypharmacy4▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 4.4×6 topics
  40. Deep Vein Thrombosis3▲ 9.3×2 topics

What research is done in Wilkes-Barre?

  1. 1 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 4 works
  4. 4 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 2 works
  5. 5 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 War, Ethics, and Justification Philosophy 2 works
  10. 10 Health disparities and outcomes Health 2 works

Research output over time

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