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Research in Wilmington

Science Explorer records 45 research institutions in Wilmington, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Winterthur Museum Garden and Library, Christiana Care Health System and Corteva (United States).

Research institutions
45
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
27k
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
787k
29.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Wilmington

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 Wilmington?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1DuPont (United States)Company 12,595 #9,036
2Christiana Care Health SystemHospital / health system 2,881 #7,955
3Winterthur Museum Garden and LibraryArchive 1,779 #6,437
4Incyte (United States)Company 1,153 #15,153
5Office of the GovernorGovernment institution 917 #11,191
6InterDigital (United States)Company 782 #12,808
7Corteva (United States)Company 640 #8,574
8Hagley Museum and LibraryArchive 194 #24,493 all time
9Advanced Materials Technology (United States)Company 172 #31,770 all time
10Goldey–Beacom CollegeUniversity 106 not ranked
11Applied Diamond (United States)Company 86 not ranked
12Andrew McDonough B+ FoundationNonprofit 69 not ranked
13American University for HumanitiesUniversity 56 not ranked
14Delaware Diamond Knives (United States)Company 55 not ranked
15Delaware Museum of Nature and ScienceArchive 29 not ranked
16JBS Technologies (United States)Company 26 not ranked
17Jonas (United States)Company 24 not ranked
18Analytical Biological Services (United States)Company 23 not ranked
19Advanced Fiber Technologies (United States)Company 21 not ranked
20Delaware College of Art and DesignUniversity 18 not ranked
21Delaware Division of the ArtsGovernment institution 13 not ranked
22Chimera Technologies (United States)Company 13 not ranked
23WSFS Financial Corporation (United States)Company 10 not ranked
24Delaware Art MuseumArchive 10 not ranked
25Albert Einstein AcademyUniversity 8 not ranked
26AlphaSense (United States)Company 6 not ranked
27Delaware Humanities ForumNonprofit 6 not ranked
28Delaware Historical SocietyArchive 5 not ranked
29Wilmington Public LibraryArchive 4 not ranked
30MantraCareHospital / health system 4 not ranked
31Spectrum Magnetics (United States)Company 3 not ranked
32Business History ConferenceInstitution 3 not ranked
33Intercultural Open University FoundationNonprofit 3 not ranked
34Rodel Foundation of DelawareNonprofit 2 not ranked
35Brandywine Counseling & Community ServicesNonprofit 2 not ranked
36Delaware Coalition Against Domestic ViolenceNonprofit 2 not ranked
37Old Swedes FoundationArchive 1 not ranked
38Intercollegiate Studies InstituteNonprofit 1 not ranked
39Junior Achievement of DelawareInstitution 1 not ranked
40Delaware Heritage CommissionGovernment institution 1 not ranked
41Association of Educational PublishersNonprofit 0 not ranked
42Urigen Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 0 not ranked
43OrphageniX (United States)Company 0 not ranked
44Nacey Maggioncalda FoundationNonprofit 0 not ranked
45Delaware Breast Cancer CoalitionNonprofit 0 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.

DuPont (United States): 58.0%Christiana Care Health System: 13.3%Winterthur Museum Garden and Library: 8.2%Incyte (United States): 5.3%36 others listed: 15.3%58%largest
DuPont (United States)13k · 58.0%Christiana Care Health System2,881 · 13.3%Winterthur Museum Garden and Library1,779 · 8.2%Incyte (United States)1,153 · 5.3%36 others listed3,316 · 15.3%

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

Which fields of science does Wilmington work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Wilmington is in Health Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,336 fractional works · 44.2% of its workMedicine: 1,221 fractional works · 40.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 164 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOncology: 149 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSurgery: 114 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 76 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 60 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 58 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 51 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 51 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 50 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHematology: 41 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 91 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 50 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 623 fractional works · 20.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 316 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 189 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGenetics: 43 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 176 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPlant Science: 94 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 76 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 69 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 598 fractional works · 19.8% of its workEngineering: 224 fractional works · 7.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 65 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 44 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 141 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 44 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 87 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 48 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 42 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 466 fractional works · 15.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 210 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 66 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 47 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 67 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 62 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 54 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 44 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 49 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWilmington3,024fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences15%

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 Sciences1,33644.2%
    1. Medicine1,22140.4%
    2. Health Professions913.0%
    3. Nursing130.4%
    4. Veterinary60.2%
    5. Dentistry50.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31610.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1765.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology762.5%
    4. Neuroscience291.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics260.9%
    1. Engineering2247.4%
    2. Computer Science1414.7%
    3. Environmental Science872.9%
    4. Materials Science481.6%
    5. Chemistry421.4%
    6. Mathematics190.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences190.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy90.3%
    9. Energy70.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.1%
    1. Social Sciences2106.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities672.2%
    3. Psychology622.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance541.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting491.6%
    6. Decision Sciences240.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Wilmington strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Wilmington is most concentrated in Genetics, Hematology and Oncology (6.5× the world share in Genetics).

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 47.1 works6.5×
  2. HematologySubfield · 37.3 works4.6×
  3. OncologySubfield · 134.7 works4.5×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 149.9 works3.6×
← 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: 1.22× its world share, 155 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.01× its world share, 286 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.60× its world share, 70 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.51× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 117 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 209 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 75 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 45 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 79 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 1,103 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.28× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 56 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 48 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 50 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 159 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology2.60×70 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.51×24 works
  3. Medicine2.15×1,103 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.01×286 works
  5. Veterinary1.28×5 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.22×155 works
  7. Health Professions1.12×79 works
  8. Chemistry0.95×40 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×48 works
  10. Nursing0.82×11 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.77×20 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.73×56 works
  13. Psychology0.61×50 works
  14. Neuroscience0.59×25 works
  15. Computer Science0.57×117 works
  16. Environmental Science0.57×75 works
  17. Engineering0.52×209 works
  18. Mathematics0.50×16 works
  19. Materials Science0.48×45 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×41 works
  21. Social Sciences0.47×159 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×16 works
  23. Dentistry0.37×5 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.34×3 works
  25. Energy0.23×6 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.12×7 works

Which keywords describe research in Wilmington?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Immunotherapy, Treatment, Diagnosis and Monoclonal Antibodies.

▲ 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. Epidemiology200▲ 1.66×125 topics
  2. Inflammation120▲ 1.87×79 topics
  3. Treatment91▲ 2.5×45 topics
  4. Machine Learning86▼ 0.85×71 topics
  5. Chemotherapy79▲ 3.7×25 topics
  6. Diagnosis78▲ 2.8×35 topics
  7. Immunotherapy76▲ 3.5×19 topics
  8. Quality of Life73▲ 1.68×49 topics
  9. Cancer68▲ 1.68×53 topics
  10. Management64▲ 2.6×30 topics
  11. Clinical Trials63▲ 3.1×18 topics
  12. Genetics61▲ 2.9×25 topics
  13. Targeted Therapy53▲ 7.9×5 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors53▲ 4.0×14 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment53▲ 3.9×8 topics
  16. Biomarkers46▲ 2.2×17 topics
  17. Monoclonal Antibodies42▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Glycosylation40▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Cancer Immunotherapy39▲ 8.3×3 topics
  20. Lymphoma38▲ 8.0×4 topics
  21. Breast Cancer37▲ 4.9×11 topics
  22. Therapeutic Antibodies36▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Rituximab36▲ 8.1×4 topics
  24. Asthma34▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Tumor Regression33▲ 9.8×2 topics
  26. Immunology31▲ 9.3×3 topics
  27. Genomic Profiling30▲ 9.4×2 topics
  28. Allergic Diseases29▲ 16×1 topic
  29. Eosinophils29▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Antibody Engineering26▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Fc Receptors26▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Leukemia26▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Immune Checkpoint Blockade26▲ 7.5×1 topic
  34. PD-1 and PD-L126▲ 7.5×1 topic
  35. CAR T Cells26▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Chimeric Antigen Receptor26▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Resistance Mechanisms25▲ 9.7×3 topics
  38. ALK Inhibitors25▲ 13×1 topic
  39. EGFR Mutations25▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Biopharmaceuticals23▲ 15×3 topics

What research is done in Wilmington?

Asthma and respiratory d…28Asthma and respiratory diseases: 28 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…25Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 25 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…24CAR-T cell therapy research: 24 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…23Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 23 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 23 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 17 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…16Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 16 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 16 fractional worksMyeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment: 15 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…12CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 12 fractional works
PhysiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 28 works
  2. 2 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 25 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 24 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 23 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 23 works
  6. 6 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 17 works
  7. 7 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  8. 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 16 works
  9. 9 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 15 works
  10. 10 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 12 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%Wilmington14.5% 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 25.2% in 2010.

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