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Research in Winston-Salem

Science Explorer records 41 research institutions in Winston-Salem, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Wake Forest University, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Center for Clinical Research (United States).

Research institutions
41
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
55k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.1%
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 Winston-Salem?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Wake Forest UniversityUniversity 38,603 #968
2Atrium Health Wake Forest BaptistHospital / health system 7,375 #5,051
3Winston-Salem State UniversityUniversity 1,710 #16,186
4Center for Clinical Research (United States)Company 1,637 #8,473
5Reynolds American (United States)Company 1,036 #13,850 all time
6Salem CollegeUniversity 868 #16,965
7Winston-Salem/Forsyth County SchoolsUniversity 625 #17,970 all time
8Piedmont International UniversityUniversity 527 #24,596
9Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterHospital / health system 483 #9,887 all time
10Biographics (United States)Company 459 #27,455 all time
11Novant HealthHospital / health system 440 #17,986
12Tengion (United States)Company 143 #41,150 all time
13Forsyth Technical Community CollegeUniversity 135 #31,643 all time
14Brenner Children's HospitalHospital / health system 132 #35,464 all time
15Carolinas Pain InstituteHospital / health system 90 not ranked
16Gramercy Research Group (United States)Company 73 not ranked
17University of North Carolina School of the ArtsUniversity 62 not ranked
18Z.Smith Reynolds FoundationNonprofit 52 not ranked
19Southeast Clinical Oncology Research ConsortiumInstitution 41 not ranked
20Lyndhurst Gynecologic AssociatesInstitution 29 not ranked
21Moravian ArchivesArchive 23 not ranked
22Triad (United States)Company 15 not ranked
23Moravian Music FoundationNonprofit 9 not ranked
24KeraNetics (United States)Company 9 not ranked
25Miyazaki Enterprises (United States)Company 9 not ranked
26Carolina Christian CollegeUniversity 7 not ranked
27Algaen (United States)Company 4 not ranked
28Galilee Missionary Baptist ChurchInstitution 4 not ranked
29Regenmedtx (United States)Company 3 not ranked
30Drug-Free NCNonprofit 3 not ranked
31Old Salem Museums and GardensArchive 3 not ranked
32NanoMedica (United States)Company 3 not ranked
33American Society for Eighteenth-Century StudiesInstitution 3 not ranked
34Society for Acupuncture ResearchInstitution 2 not ranked
35Mary Reynolds Babcock FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
36Ashley IB Elementary Magnet SchoolUniversity 1 not ranked
37Plureon (United States)Company 1 not ranked
38Cellf BIO (United States)Company 0 not ranked
39LibForAll FoundationInstitution 0 not ranked
40Winston-Salem Chamber of CommerceInstitution 0 not ranked
41Sceptor Pain 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.

Wake Forest University: 70.7%Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist: 13.5%Winston-Salem State University: 3.1%Center for Clinical Research (United States): 3.0%33 others listed: 9.7%71%largest
Wake Forest University39k · 70.7%Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist7,375 · 13.5%Winston-Salem State University1,710 · 3.1%Center for Clinical Research (United States)1,637 · 3.0%33 others listed5,295 · 9.7%

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

What is Winston-Salem strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Winston-Salem is most concentrated in Transplantation, Geriatrics and Gerontology and Dermatology (7.2× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 24.5 works7.2×
  2. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 46.0 works5.6×
  3. DermatologySubfield · 88.9 works4.4×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 323.5 works4.0×
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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 Winston-Salem?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life, Aging, Risk Factors, Biomarkers and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology678▲ 2.2×129 topics
  2. Inflammation390▲ 2.4×82 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease264▲ 3.1×38 topics
  4. Quality of Life256▲ 2.3×54 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress234▲ 1.87×60 topics
  6. Public Health216▲ 1.94×57 topics
  7. Risk Factors210▲ 2.5×36 topics
  8. Treatment193▲ 2.1×49 topics
  9. Mental Health179▲ 1.59×39 topics
  10. Aging178▲ 4.3×18 topics
  11. Biomarkers175▲ 3.4×17 topics
  12. Diagnosis170▲ 2.4×41 topics
  13. Obesity162▲ 2.8×27 topics
  14. Depression160▲ 2.4×23 topics
  15. Management153▲ 2.5×32 topics
  16. Chemotherapy153▲ 2.9×24 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome153▲ 2.5×23 topics
  18. Cancer144▲ 1.40×52 topics
  19. Immunotherapy141▲ 2.6×19 topics
  20. Clinical Trials137▲ 2.7×19 topics
  21. Guidelines132▲ 3.7×13 topics
  22. Mortality121▲ 2.7×13 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders118▲ 2.7×20 topics
  24. Global Burden115▲ 2.8×12 topics
  25. Complications115▲ 3.0×17 topics
  26. Rehabilitation102▲ 3.4×13 topics
  27. Radiotherapy100▲ 3.4×13 topics
  28. Heart Failure98▲ 3.0×13 topics
  29. Alzheimer's Disease98▲ 4.5×7 topics
  30. Neuroimaging93▲ 4.5×11 topics
  31. Primary Care93▲ 3.2×15 topics
  32. Mortality Risk81▲ 4.4×6 topics
  33. Neuroinflammation81▲ 3.7×6 topics
  34. Elderly Patients70▲ 5.5×4 topics
  35. Cognitive Decline64▲ 6.9×2 topics
  36. Caregiver Burden63▲ 7.5×3 topics
  37. Cognitive Training62▲ 8.9×2 topics
  38. Dementia62▲ 8.6×2 topics
  39. Mild Cognitive Impairment62▲ 9.6×1 topic
  40. Vascular Risk Factors62▲ 9.6×1 topic

What research is done in Winston-Salem?

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 62 works
  2. 2 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 37 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 36 works
  4. 4 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 34 works
  5. 5 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 30 works
  6. 6 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 28 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 27 works
  8. 8 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 26 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 25 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 25 works

Research output over time

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