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Research in Winston-Salem

Science Explorer records 38 research institutions in Winston-Salem, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Wake Forest University, Center for Clinical Research (United States) and Salem College.

Research institutions
38
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
55k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6M
30.1 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
Winston-Salem

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 Winston-Salem?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Wake Forest UniversityUniversity 46,203 #772
2Winston-Salem State UniversityUniversity 1,710 #9,312
3Center for Clinical Research (United States)Company 1,637 #6,364
4Reynolds American (United States)Company 1,036 #12,414 all time
5Novant HealthHospital / health system 1,007 #11,220
6Salem CollegeUniversity 868 #7,646
7Winston-Salem/Forsyth County SchoolsUniversity 625 #11,551 all time
8Piedmont International UniversityUniversity 527 #14,946
9Biographics (United States)Company 459 #13,370 all time
10Tengion (United States)Company 143 #28,964 all time
11Forsyth Technical Community CollegeUniversity 135 #29,100 all time
12Carolinas Pain InstituteHospital / health system 90 not ranked
13Gramercy Research Group (United States)Company 73 not ranked
14University of North Carolina School of the ArtsUniversity 62 not ranked
15Z.Smith Reynolds FoundationNonprofit 52 not ranked
16Southeast Clinical Oncology Research ConsortiumInstitution 41 not ranked
17Lyndhurst Gynecologic AssociatesInstitution 29 not ranked
18Moravian ArchivesArchive 23 not ranked
19Triad (United States)Company 15 not ranked
20Moravian Music FoundationNonprofit 9 not ranked
21KeraNetics (United States)Company 9 not ranked
22Miyazaki Enterprises (United States)Company 9 not ranked
23Carolina Christian CollegeUniversity 7 not ranked
24Algaen (United States)Company 4 not ranked
25Galilee Missionary Baptist ChurchInstitution 4 not ranked
26Regenmedtx (United States)Company 3 not ranked
27Drug-Free NCNonprofit 3 not ranked
28Old Salem Museums and GardensArchive 3 not ranked
29NanoMedica (United States)Company 3 not ranked
30American Society for Eighteenth-Century StudiesInstitution 3 not ranked
31Society for Acupuncture ResearchInstitution 2 not ranked
32Mary Reynolds Babcock FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
33Ashley IB Elementary Magnet SchoolUniversity 1 not ranked
34Plureon (United States)Company 1 not ranked
35Cellf BIO (United States)Company 0 not ranked
36LibForAll FoundationInstitution 0 not ranked
37Winston-Salem Chamber of CommerceInstitution 0 not ranked
38Sceptor Pain FoundationNonprofit 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.

Wake Forest University: 84.3%Winston-Salem State University: 3.1%Center for Clinical Research (United States): 3.0%Reynolds American (United States): 1.9%30 others listed: 7.7%84%largest
Wake Forest University46k · 84.3%Winston-Salem State University1,710 · 3.1%Center for Clinical Research (United States)1,637 · 3.0%Reynolds American (United States)1,036 · 1.9%30 others listed4,211 · 7.7%

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

Which fields of science does Winston-Salem work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Winston-Salem is in Health Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (49%), Social Sciences (8%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 4,845 fractional works · 54.9% of its workMedicine: 4,339 fractional works · 49.2% of its workSurgery: 607 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 378 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 337 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 303 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 281 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 256 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 255 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 169 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 151 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 104 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 103 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 102 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 102 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 98 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 88 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 79 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 405 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 244 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,592 fractional works · 18.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 680 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 232 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 92 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 80 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 355 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 130 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 96 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 229 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhilosophy: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 151 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 124 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 114 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,230 fractional works · 13.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 621 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 335 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 112 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 338 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 127 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 99 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 142 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 108 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 98 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,159 fractional works · 13.1% of its workEngineering: 387 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 142 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 94 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 319 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 120 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 140 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWinston-Salem8,826fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences55%Social Sciences18%

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 Sciences4,84554.9%
    1. Medicine4,33949.2%
    2. Health Professions4054.6%
    3. Nursing660.8%
    4. Dentistry250.3%
    5. Veterinary100.1%
  2. Social Sciences1,59218.0%
    1. Social Sciences6807.7%
    2. Psychology3554.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities2292.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1511.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1141.3%
    6. Decision Sciences640.7%
  3. Life Sciences1,23013.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6217.0%
    2. Neuroscience3383.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1421.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences981.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics310.3%
    1. Engineering3874.4%
    2. Computer Science3193.6%
    3. Environmental Science1401.6%
    4. Mathematics780.9%
    5. Materials Science730.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy610.7%
    7. Chemistry570.6%
    8. Energy190.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences180.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 81 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 527 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 122 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.37× its world share, 295 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 28 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 52 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 273 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 317 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 122 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 63 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 70 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 52 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 19 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.78× its world share, 359 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.57× its world share, 3,786 worksMedicineNursing: 1.53× its world share, 57 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 183 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 100 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 57 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 142 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 313 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 600 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.57×3,786 works
  2. Neuroscience2.37×295 works
  3. Health Professions1.78×359 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.59×122 works
  5. Nursing1.53×57 works
  6. Psychology1.34×313 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.29×527 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.02×28 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×142 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.83×183 works
  11. Mathematics0.78×70 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.77×57 works
  13. Veterinary0.69×7 works
  14. Social Sciences0.62×600 works
  15. Dentistry0.51×19 works
  16. Computer Science0.46×273 works
  17. Chemistry0.43×52 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×100 works
  19. Environmental Science0.32×122 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.30×52 works
  21. Engineering0.28×317 works
  22. Materials Science0.24×63 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×81 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.22×6 works
  25. Energy0.22×15 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×15 works

Which keywords describe research in Winston-Salem?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-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. Epidemiology767▲ 2.2×131 topics
  2. Inflammation449▲ 2.4×82 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease310▲ 3.1×38 topics
  4. Quality of Life293▲ 2.3×55 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress262▲ 1.81×61 topics
  6. Public Health248▲ 1.93×62 topics
  7. Risk Factors237▲ 2.4×36 topics
  8. Treatment218▲ 2.0×50 topics
  9. Aging200▲ 4.2×18 topics
  10. Biomarkers200▲ 3.2×17 topics
  11. Mental Health198▲ 1.57×39 topics
  12. Diagnosis190▲ 2.3×41 topics
  13. Obesity190▲ 2.8×27 topics
  14. Depression183▲ 2.4×24 topics
  15. Chemotherapy176▲ 2.8×25 topics
  16. Management174▲ 2.5×33 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome173▲ 2.4×23 topics
  18. Cancer162▲ 1.36×53 topics
  19. Immunotherapy160▲ 2.5×19 topics
  20. Clinical Trials154▲ 2.6×19 topics
  21. Guidelines149▲ 3.6×13 topics
  22. Mortality133▲ 2.6×13 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders131▲ 2.6×20 topics
  24. Global Burden130▲ 2.7×12 topics
  25. Complications128▲ 2.9×17 topics
  26. Heart Failure119▲ 3.0×13 topics
  27. Rehabilitation118▲ 3.3×13 topics
  28. Radiotherapy113▲ 3.2×13 topics
  29. Alzheimer's Disease107▲ 4.4×7 topics
  30. Primary Care105▲ 3.2×15 topics
  31. Neuroimaging103▲ 4.2×11 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines93▲ 3.6×9 topics
  33. Mortality Risk90▲ 4.3×6 topics
  34. Elderly Patients79▲ 5.2×4 topics
  35. Cognitive Decline68▲ 6.4×2 topics
  36. Caregiver Burden68▲ 6.8×3 topics
  37. Cognitive Training67▲ 8.1×2 topics
  38. Dementia67▲ 8.0×2 topics
  39. Mild Cognitive Impairment66▲ 8.8×1 topic
  40. Vascular Risk Factors66▲ 8.8×1 topic

What research is done in Winston-Salem?

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 62 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 37 fractional worksCardiovascular Health an…36Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 36 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Recepto…34Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 34 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 30 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 28 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…27Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 27 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 26 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 25 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …25Nutrition and Health in Aging: 25 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthGeriatrics and GerontologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineCellular and Molecular Neuroscience3 others

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

  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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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%Winston-Salem12.4% 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 27.7% in 2007.

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