Research in Worcester
Science Explorer records 42 research institutions in Worcester, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Clark University.
- Research institutions
- 42 10 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 59k ▲ 3% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 17.7% 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 Worcester?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolUniversity | 26,229 | #573 | |
| 2 | Worcester Polytechnic InstituteUniversity | 13,243 | #2,996 | |
| 3 | Clark UniversityUniversity | 7,125 | #5,328 | |
| 4 | College of the Holy CrossUniversity | 4,085 | #5,415 | |
| 5 | UMass Memorial Health CareHospital / health system | 1,266 | #7,229 | |
| 6 | Worcester State UniversityUniversity | 1,170 | #17,197 | |
| 7 | UMass Memorial Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,169 | #9,833 | |
| 8 | Eunice Kennedy Shriver CenterResearch facility | 998 | #8,424 all time | |
| 9 | Saint Vincent HospitalHospital / health system | 875 | #19,580 | |
| 10 | Assumption CollegeUniversity | 716 | #22,422 | |
| 11 | Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPIUniversity | 496 | #19,695 | |
| 12 | Worcester Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 368 | #17,858 all time | |
| 13 | Becker CollegeUniversity | 126 | #42,291 all time | |
| 14 | Reliant Medical GroupHospital / health system | 102 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Microbiotix (United States)Company | 92 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Community HealthlinkHospital / health system | 72 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Regional Environmental CouncilNonprofit | 65 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Family Health Center of WorcesterHospital / health system | 64 | not ranked | |
| 19 | ECI Biotech (United States)Company | 58 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Quinsigamond Community CollegeUniversity | 51 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Biomedical Research Models (United States)Company | 49 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Worcester Public SchoolsUniversity | 48 | not ranked | |
| 23 | BioPAL (United States)Company | 43 | not ranked | |
| 24 | American Antiquarian SocietyArchive | 41 | not ranked | |
| 25 | GlsynthesisCompany | 37 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Antigen Express (United States)Company | 33 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Worcester Recovery Center and HospitalHospital / health system | 29 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Bancroft School of Massage TherapyUniversity | 25 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Haleakala Research and Development (United States)Company | 25 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Worcester Art MuseumArchive | 24 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Nemucore Medical Innovations (United States)Company | 17 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Zata Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company | 14 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Curadel (United States)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Grove Instruments (United States)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Worcester Public LibraryArchive | 5 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Attogen Biomedical ResearchHospital / health system | 4 | not ranked | |
| 37 | RCAP SolutionsNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Advirna (United States)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 39 | John W. Higgins ArmoryArchive | 2 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Worcester Historical MuseumArchive | 2 | not ranked | |
| 41 | International Society for VaccinesNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Targeted Cell Therapies (United States)Company | 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.
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What is Worcester strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Worcester is most concentrated in Aging, History and Philosophy of Science and Cell Biology (12.6× the world share in Aging).
- AgingSubfield · 23.9 works13×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 32.8 works2.7×
- Cell BiologySubfield · 65.0 works2.7×
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 Worcester?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Inflammation, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Diagnosis, Oxidative Stress and Treatment.
- Solar Wind
- GRACE
- Geodetic Measurements
- Sea Level Rise
- Hydrological Modeling
- Medical Education
- Innate Immunity
- Global Burden
- Nationalism
- Immunotherapy
- Gender
- Identity
- Genetics
- Quality of Life
- Cancer
- Climate Change
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Risk Factors
- Oxidative Stress
- Treatment
- Globalization
- Diagnosis
- Depression
- Management
- Immune Response
- Aging
- Guidelines
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Primary Care
- Health Disparities
- Gene Therapy
- Mortality Risk
- Quality Improvement
- Chronic Disease Management
- groundwater depletion
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
- Epidemiology469▲ 1.50×131 topics
- Deep Learning240◆ 0.89×74 topics
- Inflammation221▲ 1.34×80 topics
- Machine Learning208▼ 0.80×81 topics
- Risk Factors177▲ 2.0×35 topics
- Mental Health176▲ 1.52×40 topics
- Oxidative Stress170▲ 1.32×58 topics
- Public Health155▲ 1.35×56 topics
- Treatment151▲ 1.57×52 topics
- Climate Change150▼ 0.70×90 topics
- Globalization145◆ 0.93×100 topics
- Cancer144▲ 1.36×52 topics
- Diagnosis139▲ 1.89×41 topics
- Quality of Life130◆ 1.14×52 topics
- Depression115▲ 1.65×23 topics
- Genetics102▲ 1.84×26 topics
- Management101▲ 1.63×32 topics
- Identity92▲ 1.60×58 topics
- Immune Response87▲ 1.95×22 topics
- Gender85▲ 1.98×44 topics
- Aging84▲ 1.98×17 topics
- Immunotherapy83▲ 1.48×19 topics
- Guidelines80▲ 2.2×13 topics
- Nationalism78▲ 2.1×29 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines74▲ 1.71×14 topics
- Global Burden73▲ 1.72×12 topics
- Primary Care73▲ 2.5×13 topics
- Innate Immunity62▲ 2.5×11 topics
- Health Disparities61▲ 3.0×8 topics
- Medical Education56▲ 2.8×12 topics
- Gene Therapy56▲ 3.7×6 topics
- Hydrological Modeling55▲ 3.0×5 topics
- Mortality Risk54▲ 2.9×6 topics
- Sea Level Rise51▲ 5.1×3 topics
- Quality Improvement50▲ 3.3×8 topics
- Geodetic Measurements50▲ 5.8×2 topics
- Chronic Disease Management50▲ 3.3×7 topics
- GRACE50▲ 12×1 topic
- groundwater depletion50▲ 12×1 topic
- Solar Wind49▲ 6.7×2 topics
What research is done in Worcester?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 50 works
- 2 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 32 works
- 3 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 31 works
- 4 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 30 works
- 5 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 28 works
- 6 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 26 works
- 7 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 24 works
- 8 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms Aging 24 works
- 9 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 24 works
- 10 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 22 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.