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Research in Bloomington

Science Explorer records 21 research institutions in Bloomington, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Indiana University.

Research institutions
21
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
93k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
3M
32.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Bloomington

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 Bloomington?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Indiana UniversityUniversity 176,919 #118
2Communication Disorders Technology (United States)Company 652 #21,485 all time
3Stone Age InstituteNonprofit 150 #22,927 all time
4PDK InternationalNonprofit 126 #28,676 all time
5WisdomTools (United States)Company 106 not ranked
6Bloomington Health FoundationHospital / health system 101 not ranked
7Organization of American HistoriansInstitution 95 not ranked
8Victor Technologies (United States)Company 38 not ranked
9Aeon Imaging (United States)Company 37 not ranked
10Cook Medical (United States)Company 37 not ranked
11Society for EthnomusicologyInstitution 33 not ranked
12Academic EdgeCompany 21 not ranked
13Megaputer Intelligence (United States)Company 6 not ranked
14Monroe County Public LibraryArchive 6 not ranked
15PartTec (United States)Company 5 not ranked
16Language ConservancyArchive 4 not ranked
17Cook Group (United States)Company 4 not ranked
18Guerbet (United States)Company 3 not ranked
19Indiana Office of Defense DevelopmentGovernment institution 2 not ranked
20Sintact Medical Systems (United States)Company 1 not ranked
21Monroe County History CenterArchive 1 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.

Indiana University: 99.2%Communication Disorders Technology (United States): 0.4%Stone Age Institute: 0.1%PDK International: 0.1%17 others listed: 0.3%99%largest
Indiana University177k · 99.2%Communication Disorders Technology (United States)652 · 0.4%Stone Age Institute150 · 0.1%PDK International126 · 0.1%17 others listed500 · 0.3%

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

Which fields of science does Bloomington work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Bloomington is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (14%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,575 fractional works · 45.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,226 fractional works · 21.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 751 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 328 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 312 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGender Studies: 122 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 91 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 87 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 795 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 233 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 212 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 167 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 132 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 705 fractional works · 6.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 130 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 98 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 97 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 75 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 392 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 95 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 88 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 305 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 223 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 152 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,474 fractional works · 24.4% of its workComputer Science: 835 fractional works · 8.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 328 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 122 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 83 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 393 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology: 89 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 78 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 328 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 136 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 265 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 204 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 163 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 159 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 81 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,851 fractional works · 18.2% of its workMedicine: 1,472 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 189 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 146 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 142 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 96 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 88 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 81 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 76 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 197 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 319 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 212 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,257 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 576 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 318 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 126 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 378 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 255 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 218 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 76 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBloomington10kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences45%

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. Social Sciences4,57545.0%
    1. Social Sciences2,22621.9%
    2. Psychology7957.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities7056.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting3923.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3053.0%
    6. Decision Sciences1521.5%
    1. Computer Science8358.2%
    2. Environmental Science3933.9%
    3. Engineering3283.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2652.6%
    5. Mathematics2042.0%
    6. Chemistry1631.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1591.6%
    8. Materials Science810.8%
    9. Energy330.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering130.1%
  3. Health Sciences1,85118.2%
    1. Medicine1,47214.5%
    2. Health Professions3193.1%
    3. Nursing390.4%
    4. Dentistry140.1%
    5. Veterinary80.1%
  4. Life Sciences1,25712.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5765.7%
    2. Neuroscience3783.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2182.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology660.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics200.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bloomington strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bloomington is most concentrated in Public Administration, Classics and Music (7.1× the world share in Public Administration).

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 34.4 works7.1×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 29.9 works5.6×
  3. MusicSubfield · 40.1 works5.5×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 67.9 works4.9×
  5. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 50.2 works4.9×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 191 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 486 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 56 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.16× its world share, 316 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.03× its world share, 145 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 749 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 144 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 28 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 289 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 346 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 70 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.78× its world share, 188 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 234 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 290 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 1,261 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 35 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.45× its world share, 637 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.23× its world share, 357 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 141 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.50× its world share, 289 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.57× its world share, 707 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 2,008 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.57×707 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.45×637 works
  3. Neuroscience2.16×316 works
  4. Mathematics1.78×188 works
  5. Social Sciences1.76×2,008 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.62×141 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.50×289 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.23×357 works
  9. Health Professions1.22×290 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.17×234 works
  11. Computer Science1.07×749 works
  12. Chemistry1.03×145 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.02×144 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.01×486 works
  15. Nursing0.79×35 works
  16. Environmental Science0.77×346 works
  17. Medicine0.73×1,261 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.62×56 works
  19. Veterinary0.58×7 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×16 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×191 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.39×12 works
  23. Energy0.34×28 works
  24. Dentistry0.26×11 works
  25. Materials Science0.22×70 works
  26. Engineering0.21×289 works

Which keywords describe research in Bloomington?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Mental Health, Social Media, Gender, Epidemiology, Identity, Nationalism and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Epidemiology390◆ 0.96×134 topics
  2. Globalization339▲ 1.70×116 topics
  3. Machine Learning336◆ 0.99×86 topics
  4. Mental Health286▲ 1.97×43 topics
  5. Social Media267▲ 1.90×34 topics
  6. Climate Change263◆ 0.95×99 topics
  7. Deep Learning232▼ 0.66×75 topics
  8. Public Health197▲ 1.33×64 topics
  9. Identity188▲ 2.6×63 topics
  10. Gender186▲ 3.4×51 topics
  11. Human Rights181▲ 1.74×59 topics
  12. Education173◆ 0.99×92 topics
  13. Nationalism158▲ 3.5×33 topics
  14. History157▲ 2.2×50 topics
  15. Colonialism135▲ 2.8×41 topics
  16. Innovation135▲ 1.29×48 topics
  17. Gender Differences130▲ 3.4×17 topics
  18. Depression129▲ 1.45×23 topics
  19. Social Capital125▲ 2.4×17 topics
  20. Feminism123▲ 4.1×22 topics
  21. Culture122▲ 2.3×32 topics
  22. Ethics121▲ 2.4×38 topics
  23. Religion118▲ 2.5×35 topics
  24. Literature117▲ 2.1×48 topics
  25. Corporate Governance114▲ 1.52×22 topics
  26. Social Justice112▲ 1.85×40 topics
  27. Social Support110▲ 2.0×17 topics
  28. Neoliberalism106▲ 2.9×26 topics
  29. Student Engagement98▲ 2.4×16 topics
  30. Democracy98▲ 2.7×24 topics
  31. Psychological Impact91▲ 2.8×9 topics
  32. Speech Perception88▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Discrimination86▲ 4.0×9 topics
  34. Health Disparities86▲ 3.2×9 topics
  35. Trust79▲ 2.8×10 topics
  36. Digital Divide78▲ 3.0×8 topics
  37. Self-Regulation70▲ 3.9×6 topics
  38. Intersectionality70▲ 3.6×13 topics
  39. Race60▲ 5.0×19 topics
  40. Perceptual Learning55▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Bloomington?

Phonetics and Phonology …38Phonetics and Phonology Research: 38 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics32Social Media and Politics: 32 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 32 fractional worksSexuality, Behavior, and Technology: 31 fractional worksLinguistic Variation and Morphology: 28 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 27 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 26 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…26Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 26 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 26 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 26 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyCommunicationDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Phonetics and Phonology Research Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 38 works
  2. 2 Social Media and Politics Communication 32 works
  3. 3 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 32 works
  4. 4 Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology Clinical Psychology 31 works
  5. 5 Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistics and Language 28 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 27 works
  7. 7 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 26 works
  8. 8 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 26 works
  9. 9 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 26 works
  10. 10 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 26 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 counting20%40%Bloomington20.0% 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 33.8% in 2006.

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