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Research in Bloomington

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Bloomington, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Illinois Wesleyan University.

Research institutions
12
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.6k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
45k
6.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.0%
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
1Illinois Wesleyan UniversityUniversity 5,991 #10,842
2Chestnut Health SystemsHospital / health system 323 #17,574 all time
3State Farm (United States)Company 187 #20,776 all time
4Millennium Pain CenterHospital / health system 55 not ranked
5OSF St. Joseph Medical CenterHospital / health system 43 not ranked
6Central Illinois Neuroscience FoundationNonprofit 40 not ranked
7Employee Assistance Research FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
8McLean County Museum of HistoryArchive 2 not ranked
9Bloomington Public LibraryArchive 1 not ranked
10Illinois Farm BureauNonprofit 1 not ranked
11Heartland Head StartNonprofit 1 not ranked
12Prairie Gold (United States)Company 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.

Illinois Wesleyan University: 90.1%Chestnut Health Systems: 4.9%State Farm (United States): 2.8%Millennium Pain Center: 0.8%7 others listed: 1.4%90%largest
Illinois Wesleyan University5,991 · 90.1%Chestnut Health Systems323 · 4.9%State Farm (United States)187 · 2.8%Millennium Pain Center55 · 0.8%7 others listed92 · 1.4%

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, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Social Sciences (19%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 124 fractional works · 45.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 54 fractional works · 19.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 10.9% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 77 fractional works · 27.8% of its workMedicine: 55 fractional works · 20.0% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 59 fractional works · 21.5% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 5.7% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBloomington277fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences28%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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5419.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities3010.9%
    3. Psychology165.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance93.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting93.3%
    6. Decision Sciences62.3%
    1. Medicine5520.0%
    2. Health Professions207.1%
    3. Nursing20.6%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Chemistry144.9%
    2. Computer Science103.8%
    3. Mathematics93.4%
    4. Engineering72.7%
    5. Environmental Science62.2%
    6. Materials Science62.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy41.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    10. Energy00.2%
    1. Neuroscience62.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Bloomington?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Substance Use Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders, Behavioral Interventions, Alcohol Dependence, Motivational Interviewing, Literature, Mortality Risk and Identity.

▲ 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. Substance Use Disorders19▲ 90×2 topics
  2. Globalization13▲ 2.4×30 topics
  3. Psychiatric Disorders12▲ 31×4 topics
  4. Literature11▲ 7.1×21 topics
  5. Behavioral Interventions11▲ 47×2 topics
  6. Alcohol Dependence10▲ 90×1 topic
  7. Motivational Interviewing10▲ 90×1 topic
  8. Epidemiology10◆ 0.95×38 topics
  9. Identity10▲ 5.2×21 topics
  10. Mortality Risk9▲ 14×4 topics
  11. Education8▲ 1.79×21 topics
  12. Public Health8▲ 2.1×20 topics
  13. Mental Health8▲ 2.1×19 topics
  14. Religion8▲ 6.6×13 topics
  15. Chronic Pain Management8▲ 90×1 topic
  16. Opioid Prescribing8▲ 90×1 topic
  17. Social Justice8▲ 4.7×13 topics
  18. History8▲ 3.9×14 topics
  19. Qualitative Research7▲ 3.1×6 topics
  20. Gender7▲ 4.9×16 topics
  21. Behavior Change6▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Depression6▲ 2.5×14 topics
  23. Evidence-Based Practice6▲ 16×5 topics
  24. Healthcare Interventions5▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Implementation Science5▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Race5▲ 14×8 topics
  27. Nationalism4▲ 3.5×7 topics
  28. Green Chemistry4▲ 8.8×5 topics
  29. Substance Abuse4▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Cultural History4▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Religious Identity4▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Neuropathic Pain4▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Patient Engagement4▲ 9.4×3 topics
  34. Mormonism3▲ 453×1 topic
  35. Polygamy3▲ 453×1 topic
  36. Psychology3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  37. Organic Synthesis3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  38. Masculinity3▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Mental Health Services3▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Heterocyclic Compounds3▲ 12×4 topics

What research is done in Bloomington?

Substance Abuse Treatmen…8Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…7Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 7 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Combinatorial Mathematics: 2 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksPain Management and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 2 fractional worksChemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics4 others

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

  1. 1 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 8 works
  2. 2 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  3. 3 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 2 works
  5. 5 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure Organic Chemistry 2 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%Bloomington13.8% 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 27.4% in 2019.

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