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Research in Bloomington

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Bloomington, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Donaldson (United States).

Research institutions
15
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.9k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
48k
25.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.5%
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
1Donaldson (United States)Company 889 #16,518
2Minnesota Eye ConsultantsHospital / health system 201 #24,748 all time
3Northwestern Health Sciences UniversityUniversity 196 #25,875 all time
4TRIA Orthopaedic CenterNonprofit 121 #31,939 all time
5Rasmussen CollegeUniversity 109 not ranked
6ImmunoChemistry Technologies (United States)Company 105 not ranked
7Species360Nonprofit 93 not ranked
8Normandale Community CollegeUniversity 64 not ranked
9ClearWay MinnesotaNonprofit 60 not ranked
10Bethany Global UniversityUniversity 16 not ranked
11Chu Vision InstituteHospital / health system 12 not ranked
12Toro (United States)Company 7 not ranked
13I. A. O'Shaughnessy FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
14Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational RightsNonprofit 3 not ranked
15Pinky Swear FoundationNonprofit 2 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.

Donaldson (United States): 47.2%Minnesota Eye Consultants: 10.7%Northwestern Health Sciences University: 10.4%TRIA Orthopaedic Center: 6.4%11 others listed: 25.2%47%largest
Donaldson (United States)889 · 47.2%Minnesota Eye Consultants201 · 10.7%Northwestern Health Sciences University196 · 10.4%TRIA Orthopaedic Center121 · 6.4%11 others listed475 · 25.2%

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

Which fields of science does Bloomington work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Bloomington is in Health Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Social Sciences (8%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 121 fractional works · 49.3% of its workMedicine: 106 fractional works · 42.9% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOphthalmology: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 52 fractional works · 21.1% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 46 fractional works · 18.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBloomington246fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences19%

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. Medicine10642.9%
    2. Health Professions145.5%
    3. Veterinary10.4%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Engineering197.6%
    2. Computer Science135.1%
    3. Environmental Science104.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy31.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.9%
    6. Mathematics20.6%
    7. Materials Science10.6%
    8. Energy10.4%
    9. Chemistry10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Social Sciences208.3%
    2. Psychology114.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting52.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities31.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology145.8%
    2. Neuroscience52.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.6%
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: Epidemiology, Complications, Rehabilitation, Biomechanics, Intraocular Pressure, Glaucoma, Patient Satisfaction and Revision Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 2.6×58 topics
  2. Complications8▲ 6.8×9 topics
  3. Quality of Life8▲ 2.2×24 topics
  4. Rehabilitation7▲ 7.3×10 topics
  5. Inflammation7▲ 1.33×31 topics
  6. Biomechanics6▲ 8.2×6 topics
  7. Public Health6▲ 1.68×20 topics
  8. Risk Factors6▲ 2.1×18 topics
  9. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.3×8 topics
  10. Mortality5▲ 3.6×11 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 6.5×5 topics
  12. Glaucoma5▲ 13×3 topics
  13. Intraocular Pressure5▲ 23×2 topics
  14. Revision Surgery4▲ 14×2 topics
  15. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Chronic Pain4▲ 7.5×4 topics
  17. Arthroplasty4▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Low Back Pain4▲ 9.2×3 topics
  19. Myopia4▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Psychological Factors4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  21. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 5.8×3 topics
  22. Shoulder Function3▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Musculoskeletal Disorders3▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Disability3▲ 11×1 topic
  25. Measurement Properties3▲ 17×1 topic
  26. Outcomes3▲ 15×1 topic
  27. Substance Use Disorders3▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Total Knee Replacement3▲ 18×1 topic
  29. Infection Prevention3▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Intravitreal Injection3▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Surgical Treatment3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  32. Anterior Cruciate Ligament3▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Injury Risk3▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Internal Fixation3▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Inflammatory Cytokines3▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Retinal Ganglion Cells3▲ 9.9×2 topics
  37. Corneal Biomechanics3▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Keratoconus3▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Gait Analysis2▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Optical Coherence Tomography2▲ 10×3 topics

What research is done in Bloomington?

Musculoskeletal pain and…3Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …3Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 2 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and …2Intraocular Surgery and Lenses: 2 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 2 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 2 fractional works
PharmacologySurgeryEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 3 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 2 works
  8. 8 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 2 works
  9. 9 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 counting20%40%Bloomington15.7% 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 33.2% in 1990.

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