Research in Chicago
Science Explorer records 446 research institutions in Chicago, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Chicago, University of Illinois Chicago and Rush University Medical Center.
- Research institutions
- 446 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 448k ◆ 1% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 14.4M 32.1 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 17.2% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Chicago?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of ChicagoUniversity | 150,854 | #44 | |
| 2 | University of Illinois ChicagoUniversity | 90,612 | #253 | |
| 3 | Loyola University ChicagoUniversity | 36,730 | #1,460 | |
| 4 | Illinois Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 25,470 | #1,797 | |
| 5 | Rush University Medical CenterHospital / health system | 22,778 | #1,026 | |
| 6 | DePaul UniversityUniversity | 14,161 | #4,036 | |
| 7 | Experimental StationInstitution | 9,020 | #10,110 | |
| 8 | Boeing (United States)Company | 8,433 | #14,007 | |
| 9 | Abbott (United States)Company | 7,091 | #5,780 | |
| 10 | Mount Sinai HospitalHospital / health system | 5,528 | #6,795 | |
| 11 | Rush UniversityUniversity | 5,167 | #3,467 | |
| 12 | Abbott FundNonprofit | 3,883 | #19,764 | |
| 13 | Field Museum of Natural HistoryArchive | 2,970 | #6,003 | |
| 14 | American College of SurgeonsInstitution | 2,648 | #9,222 | |
| 15 | Shirley Ryan AbilityLabHospital / health system | 2,604 | #2,487 | |
| 16 | Mercy Hospital and Medical CenterHospital / health system | 2,362 | #12,256 all time | |
| 17 | Roosevelt UniversityUniversity | 2,113 | #5,489 | |
| 18 | Northeastern Illinois UniversityUniversity | 2,107 | #7,572 | |
| 19 | American Medical AssociationInstitution | 1,662 | #10,402 | |
| 20 | American Dental AssociationNonprofit | 1,595 | #15,656 | |
| 21 | American Association of EndodontistsNonprofit | 1,517 | #13,359 | |
| 22 | Chicago State UniversityUniversity | 1,470 | #7,526 | |
| 23 | Chicago Department of Public HealthGovernment institution | 1,463 | #2,466 | |
| 24 | School of the Art Institute of ChicagoUniversity | 1,427 | #8,801 | |
| 25 | Academy of Nutrition and DieteticsNonprofit | 1,381 | #9,935 | |
| 26 | Saint Xavier UniversityUniversity | 1,159 | #12,300 | |
| 27 | American Bar FoundationNonprofit | 1,089 | #21,162 | |
| 28 | Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoInstitution | 1,050 | #14,897 | |
| 29 | John Marshall Law SchoolUniversity | 1,048 | #6,413 all time | |
| 30 | Chicago Neuropsychology GroupInstitution | 1,026 | #20,364 all time | |
| 31 | The Chicago SchoolUniversity | 1,018 | #11,846 | |
| 32 | Medical Library AssociationInstitution | 990 | #16,908 | |
| 33 | Institute for the International Education of StudentsNonprofit | 954 | #12,486 all time | |
| 34 | American Academy of PediatricsNonprofit | 948 | #18,621 | |
| 35 | American Library AssociationNonprofit | 845 | #8,951 all time | |
| 36 | Chicago Institute for PsychoanalysisNonprofit | 812 | #9,906 | |
| 37 | Thoracic Surgery FoundationNonprofit | 800 | #16,057 all time | |
| 38 | Foundation for Human PotentialInstitution | 798 | #12,433 | |
| 39 | National Louis UniversityUniversity | 794 | #17,340 | |
| 40 | Illinois College of OptometryUniversity | 770 | #27,675 all time | |
| 41 | Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical EducationNonprofit | 751 | #12,864 | |
| 42 | American Bar AssociationNonprofit | 731 | #18,667 | |
| 43 | Cook County Health and Hospitals SystemHospital / health system | 719 | #11,834 | |
| 44 | Spencer FoundationNonprofit | 708 | #10,659 | |
| 45 | Alzheimer's AssociationNonprofit | 677 | #9,694 | |
| 46 | Toyota Technological Institute at ChicagoUniversity | 675 | #15,192 | |
| 47 | CME Group (United States)Company | 671 | #26,247 all time | |
| 48 | St. Augustine CollegeUniversity | 670 | #14,023 | |
| 49 | Kraft Heinz (United States)Company | 669 | #8,856 all time | |
| 50 | Saint Joseph HospitalHospital / health system | 636 | #18,210 | |
| 51 | Columbia College ChicagoUniversity | 632 | #21,550 | |
| 52 | Mead Johnson (United States)Company | 629 | #15,450 all time | |
| 53 | American Hospital AssociationHospital / health system | 619 | #14,189 all time | |
| 54 | American Marketing AssociationInstitution | 608 | #16,218 | |
| 55 | Catholic Theological UnionUniversity | 552 | #19,298 all time | |
| 56 | Hektoen InstituteNonprofit | 539 | #26,791 all time | |
| 57 | North Park UniversityUniversity | 527 | #17,988 | |
| 58 | S&C Electric Company (United States)Company | 525 | #19,083 all time | |
| 59 | American Health Information Management AssociationHospital / health system | 508 | #19,360 all time | |
| 60 | Lincoln Park ZooArchive | 494 | #20,467 |
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Chicago work in?
In 2022-now, 40% of research in Chicago is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Social Sciences (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Health Sciences23k39.5%
- Medicine20k34.3%
- Health Professions2,3944.1%
- Dentistry3840.7%
- Nursing2860.5%
- Veterinary490.1%
- Social Sciences16k27.7%
- Social Sciences7,92013.4%
- Psychology2,7224.6%
- Arts and Humanities2,3053.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,6152.7%
- Business, Management and Accounting1,1782.0%
- Decision Sciences6111.0%
- Physical Sciences12k20.0%
- Engineering3,2825.6%
- Computer Science3,0955.2%
- Physics and Astronomy1,3872.3%
- Environmental Science1,2252.1%
- Mathematics8071.4%
- Materials Science7871.3%
- Chemistry4970.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences4510.8%
- Energy1650.3%
- Chemical Engineering1020.2%
- Life Sciences7,54912.8%
What is Chicago strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Chicago is most concentrated in Library and Information Sciences, Transplantation and General Decision Sciences (5.0× the world share in Library and Information Sciences).
- Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 49.3 works5.0×
- TransplantationSubfield · 101.7 works4.4×
- General Decision SciencesSubfield · 36.8 works3.8×
- Issues, ethics and legal aspectsSubfield · 36.8 works3.5×
- MusicSubfield · 141.8 works3.4×
- Internal MedicineSubfield · 99.9 works3.2×
- Family PracticeSubfield · 61.7 works2.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Medicine1.78×18k works
- Neuroscience1.71×1,433 works
- Health Professions1.58×2,149 works
- Psychology1.50×2,354 works
- Arts and Humanities1.37×2,036 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.35×1,488 works
- Dentistry1.34×334 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.26×3,476 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.24×643 works
- Mathematics1.19×720 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.07×1,230 works
- Decision Sciences1.06×528 works
- Social Sciences1.06×6,892 works
- Nursing0.97×245 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×150 works
- Computer Science0.67×2,681 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.63×1,039 works
- Veterinary0.56×40 works
- Chemistry0.55×441 works
- Chemical Engineering0.49×89 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.45×360 works
- Environmental Science0.40×1,034 works
- Engineering0.38×2,964 works
- Materials Science0.38×692 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×742 works
- Energy0.30×143 works
Which keywords describe research in Chicago?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Mental Health, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Public Health, Treatment and Globalization.
- Medical Education
- Genetic Mutations
- Health Disparities
- Primary Care
- Nationalism
- Gender
- Aging
- Religion
- Identity
- Genetics
- Complications
- Chemotherapy
- Management
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Treatment
- Deep Learning
- Globalization
- Mental Health
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Quality of Life
- Public Health
- Risk Factors
- Oxidative Stress
- Diagnosis
- Depression
- Clinical Trials
- Immunotherapy
- Biomarkers
- Neurological Disorders
- Mortality
- Guidelines
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Social Support
- Heart Failure
- Ethics
- Rehabilitation
- Neuroimaging
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
- Epidemiology3,788▲ 1.61×139 topics
- Inflammation1,738▲ 1.38×83 topics
- Machine Learning1,458▼ 0.74×96 topics
- Mental Health1,424▲ 1.69×47 topics
- Quality of Life1,340▲ 1.57×61 topics
- Globalization1,336◆ 1.15×171 topics
- Public Health1,323▲ 1.54×75 topics
- Deep Learning1,248▼ 0.61×85 topics
- Risk Factors1,247▲ 1.92×37 topics
- Treatment1,197▲ 1.67×52 topics
- Oxidative Stress1,060◆ 1.09×63 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease1,011▲ 1.50×39 topics
- Diagnosis923▲ 1.68×41 topics
- Cancer873◆ 1.10×58 topics
- Depression771▲ 1.49×25 topics
- Management738▲ 1.56×40 topics
- Clinical Trials718▲ 1.82×19 topics
- Chemotherapy706▲ 1.69×25 topics
- Immunotherapy699▲ 1.64×19 topics
- Complications697▲ 2.4×17 topics
- Biomarkers657▲ 1.60×18 topics
- Genetics651▲ 1.56×27 topics
- Neurological Disorders612▲ 1.81×20 topics
- Identity609▲ 1.42×75 topics
- Mortality597▲ 1.78×13 topics
- Religion596▲ 2.2×43 topics
- Guidelines596▲ 2.1×13 topics
- Aging592▲ 1.84×19 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines572▲ 1.76×14 topics
- Gender572▲ 1.80×57 topics
- Social Support552▲ 1.74×20 topics
- Nationalism542▲ 2.0×33 topics
- Heart Failure542▲ 2.0×14 topics
- Primary Care542▲ 2.5×15 topics
- Ethics535▲ 1.79×59 topics
- Health Disparities517▲ 3.4×9 topics
- Rehabilitation513▲ 2.2×13 topics
- Genetic Mutations497▲ 1.92×23 topics
- Neuroimaging446▲ 2.7×11 topics
- Medical Education438▲ 2.8×14 topics
What research is done in Chicago?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 177 works
- 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 144 works
- 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 141 works
- 4 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 140 works
- 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 133 works
- 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 118 works
- 7 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 117 works
- 8 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 115 works
- 9 Health disparities and outcomes Health 112 works
- 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 110 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.7% in 2016.
Questions people ask
What are the best universities in Chicago for research?
Science Explorer records 446 research institutions in Chicago, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Chicago, University of Illinois Chicago and Rush University Medical Center.
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