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Research in Chicago

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Chicago. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.

Research institutions
17
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.8k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
26.6%
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 Chicago?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern UniversityHospital / health system 1,588 #3,060
2Exelon (United States)Company 68 not ranked
3Northern Trust (United States)Company 44 not ranked
4University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer CenterHospital / health system 31 not ranked
5Chan Zuckerberg Biohub ChicagoResearch facility 17 not ranked
6BAND foundationNonprofit 5 not ranked
7Molson Coors Brewing Company (United States)Company 3 not ranked
8I AM ALSNonprofit 3 not ranked
9Neurocritical Care SocietyNonprofit 2 not ranked
10Phase 3D (United States)Company 2 not ranked
11Novalex Therapeutics (United States)Company 1 not ranked
12Latino Medical Student AssociationNonprofit 1 not ranked
13Zylem BiosciencesCompany 1 not ranked
14NanoPattern Technologies (United States)Company 1 not ranked
15Iris Light Technologies (United States)Company 1 not ranked
16Precast/Prestressed Concrete InstituteInstitution 0 not ranked
17Offield Family FoundationNonprofit 0 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.

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University: 89.8%Exelon (United States): 3.8%Northern Trust (United States): 2.5%University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center: 1.8%11 others listed: 2.1%90%largest
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University1,588 · 89.8%Exelon (United States)68 · 3.8%Northern Trust (United States)44 · 2.5%University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center31 · 1.8%11 others listed37 · 2.1%

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

What is Chicago strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Chicago is most concentrated in Oncology (8.3× the world share in Oncology).

  1. OncologySubfield · 34.7 works8.3×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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 Chicago?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Cancer, Prognostic Factors, Tumor Microenvironment, Cancer Immunotherapy, Immunity, Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. Immunotherapy28▲ 10×17 topics
  2. Cancer26▲ 5.3×43 topics
  3. Epidemiology21▲ 1.44×84 topics
  4. Inflammation19▲ 2.5×56 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors19▲ 12×14 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment16▲ 9.8×8 topics
  7. Chemotherapy13▲ 5.0×20 topics
  8. Cancer Immunotherapy12▲ 21×3 topics
  9. Immunity12▲ 7.9×10 topics
  10. Radiotherapy12▲ 8.2×12 topics
  11. Cancer Therapy11▲ 5.1×16 topics
  12. Lymphoma10▲ 16×3 topics
  13. Gene Expression9▲ 3.9×15 topics
  14. Molecular Classification9▲ 16×4 topics
  15. Targeted Therapy8▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Tumor Regression8▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Clinical Trials8▲ 3.3×14 topics
  18. Innate Immunity8▲ 6.9×9 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations8▲ 4.8×18 topics
  20. Hematopoietic Stem Cells8▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Glioblastoma7▲ 27×1 topic
  22. Temozolomide7▲ 27×1 topic
  23. Transcriptional Regulation7▲ 11×7 topics
  24. AML6▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Acute Myeloid Leukemia6▲ 36×1 topic
  26. CAR T Cells6▲ 23×1 topic
  27. Chimeric Antigen Receptor6▲ 23×1 topic
  28. Leukemia6▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Breast Cancer6▲ 7.1×9 topics
  30. Cell Death6▲ 7.0×6 topics
  31. Genomic Instability6▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Stem Cells6▲ 6.3×15 topics
  33. Cancer Progression6▲ 8.5×8 topics
  34. Cell-Free DNA6▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Immune Checkpoint Blockade6▲ 14×1 topic
  36. PD-1 and PD-L16▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Rituximab6▲ 10×4 topics
  38. PET Imaging6▲ 8.8×4 topics
  39. Therapeutic Targets6▲ 9.8×7 topics
  40. DNA Methylation6▲ 13×3 topics

What research is done in Chicago?

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 7 works
  2. 2 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 6 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 6 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 6 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 5 works
  6. 6 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 5 works
  7. 7 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 5 works
  8. 8 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 4 works
  9. 9 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 3 works
  10. 10 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 3 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.