Research in Chicago
Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Chicago, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Lurie Children's Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 1 1 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 5.8k ▲ 70% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 14.9% 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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lurie Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 5,811 | #4,499 |
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.
What is Chicago strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Chicago is most concentrated in Emergency Medicine, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (8.0× the world share in Emergency Medicine).
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 23.9 works8.0×
- GeneticsSubfield · 25.1 works7.5×
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 61.0 works6.7×
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: Epidemiology, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Adolescents, Management, Mental Health, Children, Congenital Heart Disease and Primary Care.
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
- Transplantation
- Community Health
- Health Equity
- Medical Education
- Health Disparities
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- Cardiac Surgery
- Heart Failure
- Prevalence
- Mortality Risk
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Children
- Diagnosis
- Risk Factors
- Adolescents
- Public Health
- Treatment
- Mental Health
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Management
- Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
- Quality of Life
- Genetics
- Primary Care
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Genetic Mutations
- Critical Care
- Complications
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Preterm Infants
- Pulmonary Valve Replacement
- Echocardiography
- Emotion Regulation
- Social Determinants
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Gender Identity
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
- Epidemiology160▲ 3.3×113 topics
- Mental Health52▲ 2.9×30 topics
- Inflammation47▲ 1.86×64 topics
- Treatment43▲ 2.9×41 topics
- Management43▲ 4.5×28 topics
- Public Health41▲ 2.3×33 topics
- Neurodevelopmental Outcomes41▲ 18×6 topics
- Adolescents38▲ 8.3×7 topics
- Quality of Life35▲ 2.0×43 topics
- Risk Factors34▲ 2.5×33 topics
- Genetics34▲ 4.0×19 topics
- Diagnosis32▲ 2.8×35 topics
- Primary Care31▲ 6.7×11 topics
- Children30▲ 10×7 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 2.2×32 topics
- Congenital Heart Disease29▲ 28×3 topics
- Genetic Mutations28▲ 5.4×23 topics
- Mortality Risk26▲ 9.0×6 topics
- Critical Care26▲ 9.3×8 topics
- Prevalence26▲ 5.2×12 topics
- Complications26▲ 4.2×17 topics
- Heart Failure26▲ 4.8×12 topics
- Pulmonary Hypertension25▲ 15×3 topics
- Cardiac Surgery24▲ 26×2 topics
- Preterm Infants23▲ 15×4 topics
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease23▲ 35×1 topic
- Pulmonary Valve Replacement23▲ 35×1 topic
- Prenatal Diagnosis22▲ 12×7 topics
- Echocardiography21▲ 6.3×8 topics
- Health Disparities19▲ 5.9×8 topics
- Emotion Regulation19▲ 4.9×7 topics
- Medical Education18▲ 5.7×11 topics
- Social Determinants18▲ 6.8×4 topics
- Health Equity18▲ 5.2×5 topics
- Mechanical Ventilation17▲ 12×2 topics
- Community Health15▲ 7.7×3 topics
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome15▲ 15×2 topics
- Transplantation14▲ 12×4 topics
- Gender Identity14▲ 11×3 topics
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia14▲ 18×2 topics
What research is done in Chicago?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 23 works
- 2 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 13 works
- 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
- 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 12 works
- 5 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 11 works
- 6 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 11 works
- 7 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
- 8 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 10 works
- 9 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 9 works
- 10 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 9 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.