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Research in Decatur

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Decatur, United States. The largest by output are Millikin University, Decatur Memorial Hospital and Richland Community College.

Research institutions
8
Research works
721
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
8.9%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Decatur?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Millikin UniversityUniversity 469 #20,535 all time
2Decatur Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 151 #35,825 all time
3Richland Community CollegeUniversity 45 not ranked
4Cancer Care Specialists of IllinoisHospital / health system 35 not ranked
5Heartland Cancer ResearchHospital / health system 20 not ranked
6Operation Opportunity FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
7Howard G. Buffett FoundationNonprofit 0 not ranked
8Macon County History MuseumArchive 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.

Millikin University: 65.0%Decatur Memorial Hospital: 20.9%Richland Community College: 6.2%Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois: 4.9%2 others listed: 2.9%65%largest
Millikin University469 · 65.0%Decatur Memorial Hospital151 · 20.9%Richland Community College45 · 6.2%Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois35 · 4.9%2 others listed21 · 2.9%

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Which keywords describe research in Decatur?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management, Chemotherapy, Globalization, Treatment, Pedagogy and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.1×40 topics
  2. Globalization4▲ 2.3×9 topics
  3. Diagnosis4▲ 4.5×16 topics
  4. Treatment3▲ 3.0×13 topics
  5. Inflammation3▲ 1.66×20 topics
  6. Management3▲ 4.2×14 topics
  7. Quality of Life3▲ 2.2×13 topics
  8. Chemotherapy3▲ 4.5×15 topics
  9. Pedagogy2▲ 5.4×3 topics
  10. Social Justice2▲ 4.4×4 topics
  11. Higher Education2▲ 4.6×5 topics
  12. Public Health2▲ 1.74×8 topics
  13. Ethics2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  14. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.4×11 topics
  15. Gender2▲ 3.9×5 topics
  16. Social Support2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  17. Student Engagement2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  18. Civic Education2▲ 82×1 topic
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 3.6×10 topics
  20. Community Engagement2▲ 5.8×2 topics
  21. International Relations2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  22. Service-Learning2▲ 132×1 topic
  23. Pathogenesis2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  24. Student Perceptions2▲ 10.0×2 topics
  25. Heart Failure2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  26. Prognosis2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  27. BRAF Mutation1▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Guidelines1▲ 3.5×6 topics
  29. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 5.0×3 topics
  30. Radiotherapy1▲ 3.6×8 topics
  31. Autoantibodies1▲ 5.6×5 topics
  32. Breast Cancer1▲ 5.5×8 topics
  33. Market Dynamics1▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Affect1▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Analysis1▲ 12×1 topic
  36. CLIL1▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Cognitive Function1▲ 6.5×5 topics
  38. Content and Language Integrated Learning1▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Geography1▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Intelligence1▲ 29×1 topic

What research is done in Decatur?

  1. 1 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 2 works
  2. 2 Intelligence, Security, War Strategy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  4. 4 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  5. 5 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  6. 6 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  7. 7 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  8. 8 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 1 works
  9. 9 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Higher Education Research Studies Education 1 works

Research output over time

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