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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millikin UniversityUniversity | 469 | #20,535 all time | |
| 2 | Decatur Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 151 | #35,825 all time | |
| 3 | Richland Community CollegeUniversity | 45 | not ranked | |
| 4 | Cancer Care Specialists of IllinoisHospital / health system | 35 | not ranked | |
| 5 | Heartland Cancer ResearchHospital / health system | 20 | not ranked | |
| 6 | Operation Opportunity FoundationNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 7 | Howard G. Buffett FoundationNonprofit | 0 | not ranked | |
| 8 | Macon 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.
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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.
- Intelligence
- Content and Language Integrated Learning
- CLIL
- Affect
- Breast Cancer
- Radiotherapy
- Guidelines
- Prognosis
- Student Perceptions
- Service-Learning
- Community Engagement
- Civic Education
- Social Support
- Immunotherapy
- Public Health
- Social Justice
- Chemotherapy
- Management
- Treatment
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Diagnosis
- Inflammation
- Quality of Life
- Pedagogy
- Higher Education
- Ethics
- Gender
- Student Engagement
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- International Relations
- Pathogenesis
- Heart Failure
- BRAF Mutation
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Autoantibodies
- Market Dynamics
- Analysis
- Cognitive Function
- Geography
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
- Epidemiology7▲ 2.1×40 topics
- Globalization4▲ 2.3×9 topics
- Diagnosis4▲ 4.5×16 topics
- Treatment3▲ 3.0×13 topics
- Inflammation3▲ 1.66×20 topics
- Management3▲ 4.2×14 topics
- Quality of Life3▲ 2.2×13 topics
- Chemotherapy3▲ 4.5×15 topics
- Pedagogy2▲ 5.4×3 topics
- Social Justice2▲ 4.4×4 topics
- Higher Education2▲ 4.6×5 topics
- Public Health2▲ 1.74×8 topics
- Ethics2▲ 4.8×3 topics
- Immunotherapy2▲ 3.4×11 topics
- Gender2▲ 3.9×5 topics
- Social Support2▲ 3.6×7 topics
- Student Engagement2▲ 5.2×5 topics
- Civic Education2▲ 82×1 topic
- Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 3.6×10 topics
- Community Engagement2▲ 5.8×2 topics
- International Relations2▲ 7.9×3 topics
- Service-Learning2▲ 132×1 topic
- Pathogenesis2▲ 3.6×7 topics
- Student Perceptions2▲ 10.0×2 topics
- Heart Failure2▲ 3.9×6 topics
- Prognosis2▲ 5.1×5 topics
- BRAF Mutation1▲ 22×2 topics
- Guidelines1▲ 3.5×6 topics
- Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 5.0×3 topics
- Radiotherapy1▲ 3.6×8 topics
- Autoantibodies1▲ 5.6×5 topics
- Breast Cancer1▲ 5.5×8 topics
- Market Dynamics1▲ 16×2 topics
- Affect1▲ 30×1 topic
- Analysis1▲ 12×1 topic
- CLIL1▲ 17×1 topic
- Cognitive Function1▲ 6.5×5 topics
- Content and Language Integrated Learning1▲ 17×1 topic
- Geography1▲ 35×1 topic
- Intelligence1▲ 29×1 topic
What research is done in Decatur?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 2 works
- 2 Intelligence, Security, War Strategy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
- 3 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
- 4 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
- 5 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
- 6 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
- 7 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
- 8 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 1 works
- 9 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
- 10 Higher Education Research Studies Education 1 works
Research output over time
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