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Research in DeKalb

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in DeKalb, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Northern Illinois University.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
428k
20.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
DeKalb

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 DeKalb?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Northern Illinois UniversityUniversity 20,730 #1,375
2DeKalb County School DistrictUniversity 59 not ranked
3DeKalb County Health DepartmentGovernment institution 7 not ranked
4United Leukodystrophy FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked

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.

Northern Illinois University: 99.7%DeKalb County School District: 0.3%DeKalb County Health Department: 0.0%United Leukodystrophy Foundation: 0.0%100%largest
Northern Illinois University21k · 99.7%DeKalb County School District59 · 0.3%DeKalb County Health Department7 · 0.0%United Leukodystrophy Foundation1 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does DeKalb work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in DeKalb is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Psychology (10%), Engineering (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 896 fractional works · 49.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 457 fractional works · 25.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 127 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEducation: 95 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 57 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSafety Research: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 172 fractional works · 9.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 61 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 56 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 134 fractional works · 7.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 59 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 51 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 37 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 586 fractional works · 32.4% of its workEngineering: 166 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 54 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 132 fractional works · 7.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 37 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 72 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 62 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 39 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 36 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 206 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMedicine: 132 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 64 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 120 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 44 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 39 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDeKalb1,807fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences50%

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
    1. Social Sciences45725.3%
    2. Psychology1729.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities1347.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting593.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance512.8%
    6. Decision Sciences221.2%
    1. Engineering1669.2%
    2. Computer Science1327.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy724.0%
    4. Environmental Science623.4%
    5. Mathematics392.2%
    6. Materials Science362.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences311.7%
    8. Chemistry291.6%
    9. Energy110.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering80.5%
    1. Medicine1327.3%
    2. Health Professions643.6%
    3. Nursing80.4%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology442.4%
    2. Neuroscience392.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences321.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is DeKalb strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in DeKalb is most concentrated in Safety Research and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (6.5× the world share in Safety Research).

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 29.2 works6.5×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 21.4 works4.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.35× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.12× its world share, 29 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 117 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 150 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 58 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 34 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.68× its world share, 32 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.82× its world share, 66 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 59 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 115 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.63× its world share, 124 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 54 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 47 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.04× its world share, 151 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 418 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.04×151 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.63×124 works
  3. Social Sciences2.02×418 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.82×66 works
  5. Mathematics1.68×32 works
  6. Health Professions1.38×59 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.35×8 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.34×47 works
  9. Neuroscience1.32×35 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.25×20 works
  11. Chemistry1.12×29 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.08×28 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting1.02×54 works
  14. Computer Science0.92×117 works
  15. Nursing0.87×7 works
  16. Environmental Science0.72×58 works
  17. Energy0.66×10 works
  18. Engineering0.61×150 works
  19. Materials Science0.59×34 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×40 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×30 works
  22. Medicine0.37×115 works
  23. Veterinary0.27×1 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×1 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.06×0 works

Which keywords describe research in DeKalb?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Gender, Globalization, Identity, Resilience, Education, Feminism and Colonialism.

▲ 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-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
  1. Mental Health73▲ 2.8×33 topics
  2. Machine Learning58◆ 0.96×58 topics
  3. Globalization56▲ 1.58×70 topics
  4. Epidemiology48▼ 0.67×63 topics
  5. Climate Change47◆ 0.95×59 topics
  6. Education44▲ 1.42×47 topics
  7. Gender40▲ 4.1×34 topics
  8. Identity37▲ 2.9×36 topics
  9. Social Media36▲ 1.46×26 topics
  10. History31▲ 2.5×28 topics
  11. Depression30▲ 1.87×21 topics
  12. Social Justice29▲ 2.7×23 topics
  13. Resilience29▲ 3.3×11 topics
  14. Big Data29▲ 1.67×14 topics
  15. Social Support28▲ 2.9×14 topics
  16. Human Rights28▲ 1.49×34 topics
  17. Colonialism27▲ 3.2×31 topics
  18. Ethics27▲ 2.9×21 topics
  19. Literature26▲ 2.7×35 topics
  20. Culture26▲ 2.7×18 topics
  21. Nationalism25▲ 3.1×21 topics
  22. Student Engagement24▲ 3.4×12 topics
  23. Gender Differences24▲ 3.6×15 topics
  24. Feminism23▲ 4.4×14 topics
  25. Religion21▲ 2.5×20 topics
  26. Technology Integration21▲ 3.6×9 topics
  27. Discrimination20▲ 5.4×6 topics
  28. Emotion Regulation20▲ 3.5×8 topics
  29. Diversity19▲ 6.0×8 topics
  30. Health Disparities19▲ 4.0×8 topics
  31. Intersectionality18▲ 5.3×9 topics
  32. Academic Achievement18▲ 5.8×9 topics
  33. Psychological Impact18▲ 3.1×7 topics
  34. Cultural Competence16▲ 6.7×7 topics
  35. Society15▲ 4.2×8 topics
  36. Reflective Practice14▲ 4.2×7 topics
  37. Youth14▲ 5.6×5 topics
  38. Accountability14▲ 6.1×3 topics
  39. Academic Performance13▲ 8.7×4 topics
  40. Educational Inequality11▲ 11×3 topics

What research is done in DeKalb?

Ethics and Social Impact…10Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 10 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…9Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 9 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 8 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 8 fractional worksYouth Development and Social Support: 8 fractional worksParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 8 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 7 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…7Race, History, and American Society: 7 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 6 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 6 fractional works
Safety ResearchNuclear and High Energy PhysicsEducationClinical Psychology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 10 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 9 works
  3. 3 Higher Education Research Studies Education 8 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 8 works
  5. 5 Youth Development and Social Support Safety Research 8 works
  6. 6 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 7 works
  8. 8 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  9. 9 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 6 works

Research output over time

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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.

still counting10%20%30%DeKalb15.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.8% in 2016.

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