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Research in Des Plaines

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Des Plaines, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Precision Research (United States) and Gas Technology Institute.

Research institutions
11
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.6k
▲ 85% vs 2018-21
Citations
41k
11.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Des Plaines

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 Des Plaines?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Gas Technology InstituteNonprofit 1,893 #11,528
2Precision Research (United States)Company 673 #7,995
3Emergency Nurses AssociationInstitution 323 #27,396 all time
4Oakton Community CollegeUniversity 249 #23,224 all time
5Des Plaines Public LibraryArchive 173 #26,289 all time
6Weil Foot & Ankle InstituteResearch facility 109 not ranked
7United States Drug Testing LaboratoriesResearch facility 95 not ranked
8Society for Academic Emergency MedicineNonprofit 90 not ranked
9Motor Coach Industries (United States)Company 23 not ranked
10Family Guidance CentersNonprofit 1 not ranked
11Us TooNonprofit 0 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.

Gas Technology Institute: 52.2%Precision Research (United States): 18.5%Emergency Nurses Association: 8.9%Oakton Community College: 6.9%6 others listed: 13.5%52%largest
Gas Technology Institute1,893 · 52.2%Precision Research (United States)673 · 18.5%Emergency Nurses Association323 · 8.9%Oakton Community College249 · 6.9%6 others listed491 · 13.5%

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

Which fields of science does Des Plaines work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research in Des Plaines is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (39%), Medicine (15%), Materials Science (5%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 501 fractional works · 64.1% of its workEngineering: 306 fractional works · 39.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 80 fractional works · 10.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 63 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 47 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 24 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 41 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 32 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeophysics: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 32 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 31 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 29 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCatalysis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 146 fractional works · 18.7% of its workMedicine: 117 fractional works · 14.9% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 76 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 59 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDes Plaines782fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences64%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences10%

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. Engineering30639.1%
    2. Materials Science415.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences324.1%
    4. Environmental Science324.1%
    5. Computer Science313.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy293.7%
    7. Chemistry111.4%
    8. Energy91.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering70.9%
    10. Mathematics40.4%
    1. Medicine11714.9%
    2. Health Professions232.9%
    3. Dentistry30.4%
    4. Nursing30.3%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Social Sciences313.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance152.0%
    3. Psychology121.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities70.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting60.7%
    6. Decision Sciences60.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology303.9%
    2. Neuroscience101.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences91.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology70.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Des Plaines strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Des Plaines is most concentrated in Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering (15.7× the world share in Ocean Engineering).

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 47.0 works16×
  2. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 35.0 works8.5×
  3. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 58.1 works5.5×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.57× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.24× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.46× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.19× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.59× its world share, 224 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.35× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.11× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 93 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.59×224 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.46×22 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.24×4 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.57×3 works
  5. Health Professions1.44×22 works
  6. Materials Science1.35×27 works
  7. Energy1.19×6 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.11×14 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.11×14 works
  10. Dentistry1.00×3 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.90×5 works
  12. Medicine0.84×93 works
  13. Chemistry0.81×7 works
  14. Nursing0.79×2 works
  15. Environmental Science0.77×22 works
  16. Veterinary0.76×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×23 works
  18. Neuroscience0.71×7 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.65×4 works
  20. Psychology0.51×9 works
  21. Computer Science0.47×21 works
  22. Mathematics0.41×3 works
  23. Social Sciences0.35×25 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.30×5 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×7 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Des Plaines?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, CO2 Sequestration, Pore Structure, Shale Gas, Gas Permeability and Nanoparticles.

▲ 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. Hydraulic Fracturing38▲ 46×2 topics
  2. Nanoparticles37▲ 3.8×33 topics
  3. Machine Learning35▲ 1.35×47 topics
  4. Fracture Propagation34▲ 73×1 topic
  5. Shale Gas Reservoirs34▲ 73×1 topic
  6. CO2 Sequestration31▲ 20×4 topics
  7. Pore Structure30▲ 31×3 topics
  8. Shale Gas30▲ 32×2 topics
  9. Gas Permeability28▲ 37×2 topics
  10. Nanopores26▲ 36×2 topics
  11. Mudstones26▲ 46×1 topic
  12. Thermal Maturity26▲ 46×1 topic
  13. Vibration Analysis26▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Rheological Properties22▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Drilling Fluids22▲ 53×1 topic
  16. Well Integrity22▲ 53×1 topic
  17. Surfactants17▲ 22×5 topics
  18. Mechanical Properties17▲ 2.2×25 topics
  19. Optimization17▲ 4.7×12 topics
  20. Porous Media16▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Corrosion14▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Pore-scale Modeling14▲ 48×1 topic
  23. X-ray Computed Tomography14▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Fault Diagnosis12▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Pitting Corrosion12▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Pipeline11▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Natural Gas11▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Data Assimilation10▲ 8.2×2 topics
  29. Ensemble Kalman Filter10▲ 13×1 topic
  30. Well Placement10▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Molecular Dynamics Simulation10▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Predictive Maintenance10▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Artificial Lift Systems9▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Electric Submersible Pumps9▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Geophysical Imaging9▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Rock Mechanics8▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Surface Roughness8▲ 7.9×4 topics
  38. Economic Evaluation8▲ 8.7×3 topics
  39. Tectonics7▲ 7.8×3 topics
  40. Petroleum7▲ 20×2 topics

What research is done in Des Plaines?

Hydraulic Fracturing and…25Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 25 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 20 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 17 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 9 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 8 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…7Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 7 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 7 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 5 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 4 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 4 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsOcean EngineeringEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 25 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 20 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 17 works
  4. 4 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 9 works
  5. 5 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 7 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  8. 8 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 5 works
  9. 9 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 4 works
  10. 10 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 4 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Des Plaines9.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.4% in 2003.

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