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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 2022–2025 are Gas Technology Institute and Precision Research (United States).

Research institutions
11
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.6k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
9.7%
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 Des Plaines?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Gas Technology InstituteNonprofit 1,893 #12,118
2Precision Research (United States)Company 673 #12,928
3Emergency Nurses AssociationInstitution 323 #22,475 all time
4Oakton Community CollegeUniversity 249 #33,570 all time
5Des Plaines Public LibraryArchive 173 #26,998 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 2022–2025. 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.

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%

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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.

Which keywords describe research in Des Plaines?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, CO2 Sequestration, Shale Gas, Pore Structure, Gas Permeability and Vibration Analysis.

▲ 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. Hydraulic Fracturing28▲ 43×2 topics
  2. Machine Learning26▲ 1.38×35 topics
  3. Nanoparticles26▲ 3.5×26 topics
  4. Fracture Propagation25▲ 70×1 topic
  5. Shale Gas Reservoirs25▲ 70×1 topic
  6. CO2 Sequestration24▲ 21×4 topics
  7. Shale Gas22▲ 31×2 topics
  8. Pore Structure22▲ 31×3 topics
  9. Gas Permeability21▲ 36×2 topics
  10. Vibration Analysis20▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Nanopores20▲ 35×2 topics
  12. Mudstones20▲ 44×1 topic
  13. Thermal Maturity20▲ 44×1 topic
  14. Rheological Properties17▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Drilling Fluids17▲ 54×1 topic
  16. Well Integrity17▲ 54×1 topic
  17. Quality of Life14▲ 1.70×26 topics
  18. Mechanical Properties13▲ 2.3×22 topics
  19. Optimization12▲ 4.3×8 topics
  20. Surfactants11▲ 20×4 topics
  21. Corrosion10▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Fault Diagnosis10▲ 12×5 topics
  23. Porous Media10▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Pore-scale Modeling9▲ 43×1 topic
  25. X-ray Computed Tomography9▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Predictive Maintenance8▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Artificial Lift Systems8▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Electric Submersible Pumps8▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Pipeline8▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Pitting Corrosion8▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Economic Evaluation8▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Natural Gas8▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Surface Roughness7▲ 9.3×4 topics
  34. Data Assimilation7▲ 7.8×2 topics
  35. Ensemble Kalman Filter7▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Well Placement7▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Molecular Dynamics Simulation7▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Cost-effectiveness Analysis7▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Health Utility Measures7▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Geophysical Imaging6▲ 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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