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Research in East Lansing

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in East Lansing, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Michigan State University.

Research institutions
10
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
125k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4M
35.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
East Lansing

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 East Lansing?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Michigan State UniversityUniversity 126,688 #225
2Joint Institute for Nuclear AstrophysicsResearch facility 596 #11,395 all time
3American Board of Emergency MedicineInstitution 209 #24,116 all time
4H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences OnlineInstitution 106 not ranked
5Michigan State Medical SocietyNonprofit 46 not ranked
6Biophotonic Solutions (United States)Company 35 not ranked
7Gateway Community ServicesHospital / health system 19 not ranked
8Michigan Disability Rights CoalitionNonprofit 2 not ranked
9International Primatological SocietyInstitution 1 not ranked
10Building Child and Family InitiativesInstitution 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.

Michigan State University: 99.2%Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: 0.5%American Board of Emergency Medicine: 0.2%H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online: 0.1%6 others listed: 0.1%99%largest
Michigan State University127k · 99.2%Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics596 · 0.5%American Board of Emergency Medicine209 · 0.2%H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online106 · 0.1%6 others listed104 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does East Lansing work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in East Lansing is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (15%), Social Sciences (13%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 6,433 fractional works · 38.9% of its workEngineering: 1,597 fractional works · 9.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 345 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 285 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 145 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 137 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 131 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 124 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 79 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 75 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,293 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 367 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 217 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 151 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 114 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 91 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 82 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,028 fractional works · 6.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 412 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 145 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 111 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 104 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 953 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 445 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 196 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 152 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 570 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOceanography: 296 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeophysics: 173 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 334 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 169 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 303 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 83 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 76 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 231 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 83 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4,168 fractional works · 25.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,142 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 760 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 424 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 179 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 133 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 105 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 91 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 90 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 892 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 293 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 259 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 163 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 124 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 432 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 114 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 280 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 260 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 202 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 162 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 82 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,098 fractional works · 18.7% of its workMedicine: 2,519 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSurgery: 279 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 246 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 212 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 180 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 172 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 144 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 121 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 111 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 86 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 85 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 84 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 349 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 378 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 243 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 99 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 103 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 86 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 77 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2,854 fractional works · 17.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,164 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 635 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 221 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 84 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 140 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,149 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPlant Science: 500 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 119 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 115 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 98 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 82 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 63 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 356 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 189 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 74 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 92 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 160 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 116 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEast Lansing17kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences25%

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. Engineering1,5979.6%
    2. Environmental Science1,2937.8%
    3. Computer Science1,0286.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy9535.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences5703.4%
    6. Materials Science3342.0%
    7. Mathematics3031.8%
    8. Chemistry2311.4%
    9. Energy780.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering470.3%
  2. Social Sciences4,16825.2%
    1. Social Sciences2,14212.9%
    2. Psychology8925.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities4322.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2801.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2601.6%
    6. Decision Sciences1621.0%
  3. Health Sciences3,09818.7%
    1. Medicine2,51915.2%
    2. Health Professions3782.3%
    3. Veterinary1030.6%
    4. Nursing860.5%
    5. Dentistry110.1%
  4. Life Sciences2,85417.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,1647.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,1496.9%
    3. Neuroscience3562.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1601.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics260.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is East Lansing strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in East Lansing is most concentrated in Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography and Astronomy and Astrophysics (11.0× the world share in Environmental Chemistry).

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 357.1 works11×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 293.3 works7.1×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 430.3 works5.6×
  4. VeterinaryField · 89.8 works4.5×
  5. Small AnimalsSubfield · 75.5 works4.2×
  6. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 181.3 works3.9×
← 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: 1.43× its world share, 1,003 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 1,020 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 136 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 309 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 21 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 43 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.91× its world share, 211 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 924 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.38× its world share, 552 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 69 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 1,439 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 1,173 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 296 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.56× its world share, 272 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.70× its world share, 888 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 338 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 2,220 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 73 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.46× its world share, 90 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 373 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 256 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 141 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 243 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.73× its world share, 781 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 1,922 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.46×90 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.70×888 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.38×552 works
  4. Psychology1.73×781 works
  5. Environmental Science1.59×1,173 works
  6. Mathematics1.56×272 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.43×1,003 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.29×1,020 works
  9. Neuroscience1.29×309 works
  10. Social Sciences1.03×1,922 works
  11. Nursing1.01×73 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.98×141 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.92×136 works
  14. Chemistry0.91×211 works
  15. Health Professions0.87×338 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.87×373 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.82×43 works
  18. Computer Science0.80×924 works
  19. Medicine0.78×2,220 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.77×243 works
  21. Engineering0.65×1,439 works
  22. Materials Science0.57×296 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×256 works
  24. Energy0.51×69 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×21 works
  26. Dentistry0.15×11 works

Which keywords describe research in East Lansing?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Solar Wind, Microbial Communities, Hydrological Modeling, Methane Oxidation, Anaerobic, Gas Hydrates and Electron Acceleration.

▲ 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. Climate Change870▲ 1.93×107 topics
  2. Epidemiology621◆ 0.94×134 topics
  3. Machine Learning515◆ 0.93×85 topics
  4. Deep Learning433▼ 0.76×81 topics
  5. Microbial Communities395▲ 5.5×10 topics
  6. Mental Health382▲ 1.61×43 topics
  7. Solar Wind347▲ 23×2 topics
  8. Hydrological Modeling325▲ 8.2×5 topics
  9. Methane Oxidation315▲ 24×2 topics
  10. Anaerobic313▲ 30×1 topic
  11. Gas Hydrates313▲ 30×1 topic
  12. Globalization310◆ 0.95×113 topics
  13. Inflammation308◆ 0.88×83 topics
  14. Sustainability295▼ 0.73×98 topics
  15. Electron Acceleration287▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Sea Level Rise287▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Geodetic Measurements285▲ 16×2 topics
  18. GRACE279▲ 35×1 topic
  19. groundwater depletion279▲ 35×1 topic
  20. Ionosphere275▲ 30×1 topic
  21. Magnetosphere275▲ 30×1 topic
  22. Public Health272◆ 1.13×66 topics
  23. Oxidative Stress265◆ 0.97×62 topics
  24. Education226▼ 0.79×81 topics
  25. Social Media219◆ 0.96×37 topics
  26. Biodiversity179▲ 1.42×32 topics
  27. Depression177▲ 1.22×24 topics
  28. Invasive Species170▲ 2.4×21 topics
  29. Tomography156▲ 5.3×5 topics
  30. Social Support151▲ 1.70×18 topics
  31. Health Effects150▲ 1.50×24 topics
  32. Resilience135▲ 1.66×16 topics
  33. Seismic Noise113▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Surface Wave113▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Developmental Trajectories95▲ 4.8×3 topics
  36. Neighborhood Effects84▲ 4.8×3 topics
  37. Nucleosynthesis82▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Coronal Mass Ejections72▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Solar Dynamics Observatory72▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Teacher Preparation70▲ 5.6×4 topics

What research is done in East Lansing?

Methane Hydrates and Rel…313Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 313 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…279Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 279 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…275Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 275 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 113 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 72 fractional worksNuclear physics research studies: 49 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 41 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 37 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 35 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 35 fractional works
Environmental ChemistryOceanographyAstronomy and AstrophysicsGeophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 313 works
  2. 2 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 279 works
  3. 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 275 works
  4. 4 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 113 works
  5. 5 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 72 works
  6. 6 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 49 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 41 works
  8. 8 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 37 works
  9. 9 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 35 works
  10. 10 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 35 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 counting20%40%East Lansing20.0% 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 36.1% in 2016.

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