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Research in East Lansing

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in East Lansing, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Michigan State University.

Research institutions
11
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
125k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.1%
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 East Lansing?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Michigan State UniversityUniversity 122,007 #174
2National Superconducting Cyclotron LaboratoryResearch facility 1,584 #1,574 all time
3Joint Institute for Nuclear AstrophysicsResearch facility 596 #5,738 all time
4American Board of Emergency MedicineInstitution 209 #28,809 all time
5H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences OnlineInstitution 106 not ranked
6Michigan State Medical SocietyNonprofit 46 not ranked
7Biophotonic Solutions (United States)Company 35 not ranked
8Gateway Community ServicesHospital / health system 19 not ranked
9Michigan Disability Rights CoalitionNonprofit 2 not ranked
10International Primatological SocietyInstitution 1 not ranked
11Building Child and Family InitiativesInstitution 1 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.

Michigan State University: 97.9%National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory: 1.3%Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: 0.5%American Board of Emergency Medicine: 0.2%7 others listed: 0.2%98%largest
Michigan State University122k · 97.9%National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory1,584 · 1.3%Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics596 · 0.5%American Board of Emergency Medicine209 · 0.2%7 others listed210 · 0.2%

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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.

Which keywords describe research in East Lansing?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Climate Change792▲ 1.99×103 topics
  2. Epidemiology552◆ 0.94×133 topics
  3. Machine Learning457◆ 0.94×85 topics
  4. Microbial Communities382▲ 6.1×10 topics
  5. Deep Learning378▼ 0.75×81 topics
  6. Solar Wind347▲ 25×2 topics
  7. Mental Health344▲ 1.59×43 topics
  8. Hydrological Modeling318▲ 9.2×5 topics
  9. Methane Oxidation314▲ 26×2 topics
  10. Anaerobic313▲ 30×1 topic
  11. Gas Hydrates313▲ 30×1 topic
  12. Electron Acceleration286▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Sea Level Rise285▲ 15×3 topics
  14. Geodetic Measurements284▲ 18×2 topics
  15. GRACE279▲ 37×1 topic
  16. groundwater depletion279▲ 37×1 topic
  17. Ionosphere275▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Magnetosphere275▲ 33×1 topic
  19. Globalization275◆ 0.95×107 topics
  20. Inflammation267◆ 0.87×81 topics
  21. Sustainability257▼ 0.71×95 topics
  22. Public Health244◆ 1.13×64 topics
  23. Oxidative Stress231◆ 0.95×61 topics
  24. Social Media200◆ 0.94×36 topics
  25. Biodiversity162▲ 1.47×31 topics
  26. Invasive Species156▲ 2.5×21 topics
  27. Depression154▲ 1.18×23 topics
  28. Tomography153▲ 5.7×5 topics
  29. Social Support141▲ 1.71×18 topics
  30. Health Effects132▲ 1.48×23 topics
  31. Resilience123▲ 1.73×16 topics
  32. Seismic Noise113▲ 16×1 topic
  33. Surface Wave113▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Adolescents109▲ 1.97×10 topics
  35. Developmental Trajectories86▲ 4.7×3 topics
  36. Neighborhood Effects77▲ 4.8×3 topics
  37. Nucleosynthesis75▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Coronal Mass Ejections72▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Solar Dynamics Observatory72▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Teacher Preparation63▲ 6.1×4 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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