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Research in Evanston

Science Explorer records 32 research institutions in Evanston, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Northwestern University, Endeavor Health and Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary.

Research institutions
32
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
130k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.1M
46.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Evanston

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 Evanston?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Northwestern UniversityUniversity 142,974 #45
2Endeavor HealthHospital / health system 4,325 #4,451
3Garrett–Evangelical Theological SeminaryUniversity 534 #20,794
4St. Francis HospitalHospital / health system 293 #30,405 all time
5UL Research InstitutesNonprofit 249 #16,305 all time
6Rotary InternationalInstitution 147 #26,233 all time
7Erie Family Health CenterHospital / health system 94 not ranked
8Rayonix (United States)Company 81 not ranked
9QuesTek (United States)Company 77 not ranked
10Mather LifeWaysNonprofit 76 not ranked
11Dermatology FoundationNonprofit 69 not ranked
12Benton FoundationNonprofit 69 not ranked
13The Econometric SocietyInstitution 53 not ranked
14National Merit Scholarship CorporationNonprofit 48 not ranked
15NuCrypt (United States)Company 36 not ranked
16OptoNet (United States)Company 21 not ranked
17Solar Fuels InstituteResearch facility 18 not ranked
18Aptinyx (United States)Company 17 not ranked
19Functional Coating Technology (United States)Company 9 not ranked
20American Association of Physical AnthropologistsInstitution 8 not ranked
21Massage Therapy FoundationNonprofit 5 not ranked
222Blades FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
23Evanston Public LibraryArchive 4 not ranked
24Peer ServicesNonprofit 3 not ranked
25NanoCytomics (United States)Company 2 not ranked
26Youth & Opportunity UnitedNonprofit 2 not ranked
27VesselTek Biomedical (United States)Company 2 not ranked
28Alpha Phi FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
29Ziena Optimization (United States)Company 1 not ranked
30Great Lakes Protection FundInstitution 1 not ranked
31Ohmx (United States)Company 1 not ranked
32Teller MadsenArchive 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.

Northwestern University: 95.8%Endeavor Health: 2.9%Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary: 0.4%St. Francis Hospital: 0.2%27 others listed: 0.7%96%largest
Northwestern University143k · 95.8%Endeavor Health4,325 · 2.9%Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary534 · 0.4%St. Francis Hospital293 · 0.2%27 others listed1,099 · 0.7%

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

Which fields of science does Evanston work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Evanston is in Health Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 7,183 fractional works · 43.8% of its workMedicine: 6,547 fractional works · 39.9% of its workSurgery: 847 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 549 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 530 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 429 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 405 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 399 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 308 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 260 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 217 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 209 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 195 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 159 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 155 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 148 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 143 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 141 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 137 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 123 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 112 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 99 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 92 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 62 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 107 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 561 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 343 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 116 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,955 fractional works · 24.1% of its workEngineering: 1,262 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 364 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 280 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 184 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 77 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 117 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 736 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 293 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 108 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 82 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 624 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 392 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 76 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 62 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 481 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 167 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 118 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 241 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 91 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 76 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 229 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 169 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 181 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 90 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 75 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,860 fractional works · 17.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,223 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 442 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 131 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 118 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 100 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 98 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 755 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 255 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 194 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 149 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 84 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 283 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 108 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 249 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 199 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 192 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 158 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 84 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 75 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2,418 fractional works · 14.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,413 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 795 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 224 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 128 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 176 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 604 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 272 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 141 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 81 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 75 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 280 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 228 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEvanston16kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences17%

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. Health Sciences7,18343.8%
    1. Medicine6,54739.9%
    2. Health Professions5613.4%
    3. Nursing530.3%
    4. Dentistry150.1%
    5. Veterinary70.0%
    1. Engineering1,2627.7%
    2. Computer Science7364.5%
    3. Materials Science6243.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy4812.9%
    5. Chemistry2411.5%
    6. Environmental Science2291.4%
    7. Mathematics1811.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences750.5%
    9. Energy720.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering560.3%
  3. Social Sciences2,86017.4%
    1. Social Sciences1,2237.4%
    2. Psychology7554.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities2831.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2491.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1921.2%
    6. Decision Sciences1581.0%
  4. Life Sciences2,41814.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,4138.6%
    2. Neuroscience6043.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology2801.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences880.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics320.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Evanston strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Evanston is most concentrated in Transplantation, Immunology and Allergy and Family Practice (6.4× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 42.0 works6.4×
  2. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 57.9 works5.0×
  3. Family PracticeSubfield · 22.8 works3.3×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 493.2 works3.2×
  5. DermatologySubfield · 123.2 works3.2×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 79 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 1,245 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.61× its world share, 238 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.26× its world share, 539 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 29 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.98× its world share, 50 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.97× its world share, 225 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 647 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 70 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 64 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 1,151 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 204 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.13× its world share, 582 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 169 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.33× its world share, 435 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 511 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.05× its world share, 5,787 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 46 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 260 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 176 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 140 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 233 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 686 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1,124 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.26×539 works
  2. Medicine2.05×5,787 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.61×238 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.59×1,245 works
  5. Psychology1.53×686 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.33×435 works
  7. Health Professions1.32×511 works
  8. Materials Science1.13×582 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.98×50 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.98×140 works
  11. Chemistry0.97×225 works
  12. Mathematics0.97×169 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×233 works
  14. Nursing0.64×46 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.61×260 works
  16. Social Sciences0.60×1,124 works
  17. Computer Science0.57×647 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×29 works
  19. Engineering0.52×1,151 works
  20. Energy0.47×64 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×176 works
  22. Veterinary0.34×7 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×70 works
  24. Environmental Science0.28×204 works
  25. Dentistry0.19×14 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×79 works

Which keywords describe research in Evanston?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Immunotherapy, Treatment, Oxidative Stress and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,222▲ 1.87×133 topics
  2. Inflammation573▲ 1.64×82 topics
  3. Quality of Life462▲ 1.95×55 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress392▲ 1.45×61 topics
  5. Machine Learning390▼ 0.71×80 topics
  6. Risk Factors376▲ 2.1×36 topics
  7. Treatment372▲ 1.86×51 topics
  8. Deep Learning371▼ 0.66×78 topics
  9. Public Health342▲ 1.43×58 topics
  10. Mental Health333▲ 1.42×40 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease326▲ 1.74×39 topics
  12. Diagnosis313▲ 2.0×41 topics
  13. Immunotherapy313▲ 2.6×19 topics
  14. Cancer291▲ 1.32×54 topics
  15. Depression257▲ 1.78×23 topics
  16. Management252▲ 1.92×35 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome241▲ 1.81×23 topics
  18. Biomarkers229▲ 2.0×18 topics
  19. Chemotherapy221▲ 1.90×25 topics
  20. Clinical Trials220▲ 2.0×19 topics
  21. Obesity215▲ 1.70×24 topics
  22. Genetics214▲ 1.85×26 topics
  23. Guidelines213▲ 2.8×13 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders212▲ 2.3×20 topics
  25. Heart Failure203▲ 2.8×14 topics
  26. Complications199▲ 2.4×17 topics
  27. Aging194▲ 2.2×18 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors185▲ 2.6×14 topics
  29. Clinical Practice Guidelines175▲ 1.93×14 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations172▲ 2.4×23 topics
  31. Radiotherapy167▲ 2.6×13 topics
  32. Precision Medicine159▲ 1.95×8 topics
  33. Echocardiography155▲ 3.4×8 topics
  34. Rehabilitation149▲ 2.3×13 topics
  35. Neurodegeneration142▲ 2.8×11 topics
  36. Clinical Guidelines138▲ 2.9×9 topics
  37. Magnetic Resonance Imaging135▲ 3.2×8 topics
  38. Health Disparities135▲ 3.1×9 topics
  39. Health-related Quality of Life122▲ 3.1×5 topics
  40. Immunosuppressive Therapy116▲ 3.7×8 topics

What research is done in Evanston?

Cardiovascular Health an…57Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 57 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…53Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 53 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 52 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …50Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 50 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…46Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 46 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 43 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 42 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…41Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 41 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 41 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 40 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGeneticsPsychiatry and Mental healthSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 57 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 53 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 52 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 50 works
  5. 5 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 46 works
  6. 6 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 43 works
  7. 7 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 42 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 41 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 41 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 40 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%Evanston19.7% 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 35.9% in 2016.

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