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Research in Galesburg

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Galesburg, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Knox College.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.2k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
18.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Galesburg

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 Galesburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Knox CollegeUniversity 1,155 #15,283
2Galesburg Public LibraryArchive 25 not ranked
3Carl Sandburg CollegeUniversity 21 not ranked
4Knox County Health DepartmentGovernment institution 9 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.

Knox College: 95.5%Galesburg Public Library: 2.1%Carl Sandburg College: 1.7%Knox County Health Department: 0.7%95%largest
Knox College1,155 · 95.5%Galesburg Public Library25 · 2.1%Carl Sandburg College21 · 1.7%Knox County Health Department9 · 0.7%

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

Which fields of science does Galesburg work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research in Galesburg is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Arts and Humanities (18%), Computer Science (17%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 100 fractional works · 67.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 37.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 17.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 27 fractional works · 18.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 23.4% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 16.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGalesburg148fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences67%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5637.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities2718.3%
    3. Psychology117.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    6. Decision Sciences11.0%
    1. Computer Science2516.8%
    2. Environmental Science42.6%
    3. Engineering21.3%
    4. Mathematics21.1%
    5. Chemistry10.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Medicine53.3%
    2. Health Professions42.4%
    1. Neuroscience21.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Galesburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Galesburg is most concentrated in Political Science and International Relations (12.6× the world share in Political Science and International Relations).

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 25.7 works13×
← 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 25 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.24× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 6.54× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.46× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.02× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.54×26 works
  2. Social Sciences3.02×52 works
  3. Psychology2.46×10 works
  4. Computer Science2.24×24 works
  5. Mathematics1.01×2 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.88×3 works
  7. Neuroscience0.85×2 works
  8. Health Professions0.66×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.48×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.46×3 works
  11. Chemistry0.39×1 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×2 works
  16. Medicine0.17×4 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×1 works
  18. Energy0.13×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  20. Engineering0.09×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Galesburg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, International Relations, Cooperation, Security, Intelligence, Policy, Analysis and OSINT.

▲ 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. Ethics21▲ 28×8 topics
  2. International Relations20▲ 55×3 topics
  3. Cooperation20▲ 204×3 topics
  4. Security19▲ 19×2 topics
  5. Intelligence18▲ 298×2 topics
  6. Policy18▲ 58×2 topics
  7. Analysis18▲ 139×1 topic
  8. OSINT18▲ 1708×1 topic
  9. Globalization12▲ 4.2×20 topics
  10. History8▲ 8.2×11 topics
  11. Multilingualism8▲ 34×3 topics
  12. Bilingual Education8▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Language Policy8▲ 37×2 topics
  14. Innovation6▲ 3.8×7 topics
  15. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.7×9 topics
  16. Gender5▲ 6.8×13 topics
  17. Identity5▲ 5.0×11 topics
  18. Security Analysis5▲ 21×4 topics
  19. Cryptanalysis5▲ 38×3 topics
  20. Higher Education5▲ 6.1×5 topics
  21. Colonialism5▲ 6.7×11 topics
  22. Student Perceptions5▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Teacher Training4▲ 4.8×2 topics
  24. CLIL4▲ 44×1 topic
  25. Content and Language Integrated Learning4▲ 44×1 topic
  26. Learning Analytics4▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Feminism4▲ 9.1×6 topics
  28. Sociolinguistics4▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Communication4▲ 8.0×3 topics
  30. Culture4▲ 4.8×7 topics
  31. Information Technology4▲ 5.2×2 topics
  32. Internet4▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Society4▲ 13×7 topics
  34. Gender Differences4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  35. Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy4▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Translanguaging4▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Religion3▲ 5.0×7 topics
  38. Computing3▲ 547×1 topic
  39. Digital3▲ 547×1 topic
  40. Social Movements3▲ 6.8×3 topics

What research is done in Galesburg?

Intelligence, Security, …18Intelligence, Security, War Strategy: 18 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 4 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 4 fractional worksHistory of Computing Technologies: 3 fractional worksCryptographic Implementations and Security: 3 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksChaos-based Image/Signal Encryption: 2 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLiterature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and LanguageComputer Science Applications3 others

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

  1. 1 Intelligence, Security, War Strategy Political Science and International Relations 18 works
  2. 2 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  3. 3 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 4 works
  4. 4 History of Computing Technologies Computer Science Applications 3 works
  5. 5 Cryptographic Implementations and Security Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  6. 6 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 2 works
  7. 7 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  9. 9 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Galesburg16.5% 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 35.1% in 2020.

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