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Research in Iowa City

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Iowa City, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Iowa, ACT Foundation and Iowa City Public Library.

Research institutions
18
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
119k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1M
34.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Iowa City

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 Iowa City?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of IowaUniversity 114,269 #296
2Iowa City Public LibraryArchive 2,107 #20,407
3Iowa Policy ProjectNonprofit 305 #12,541 all time
4ACT FoundationNonprofit 277 #15,928
5American College TestingUniversity 236 #18,614 all time
6ACTNonprofit 178 #28,800 all time
7Developmental Studies Hybridoma BankNonprofit 54 not ranked
8Digital Artefacts (United States)Company 37 not ranked
9Behavioral Diagnostics (United States)Company 30 not ranked
10University of Iowa FoundationNonprofit 28 not ranked
11Northeast Iowa Community CollegeUniversity 18 not ranked
12Ramdo (United States)Company 15 not ranked
13John Paul II Medical Research InstituteResearch facility 6 not ranked
14Safer SimInstitution 4 not ranked
15Cottage Systems (United States)Company 2 not ranked
16Advanced Infoneering (United States)Company 2 not ranked
17Humanities IowaFunder 2 not ranked
18KidneedsNonprofit 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.

University of Iowa: 97.2%Iowa City Public Library: 1.8%Iowa Policy Project: 0.3%ACT Foundation: 0.2%14 others listed: 0.5%97%largest
University of Iowa114k · 97.2%Iowa City Public Library2,107 · 1.8%Iowa Policy Project305 · 0.3%ACT Foundation277 · 0.2%14 others listed613 · 0.5%

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

Which fields of science does Iowa City work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Iowa City is in Health Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Social Sciences (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 5,688 fractional works · 46.8% of its workMedicine: 4,970 fractional works · 40.9% of its workSurgery: 619 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 473 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 420 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 315 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 311 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOncology: 270 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 259 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 233 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 223 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 151 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 148 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 139 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 120 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 108 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 101 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 85 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 147 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 484 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 266 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 148 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPeriodontics: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 76 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,439 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,083 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 340 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 164 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 106 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 72 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 600 fractional works · 4.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 195 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 153 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 113 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 98 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 324 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 96 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 176 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 147 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 142 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 114 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,088 fractional works · 17.2% of its workEngineering: 538 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 162 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 94 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 427 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 180 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 324 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 76 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 244 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 98 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 157 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 79 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 140 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 114 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 105 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,935 fractional works · 15.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 968 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 549 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 174 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 107 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 561 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 248 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 120 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 231 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 169 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 137 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKIowa City12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences20%

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 Sciences5,68846.8%
    1. Medicine4,97040.9%
    2. Health Professions4844.0%
    3. Dentistry1481.2%
    4. Nursing760.6%
    5. Veterinary100.1%
  2. Social Sciences2,43920.1%
    1. Social Sciences1,0838.9%
    2. Psychology6004.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities3242.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1761.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1421.2%
    6. Decision Sciences1140.9%
    1. Engineering5384.4%
    2. Computer Science4273.5%
    3. Environmental Science3242.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2442.0%
    5. Mathematics1571.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1401.2%
    7. Chemistry1140.9%
    8. Materials Science1050.9%
    9. Energy230.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering150.1%
  4. Life Sciences1,93515.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9688.0%
    2. Neuroscience5614.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology2311.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1371.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics400.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Iowa City strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Iowa City is most concentrated in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Sensory Systems and Periodontics (4.4× the world share in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems).

  1. Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 40.0 works4.4×
  2. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 28.4 works3.5×
  3. PeriodonticsSubfield · 49.8 works3.4×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 119 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 836 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.88× its world share, 203 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.74× its world share, 476 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 35 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 102 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 372 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 126 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 490 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 292 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 92 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.11× its world share, 140 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 216 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.51× its world share, 130 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 438 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.12× its world share, 4,369 worksMedicineNursing: 1.33× its world share, 70 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.95× its world share, 294 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 126 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 100 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 160 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 522 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 959 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.74×476 works
  2. Dentistry2.51×130 works
  3. Medicine2.12×4,369 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.88×203 works
  5. Psychology1.60×522 works
  6. Health Professions1.55×438 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.46×836 works
  8. Nursing1.33×70 works
  9. Mathematics1.11×140 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.97×100 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.95×294 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.94×35 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.91×216 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.75×126 works
  15. Social Sciences0.71×959 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×160 works
  17. Chemistry0.61×102 works
  18. Veterinary0.60×9 works
  19. Environmental Science0.55×292 works
  20. Computer Science0.45×372 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.38×14 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×126 works
  23. Engineering0.30×490 works
  24. Materials Science0.24×92 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×119 works
  26. Energy0.22×22 works

Which keywords describe research in Iowa City?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology959▲ 1.98×131 topics
  2. Inflammation481▲ 1.86×82 topics
  3. Risk Factors351▲ 2.6×37 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress323▲ 1.62×60 topics
  5. Quality of Life322▲ 1.83×54 topics
  6. Machine Learning256▼ 0.63×81 topics
  7. Treatment255▲ 1.73×51 topics
  8. Mental Health246▲ 1.42×43 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease237▲ 1.71×36 topics
  10. Cancer237▲ 1.45×55 topics
  11. Public Health214▲ 1.21×62 topics
  12. Diagnosis210▲ 1.86×41 topics
  13. Global Burden196▲ 3.0×12 topics
  14. Depression185▲ 1.74×23 topics
  15. Chemotherapy179▲ 2.1×25 topics
  16. Management178▲ 1.83×32 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders175▲ 2.5×20 topics
  18. COVID-19172◆ 1.09×28 topics
  19. Immunotherapy167▲ 1.90×19 topics
  20. Clinical Trials159▲ 1.96×19 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome156▲ 1.59×23 topics
  22. Genetics151▲ 1.76×25 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations151▲ 2.8×23 topics
  24. Biomarkers148▲ 1.74×18 topics
  25. Guidelines140▲ 2.4×13 topics
  26. Rehabilitation134▲ 2.8×13 topics
  27. Mortality134▲ 1.93×13 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors131▲ 2.5×14 topics
  29. Aging130▲ 1.96×18 topics
  30. Mitochondrial Dysfunction127▲ 3.6×12 topics
  31. Clinical Practice Guidelines127▲ 1.89×14 topics
  32. Meta-Analysis124▲ 1.74×18 topics
  33. Neurodegeneration109▲ 2.9×11 topics
  34. Neuroprotection109▲ 2.5×16 topics
  35. Emotion Regulation107▲ 2.8×9 topics
  36. Mortality Risk95▲ 3.3×6 topics
  37. Health-related Quality of Life92▲ 3.2×5 topics
  38. Hearing Loss80▲ 5.6×4 topics
  39. Language Development74▲ 4.9×5 topics
  40. Speech Perception69▲ 6.8×3 topics

What research is done in Iowa City?

Acute Ischemic Stroke Ma…36Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 36 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Caro…35Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 35 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 33 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …32Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 32 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabil…32Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 32 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 30 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 28 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…28Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 28 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 28 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 27 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNeurologyCognitive Neuroscience5 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 36 works
  2. 2 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 35 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 33 works
  4. 4 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 32 works
  5. 5 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 32 works
  6. 6 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 30 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 28 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 28 works
  9. 9 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 28 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 27 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting10%20%30%Iowa City15.4% 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 28.3% in 2009.

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