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Research in Lincoln

Science Explorer records 47 research institutions in Lincoln, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.

Research institutions
47
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
61k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
18.4%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Lincoln?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Nebraska–LincolnUniversity 56,094 #586
2Entrepreneurial EcosystemsInstitution 1,267 #11,868
3University of Nebraska SystemUniversity 459 #18,980 all time
4Pacific Engineering (United States)Company 346 #6,632 all time
5Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityUniversity 287 #20,936 all time
6Nebraska Hematology-OncologyHospital / health system 253 #23,646 all time
7Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionGovernment institution 233 #41,427 all time
8Bryan HealthHospital / health system 210 #29,661 all time
9J.A. Woollam Company (United States)Company 200 #16,624 all time
10Nebraska State Historical SocietyInstitution 178 #32,376 all time
11LI-COR Biosciences (United States)Company 172 #23,187 all time
12Nebraska Department of Health and Human ServicesGovernment institution 171 #29,614 all time
13Nebraska Department of EducationGovernment institution 141 #39,161 all time
14Madonna Rehabilitation HospitalHospital / health system 134 #40,290 all time
15Celerion (United States)Company 92 not ranked
16Southeast Community CollegeUniversity 76 not ranked
17Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system 76 not ranked
18Bryan College of Health SciencesUniversity 37 not ranked
19Lancaster County Medical SocietyHospital / health system 32 not ranked
20Nature Technology Corporation (United States)Company 26 not ranked
21Union Adventist UniversityUniversity 24 not ranked
22CHI Health Nebraska HeartHospital / health system 24 not ranked
23GC Image (United States)Company 23 not ranked
24Nebraska State College SystemUniversity 16 not ranked
25American Distance Education ConsortiumNonprofit 12 not ranked
26Mid-America Transportation CenterInstitution 10 not ranked
27Alivation (United States)Company 9 not ranked
28Cooper FoundationNonprofit 6 not ranked
29Nebraska Academy of SciencesUniversity 6 not ranked
30Autistic Women & Nonbinary NetworkNonprofit 5 not ranked
31LNKChemsolutionsCompany 5 not ranked
32Southeast Nebraska Cancer CenterResearch facility 3 not ranked
33McBride and Associates (United States)Company 3 not ranked
34Nebraska Cancer Research CenterResearch facility 3 not ranked
35Nebraska Water Science CenterGovernment institution 2 not ranked
36Nebraska Council on Economic EducationNonprofit 2 not ranked
37Nebraska State Office of the GovernorGovernment institution 2 not ranked
38Humanities NebraskaNonprofit 2 not ranked
39AirLift Environmental (United States)Company 2 not ranked
40Nebraska Educational TelecommunicationsInstitution 2 not ranked
41Nebraska Bankers AssociationNonprofit 2 not ranked
42Lincoln Fencing ClubNonprofit 1 not ranked
43Epicrop Technologies (United States)Company 1 not ranked
44Hexagon Lincoln (United States)Company 1 not ranked
45Nebraska Department of AgricultureGovernment institution 1 not ranked
46Nebraska Press AssociationInstitution 0 not ranked
47Nebraska Environmental TrustGovernment institution 0 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.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln: 92.5%Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: 2.1%University of Nebraska System: 0.8%Pacific Engineering (United States): 0.6%41 others listed: 4.1%92%largest
University of Nebraska–Lincoln56k · 92.5%Entrepreneurial Ecosystems1,267 · 2.1%University of Nebraska System459 · 0.8%Pacific Engineering (United States)346 · 0.6%41 others listed2,485 · 4.1%

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

What is Lincoln strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lincoln is most concentrated in Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology and Soil Science (7.5× the world share in Agronomy and Crop Science).

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 115.2 works7.5×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 65.5 works4.6×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 70.7 works3.6×
  4. Small AnimalsSubfield · 26.5 works3.3×
  5. VeterinaryField · 27.8 works3.2×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 54.8 works3.0×
← 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 Lincoln?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Mental Health, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Hydrological Modeling, Marker-Assisted Selection and Genetic Improvement.

▲ 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 Change403▲ 2.3×105 topics
  2. Machine Learning203◆ 0.96×86 topics
  3. Epidemiology194▼ 0.76×122 topics
  4. Sustainability183▲ 1.16×94 topics
  5. Mental Health166▲ 1.75×40 topics
  6. Deep Learning160▼ 0.72×76 topics
  7. Globalization131◆ 1.03×96 topics
  8. Biodiversity123▲ 2.5×32 topics
  9. Environmental Impact111◆ 1.01×55 topics
  10. Remote Sensing106▲ 1.33×34 topics
  11. Microbial Communities80▲ 2.9×10 topics
  12. Invasive Species77▲ 2.8×20 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity74▲ 2.6×21 topics
  14. Hydrological Modeling73▲ 4.8×5 topics
  15. Gut Microbiota63▲ 2.8×7 topics
  16. Global Warming61▲ 2.3×15 topics
  17. Marker-Assisted Selection57▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Genetic Improvement56▲ 9.4×4 topics
  19. Global Change53▲ 3.2×7 topics
  20. Plant Breeding51▲ 8.1×4 topics
  21. QTL Mapping51▲ 6.6×6 topics
  22. Population Genetics49▲ 5.5×5 topics
  23. Sea Level Rise45▲ 5.5×3 topics
  24. Engineering Education44▲ 7.6×5 topics
  25. Microbial Community44▲ 8.5×4 topics
  26. Soil Carbon Sequestration42▲ 8.7×2 topics
  27. Animal Welfare41▲ 7.2×4 topics
  28. Teacher Preparation38▲ 8.4×4 topics
  29. Solar Wind38▲ 6.2×2 topics
  30. GRACE37▲ 11×1 topic
  31. groundwater depletion37▲ 11×1 topic
  32. Electron Acceleration37▲ 8.5×2 topics
  33. Ionosphere37▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Magnetosphere37▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Genome-Wide Association35▲ 7.0×2 topics
  36. Quantitative Genetics35▲ 10.0×2 topics
  37. Crop Improvement34▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Milk Composition34▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Animal Breeding34▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Genomic Selection34▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Lincoln?

Geophysics and Gravity M…37Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 37 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…37Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 37 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 34 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…32Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 32 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…31Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 31 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 28 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 24 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Dive…23Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 23 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 22 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Policy: 22 fractional works
OceanographyAstronomy and AstrophysicsGeneticsAgronomy and Crop Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 37 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 37 works
  3. 3 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 34 works
  4. 4 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 32 works
  5. 5 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 31 works
  6. 6 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 28 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 24 works
  8. 8 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 23 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 22 works
  10. 10 Agricultural Economics and Policy General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 22 works

Research output over time

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