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Research in Muncie

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Muncie, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ball State University.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
195k
17.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Muncie

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 Muncie?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ball State UniversityUniversity 10,739 #4,518
2Muncie Public LibraryArchive 192 #27,183 all time
3Ball Brothers FoundationNonprofit 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.

Which fields of science does Muncie work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research in Muncie is in Social Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Medicine (13%), Psychology (13%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 851 fractional works · 58.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 429 fractional works · 29.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 137 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEducation: 125 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 32 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 24 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 190 fractional works · 13.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 58 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 54 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 44 fractional works · 3.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 27 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 115 fractional works · 7.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 29 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 55 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 39 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 28 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 23 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 263 fractional works · 18.0% of its workMedicine: 191 fractional works · 13.1% of its workPhysiology: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 65 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 33 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 251 fractional works · 17.2% of its workComputer Science: 70 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 50 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArchitecture: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 45 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 32 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 97 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 35 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 27 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMuncie1,461fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences58%

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. Social Sciences42929.4%
    2. Psychology19013.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities1157.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting553.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance392.7%
    6. Decision Sciences231.6%
    1. Medicine19113.1%
    2. Health Professions654.5%
    3. Nursing50.4%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Computer Science704.8%
    2. Engineering503.4%
    3. Environmental Science453.1%
    4. Mathematics322.2%
    5. Chemistry191.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences130.9%
    7. Materials Science90.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy80.5%
    9. Energy50.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology372.5%
    2. Neuroscience352.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences221.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Muncie strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Muncie is most concentrated in Developmental and Educational Psychology (6.7× the world share in Developmental and Educational Psychology).

  1. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 39.9 works6.7×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.87× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 62 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 39 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.81× its world share, 28 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.80× its world share, 61 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 160 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.67× its world share, 100 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.17× its world share, 49 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.29× its world share, 36 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.23× its world share, 167 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.38× its world share, 389 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.23×167 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.67×100 works
  3. Social Sciences2.38×389 works
  4. Mathematics1.81×28 works
  5. Health Professions1.80×61 works
  6. Neuroscience1.49×31 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.48×18 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.29×36 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.17×49 works
  10. Chemistry0.87×18 works
  11. Nursing0.74×5 works
  12. Medicine0.64×160 works
  13. Computer Science0.61×62 works
  14. Environmental Science0.61×39 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×12 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×33 works
  17. Energy0.40×5 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×20 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.26×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.25×7 works
  21. Engineering0.23×45 works
  22. Veterinary0.21×0 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.16×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.14×6 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Muncie?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Education, Identity, Reflective Practice, Gender, Academic Achievement, Globalization and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Mental Health63▲ 3.0×36 topics
  2. Education62▲ 2.5×56 topics
  3. Epidemiology60◆ 1.03×75 topics
  4. Globalization53▲ 1.84×71 topics
  5. Identity41▲ 3.9×42 topics
  6. Social Media36▲ 1.78×23 topics
  7. Gender36▲ 4.5×32 topics
  8. Social Justice34▲ 3.9×25 topics
  9. Student Engagement29▲ 5.0×11 topics
  10. Reflective Practice28▲ 10×7 topics
  11. Well-being27▲ 4.8×13 topics
  12. Academic Achievement26▲ 10×10 topics
  13. Feminism25▲ 5.8×16 topics
  14. Meta-Analysis24▲ 2.7×16 topics
  15. Resilience23▲ 3.2×11 topics
  16. Nationalism22▲ 3.3×22 topics
  17. Intersectionality21▲ 7.6×10 topics
  18. Evidence-Based Practice21▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Technology Integration21▲ 4.5×9 topics
  20. Teacher Professional Development20▲ 8.6×4 topics
  21. Executive Functioning19▲ 10×3 topics
  22. Self-Regulation19▲ 7.1×5 topics
  23. Teacher Education19▲ 9.8×4 topics
  24. Special Education18▲ 21×4 topics
  25. Coping Strategies18▲ 4.8×7 topics
  26. Neurodevelopmental Disorders18▲ 9.2×5 topics
  27. Professional Development18▲ 5.8×10 topics
  28. Cultural Diversity18▲ 5.3×7 topics
  29. Autism Spectrum Disorders17▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Diversity17▲ 6.7×10 topics
  31. Early Intervention17▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Emotion Recognition16▲ 5.7×4 topics
  33. Neuroanatomy16▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Educational Leadership15▲ 8.3×2 topics
  35. Brain Connectivity15▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Social Skills Interventions15▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Language Development15▲ 8.2×5 topics
  38. Professional Learning Communities15▲ 20×2 topics
  39. High-Intensity Interval Training15▲ 9.3×2 topics
  40. Qualitative Research Methods14▲ 23×1 topic

What research is done in Muncie?

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 15 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 13 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 10 fractional worksBehavioral and Psychological Studies: 10 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 9 fractional worksEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 9 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 9 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…8Race, History, and American Society: 8 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 7 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 6 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceEducationClinical PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 15 works
  2. 2 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 13 works
  3. 3 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 10 works
  4. 4 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 10 works
  5. 5 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  6. 6 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 9 works
  8. 8 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  9. 9 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7 works
  10. 10 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 6 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 counting10%20%30%Muncie15.8% 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 29.1% in 2016.

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