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Research in Normal

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Normal, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Illinois State University.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
292k
19.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Normal

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 Normal?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Illinois State UniversityUniversity 14,391 #3,277
2Community Cancer CenterHospital / health system 156 #27,105 all time
3Mid Illinois Hematology and Oncology AssociatesHospital / health system 70 not ranked
4Heartland Community CollegeUniversity 46 not ranked
5Energy Therapies Alliance of Central IllinoisInstitution 23 not ranked
6Normal Public LibraryArchive 2 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.

Illinois State University: 98.0%Community Cancer Center: 1.1%Mid Illinois Hematology and Oncology Associates: 0.5%Heartland Community College: 0.3%2 others listed: 0.2%98%largest
Illinois State University14k · 98.0%Community Cancer Center156 · 1.1%Mid Illinois Hematology and Oncology Associates70 · 0.5%Heartland Community College46 · 0.3%2 others listed25 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Normal work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Normal is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Medicine (8%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,069 fractional works · 54.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 552 fractional works · 28.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 169 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEducation: 148 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 57 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGender Studies: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 159 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 54 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 42 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 137 fractional works · 7.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMusic: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 112 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAccounting: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 77 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 54 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFinance: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 497 fractional works · 25.2% of its workComputer Science: 132 fractional works · 6.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 37 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 36 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 113 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 74 fractional works · 3.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 45 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 235 fractional works · 11.9% of its workMedicine: 160 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 65 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 35 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 168 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 65 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAging: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 58 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 36 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNormal1,968fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences54%

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 Sciences1,06954.3%
    1. Social Sciences55228.0%
    2. Psychology1598.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities1377.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1125.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance773.9%
    6. Decision Sciences331.7%
    1. Computer Science1326.7%
    2. Engineering1135.8%
    3. Environmental Science743.8%
    4. Mathematics452.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences331.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy331.7%
    7. Chemistry311.6%
    8. Materials Science281.4%
    9. Energy40.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Medicine1608.1%
    2. Health Professions653.3%
    3. Nursing70.4%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology653.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences582.9%
    3. Neuroscience361.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology70.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Normal?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Education, Identity, Mental Health, Gender, Technology Integration, Reflective Practice and Teacher Professional Development.

▲ 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. Globalization89▲ 2.3×71 topics
  2. Education73▲ 2.2×66 topics
  3. Mental Health63▲ 2.2×36 topics
  4. Machine Learning55▼ 0.84×63 topics
  5. Identity49▲ 3.5×44 topics
  6. Sustainability45◆ 0.94×51 topics
  7. Gender42▲ 4.0×35 topics
  8. Social Media40▲ 1.46×29 topics
  9. Innovation36▲ 1.76×31 topics
  10. Social Justice35▲ 3.0×26 topics
  11. Educational Technology34▲ 1.48×26 topics
  12. Corporate Governance34▲ 2.3×16 topics
  13. History32▲ 2.4×33 topics
  14. Colonialism32▲ 3.5×33 topics
  15. Economic Growth31▲ 1.95×20 topics
  16. Technology Integration30▲ 4.9×11 topics
  17. Literature30▲ 2.8×31 topics
  18. Student Engagement30▲ 3.8×11 topics
  19. Higher Education29▲ 2.8×17 topics
  20. Culture27▲ 2.6×18 topics
  21. Social Support27▲ 2.5×16 topics
  22. Reflective Practice26▲ 6.8×7 topics
  23. Nationalism25▲ 2.9×24 topics
  24. Teacher Professional Development24▲ 7.6×5 topics
  25. Teacher Education23▲ 9.2×7 topics
  26. Intersectionality23▲ 6.1×9 topics
  27. Feminism23▲ 3.9×14 topics
  28. Social Interaction22▲ 2.9×10 topics
  29. Democracy22▲ 3.2×16 topics
  30. Academic Achievement21▲ 6.2×10 topics
  31. Community Engagement20▲ 3.2×12 topics
  32. Professional Development20▲ 4.8×12 topics
  33. Teacher Preparation18▲ 12×5 topics
  34. Student Perceptions17▲ 4.8×7 topics
  35. Special Education16▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Experiential Learning14▲ 14×6 topics
  37. Mathematics Education14▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Professional Learning Communities14▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Qualitative Research Methods13▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Teacher Identity13▲ 17×1 topic

What research is done in Normal?

Teacher Education and Le…10Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 10 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in …10Critical Race Theory in Education: 10 fractional worksMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 9 fractional worksLabor Movements and Unions: 9 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…8Education and Critical Thinking Development: 8 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 8 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 7 fractional worksEducator Training and Hi…7Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 7 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 7 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 7 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political SciencePublic AdministrationAccounting1 others

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

  1. 1 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 10 works
  2. 2 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  3. 3 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 9 works
  4. 4 Labor Movements and Unions Public Administration 9 works
  5. 5 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 8 works
  6. 6 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 8 works
  7. 7 Online and Blended Learning Education 7 works
  8. 8 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  9. 9 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 7 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 7 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%Normal14.8% 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 30.0% in 2016.

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