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Research in Norman

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Norman, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Oklahoma, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and Oklahoma Biological Survey.

Research institutions
17
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
49k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2M
24.2 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
Norman

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 Norman?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of OklahomaUniversity 62,366 #366
2Design Intelligence (United States)Company 2,370 #22,316
3Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological StudiesResearch facility 843 #17,046
4Oklahoma Biological SurveyInstitution 621 #22,225
5Advanced Processing Technology (United States)Company 103 not ranked
6Norman Regional HospitalHospital / health system 102 not ranked
7Norman Regional Health SystemHospital / health system 25 not ranked
8Surfactant AssociatesInstitution 22 not ranked
9Oklahoma Otolaryngology AssociatesInstitution 15 not ranked
10Pioneer Library SystemArchive 15 not ranked
11KISS Institute for Practical RoboticsNonprofit 13 not ranked
12Southern Plains Transportation CenterResearch facility 7 not ranked
13National Cowboy & Western Heritage MuseumArchive 3 not ranked
14Bijhem ScientificInstitution 3 not ranked
15Glomics (United States)Company 3 not ranked
16Immuno-MycologicsCompany 3 not ranked
17Sarkeys 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.

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 Oklahoma: 93.8%Design Intelligence (United States): 3.6%Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies: 1.3%Oklahoma Biological Survey: 0.9%13 others listed: 0.5%94%largest
University of Oklahoma62k · 93.8%Design Intelligence (United States)2,370 · 3.6%Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies843 · 1.3%Oklahoma Biological Survey621 · 0.9%13 others listed315 · 0.5%

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

Which fields of science does Norman work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Norman is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Social Sciences (13%), Engineering (13%).

Physical Sciences: 3,455 fractional works · 44.4% of its workEngineering: 1,019 fractional works · 13.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 158 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 148 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 133 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 121 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 89 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 86 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 699 fractional works · 9.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 448 fractional works · 5.8% of its workInformation Systems: 82 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 585 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 208 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 96 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 79 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 459 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 280 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeophysics: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 208 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 77 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 192 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 121 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 122 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 93 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,994 fractional works · 25.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,022 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 299 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEducation: 162 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 125 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 118 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 346 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 118 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 77 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 255 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 171 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 116 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 91 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 84 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,764 fractional works · 22.7% of its workMedicine: 1,501 fractional works · 19.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 455 fractional works · 5.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 128 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 121 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 116 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 72 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 70 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFamily Practice: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 147 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 232 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 111 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 570 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 274 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 141 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 123 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 78 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 123 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorman7,782fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences26%

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. Engineering1,01913.1%
    2. Computer Science6999.0%
    3. Environmental Science5857.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences4595.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2082.7%
    6. Materials Science1922.5%
    7. Chemistry1221.6%
    8. Mathematics931.2%
    9. Energy510.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering270.3%
  2. Social Sciences1,99425.6%
    1. Social Sciences1,02213.1%
    2. Psychology3464.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities2553.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1712.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1161.5%
    6. Decision Sciences841.1%
  3. Health Sciences1,76422.7%
    1. Medicine1,50119.3%
    2. Health Professions2323.0%
    3. Dentistry140.2%
    4. Nursing130.2%
    5. Veterinary40.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2743.5%
    2. Neuroscience1231.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1231.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology400.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Norman strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Norman is most concentrated in Health Informatics, Family Practice and Atmospheric Science (53.5× the world share in Health Informatics).

  1. Health InformaticsSubfield · 452.5 works53×
  2. Family PracticeSubfield · 59.6 works18×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 243.5 works7.8×
  4. Applied PsychologySubfield · 75.2 works7.5×
  5. Safety ResearchSubfield · 112.8 works5.8×
  6. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 401.0 works3.6×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 110 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 245 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 107 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.94× its world share, 104 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 643 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.63× its world share, 401 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 43 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 886 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.50× its world share, 526 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 164 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.03× its world share, 85 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.18× its world share, 184 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 220 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 1,408 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.11× its world share, 226 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 160 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 76 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 111 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 314 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 937 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.63×401 works
  2. Environmental Science1.50×526 works
  3. Psychology1.46×314 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.18×184 works
  5. Health Professions1.18×220 works
  6. Computer Science1.17×643 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.11×226 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.11×76 works
  9. Social Sciences1.05×937 works
  10. Medicine1.04×1,408 works
  11. Mathematics1.03×85 works
  12. Neuroscience0.94×107 works
  13. Chemistry0.94×104 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.92×22 works
  15. Engineering0.84×886 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×111 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×160 works
  18. Materials Science0.67×164 works
  19. Energy0.66×43 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×245 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×34 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×10 works
  23. Dentistry0.34×12 works
  24. Veterinary0.34×3 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×110 works
  26. Nursing0.33×11 works

Which keywords describe research in Norman?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Machine Learning, Precision Medicine, Big Data, Medical Imaging, Ethical Challenges and Health Equity.

▲ 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. Machine Learning928▲ 3.6×84 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence729▲ 6.6×40 topics
  3. Healthcare663▲ 7.5×23 topics
  4. Precision Medicine618▲ 16×7 topics
  5. Big Data604▲ 8.1×26 topics
  6. Medical Imaging539▲ 13×9 topics
  7. Ethical Challenges479▲ 28×4 topics
  8. Health Equity474▲ 21×6 topics
  9. Clinical Decision Support455▲ 37×2 topics
  10. Radiology455▲ 41×1 topic
  11. Climate Change401▲ 1.90×92 topics
  12. Deep Learning381▲ 1.42×78 topics
  13. Data Assimilation187▲ 15×4 topics
  14. Remote Sensing165▲ 1.73×35 topics
  15. Ensemble Kalman Filter163▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Boundary Layer152▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Predictive Modeling152▲ 7.0×6 topics
  18. Global Warming146▲ 4.4×12 topics
  19. Electronic Health Records142▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Probabilistic Forecasting139▲ 9.2×3 topics
  21. Ethics132▲ 3.4×33 topics
  22. Convective Parameterization132▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Mesoscale Modeling132▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Clinical Event Prediction121▲ 23×1 topic
  25. Patient Similarity121▲ 23×1 topic
  26. Hydrological Modeling114▲ 6.1×5 topics
  27. Surveillance106▲ 4.8×6 topics
  28. Discrimination105▲ 6.4×7 topics
  29. Mobile Health99▲ 8.8×3 topics
  30. Adherence98▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Hydrological Cycle96▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Accountability94▲ 9.6×4 topics
  33. Fairness89▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Transparency89▲ 8.0×4 topics
  35. Algorithmic Bias87▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Reflective Practice82▲ 5.5×7 topics
  37. Ocean Circulation78▲ 7.3×3 topics
  38. Extreme Events70▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Climate Modeling69▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Precipitation Extremes69▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Norman?

Artificial Intelligence …452Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 452 fractional worksMachine Learning in Healthcare: 120 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 115 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 84 fractional worksDigital Mental Health In…63Digital Mental Health Interventions: 63 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 62 fractional worksExplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 54 fractional worksClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills: 53 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 45 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 41 fractional works
Health InformaticsArtificial IntelligenceAtmospheric ScienceSafety Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 452 works
  2. 2 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 120 works
  3. 3 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 115 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 84 works
  5. 5 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 63 works
  6. 6 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 62 works
  7. 7 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 54 works
  8. 8 Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills Family Practice 53 works
  9. 9 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 45 works
  10. 10 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 41 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 counting10%20%30%Norman15.4% 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 29.2% in 2016.

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