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Research in Rock Island

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Rock Island, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Augustana College.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.6k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
14.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Rock Island

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Which research institutions are in Rock Island?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Augustana CollegeUniversity 1,438 #13,600
2Trinity Medical CenterHospital / health system 158 #33,532 all time

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 Rock Island work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Rock Island is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (18%), Computer Science (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 77 fractional works · 41.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 23.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 7.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 6.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 30.0% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 12.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 41 fractional works · 21.8% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 18.4% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 7.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRock Island189fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences41%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4523.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities147.4%
    3. Psychology136.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Computer Science2412.6%
    2. Environmental Science105.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences94.8%
    4. Engineering84.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy31.4%
    6. Chemistry10.6%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Materials Science10.4%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Medicine3518.4%
    2. Health Professions63.0%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Neuroscience63.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Rock Island?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Feminism, Identity, Subduction, Andean Geodynamics, Caribbean Plate Boundary, Gender, Postcolonialism and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Deep Learning11▲ 1.68×27 topics
  2. Machine Learning9▲ 1.49×17 topics
  3. Feminism8▲ 15×8 topics
  4. Identity7▲ 5.3×14 topics
  5. Globalization6▲ 1.70×14 topics
  6. Gender6▲ 5.9×11 topics
  7. Subduction6▲ 39×2 topics
  8. Andean Geodynamics5▲ 371×1 topic
  9. Caribbean Plate Boundary5▲ 371×1 topic
  10. Social Justice5▲ 4.8×9 topics
  11. Postcolonialism5▲ 19×5 topics
  12. Security4▲ 3.5×7 topics
  13. Social Movements4▲ 7.5×3 topics
  14. Cold War4▲ 35×3 topics
  15. History4▲ 2.9×8 topics
  16. Black Studies4▲ 88×1 topic
  17. Civil Rights Movement4▲ 88×1 topic
  18. Language Development4▲ 15×4 topics
  19. Student Engagement3▲ 4.5×7 topics
  20. Higher Education3▲ 3.1×6 topics
  21. IoT Security3▲ 5.5×3 topics
  22. Nationalism3▲ 3.8×7 topics
  23. Colonialism3▲ 3.4×7 topics
  24. Public Sociology3▲ 188×1 topic
  25. Social Theory3▲ 55×1 topic
  26. Empire3▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Social Mobility3▲ 50×2 topics
  28. Teaching Strategies3▲ 4.9×3 topics
  29. Bilingualism2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  30. Educational Inequality2▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Cultural Capital2▲ 19×1 topic
  32. Race2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  33. Social Class2▲ 89×1 topic
  34. Immigration2▲ 10.0×4 topics
  35. Behavioral Analysis2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  36. Fan Culture2▲ 39×1 topic
  37. National Identity2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  38. Sport2▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 16×1 topic

What research is done in Rock Island?

Geological and Tectonic …5Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 5 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 4 fractional worksContemporary Sociologica…3Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice: 3 fractional worksSocial and Cultural Dyna…2Social and Cultural Dynamics: 2 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 2 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…2Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 2 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 2 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Methods: 2 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 2 fractional works
GeophysicsSociology and Political ScienceGender StudiesArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 5 works
  2. 2 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Social and Cultural Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 2 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 2 works
  8. 8 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 2 works
  10. 10 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 2 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Rock Island8.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.4% in 2012.

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