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Research in Rockford

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Rockford, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Saint Anthony College of Nursing, Applications Research (United States) and Rock Valley College.

Research institutions
12
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.2k
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
64k
20.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Rockford

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 Rockford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Saint Anthony College of NursingUniversity 920 #9,731
2Rockford UniversityUniversity 551 #13,065 all time
3Applications Research (United States)Company 432 #12,580
4Rock Valley CollegeUniversity 314 #14,594
5Swedish American HospitalHospital / health system 219 #28,180 all time
6Javon Bea Hospital-RocktonHospital / health system 105 not ranked
7OSF Saint Anthony Medical CenterHospital / health system 35 not ranked
8Illinois Area Health Education CenterHospital / health system 12 not ranked
9Discovery Center MuseumArchive 7 not ranked
10Rockford Public LibraryArchive 1 not ranked
11Kiwanis Club of RockfordInstitution 1 not ranked
12Community Foundation of Northern IllinoisInstitution 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.

Saint Anthony College of Nursing: 35.4%Rockford University: 21.2%Applications Research (United States): 16.6%Rock Valley College: 12.1%8 others listed: 14.7%35%largest
Saint Anthony College of Nursing920 · 35.4%Rockford University551 · 21.2%Applications Research (United States)432 · 16.6%Rock Valley College314 · 12.1%8 others listed381 · 14.7%

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

Which fields of science does Rockford work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Rockford is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Engineering (17%), Computer Science (16%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 377 fractional works · 49.5% of its workEngineering: 127 fractional works · 16.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 31 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 123 fractional works · 16.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 39 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 49 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 210 fractional works · 27.6% of its workMedicine: 173 fractional works · 22.6% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 30 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 89 fractional works · 11.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 86 fractional works · 11.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRockford763fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences12%

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. Engineering12716.7%
    2. Computer Science12316.2%
    3. Environmental Science496.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences233.1%
    5. Materials Science222.9%
    6. Mathematics121.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy91.2%
    8. Energy50.7%
    9. Chemistry40.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.3%
    1. Medicine17322.6%
    2. Health Professions304.0%
    3. Nursing50.6%
    4. Dentistry20.3%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Social Sciences415.4%
    2. Psychology182.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting91.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance71.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities70.9%
    6. Decision Sciences60.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology354.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences253.3%
    3. Neuroscience131.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology91.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Rockford?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Healthcare, Epidemiology, Climate Change, Wireless Sensor Networks, Security and Internet of Things.

▲ 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 Learning59▲ 2.2×64 topics
  2. Machine Learning54▲ 2.1×59 topics
  3. Epidemiology34◆ 1.11×83 topics
  4. Climate Change28▲ 1.36×48 topics
  5. Healthcare22▲ 2.6×13 topics
  6. Neural Networks19▲ 1.60×30 topics
  7. Remote Sensing16▲ 1.72×20 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence16▲ 1.46×25 topics
  9. Internet of Things15▲ 2.4×15 topics
  10. Security15▲ 3.0×16 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency15▲ 2.1×17 topics
  12. Wireless Sensor Networks14▲ 4.0×12 topics
  13. Treatment13▲ 1.42×32 topics
  14. Convolutional Neural Networks13▲ 2.4×12 topics
  15. Big Data12▲ 1.72×13 topics
  16. Diagnosis11▲ 1.61×26 topics
  17. Chemotherapy11▲ 2.0×20 topics
  18. IoT Security10▲ 4.4×3 topics
  19. Data Mining10▲ 1.80×9 topics
  20. Cybersecurity10▲ 5.2×4 topics
  21. Cloud Computing10▲ 4.5×6 topics
  22. Image Processing10▲ 2.9×10 topics
  23. Clinical Trials9▲ 1.83×15 topics
  24. IoT9▲ 3.2×10 topics
  25. Precision Medicine9▲ 2.4×7 topics
  26. Smart Cities9▲ 4.4×5 topics
  27. Sediment Transport8▲ 6.8×4 topics
  28. Big Data Analytics8▲ 5.1×3 topics
  29. Environmental Monitoring8▲ 2.8×8 topics
  30. 5G Networks8▲ 4.9×3 topics
  31. Security and Privacy7▲ 4.9×3 topics
  32. Anomaly Detection7▲ 3.1×3 topics
  33. Computer Vision7▲ 3.2×4 topics
  34. Feature Selection6▲ 3.8×5 topics
  35. Data Assimilation6▲ 4.6×3 topics
  36. CMOS Technology6▲ 8.9×4 topics
  37. Smart Farming5▲ 5.9×2 topics
  38. Fog Computing5▲ 5.8×1 topic
  39. Geomorphological Effects5▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Virtualization5▲ 7.4×3 topics

What research is done in Rockford?

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing4IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 4 fractional worksCloud Computing and Reso…4Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 4 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …4Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 4 fractional worksAugmented Reality Applic…3Augmented Reality Applications: 3 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 3 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …3Cryospheric studies and observations: 3 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 3 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 3 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsInformation SystemsEcologyHealth Information Management6 others

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

  1. 1 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  2. 2 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 4 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 4 works
  5. 5 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 3 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 3 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 3 works
  9. 9 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  10. 10 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 3 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Rockford8.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 33.4% in 2008.

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