Research in Springfield
Science Explorer records 23 research institutions in Springfield, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Missouri State University, Mercy Research and Forest Institute.
- Research institutions
- 23 5 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 9.4k ▲ 35% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 12.8% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Springfield?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missouri State UniversityUniversity | 6,235 | #5,414 | |
| 2 | Forest InstituteUniversity | 894 | #13,567 | |
| 3 | Drury UniversityUniversity | 741 | #26,700 | |
| 4 | Evangel UniversityUniversity | 301 | #22,122 | |
| 5 | Mercy ResearchResearch facility | 175 | #13,215 | |
| 6 | Alternative OpportunitiesNonprofit | 171 | #37,957 all time | |
| 7 | Headache Care CenterHospital / health system | 155 | #33,947 all time | |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital SpringfieldHospital / health system | 136 | #32,936 all time | |
| 9 | Mercy Clinic NeurologyHospital / health system | 114 | not ranked | |
| 10 | Cox CollegeUniversity | 92 | not ranked | |
| 11 | CoxHealthHospital / health system | 85 | not ranked | |
| 12 | Assemblies of God Theological SeminaryInstitution | 75 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Cox Medical Center SouthHospital / health system | 61 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Ozarks Technical Community CollegeUniversity | 50 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Burrell Behavioral HealthUniversity | 42 | not ranked | |
| 16 | QPS (United States)Company | 41 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Baptist Bible CollegeUniversity | 32 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Clinvest (United States)Company | 27 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Cancer Research for the OzarksNonprofit | 17 | not ranked | |
| 20 | CoxHealth FoundationHospital / health system | 3 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Springfield Greene County Library DistrictArchive | 0 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Empower AbilitiesInstitution | 0 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Community Foundation of the OzarksNonprofit | 0 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
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What is Springfield strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Springfield is most concentrated in Religious studies and Geophysics (9.8× the world share in Religious studies).
- Religious studiesSubfield · 26.0 works9.8×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 25.1 works4.5×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Springfield?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Climate Change, Globalization, Gender, Epidemiology, Social Justice, Geological Mapping and Machine Learning.
- Biblical Monotheism
- Spirituality
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Civil Society
- Intersectionality
- Mineral Prospectivity
- Reflective Practice
- African Christianity
- Hyperspectral Imaging
- Neoliberalism
- Social Support
- Nationalism
- Leadership
- History
- Healthcare
- Social Justice
- Gender
- Deep Learning
- Mental Health
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Globalization
- Education
- Public Health
- Social Media
- Remote Sensing
- Identity
- Religion
- Regenerative Medicine
- Geological Mapping
- Support Vector Machines
- Theology
- Diversity
- Compositional Data Analysis
- Groundwater
- Church History
- Subduction
- Tectonics
- Hermeneutics
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Epidemiology58◆ 0.92×100 topics
- Climate Change52▲ 1.21×70 topics
- Machine Learning49◆ 0.95×56 topics
- Mental Health46▲ 1.96×33 topics
- Globalization46▲ 1.46×59 topics
- Deep Learning39▼ 0.71×54 topics
- Education31◆ 1.13×49 topics
- Gender28▲ 3.3×27 topics
- Public Health27▲ 1.16×42 topics
- Social Justice27▲ 2.9×18 topics
- Social Media26▲ 1.16×24 topics
- Healthcare25▲ 1.38×22 topics
- Remote Sensing25▲ 1.26×24 topics
- History23▲ 2.1×22 topics
- Identity21▲ 1.84×28 topics
- Leadership21▲ 2.7×18 topics
- Religion21▲ 2.8×20 topics
- Nationalism20▲ 2.7×17 topics
- Regenerative Medicine19▲ 4.7×6 topics
- Social Support19▲ 2.1×14 topics
- Geological Mapping16▲ 12×2 topics
- Neoliberalism16▲ 2.8×16 topics
- Support Vector Machines16▲ 3.2×7 topics
- Hyperspectral Imaging15▲ 3.2×6 topics
- Theology13▲ 8.7×3 topics
- African Christianity13▲ 37×2 topics
- Diversity13▲ 4.7×8 topics
- Reflective Practice13▲ 4.4×6 topics
- Compositional Data Analysis13▲ 12×1 topic
- Mineral Prospectivity13▲ 12×1 topic
- Groundwater13▲ 9.9×6 topics
- Intersectionality12▲ 4.3×7 topics
- Church History12▲ 18×3 topics
- Civil Society12▲ 6.9×8 topics
- Subduction11▲ 9.6×3 topics
- Evidence-Based Practice11▲ 5.2×7 topics
- Tectonics11▲ 5.6×3 topics
- Spirituality11▲ 6.9×4 topics
- Hermeneutics10▲ 8.0×2 topics
- Biblical Monotheism9▲ 21×1 topic
What research is done in Springfield?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 13 works
- 2 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 9 works
- 3 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 8 works
- 4 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 7 works
- 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 7 works
- 6 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 6 works
- 7 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Surgery 6 works
- 8 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
- 9 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 6 works
- 10 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 6 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.