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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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Missouri State UniversityUniversity 6,235 #5,414
2Forest InstituteUniversity 894 #13,567
3Drury UniversityUniversity 741 #26,700
4Evangel UniversityUniversity 301 #22,122
5Mercy ResearchResearch facility 175 #13,215
6Alternative OpportunitiesNonprofit 171 #37,957 all time
7Headache Care CenterHospital / health system 155 #33,947 all time
8Mercy Hospital SpringfieldHospital / health system 136 #32,936 all time
9Mercy Clinic NeurologyHospital / health system 114 not ranked
10Cox CollegeUniversity 92 not ranked
11CoxHealthHospital / health system 85 not ranked
12Assemblies of God Theological SeminaryInstitution 75 not ranked
13Cox Medical Center SouthHospital / health system 61 not ranked
14Ozarks Technical Community CollegeUniversity 50 not ranked
15Burrell Behavioral HealthUniversity 42 not ranked
16QPS (United States)Company 41 not ranked
17Baptist Bible CollegeUniversity 32 not ranked
18Clinvest (United States)Company 27 not ranked
19Cancer Research for the OzarksNonprofit 17 not ranked
20CoxHealth FoundationHospital / health system 3 not ranked
21Springfield Greene County Library DistrictArchive 0 not ranked
22Empower AbilitiesInstitution 0 not ranked
23Community 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.

Missouri State University: 66.0%Forest Institute: 9.5%Drury University: 7.8%Evangel University: 3.2%16 others listed: 13.5%66%largest
Missouri State University6,235 · 66.0%Forest Institute894 · 9.5%Drury University741 · 7.8%Evangel University301 · 3.2%16 others listed1,276 · 13.5%

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

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).

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 26.0 works9.8×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 25.1 works4.5×
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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.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. Epidemiology58◆ 0.92×100 topics
  2. Climate Change52▲ 1.21×70 topics
  3. Machine Learning49◆ 0.95×56 topics
  4. Mental Health46▲ 1.96×33 topics
  5. Globalization46▲ 1.46×59 topics
  6. Deep Learning39▼ 0.71×54 topics
  7. Education31◆ 1.13×49 topics
  8. Gender28▲ 3.3×27 topics
  9. Public Health27▲ 1.16×42 topics
  10. Social Justice27▲ 2.9×18 topics
  11. Social Media26▲ 1.16×24 topics
  12. Healthcare25▲ 1.38×22 topics
  13. Remote Sensing25▲ 1.26×24 topics
  14. History23▲ 2.1×22 topics
  15. Identity21▲ 1.84×28 topics
  16. Leadership21▲ 2.7×18 topics
  17. Religion21▲ 2.8×20 topics
  18. Nationalism20▲ 2.7×17 topics
  19. Regenerative Medicine19▲ 4.7×6 topics
  20. Social Support19▲ 2.1×14 topics
  21. Geological Mapping16▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Neoliberalism16▲ 2.8×16 topics
  23. Support Vector Machines16▲ 3.2×7 topics
  24. Hyperspectral Imaging15▲ 3.2×6 topics
  25. Theology13▲ 8.7×3 topics
  26. African Christianity13▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Diversity13▲ 4.7×8 topics
  28. Reflective Practice13▲ 4.4×6 topics
  29. Compositional Data Analysis13▲ 12×1 topic
  30. Mineral Prospectivity13▲ 12×1 topic
  31. Groundwater13▲ 9.9×6 topics
  32. Intersectionality12▲ 4.3×7 topics
  33. Church History12▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Civil Society12▲ 6.9×8 topics
  35. Subduction11▲ 9.6×3 topics
  36. Evidence-Based Practice11▲ 5.2×7 topics
  37. Tectonics11▲ 5.6×3 topics
  38. Spirituality11▲ 6.9×4 topics
  39. Hermeneutics10▲ 8.0×2 topics
  40. Biblical Monotheism9▲ 21×1 topic

What research is done in Springfield?

  1. 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 13 works
  2. 2 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 9 works
  3. 3 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 8 works
  4. 4 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 7 works
  6. 6 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 6 works
  7. 7 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Surgery 6 works
  8. 8 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  9. 9 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 6 works
  10. 10 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 6 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.