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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-now are Missouri State University, Forest Institute and Evangel University.

Research institutions
23
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9.4k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
170k
17.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Springfield

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 Springfield?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Missouri State UniversityUniversity 6,235 #4,541
2Forest InstituteUniversity 894 #10,783
3Drury UniversityUniversity 741 #15,088
4Evangel UniversityUniversity 301 #14,910
5Mercy ResearchResearch facility 175 #17,187
6Alternative OpportunitiesNonprofit 171 #23,641 all time
7Headache Care CenterHospital / health system 155 #31,056 all time
8Mercy Hospital SpringfieldHospital / health system 136 #33,639 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-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.

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.

Which fields of science does Springfield work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research in Springfield is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Social Sciences (18%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 679 fractional works · 36.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 325 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 103 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 77 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 37 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 117 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 42 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 38 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 114 fractional works · 6.2% of its workReligious studies: 28 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 68 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 35 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 538 fractional works · 29.1% of its workComputer Science: 127 fractional works · 6.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 57 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 100 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 93 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 75 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeophysics: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 44 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 43 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 405 fractional works · 21.9% of its workMedicine: 338 fractional works · 18.3% of its workSurgery: 46 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 29 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 56 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 28 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 226 fractional works · 12.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 110 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 60 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 67 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 27 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSpringfield1,847fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences37%

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. Social Sciences32517.6%
    2. Psychology1176.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities1146.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting683.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance351.9%
    6. Decision Sciences191.1%
    1. Computer Science1276.9%
    2. Engineering1005.4%
    3. Environmental Science935.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences754.1%
    5. Chemistry442.4%
    6. Materials Science432.3%
    7. Mathematics291.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy140.7%
    9. Energy70.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.3%
    1. Medicine33818.3%
    2. Health Professions563.0%
    3. Nursing90.5%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1105.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences673.6%
    3. Neuroscience271.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology140.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 0.75× its world share, 56 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 93 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.35× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.57× its world share, 39 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 110 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 68 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 90 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 74 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 293 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.14× its world share, 98 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 58 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 31 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 99 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 286 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.72×68 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.14×98 works
  3. Psychology2.03×99 works
  4. Chemistry1.57×39 works
  5. Social Sciences1.42×286 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.35×8 works
  7. Health Professions1.20×50 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.14×58 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×93 works
  10. Chemical Engineering1.08×6 works
  11. Nursing1.03×8 works
  12. Medicine0.96×293 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.94×14 works
  14. Environmental Science0.93×74 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×31 works
  16. Mathematics0.90×17 works
  17. Computer Science0.88×110 works
  18. Neuroscience0.85×22 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.76×12 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.75×56 works
  21. Materials Science0.69×38 works
  22. Veterinary0.57×1 works
  23. Energy0.43×6 works
  24. Engineering0.38×90 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.37×13 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Springfield?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Gender, Climate Change, Globalization, Epidemiology, Social Justice, Machine Learning and Geological Mapping.

▲ 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. Epidemiology67◆ 0.92×106 topics
  2. Climate Change62▲ 1.24×76 topics
  3. Machine Learning60◆ 0.98×59 topics
  4. Globalization54▲ 1.49×66 topics
  5. Mental Health51▲ 1.93×36 topics
  6. Deep Learning46▼ 0.73×56 topics
  7. Gender36▲ 3.6×31 topics
  8. Education35◆ 1.10×54 topics
  9. Social Media33▲ 1.28×25 topics
  10. Public Health32▲ 1.17×42 topics
  11. Social Justice31▲ 2.9×22 topics
  12. Healthcare29▲ 1.36×23 topics
  13. Remote Sensing28▲ 1.27×25 topics
  14. History27▲ 2.1×27 topics
  15. Identity26▲ 1.96×31 topics
  16. Religion25▲ 2.9×25 topics
  17. Leadership23▲ 2.6×20 topics
  18. Nationalism21▲ 2.6×18 topics
  19. Regenerative Medicine20▲ 4.2×6 topics
  20. Social Support20▲ 1.97×14 topics
  21. Neoliberalism17▲ 2.6×18 topics
  22. Support Vector Machines17▲ 2.8×7 topics
  23. Feminism17▲ 3.1×14 topics
  24. Geological Mapping16▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Groundwater16▲ 9.1×6 topics
  26. Hyperspectral Imaging15▲ 3.0×6 topics
  27. Intersectionality15▲ 4.2×9 topics
  28. African Christianity14▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Theology14▲ 8.2×3 topics
  30. Reflective Practice14▲ 3.9×6 topics
  31. Diversity14▲ 4.2×8 topics
  32. Compositional Data Analysis13▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Mineral Prospectivity13▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Evidence-Based Practice13▲ 5.2×7 topics
  35. Church History13▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Civil Society13▲ 6.2×8 topics
  37. Tectonics12▲ 5.5×3 topics
  38. Spirituality12▲ 6.4×5 topics
  39. Subduction11▲ 8.2×3 topics
  40. Hermeneutics11▲ 7.3×2 topics

What research is done in Springfield?

Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 13 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 9 fractional worksPentecostalism and Chris…8Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 8 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedica…73D Printing in Biomedical Research: 7 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 7 fractional worksGeological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 6 fractional worksTissue Engineering and R…6Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: 6 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 6 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 6 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelect…6Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 6 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceReligious studiesBiomedical EngineeringAtmospheric Science4 others

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

  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

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Springfield14.1% 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 26.3% in 2000.

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