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Research in Springfield

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Springfield, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Western New England University, Baystate Health and Springfield College.

Research institutions
15
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.5k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
134k
15.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.8%
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
1Western New England UniversityUniversity 2,329 #6,389
2Springfield CollegeUniversity 1,396 #11,046
3Baystate HealthHospital / health system 733 #7,733
4American International CollegeUniversity 252 #25,225 all time
5Springfield Technical Community CollegeUniversity 104 not ranked
6Community Services InstituteHospital / health system 39 not ranked
7Behavioral Health NetworkHospital / health system 36 not ranked
8Infectious Diseases and the Research InstituteInstitution 32 not ranked
9MassMutual Financial Group (United States)Company 10 not ranked
10Pioneer Valley Planning CommissionInstitution 6 not ranked
11PathlightNonprofit 6 not ranked
12New North Citizens CouncilGovernment institution 5 not ranked
13FamilieSCN2A FoundationNonprofit 3 not ranked
14Springfield MuseumsArchive 1 not ranked
15Springfield Neurology Clinical TrialsResearch facility 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.

Western New England University: 47.0%Springfield College: 28.2%Baystate Health: 14.8%American International College: 5.1%11 others listed: 4.9%47%largest
Western New England University2,329 · 47.0%Springfield College1,396 · 28.2%Baystate Health733 · 14.8%American International College252 · 5.1%11 others listed243 · 4.9%

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

Which fields of science does Springfield work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Springfield is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (47%), Social Sciences (8%), Engineering (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 802 fractional works · 53.7% of its workMedicine: 697 fractional works · 46.7% of its workSurgery: 95 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 86 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 56 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 53 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 52 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOncology: 30 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 30 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 93 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 46 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 290 fractional works · 19.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 125 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 41 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 27 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 83 fractional works · 5.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 30 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 28 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 226 fractional works · 15.1% of its workEngineering: 97 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 49 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 42 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 176 fractional works · 11.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 67 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInsect Science: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 64 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 23 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSpringfield1,493fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences54%Social Sciences19%

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. Medicine69746.7%
    2. Health Professions936.2%
    3. Nursing80.5%
    4. Dentistry30.2%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Social Sciences1258.4%
    2. Psychology835.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting281.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance231.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities191.3%
    6. Decision Sciences120.8%
    1. Engineering976.5%
    2. Computer Science493.3%
    3. Environmental Science422.8%
    4. Materials Science110.7%
    5. Mathematics80.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy60.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.4%
    8. Energy30.2%
    9. Chemistry30.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences674.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology644.3%
    3. Neuroscience231.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology161.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.4%
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 Emergency Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (9.2× the world share in Emergency Medicine).

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 26.8 works9.2×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 68.2 works5.4×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 45 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 87 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.56× its world share, 81 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.63× its world share, 606 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.92× its world share, 70 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 107 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.63×606 works
  2. Health Professions2.56×81 works
  3. Psychology1.92×70 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.30×6 works
  5. Nursing1.12×7 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.05×13 works
  7. Neuroscience0.99×19 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.83×10 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×21 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×45 works
  11. Social Sciences0.70×107 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.60×23 works
  13. Engineering0.48×87 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.47×16 works
  15. Dentistry0.45×3 works
  16. Mathematics0.42×6 works
  17. Computer Science0.41×38 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.28×1 works
  19. Energy0.28×3 works
  20. Environmental Science0.27×16 works
  21. Veterinary0.23×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.20×5 works
  23. Materials Science0.16×7 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×8 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×2 works
  26. Chemistry0.08×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Springfield?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Treatment, Biological Control, Risk Factors, Management and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology132▲ 2.2×111 topics
  2. Diagnosis46▲ 3.3×35 topics
  3. Treatment45▲ 2.5×43 topics
  4. Guidelines41▲ 5.8×12 topics
  5. Risk Factors41▲ 2.5×34 topics
  6. Inflammation40▲ 1.27×60 topics
  7. Mental Health37▲ 1.73×34 topics
  8. Quality of Life37▲ 1.70×42 topics
  9. Management36▲ 3.0×28 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 1.74×28 topics
  11. Heart Failure29▲ 4.3×14 topics
  12. Mortality28▲ 3.4×12 topics
  13. Depression27▲ 2.0×20 topics
  14. Invasive Species26▲ 4.1×18 topics
  15. Complications26▲ 3.5×15 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis25▲ 2.9×18 topics
  17. Chemotherapy25▲ 2.4×24 topics
  18. Biological Control25▲ 11×9 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines22▲ 2.7×14 topics
  20. Myocardial Infarction22▲ 6.2×7 topics
  21. Anxiety21▲ 2.9×8 topics
  22. Catheter Ablation21▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Evidence-Based Practice20▲ 10×7 topics
  24. Well-being20▲ 3.5×10 topics
  25. Primary Care20▲ 3.7×13 topics
  26. Echocardiography20▲ 4.9×8 topics
  27. Medical Education20▲ 5.0×10 topics
  28. Surgery19▲ 3.6×11 topics
  29. Atrial Fibrillation17▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Critical Care17▲ 4.7×8 topics
  31. Reflective Practice17▲ 6.0×6 topics
  32. Children17▲ 4.9×7 topics
  33. Stroke Prevention16▲ 8.7×2 topics
  34. Quality Improvement16▲ 5.5×8 topics
  35. Assessment Methods16▲ 9.8×3 topics
  36. Anticoagulant Therapy15▲ 8.1×4 topics
  37. Risk Stratification14▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Thromboembolism14▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention14▲ 7.1×4 topics
  40. Resuscitation14▲ 6.8×4 topics

What research is done in Springfield?

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 12 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 9 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…8Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 8 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…8Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 6 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…6Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 6 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 6 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 6 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…6Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 6 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEmergency MedicineSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 8 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 6 works
  6. 6 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 6 works
  7. 7 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 6 works
  10. 10 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Springfield9.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.5% in 2010.

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