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Research in Springfield

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Springfield, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Wittenberg University.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.4k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
9.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.8%
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
1Wittenberg UniversityUniversity 2,337 #8,199
2Clark State Community CollegeUniversity 37 not ranked
3Springfield Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system 12 not ranked
4Community Mercy Health PartnersHospital / health system 11 not ranked
5Mercy Health FoundationNonprofit 11 not ranked
6Springfield FoundationNonprofit 3 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.

Wittenberg University: 96.9%Clark State Community College: 1.5%Springfield Regional Medical Center: 0.5%Community Mercy Health Partners: 0.5%2 others listed: 0.6%97%largest
Wittenberg University2,337 · 96.9%Clark State Community College37 · 1.5%Springfield Regional Medical Center12 · 0.5%Community Mercy Health Partners11 · 0.5%2 others listed14 · 0.6%

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

Which fields of science does Springfield work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Springfield is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Medicine (15%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 114 fractional works · 55.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 58 fractional works · 28.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 34 fractional works · 16.4% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 19.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 7.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 37 fractional works · 18.1% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSpringfield206fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences55%

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 Sciences5828.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities3416.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting83.7%
    4. Psychology62.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.8%
    6. Decision Sciences21.2%
    1. Environmental Science147.0%
    2. Computer Science73.6%
    3. Engineering62.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy62.8%
    5. Mathematics20.7%
    6. Materials Science10.7%
    7. Chemistry10.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine3115.2%
    2. Health Professions41.9%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.9%
    3. Neuroscience20.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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 Arts and Humanities (5.9× the world share in Arts and Humanities).

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 30.8 works5.9×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.20× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.87× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.33× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 51 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.87×31 works
  2. Social Sciences2.23×51 works
  3. Nursing1.53×1 works
  4. Environmental Science1.52×14 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.36×2 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.33×5 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.20×5 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.01×6 works
  9. Psychology0.98×6 works
  10. Medicine0.71×25 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×6 works
  12. Health Professions0.69×3 works
  13. Veterinary0.67×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×6 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.60×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.51×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.50×7 works
  18. Mathematics0.48×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.30×1 works
  21. Energy0.30×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  23. Engineering0.21×6 works
  24. Dentistry0.20×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.10×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Springfield?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Nationalism, Globalization, Identity, History, Philosophy, Human Rights and Diversity.

▲ 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. Globalization11▲ 2.8×32 topics
  2. Religion9▲ 9.6×16 topics
  3. Identity8▲ 5.2×19 topics
  4. History8▲ 5.3×12 topics
  5. Climate Change7▲ 1.32×25 topics
  6. Nationalism7▲ 8.0×10 topics
  7. Philosophy7▲ 7.2×12 topics
  8. Human Rights6▲ 3.0×14 topics
  9. Sustainability6▲ 1.22×16 topics
  10. Education6▲ 1.62×16 topics
  11. Culture5▲ 4.7×7 topics
  12. Ethics5▲ 4.8×17 topics
  13. Economic Growth5▲ 2.9×5 topics
  14. Innovation5▲ 2.2×11 topics
  15. Gender4▲ 3.9×11 topics
  16. Governance4▲ 6.1×6 topics
  17. Diversity4▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Sustainability Assessment4▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Student Engagement4▲ 4.2×6 topics
  20. Organizational Performance3▲ 5.8×7 topics
  21. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse3▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Academic Performance3▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Politics3▲ 5.6×6 topics
  24. Environmental Sustainability3▲ 8.7×3 topics
  25. International Relations3▲ 5.8×7 topics
  26. Educational Inequality3▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Bildungsungleichheit3▲ 47×1 topic
  28. China3▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Ethnografisches Schreiben3▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Genuine Progress Indicator3▲ 60×1 topic
  31. Sustainability Indicators3▲ 20×1 topic
  32. College Retention3▲ 64×1 topic
  33. First-Generation Students3▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Ethical Behavior2▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Language Learning2▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Trade2▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Youth2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  38. Career Development2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  39. Interreligious Relations2▲ 121×1 topic
  40. Social History2▲ 13×4 topics

What research is done in Springfield?

Sociology and Education …3Sociology and Education Studies: 3 fractional worksSustainable Development …3Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 3 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…2Higher Education Research Studies: 2 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and …2Religion, Theology, and Education: 2 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 2 fractional worksHeat Transfer and Numerical Methods: 2 fractional worksExperimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 2 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 1 fractional worksElectrical and Electromagnetic Research: 1 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEducationReligious studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  3. 3 Higher Education Research Studies Education 2 works
  4. 4 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 2 works
  5. 5 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Heat Transfer and Numerical Methods Computational Mechanics 2 works
  7. 7 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  8. 8 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 1 works
  9. 9 Electrical and Electromagnetic Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  10. 10 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 1 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%Springfield12.1% 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 20.2% in 1995.

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