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Research in Urbana

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Urbana, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois System and National Center for Supercomputing Applications.

Research institutions
13
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
192k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.4%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Urbana?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUniversity 172,433 #80
2University of Illinois SystemUniversity 17,760 #4,192
3National Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsResearch facility 1,014 #6,456
4Carle Foundation HospitalHospital / health system 844 #15,172
5Creative Thermal SolutionsResearch facility 130 #35,881 all time
6Illinois Indiana Sea GrantInstitution 48 not ranked
7National Council of Teachers of EnglishInstitution 28 not ranked
8Runtime Verification (United States)Company 24 not ranked
9American Oil Chemists SocietyInstitution 15 not ranked
10The Urbana Free LibraryArchive 13 not ranked
11University Park Pathology AssociatesInstitution 8 not ranked
12Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery EnvironmentResearch facility 5 not ranked
13InstaRecon (United States)Company 4 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.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 89.7%University of Illinois System: 9.2%National Center for Supercomputing Applications: 0.5%Carle Foundation Hospital: 0.4%9 others listed: 0.1%90%largest
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign172k · 89.7%University of Illinois System18k · 9.2%National Center for Supercomputing Applications1,014 · 0.5%Carle Foundation Hospital844 · 0.4%9 others listed275 · 0.1%

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What is Urbana strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Urbana is most concentrated in Library and Information Sciences, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics and Animal Science and Zoology (6.1× the world share in Library and Information Sciences).

  1. Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 22.1 works6.1×
  2. Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsSubfield · 29.3 works3.9×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 154.3 works3.7×
  4. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 73.3 works3.5×
  5. VeterinaryField · 87.9 works3.4×
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Which keywords describe research in Urbana?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Climate Change, Mental Health, Biomedical Applications, Epidemiology and Heat Stress.

▲ 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. Deep Learning892▲ 1.38×83 topics
  2. Machine Learning799▲ 1.29×89 topics
  3. Climate Change563◆ 1.11×110 topics
  4. Neural Networks512▲ 1.76×41 topics
  5. Epidemiology443▼ 0.59×133 topics
  6. Sustainability352▼ 0.76×103 topics
  7. Mental Health339▲ 1.22×42 topics
  8. Globalization324◆ 0.88×123 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications267▲ 1.19×36 topics
  10. Public Health250◆ 0.91×61 topics
  11. Education246▼ 0.76×90 topics
  12. Social Media246◆ 0.91×32 topics
  13. Nanoparticles214◆ 0.90×43 topics
  14. Big Data199▲ 1.16×31 topics
  15. Convolutional Neural Networks176▲ 1.27×14 topics
  16. Identity166▲ 1.21×63 topics
  17. Gut Microbiota164▲ 2.5×7 topics
  18. Gender158▲ 1.54×48 topics
  19. Social Support156▲ 1.49×19 topics
  20. Student Engagement138▲ 1.82×15 topics
  21. Information Retrieval130▲ 3.2×6 topics
  22. Probiotics130▲ 2.9×6 topics
  23. Molecular Dynamics117▲ 3.8×6 topics
  24. Text Classification117▲ 3.9×3 topics
  25. Topic Modeling114▲ 4.1×3 topics
  26. Machine Translation106▲ 3.4×2 topics
  27. Lifelong Learning105▲ 2.7×11 topics
  28. Semantic Similarity104▲ 4.6×1 topic
  29. Word Representation104▲ 4.6×1 topic
  30. Entanglement102▲ 3.6×4 topics
  31. Heat Stress101▲ 6.7×2 topics
  32. Amino Acids100▲ 5.6×3 topics
  33. Distributed Systems97▲ 3.1×6 topics
  34. Intestinal Barrier92▲ 6.1×2 topics
  35. Parallel Computing88▲ 4.0×5 topics
  36. Learning Analytics86▲ 3.7×2 topics
  37. Engineering Education85▲ 5.1×6 topics
  38. Feed Additives84▲ 7.7×2 topics
  39. Antibiotic Alternatives82▲ 8.0×1 topic
  40. Poultry Production82▲ 8.0×1 topic

What research is done in Urbana?

  1. 1 Topic ModelingArtificial Intelligence 104 works
  2. 2 Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAnimal Science and Zoology 82 works
  3. 3 Natural Language Processing TechniquesArtificial Intelligence 65 works
  4. 4 Gut microbiota and healthMolecular Biology 46 works
  5. 5 Infrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringCivil and Structural Engineering 45 works
  6. 6 Parallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesHardware and Architecture 45 works
  7. 7 Teaching and Learning ProgrammingComputer Science Applications 43 works
  8. 8 Online Learning and AnalyticsComputer Science Applications 43 works
  9. 9 Model Reduction and Neural NetworksStatistical and Nonlinear Physics 42 works
  10. 10 Machine Learning in Materials ScienceMaterials Chemistry 40 works

Research output over time

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