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New York University vs University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

On research quality in 2022–now, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ranks #80 in the world and New York University #81, of 28,054 institutions. New York University stands higher in 8 of the 18 fields both publish in, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 10.

Research profiles alike: -0.06different shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

New York University

United States · New York

World rank, 2022–now
#81
#46 all time
Works, 2022–now
16k
fractional
Top-10% rate
22.3%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
36%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Decision Sciences, General Psychology, Transplantation.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

United States · Urbana

World rank, 2022–now
#80
#19 all time
Works, 2022–now
18k
fractional
Top-10% rate
21.9%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
28%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Equine, Library and Information Sciences, Structural Biology.

Who leads in each field?

New York University stands higher in 8 of 18 fields, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 10. Each bar is that side’s standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

New York University 810 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  1. —Agricultural and Biological Sciences#144
  2. #48Arts and Humanities#148
  3. #102Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#55
  4. —Business, Management and Accounting#177
  5. —Chemistry#89
  6. #59Computer Science#25
  7. #15Decision Sciences#45
  8. #74Economics, Econometrics and Finance—
  9. #308Engineering#169
  10. —Environmental Science#159
  11. #52Health Professions#135
  12. —Materials Science#133
  13. —Mathematics#43
  14. #49Medicine#582
  15. #25Neuroscience—
  16. —Physics and Astronomy#31
  17. #14Psychology#107
  18. #52Social Sciences#59

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022–now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

Where does each put its research?

Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world’s share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.

  1. Dentistry1.6× 0.2×
  2. Medicine1.3× 0.4×
  3. Neuroscience2.8× 1.3×
  4. Health Professions1.5× 0.8×
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.7× 1.0×
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.7× 0.4×
  7. Arts and Humanities1.5× 0.9×
  8. Psychology2.1× 1.4×
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.0× 0.7×
  10. Social Sciences1.2× 0.9×
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.8× 0.7×
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.1× 1.2×
  13. Decision Sciences1.4× 1.9×
  14. Mathematics1.3× 1.8×
  15. Nursing0.7× 0.9×
  16. Computer Science1.1× 1.6×
  17. Physics and Astronomy1.1× 2.1×
  18. Chemistry0.5× 1.0×
  19. Environmental Science0.4× 1.0×
  20. Energy0.2× 0.6×
  21. Engineering0.4× 1.2×
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.4× 1.0×
  23. Materials Science0.3× 1.0×
  24. Chemical Engineering0.2× 1.2×
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.2× 1.1×
  26. Veterinary0.4× 3.4×
New York UniversityUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Location quotient in 2022–now: the share of each side’s research in the field over the world’s share. 1× is the world’s balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where New York University leans further are at the top, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

How has their output grown?

2k4k6kUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign4,438 in 2025New York University4,139 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, New York University or University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign?

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign publishes 1.1× as much research as New York University in 2022–now (18k against 16k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, New York University or University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign?

22.3% of New York University's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 21.9% for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.