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Indiana University Bloomington

In research, Indiana University Bloomington stands highest in Social Sciences (#188 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#245 of 6,365 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#104 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science, Music and Linguistics and Language — History and Philosophy of Science is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#539
of 28,054 · #167 all time
Rank in United States
#110
of 4,192
Research works
57k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2M
39.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Indiana University Bloomington known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #188 of 10,521 27.0%2,592 #62
Social SciencesField #245 of 6,365 28.1%1,213 #59
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #104 of 2,578 30.2%424 #66
Physical SciencesDomain #698 of 12,888 22.3%1,698 #196
PsychologyField #132 of 2,181 26.6%508 #76
Life SciencesDomain #543 of 7,800 23.3%815 #184
Health SciencesDomain #926 of 11,982 20.9%928 #599
Business, Management and AccountingField #231 of 2,578 35.4%228 #64
Computer ScienceField #488 of 4,667 24.6%568 #199
Arts and HumanitiesField #209 of 1,998 19.7%373 #146

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indiana University Bloomington sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#62 #188
  2. Social Sciences#59 #245
  3. Sociology and Political Science#66 #104
  4. Physical Sciences#196 #698
  5. Psychology#76 #132
  6. Life Sciences#184 #543
  7. Health Sciences#599 #926
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#64 #231
  9. Computer Science#199 #488
  10. Arts and Humanities#146 #209
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Indiana University Bloomington specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 49.1 works5.3×
  2. MusicSubfield · 25.5 works5.2×
  3. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 32.5 works4.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 150 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 373 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.55× its world share, 250 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.56× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.40× its world share, 133 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.21× its world share, 568 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 88 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 199 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 256 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 61 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.32× its world share, 165 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.44× its world share, 193 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 179 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 718 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.14× its world share, 373 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.17× its world share, 228 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 97 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 174 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.76× its world share, 508 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 1,213 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Indiana University Bloomington?

Ranked on the composite score, Элинор Остром, Olaf Sporns and Richard M. Shiffrin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indiana University Bloomington.

  1. 1 Элинор Остром · #503 worldwide 2.5k citations · 136 works
  2. 2 Olaf Sporns · #2,129 worldwide 2.6k citations · 81 works
  3. 3 Richard M. Shiffrin · #2,751 worldwide 1.9k citations · 82 works
  4. 4 David B. Audretsch · #3,109 worldwide 3.7k citations · 222 works
  5. 5 George D. Kuh · #4,805 worldwide 996 citations · 86 works
  6. 6 Frank W. Putnam · #5,276 worldwide 1.2k citations · 106 works
  7. 7 Blaise Cronin · #5,873 worldwide 529 citations · 76 works
  8. 8 Norman R. Pace · #6,142 worldwide 1.6k citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Krishnan Raghavachari · #6,991 worldwide 1.7k citations · 74 works
  10. 10 Glenn Martyna · #8,278 worldwide 1k citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Indiana University Bloomington

Which keywords describe research at Indiana University Bloomington?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Social Media, Globalization, Machine Learning, Gender, Speech Perception, Epidemiology and Identity.

▲ 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 institution'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. Epidemiology216◆ 0.90×113 topics
  2. Machine Learning208◆ 1.06×80 topics
  3. Mental Health181▲ 2.0×37 topics
  4. Globalization178▲ 1.51×103 topics
  5. Climate Change172◆ 1.06×86 topics
  6. Social Media164▲ 1.91×33 topics
  7. Deep Learning162▼ 0.78×72 topics
  8. Public Health123▲ 1.40×50 topics
  9. Identity104▲ 2.4×58 topics
  10. Gender102▲ 3.1×47 topics
  11. History85▲ 2.0×43 topics
  12. Innovation82▲ 1.30×43 topics
  13. Human Rights81▲ 1.31×51 topics
  14. Gender Differences81▲ 3.6×17 topics
  15. Depression79▲ 1.49×23 topics
  16. Nationalism79▲ 2.8×30 topics
  17. Social Capital79▲ 2.5×16 topics
  18. Social Support74▲ 2.2×16 topics
  19. Colonialism70▲ 2.4×36 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders66▲ 1.94×17 topics
  21. Speech Perception65▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Ethics63▲ 2.2×33 topics
  23. Feminism58▲ 3.4×20 topics
  24. Psychological Impact58▲ 3.0×9 topics
  25. Health Disparities56▲ 3.5×9 topics
  26. Neoliberalism55▲ 2.6×21 topics
  27. Neuroscience51▲ 2.9×14 topics
  28. Digital Divide51▲ 3.2×7 topics
  29. Intersectionality46▲ 4.2×13 topics
  30. Social Cognition45▲ 4.4×7 topics
  31. Psychiatric Disorders43▲ 5.3×4 topics
  32. Stigma42▲ 5.1×5 topics
  33. Online Communication41▲ 4.3×3 topics
  34. Perceptual Learning39▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Language Acquisition37▲ 5.4×3 topics
  36. Working Memory37▲ 6.7×3 topics
  37. Neural Mechanisms36▲ 6.5×4 topics
  38. Speech Production33▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Perception33▲ 8.2×6 topics
  40. Prosody32▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Indiana University Bloomington publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Phonetics and Phonology Research, Social Media and Politics, Neural dynamics and brain function and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies.

Phonetics and Phonology …30Phonetics and Phonology Research: 30 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics25Social Media and Politics: 25 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 24 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…23Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 23 fractional worksSexuality, Behavior, and…22Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology: 22 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 20 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 19 fractional worksLinguistic Variation and…19Linguistic Variation and Morphology: 19 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 18 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 18 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyCommunicationCognitive NeuroscienceClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Phonetics and Phonology ResearchExperimental and Cognitive Psychology 30 works
  2. 2 Social Media and PoliticsCommunication 25 works
  3. 3 Neural dynamics and brain functionCognitive Neuroscience 24 works
  4. 4 Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 23 works
  5. 5 Sexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyClinical Psychology 22 works
  6. 6 Misinformation and Its ImpactsSociology and Political Science 20 works
  7. 7 Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesManagement of Technology and Innovation 19 works
  8. 8 Linguistic Variation and MorphologyLinguistics and Language 19 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 18 works
  10. 10 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicySocial Psychology 18 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available30.0%not open70.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Indiana University Bloomington's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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