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Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

In research, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis stands highest in Health Sciences (#173 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#182 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#393 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Nephrology and Emergency Medicine — Orthodontics is 4.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#733
of 28,054 · #412 all time
Rank in United States
#146
of 4,192
Research works
50k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5M
30.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis 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
Health SciencesDomain #173 of 11,982 17.1%3,345 #95
MedicineField #182 of 10,443 16.7%2,895 #108
Life SciencesDomain #393 of 7,800 19.0%988 #241
Social SciencesDomain #882 of 10,521 21.2%1,017 #281
SurgerySubfield #161 of 1,816 17.0%398 #78
Social SciencesField #706 of 6,365 23.9%498 #219
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #479 of 3,579 18.2%603 #237
Physical SciencesDomain #1,759 of 12,888 17.5%803 #1063
DentistryField #60 of 367 29.3%93 #26
Health ProfessionsField #339 of 1,928 17.8%304 #142

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis 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. Health Sciences#95 #173
  2. Medicine#108 #182
  3. Life Sciences#241 #393
  4. Social Sciences#281 #882
  5. Surgery#78 #161
  6. Social Sciences#219 #706
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#237 #479
  8. Physical Sciences#1,063 #1,759
  9. Dentistry#26 #60
  10. Health Professions#142 #339
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 – Purdue University Indianapolis specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 4.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 32.7 works4.7×
  2. NephrologySubfield · 54.0 works4.0×
  3. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 55.5 works3.7×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 50 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.84× its world share, 603 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.73× its world share, 107 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.03× its world share, 202 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.19× its world share, 26 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 238 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 255 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 102 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 56 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 40 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.11× its world share, 93 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.87× its world share, 304 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.45× its world share, 2,895 worksMedicineNursing: 1.52× its world share, 46 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 79 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 50 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 45 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 76 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 269 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 498 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis?

Ranked on the composite score, Kurt Kroenke, James E. Lingeman and Henry A. Pitt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis.

  1. 1 Kurt Kroenke · #3,232 worldwide 1.3k citations · 75 works
  2. 2 James E. Lingeman · #4,423 worldwide 1.2k citations · 176 works
  3. 3 Henry A. Pitt · #5,227 worldwide 747 citations · 113 works
  4. 4 Harvey Feigenbaum · #6,923 worldwide 645 citations · 75 works
  5. 5 Lawrence H. Einhorn · #7,465 worldwide 756 citations · 109 works
  6. 6 Naga Chalasani · #7,665 worldwide 1k citations · 124 works
  7. 7 C. Max Schmidt · #8,949 worldwide 640 citations · 90 works
  8. 8 John P. Donohue · #9,059 worldwide 819 citations · 86 works
  9. 9 Jake Y. Chen · #11,928 worldwide 940 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 George W. Sledge · #11,989 worldwide 1k citations · 145 works
All ranked researchers at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

Which keywords describe research at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Biomarkers, Treatment and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology512▲ 2.1×131 topics
  2. Inflammation270▲ 2.1×82 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress225▲ 2.2×59 topics
  4. Quality of Life191▲ 2.1×55 topics
  5. Risk Factors175▲ 2.6×37 topics
  6. Treatment165▲ 2.2×51 topics
  7. Mental Health151▲ 1.67×39 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease150▲ 2.2×39 topics
  9. Cancer141▲ 1.71×51 topics
  10. Biomarkers135▲ 3.2×18 topics
  11. Public Health134▲ 1.50×57 topics
  12. Chemotherapy128▲ 3.0×25 topics
  13. Diagnosis124▲ 2.2×40 topics
  14. Immunotherapy120▲ 2.7×18 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome107▲ 2.1×23 topics
  16. Aging101▲ 3.0×18 topics
  17. Depression100▲ 1.85×21 topics
  18. Clinical Trials98▲ 2.4×19 topics
  19. Management96▲ 1.98×31 topics
  20. Guidelines89▲ 3.1×13 topics
  21. Neurodegeneration89▲ 4.8×11 topics
  22. Neuroinflammation89▲ 5.1×6 topics
  23. Complications89▲ 2.9×17 topics
  24. Mortality88▲ 2.5×13 topics
  25. Global Burden88▲ 2.7×12 topics
  26. Heart Failure86▲ 3.2×14 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations80▲ 3.0×23 topics
  28. Neuroimaging79▲ 4.8×11 topics
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease78▲ 5.3×8 topics
  30. Alzheimer's Disease71▲ 4.1×9 topics
  31. Echocardiography68▲ 4.1×8 topics
  32. Medical Education68▲ 4.3×12 topics
  33. Pulmonary Hypertension58▲ 6.8×3 topics
  34. Cognitive Decline53▲ 7.2×2 topics
  35. Caregiver Burden50▲ 7.4×3 topics
  36. Therapeutic Strategies49▲ 8.3×2 topics
  37. Cognitive Training48▲ 8.6×2 topics
  38. Dementia47▲ 8.2×2 topics
  39. Mild Cognitive Impairment47▲ 9.2×1 topic
  40. Vascular Risk Factors47▲ 9.2×1 topic

Which research topics does Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Innovations in Medical Education and Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments.

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 47 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 44 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 27 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 26 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 26 fractional worksRadiology practices and education: 24 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …22Diversity and Career in Medicine: 22 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…20Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 20 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Ne…19Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 19 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…18Liver Disease and Transplantation: 18 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 47 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsPhysiology 44 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical EducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 27 works
  4. 4 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 26 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 26 works
  6. 6 Radiology practices and educationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 24 works
  7. 7 Diversity and Career in MedicineGender Studies 22 works
  8. 8 Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
  9. 9 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeurology 19 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease and TransplantationHepatology 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.8%domestic only87.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis's research output changed?

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

1990200020102020
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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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