Indianapolis Zoo
In research, Indianapolis Zoo stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,230 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,548 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Genetics (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 21.5× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #13,293 of 22,385 · #4,575 all time
- Rank in United States
- #1,867 of 3,332
- Research works
- 2.8k ▼ 28% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 56k 19.9 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 4.2% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.77× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 16% world 40%
- International
- 5% world 18%
What is Indianapolis Zoo known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #7,230 of 9,902 | 3.6% | 118 | #3296 | |
| MedicineField | #6,548 of 8,541 | 3.5% | 105 | #3060 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indianapolis Zoo 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which fields of science does Indianapolis Zoo work in?
In 2022-now, 48% of research at Indianapolis Zoo is in Health Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (44%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Engineering (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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 institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences14848.5%
- Medicine13443.6%
- Health Professions93.0%
- Veterinary30.8%
- Nursing20.8%
- Dentistry00.1%
- Life Sciences6320.5%
- Social Sciences4815.7%
- Physical Sciences4715.3%
- Engineering175.5%
- Environmental Science103.1%
- Computer Science82.6%
- Physics and Astronomy51.6%
- Materials Science30.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
- Mathematics10.4%
- Chemistry10.3%
- Chemical Engineering10.3%
- Energy00.1%
What does Indianapolis Zoo specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 21.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 35.7 works22×
- GeneticsSubfield · 20.0 works7.9×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Veterinary6.25×3 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.77×45 works
- Medicine2.27×134 works
- Nursing1.64×2 works
- Neuroscience1.38×7 works
- Decision Sciences1.29×4 works
- Health Professions1.15×9 works
- Psychology1.10×10 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.90×3 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×5 works
- Chemical Engineering0.73×1 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.73×5 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.72×7 works
- Environmental Science0.63×10 works
- Arts and Humanities0.61×5 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×1 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.51×8 works
- Social Sciences0.43×16 works
- Mathematics0.38×1 works
- Engineering0.36×17 works
- Computer Science0.33×8 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×2 works
- Dentistry0.28×0 works
- Materials Science0.27×3 works
- Chemistry0.18×1 works
- Energy0.12×0 works
- Veterinary 6.2×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2.8×
- Medicine 2.3×
- Nursing 1.6×
- Neuroscience 1.4×
- Decision Sciences 1.3×
- Health Professions 1.1×
- Psychology 1.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.9×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.8×
- Chemical Engineering 0.7×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.7×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.7×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Arts and Humanities 0.6×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.5×
- Social Sciences 0.4×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Computer Science 0.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.3×
- Dentistry 0.3×
- Materials Science 0.3×
- Chemistry 0.2×
- Energy 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Indianapolis Zoo?
Ranked on the quality score, Oscar M. Helmer, Robert W. Shumaker and Eric D. Blom lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indianapolis Zoo.
- 1
Oscar M. Helmer
United States · #838,298 worldwide 2.7k citations · 90 works
- 2
Robert W. Shumaker
United States · #1,052,775 worldwide 2k citations · 38 works
- 3
Eric D. Blom
United States · #1,332,012 worldwide 3.2k citations · 193 works
- 4
Ronald C. Hamaker
United States · #1,815,759 worldwide 2.2k citations · 64 works
- 5
Arthur E. Guedel
United States · #2,223,133 worldwide 402 citations · 32 works
- 6
Eli Lilly
United States · #2,280,808 worldwide 317 citations · 29 works
- 7
Willis Stanley Blatchley
United States · #2,499,912 worldwide 1.1k citations · 120 works
- 8
Alan R. Fusfeld
United States · #2,500,827 worldwide 722 citations · 26 works
- 9
NANCY C.A. ROESKE
United States · #2,802,398 worldwide 2.1k citations · 37 works
- 10
John Elder
United States · #2,968,662 worldwide 659 citations · 17 works
Which keywords describe research at Indianapolis Zoo?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Glycemic Control, Insulin Therapy, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, Heart Failure, Clinical Guidelines, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Outcomes.
- Quality Improvement
- Low-Carbohydrate Diet
- Hyperglycemia
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Neurological Disorders
- Clinical Trials
- Insulin Resistance
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring
- ß-Cell Dysfunction
- Public Health
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Autoimmunity
- Obesity
- Oxidative Stress
- Glucose Control
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Clinical Guidelines
- Heart Failure
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Insulin Therapy
- Glycemic Control
- Epidemiology
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Inflammation
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular Outcomes
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Genetics
- Immunotherapy
- HLA Genes
- Weight Loss
- Pancreatic Islets
- Complications
- Hypoglycemia
- Cancer Therapy
- Primary Care
- Biomarkers
- Epilepsy Treatment
- Ketogenic Diet
- Exercise
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Glycemic Control31▲ 64×4 topics
- Insulin Therapy27▲ 71×3 topics
- Epidemiology26▲ 2.1×52 topics
- Type 2 Diabetes25▲ 36×5 topics
- Type 1 Diabetes22▲ 85×2 topics
- Heart Failure19▲ 14×9 topics
- Inflammation18▲ 2.8×41 topics
- Clinical Guidelines18▲ 20×5 topics
- Diabetes18▲ 11×14 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease17▲ 5.0×20 topics
- Cardiovascular Outcomes17▲ 98×1 topic
- Glucose Control17▲ 98×1 topic
- Metabolic Syndrome17▲ 6.9×11 topics
- Oxidative Stress17▲ 3.4×22 topics
- Genetics16▲ 7.6×13 topics
- Obesity15▲ 6.4×16 topics
- Immunotherapy14▲ 6.6×6 topics
- Autoimmunity13▲ 29×1 topic
- HLA Genes13▲ 109×1 topic
- Diabetes Mellitus13▲ 20×4 topics
- Weight Loss12▲ 25×4 topics
- Public Health12▲ 2.7×16 topics
- Pancreatic Islets11▲ 90×1 topic
- ß-Cell Dysfunction11▲ 90×1 topic
- Complications10▲ 6.4×5 topics
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring9▲ 64×1 topic
- Hypoglycemia9▲ 64×1 topic
- Insulin Resistance8▲ 6.0×7 topics
- Cancer Therapy8▲ 4.7×10 topics
- Clinical Trials8▲ 3.9×11 topics
- Primary Care8▲ 6.6×7 topics
- Neurological Disorders7▲ 4.2×11 topics
- Biomarkers7▲ 3.4×12 topics
- Alzheimer's Disease6▲ 7.7×4 topics
- Epilepsy Treatment6▲ 19×2 topics
- Hyperglycemia6▲ 16×4 topics
- Ketogenic Diet5▲ 20×1 topic
- Low-Carbohydrate Diet5▲ 22×1 topic
- Exercise5▲ 13×3 topics
- Quality Improvement5▲ 8.1×5 topics
Which research topics does Indianapolis Zoo publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Diabetes Treatment and Management, Diabetes and associated disorders, Pancreatic function and diabetes and Diabetes Management and Research.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 17 works
- 2 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 13 works
- 3 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 11 works
- 4 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 9 works
- 5 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 5 works
- 6 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 4 works
- 7 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
- 8 Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer Molecular Biology 4 works
- 9 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
- 10 Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment Pharmacology 4 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Indianapolis Zoo's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 28% lower than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Indianapolis Zoo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00089% in 2024.
Fractional works of Indianapolis Zoo over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.6% in 1995.
Other research institutions in Indianapolis
- Eli Lilly (United States)
- University of Indianapolis
- Butler University
- Indiana University Health
- Martin University
- Regenstrief Institute
- Marian University - Indiana
- American College of Sports Medicine
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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