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Northern Illinois University

In research, Northern Illinois University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,081 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,420 of 10,670 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,680 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Safety Research (Safety Research is 6.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,375
of 22,385 · #1,620 all time
Rank in United States
#294
of 3,332
Research works
21k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
428k
20.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Northern Illinois University

What is Northern Illinois University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,081 of 9,585 9.4%808 #762
Physical SciencesDomain #1,420 of 10,670 7.3%529 #1443
Health SciencesDomain #1,680 of 9,902 7.1%182 #4131
Social SciencesField #1,021 of 5,988 10.4%414 #837
MedicineField #1,895 of 8,541 8.2%115 #4913
Computer ScienceField #1,287 of 4,417 7.9%115 #1505
PsychologyField #676 of 2,121 8.6%150 #541
Life SciencesDomain #2,422 of 6,403 5.1%107 #4348
EngineeringField #2,332 of 5,901 5.6%150 #2666
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,093 of 2,526 10.8%115 #927

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northern Illinois University 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#762 #1,081
  2. Physical Sciences#1,443 #1,420
  3. Health Sciences#4,131 #1,680
  4. Social Sciences#837 #1,021
  5. Medicine#4,913 #1,895
  6. Computer Science#1,505 #1,287
  7. Psychology#541 #676
  8. Life Sciences#4,348 #2,422
  9. Engineering#2,666 #2,332
  10. Sociology and Political Science#927 #1,093
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Northern Illinois University work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Northern Illinois University is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Psychology (10%), Engineering (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 890 fractional works · 49.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 453 fractional works · 25.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 126 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEducation: 94 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 57 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSafety Research: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 172 fractional works · 9.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 61 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 56 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 133 fractional works · 7.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 59 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 51 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 37 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 584 fractional works · 32.5% of its workEngineering: 166 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 54 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 130 fractional works · 7.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 37 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 72 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 62 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 39 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 36 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 205 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMedicine: 132 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 64 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 119 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 44 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 39 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthern IllinoisUniversity1,799fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences50%

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
    1. Social Sciences45325.2%
    2. Psychology1729.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities1337.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting593.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance512.9%
    6. Decision Sciences221.2%
    1. Engineering1669.2%
    2. Computer Science1307.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy724.0%
    4. Environmental Science623.4%
    5. Mathematics392.2%
    6. Materials Science362.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences301.7%
    8. Chemistry291.6%
    9. Energy110.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering80.5%
    1. Medicine1327.3%
    2. Health Professions643.6%
    3. Nursing80.4%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology442.4%
    2. Neuroscience392.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences321.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Northern Illinois University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Safety Research takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 31.9 works6.4×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.31× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.04× its world share, 29 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 130 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 166 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 62 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 36 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.86× its world share, 39 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.80× its world share, 72 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 64 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 132 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.56× its world share, 133 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 59 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.33× its world share, 51 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.14× its world share, 172 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 453 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.14×172 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.56×133 works
  3. Social Sciences1.99×453 works
  4. Mathematics1.86×39 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.80×72 works
  6. Neuroscience1.35×39 works
  7. Health Professions1.35×64 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.33×51 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.31×8 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.28×22 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.08×30 works
  12. Chemistry1.04×29 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting1.02×59 works
  14. Computer Science0.93×130 works
  15. Nursing0.87×8 works
  16. Environmental Science0.69×62 works
  17. Energy0.66×11 works
  18. Engineering0.61×166 works
  19. Materials Science0.58×36 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×44 works
  21. Medicine0.38×132 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×32 works
  23. Veterinary0.25×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×4 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.18×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.09×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Northern Illinois University?

Ranked on the quality score, M. Spalla, S. Ryu and Anne T. Berg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northern Illinois University.

  1. 1 M. Spalla United States · #2,482 worldwide 21k citations · 266 works
  2. 2 S. Ryu United States · #3,772 worldwide 31k citations · 234 works
  3. 3 Anne T. Berg United States · #35,626 worldwide 36k citations · 367 works
  4. 4 T. Mitani United States · #60,621 worldwide 6.2k citations · 78 works
  5. 5 Yingwen Cheng United States · #70,050 worldwide 12k citations · 111 works
  6. 6 A. Ruiz-Martinez United States · #81,387 worldwide 5.2k citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Christine Kerres Malecki United States · #85,365 worldwide 8.4k citations · 76 works
  8. 8 Lingzhe Fang United States · #97,269 worldwide 3.3k citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Michelle Kilpatrick Demaray United States · #131,235 worldwide 7.4k citations · 110 works
  10. 10 Holly K. Orcutt United States · #146,302 worldwide 11k citations · 155 works
All ranked researchers at Northern Illinois University

What are the most cited papers from Northern Illinois University?

The most cited paper from Northern Illinois University is "Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" (G. Aad et al., 2012), with 10,856 citations. Next come "Review of Particle Physics" (7,268) and "Review of Particle Physics" (6,346).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC G. Aad et al. · Physics Letters B Open access2,932 authors 14 Aug 2012 10,856
2 Review of Particle Physics Masaharu Tanabashi et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. Open access232 authors 17 Aug 2018 7,268
3 Review of Particle Physics Particle Data Group et al. · Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics Open access239 authors Aug 2022 6,346
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
5 Review of Particle Physics J. Beringer et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access195 authors 20 Jul 2012 6,020
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Northern Illinois University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Gender, Globalization, Identity, Resilience, Colonialism, Machine Learning and Social Support.

▲ 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-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
  1. Mental Health73▲ 2.9×33 topics
  2. Machine Learning57◆ 0.96×58 topics
  3. Globalization56▲ 1.58×70 topics
  4. Epidemiology48▼ 0.67×62 topics
  5. Climate Change47◆ 0.96×59 topics
  6. Education43▲ 1.39×47 topics
  7. Gender40▲ 4.1×34 topics
  8. Identity37▲ 2.9×36 topics
  9. Social Media36▲ 1.46×26 topics
  10. History31▲ 2.5×28 topics
  11. Depression30▲ 1.88×21 topics
  12. Resilience29▲ 3.3×11 topics
  13. Big Data29▲ 1.67×14 topics
  14. Social Justice28▲ 2.6×23 topics
  15. Social Support28▲ 2.9×14 topics
  16. Human Rights28▲ 1.50×34 topics
  17. Colonialism27▲ 3.2×31 topics
  18. Ethics27▲ 2.9×21 topics
  19. Literature26▲ 2.7×35 topics
  20. Culture26▲ 2.7×18 topics
  21. Nationalism25▲ 3.1×21 topics
  22. Student Engagement24▲ 3.4×12 topics
  23. Gender Differences24▲ 3.6×15 topics
  24. Feminism23▲ 4.3×14 topics
  25. Religion21▲ 2.5×20 topics
  26. Technology Integration20▲ 3.6×9 topics
  27. Discrimination20▲ 5.4×6 topics
  28. Emotion Regulation20▲ 3.5×8 topics
  29. Diversity19▲ 6.0×8 topics
  30. Health Disparities19▲ 4.0×8 topics
  31. Intersectionality18▲ 5.3×9 topics
  32. Academic Achievement18▲ 5.8×9 topics
  33. Psychological Impact18▲ 3.1×7 topics
  34. Cultural Competence15▲ 6.5×7 topics
  35. Society15▲ 4.2×8 topics
  36. Youth14▲ 5.7×5 topics
  37. Accountability14▲ 6.0×3 topics
  38. Academic Performance13▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Educational Inequality11▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Particle Physics11▲ 8.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Northern Illinois University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Family and Disability Support Research and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Ethics and Social Impact…11Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 11 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…9Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 9 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 9 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…9Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 9 fractional worksParticle Accelerators an…8Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 8 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 8 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 8 fractional worksYouth Development and So…7Youth Development and Social Support: 7 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma: 7 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 7 fractional works
Safety ResearchNuclear and High Energy PhysicsClinical PsychologyElectrical and Electronic Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 11 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 9 works
  3. 3 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 9 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 9 works
  5. 5 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Higher Education Research Studies Education 8 works
  7. 7 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  8. 8 Youth Development and Social Support Safety Research 7 works
  9. 9 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 7 works
  10. 10 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 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 available19.9%not open80.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Northern Illinois University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Northern Illinois University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0068% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Northern Illinois University0.0064% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Northern Illinois University 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Northern Illinois University9.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2007.

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