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School of the Art Institute of Chicago

In research, School of the Art Institute of Chicago stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,271 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,482 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,596 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,426
of 28,054 · #2,935 all time
Rank in United States
#1,260
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
28.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is School of the Art Institute of Chicago 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 #3,271 of 11,982 17.1%107 #1295
MedicineField #3,482 of 10,443 16.2%90 #1872
Social SciencesDomain #7,596 of 10,521 26.5%70 #4048

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where School of the Art Institute of Chicago 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#1,295 #3,271
  2. Medicine#1,872 #3,482
  3. Social Sciences#4,048 #7,596
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.

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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.94× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.27× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.16× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 2.79× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.15× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.09× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.41× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at School of the Art Institute of Chicago?

Ranked on the composite score, Margaret Olin, Jeremy Biles and Eduardo Kac lead among researchers whose main affiliation is School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

  1. 1 Margaret Olin United States · #418,177 worldwide 38 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Jeremy Biles United States · #692,073 worldwide 1 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Eduardo Kac United States · #802,356 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Fay Sawyier United States · #857,473 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Adam J. Greteman United States · #1,421,797 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Which keywords describe research at School of the Art Institute of Chicago?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Substance Use Disorders, Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Biomechanics, Mortality Risk, Internal Fixation, Neuroscience and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 1.71×42 topics
  2. Substance Use Disorders7▲ 44×2 topics
  3. Public Health6▲ 1.98×17 topics
  4. Rehabilitation6▲ 7.0×6 topics
  5. Complications6▲ 5.4×11 topics
  6. Mortality6▲ 4.6×11 topics
  7. Biomechanics6▲ 8.4×5 topics
  8. Internal Fixation5▲ 35×2 topics
  9. Mortality Risk5▲ 10×5 topics
  10. Cultural Heritage5▲ 4.3×9 topics
  11. Gender Differences5▲ 6.3×6 topics
  12. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 7.5×7 topics
  13. Depression5▲ 2.6×14 topics
  14. Neuroscience5▲ 7.8×7 topics
  15. Anxiety5▲ 4.5×9 topics
  16. Guidelines5▲ 4.5×10 topics
  17. Infection Prevention4▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Bone Healing4▲ 44×1 topic
  19. Clinical Practice4▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Cultural Studies4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  21. Fracture Epidemiology4▲ 44×1 topic
  22. Pain Management4▲ 8.4×6 topics
  23. Chronic Pain Management4▲ 56×1 topic
  24. Elderly Patients4▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Opioid Prescribing4▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Human-Computer Interaction4▲ 10×4 topics
  27. Primary Care4▲ 4.7×6 topics
  28. Psychological Impact4▲ 5.3×5 topics
  29. Surgery4▲ 4.8×7 topics
  30. Medical Education4▲ 6.3×8 topics
  31. Empathy3▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  33. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Alcohol Dependence3▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Behavioral Interventions3▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Digital Media Technology3▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Motivational Interviewing3▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Postoperative Pain3▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Visual Communication Design3▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does School of the Art Institute of Chicago publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bone fractures and treatments, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Digital Media and Visual Art and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes.

Bone fractures and treatments: 4 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 4 fractional worksDigital Media and Visual…3Digital Media and Visual Art: 3 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…3Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksNursing education and management: 2 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Educ…2Empathy and Medical Education: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 4 works
  2. 2 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Digital Media and Visual Art Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 3 works
  4. 4 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 2 works
  7. 7 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 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 available24.7%not open75.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.7%domestic only75.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has School of the Art Institute of Chicago's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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