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Southern Illinois University Carbondale

In research, Southern Illinois University Carbondale stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,144 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,885 of 10,521 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,358 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,742
of 28,054 · #1,301 all time
Rank in United States
#527
of 4,192
Research works
21k
▼ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
446k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Southern Illinois University Carbondale 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,144 of 12,888 17.9%625 #1260
Social SciencesDomain #2,885 of 10,521 20.2%434 #539
Computer ScienceField #1,358 of 4,667 24.7%159 #1256
Social SciencesField #2,549 of 6,365 21.6%199 #453
Life SciencesDomain #3,130 of 7,800 19.4%217 #1801
EngineeringField #2,677 of 6,636 17.5%171 #1444
Environmental ScienceField #1,728 of 3,551 18.0%140 #739
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,659 of 3,409 23.5%106 #900
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,057 of 3,579 14.1%80 #1357
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,093 of 1,884 24.8%66 #1121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southern Illinois University Carbondale 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. Physical Sciences#1,260 #3,144
  2. Social Sciences#539 #2,885
  3. Computer Science#1,256 #1,358
  4. Social Sciences#453 #2,549
  5. Life Sciences#1,801 #3,130
  6. Engineering#1,444 #2,677
  7. Environmental Science#739 #1,728
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#900 #1,659
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,357 #2,057
  10. Artificial Intelligence#1,121 #1,093
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: 1.58× its world share, 106 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.38× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.83× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.45× its world share, 159 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.09× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 171 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.99× its world share, 140 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.77× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.23× its world share, 37 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.65× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 107 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.08× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 31 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 37 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.14× its world share, 92 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 199 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale?

Ranked on the composite score, Lewis Mumford, Howard E. A. Tinsley and Richard John Neuhaus lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

  1. 1 Lewis Mumford United States · #6,368 worldwide 539 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Howard E. A. Tinsley United States · #29,695 worldwide 579 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Richard John Neuhaus United States · #31,626 worldwide 203 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Prudence M. Rice United States · #56,732 worldwide 129 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Darren E. Sherkat United States · #60,815 worldwide 529 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 John B. Phillips United States · #61,913 worldwide 281 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 K. R. Barker United States · #62,625 worldwide 509 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Om P. Agrawal United States · #69,925 worldwide 255 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 John S. Haller United States · #81,454 worldwide 135 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 David J. Gibson United States · #88,067 worldwide 514 citations · 89 works
All ranked researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Which keywords describe research at Southern Illinois University Carbondale?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Neural Networks, Biodiversity and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Deep Learning88▲ 1.82×59 topics
  2. Machine Learning86▲ 1.86×60 topics
  3. Climate Change84▲ 2.2×69 topics
  4. Neural Networks40▲ 1.81×27 topics
  5. Mental Health35▲ 1.69×30 topics
  6. Epidemiology35▼ 0.62×67 topics
  7. Globalization34▲ 1.21×47 topics
  8. Invasive Species31▲ 5.1×20 topics
  9. Biodiversity28▲ 2.6×22 topics
  10. Remote Sensing25▲ 1.43×25 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency24▲ 1.81×22 topics
  12. Security23▲ 2.5×12 topics
  13. Social Media22◆ 1.11×22 topics
  14. Population Dynamics21▲ 5.9×11 topics
  15. Conservation20▲ 3.2×19 topics
  16. Habitat Fragmentation18▲ 5.8×5 topics
  17. Social Support16▲ 2.0×12 topics
  18. Hydrological Modeling15▲ 4.7×5 topics
  19. Resilience15▲ 2.2×15 topics
  20. Global Change15▲ 4.0×5 topics
  21. Feminism14▲ 3.6×15 topics
  22. Anomaly Detection14▲ 3.5×5 topics
  23. Land Use Change13▲ 3.0×7 topics
  24. IoT Security13▲ 2.8×3 topics
  25. Habitat Selection13▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Surveillance12▲ 3.1×6 topics
  27. Developmental Trajectories12▲ 6.8×2 topics
  28. Model Evaluation11▲ 6.4×2 topics
  29. Trophic Cascades10▲ 7.9×2 topics
  30. Ecosystem10▲ 6.7×3 topics
  31. Sediment Transport10▲ 4.5×4 topics
  32. Animal Movement10▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Occupancy Rates10▲ 13×1 topic
  34. High-Dimensional Data10▲ 4.4×2 topics
  35. Conservation Biology10▲ 6.7×4 topics
  36. Neighborhood Effects10▲ 6.2×3 topics
  37. Criminal Behavior9▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Adversarial Examples9▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Robustness9▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Youth Violence8▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Southern Illinois University Carbondale publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…10Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 10 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness i…9Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 9 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 7 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 7 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 6 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 6 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 6 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI5Smart Agriculture and AI: 5 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 5 fractional works
EcologyArtificial IntelligenceWater Science and TechnologyComputer Networks and Communications5 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 10 works
  2. 2 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 7 works
  4. 4 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  5. 5 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  6. 6 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  7. 7 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  8. 8 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 5 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 5 works
  10. 10 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern Illinois University Carbondale's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% lower 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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