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University of Chicago

In research, University of Chicago stands highest in Social Sciences (#70 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#96 of 12,888 worldwide) and Medicine (#84 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Decision Sciences, Transplantation and Classics — General Decision Sciences is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#79
of 28,054 · #22 all time
Rank in United States
#19
of 4,192
Research works
135k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3M
46.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is University 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
Social SciencesDomain #70 of 10,521 18.9%5,720 #4
Physical SciencesDomain #96 of 12,888 23.7%3,703 #29
MedicineField #84 of 10,443 14.9%4,246 #36
Health SciencesDomain #105 of 11,982 15.3%4,747 #40
Life SciencesDomain #73 of 7,800 21.0%2,312 #32
Physics and AstronomyField #28 of 1,646 33.0%774 #19
Decision SciencesField #13 of 703 19.0%207 #3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #67 of 3,579 23.2%1,268 #27
Social SciencesField #134 of 6,365 18.1%2,816 #11
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #43 of 1,775 20.0%709 #2

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University 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. Social Sciences#4 #70
  2. Physical Sciences#29 #96
  3. Medicine#36 #84
  4. Health Sciences#40 #105
  5. Life Sciences#32 #73
  6. Physics and Astronomy#19 #28
  7. Decision Sciences#3 #13
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#27 #67
  9. Social Sciences#11 #134
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#2 #43
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 University of Chicago specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Decision Sciences takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Decision SciencesSubfield · 27.1 works8.7×
  2. TransplantationSubfield · 38.4 works5.2×
  3. ClassicsSubfield · 42.8 works4.4×
  4. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 44.9 works3.5×
  5. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 114.0 works3.2×
  6. AnthropologySubfield · 146.9 works3.2×
  7. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 78.2 works3.1×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 164 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.44× its world share, 1,268 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 242 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.24× its world share, 598 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 40 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 30 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.78× its world share, 201 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 790 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 180 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 61 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 712 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 306 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 315 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.73× its world share, 335 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.11× its world share, 774 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 436 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.34× its world share, 4,246 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 40 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.90× its world share, 905 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 357 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 208 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.01× its world share, 709 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 727 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 2,816 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University of Chicago?

Ranked on the composite score, James S. Coleman, Richard A. Posner and S. S. Meyer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Chicago.

  1. 1 James S. Coleman United States · #181 worldwide 2.4k citations · 143 works
  2. 2 Richard A. Posner United States · #212 worldwide 1.9k citations · 228 works
  3. 3 S. S. Meyer United States · #269 worldwide 7.4k citations · 110 works
  4. 4 Martha C. Nussbaum United States · #279 worldwide 1.6k citations · 260 works
  5. 5 Mihály Csíkszentmihályi United States · #346 worldwide 4.1k citations · 107 works
  6. 6 John T. Cacioppo United States · #364 worldwide 3.7k citations · 119 works
  7. 7 George J. Stigler United States · #373 worldwide 2k citations · 115 works
  8. 8 James J. Heckman United States · #541 worldwide 3.3k citations · 175 works
  9. 9 Raghuram G. Rajan United States · #583 worldwide 3.5k citations · 102 works
  10. 10 Carl R. Rogers United States · #776 worldwide 3k citations · 96 works
All ranked researchers at University of Chicago

Which keywords describe research at University of Chicago?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Epidemiology, Religion, Nationalism, History, Mental Health, Colonialism and Gender.

▲ 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. Epidemiology726◆ 1.11×131 topics
  2. Globalization557▲ 1.72×141 topics
  3. Machine Learning387▼ 0.72×82 topics
  4. Inflammation359◆ 1.05×81 topics
  5. Mental Health348▲ 1.44×44 topics
  6. History282▲ 2.4×56 topics
  7. Public Health281▲ 1.17×62 topics
  8. Religion273▲ 3.5×39 topics
  9. Risk Factors272▲ 1.50×36 topics
  10. Quality of Life270◆ 1.13×57 topics
  11. Nationalism266▲ 3.5×31 topics
  12. Cancer260▲ 1.18×52 topics
  13. Human Rights255▲ 1.50×68 topics
  14. Treatment254▲ 1.27×49 topics
  15. Identity246▲ 2.0×68 topics
  16. Gender236▲ 2.6×52 topics
  17. Colonialism226▲ 2.9×46 topics
  18. Immunotherapy225▲ 1.92×19 topics
  19. Economic Growth211▲ 1.51×28 topics
  20. Philosophy204▲ 2.8×37 topics
  21. Culture200▲ 2.3×32 topics
  22. Diagnosis200▲ 1.30×41 topics
  23. Democracy190▲ 3.2×25 topics
  24. Regulation188▲ 2.1×25 topics
  25. Genetics187▲ 1.62×25 topics
  26. Ethics187▲ 2.4×50 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders181▲ 1.93×20 topics
  28. Literature176▲ 1.97×57 topics
  29. Neoliberalism163▲ 2.8×27 topics
  30. Feminism144▲ 3.1×23 topics
  31. Political Economy142▲ 3.3×16 topics
  32. Health Disparities139▲ 3.2×9 topics
  33. Inequality134▲ 3.6×17 topics
  34. Emotion130▲ 3.8×12 topics
  35. China109▲ 7.2×5 topics
  36. Intersectionality106▲ 3.5×15 topics
  37. Molecular Dynamics103▲ 3.8×6 topics
  38. Public Opinion102▲ 5.0×6 topics
  39. Authoritarianism88▲ 6.0×5 topics
  40. Christianity80▲ 8.1×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Chicago publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chinese history and philosophy, Vestibular and auditory disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and RNA modifications and cancer.

Chinese history and phil…65Chinese history and philosophy: 65 fractional worksVestibular and auditory …52Vestibular and auditory disorders: 52 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 49 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 49 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 47 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 47 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 47 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algori…43Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 43 fractional worksChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance: 41 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 40 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceNeurologyGeneticsMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 65 works
  2. 2 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 52 works
  3. 3 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 49 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 49 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 47 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 47 works
  7. 7 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 47 works
  8. 8 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 43 works
  9. 9 China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance Political Science and International Relations 41 works
  10. 10 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 40 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Chicago's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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.

Other research institutions in Chicago

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.