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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

In research, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign stands highest in Computer Science (#25 of 4,667 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#78 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#71 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Library and Information Sciences, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics and Animal Science and Zoology — Library and Information Sciences is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#80
of 28,054 · #19 all time
Rank in United States
#20
of 4,192
Research works
172k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.9M
40.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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
Computer ScienceField #25 of 4,667 22.7%2,253 #5
Physical SciencesDomain #78 of 12,888 20.5%8,769 #9
Social SciencesDomain #71 of 10,521 25.3%4,278 #18
Social SciencesField #59 of 6,365 26.6%1,964 #13
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #55 of 3,579 22.8%1,170 #37
Life SciencesDomain #137 of 7,800 22.6%2,581 #71
Physics and AstronomyField #31 of 1,646 27.3%824 #14
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #41 of 1,884 24.8%868 #9
EngineeringField #169 of 6,636 17.3%3,085 #12
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #82 of 2,578 27.1%631 #33

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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. Computer Science#5 #25
  2. Physical Sciences#9 #78
  3. Social Sciences#18 #71
  4. Social Sciences#13 #59
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#37 #55
  6. Life Sciences#71 #137
  7. Physics and Astronomy#14 #31
  8. Artificial Intelligence#9 #41
  9. Engineering#12 #169
  10. Sociology and Political Science#33 #82
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 Illinois Urbana-Champaign specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Library and Information Sciences takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 20.8 works6.2×
  2. Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsSubfield · 28.7 works4.1×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 138.6 works3.6×
  4. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 69.8 works3.5×
  5. VeterinaryField · 81.1 works3.4×
← 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: 1.06× its world share, 892 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 1,170 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 123 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 373 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.22× its world share, 75 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.04× its world share, 289 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.64× its world share, 2,253 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 273 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 100 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.16× its world share, 3,085 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 887 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.99× its world share, 610 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.80× its world share, 374 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.10× its world share, 824 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 352 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 1,499 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 82 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.38× its world share, 81 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.91× its world share, 465 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 393 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 323 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 362 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 771 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 1,964 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign?

Ranked on the composite score, Norman K. Denzin, Émile Durkheim and Laxmikant V. Kalé lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

  1. 1 Norman K. Denzin United States · #16 worldwide 8.6k citations · 169 works
  2. 2 Émile Durkheim United States · #87 worldwide 2.5k citations · 135 works
  3. 3 Laxmikant V. Kalé United States · #201 worldwide 3k citations · 183 works
  4. 4 David E. Goldberg United States · #965 worldwide 2.7k citations · 107 works
  5. 5 Klaus Schulten United States · #1,529 worldwide 3.4k citations · 95 works
  6. 6 Thomas S. Huang United States · #1,582 worldwide 7.4k citations · 369 works
  7. 7 J. C. Phillips United States · #1,598 worldwide 4k citations · 81 works
  8. 8 Emad Tajkhorshid United States · #2,303 worldwide 2.3k citations · 96 works
  9. 9 Kenneth S. Suslick United States · #2,832 worldwide 1.6k citations · 98 works
  10. 10 Harry C. Triandis United States · #2,887 worldwide 2.1k citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Which keywords describe research at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Climate Change, Mental Health, Information Retrieval, Text Classification and Topic Modeling.

▲ 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 Learning859▲ 1.42×83 topics
  2. Machine Learning750▲ 1.30×89 topics
  3. Climate Change533◆ 1.12×109 topics
  4. Neural Networks500▲ 1.84×41 topics
  5. Epidemiology393▼ 0.56×130 topics
  6. Sustainability328▼ 0.76×100 topics
  7. Mental Health318▲ 1.23×42 topics
  8. Globalization294▼ 0.85×115 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications242▲ 1.16×36 topics
  10. Public Health232◆ 0.90×57 topics
  11. Social Media231◆ 0.91×32 topics
  12. Education227▼ 0.75×85 topics
  13. Nanoparticles204◆ 0.92×42 topics
  14. Big Data186▲ 1.16×29 topics
  15. Convolutional Neural Networks172▲ 1.33×14 topics
  16. Social Support153▲ 1.56×19 topics
  17. Gut Microbiota149▲ 2.4×7 topics
  18. Health Effects145▲ 1.36×23 topics
  19. Gender142▲ 1.48×48 topics
  20. Biosensors134▲ 1.48×12 topics
  21. Student Engagement132▲ 1.86×15 topics
  22. Information Retrieval128▲ 3.3×6 topics
  23. Probiotics118▲ 2.8×6 topics
  24. Text Classification115▲ 4.1×3 topics
  25. Topic Modeling112▲ 4.3×3 topics
  26. Molecular Dynamics111▲ 3.8×6 topics
  27. Machine Translation103▲ 3.5×2 topics
  28. Lifelong Learning103▲ 2.8×11 topics
  29. Semantic Similarity102▲ 4.8×1 topic
  30. Word Representation102▲ 4.8×1 topic
  31. Entanglement95▲ 3.6×4 topics
  32. Heat Stress89▲ 6.3×2 topics
  33. Amino Acids88▲ 5.2×3 topics
  34. Parallel Computing83▲ 4.0×5 topics
  35. Engineering Education80▲ 5.1×6 topics
  36. Intestinal Barrier80▲ 5.7×2 topics
  37. Feed Additives73▲ 7.1×2 topics
  38. Antibiotic Alternatives71▲ 7.4×1 topic
  39. Poultry Production71▲ 7.4×1 topic
  40. Approximation Algorithms66▲ 5.4×5 topics

Which research topics does University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Topic Modeling, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Natural Language Processing Techniques and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring.

Topic Modeling102Topic Modeling: 102 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 71 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 62 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 45 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 45 fractional worksParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 42 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…41Online Learning and Analytics: 41 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 39 fractional worksModel Reduction and Neural Networks: 38 fractional worksMachine Learning in Mate…38Machine Learning in Materials Science: 38 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceAnimal Science and ZoologyCivil and Structural EngineeringMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 102 works
  2. 2 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 71 works
  3. 3 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 62 works
  4. 4 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 45 works
  5. 5 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 45 works
  6. 6 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 42 works
  7. 7 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 41 works
  8. 8 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 39 works
  9. 9 Model Reduction and Neural Networks Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 38 works
  10. 10 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 38 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 available27.8%not open72.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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