University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

United States of America (USA)

Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global United States of America (USA)
Overall 416 97
Academic 370 81

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global United States of America (USA)
Applied sciences 449 73
Health sciences 229 76
Natural sciences 522 111
Biological sciences 418 116
Chemistry 515 89
Earth & environmental sciences 547 129
Physical sciences 532 104
Social sciences 387 96

Research

University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 275 65.00

Overall Count and Share for 'University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Note: Natural sciences includes biological sciences, chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences and physical sciences.
Subject Count Share
Applied sciences 34 12.07
Biological sciences 26 7.51
Chemistry 26 10.37
Earth & environmental sciences 8 2.69
Health sciences 93 24.55
Physical sciences 77 5.23
Social sciences 11 2.58

Note: Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject.

Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 65 67 70 79 75
Applied sciences 9 7 8 13 15
Health sciences 19 32 35 26 27
Natural sciences 37 28 26 35 29
Biological sciences 11 13 8 9 8
Chemistry 19 8 12 18 13
Earth & environmental sciences 1 2 2 2 3
Physical sciences 5 5 4 5 6
Social sciences 0 0 1 5 3
Nature & Science 1 1 1 0 3

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (23 institutions) 22.5%
Domestic (26 institutions) 77.5%

Note: Hover over the pie chart to view the Share for each collaboration type.

Note: Hover over the graph to view collaboration by percentage of Share.

Top 5 domestic collaborators with University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) by Share

Collaborating institutions

Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.

Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
The University of Chicago (UChicago) 8.66 / 9.91 18.57
Northwestern University (NU) 7.39 / 6.71 14.11
University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UI Health) 7.60 / 2.34 9.94
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) 4.08 / 5.26 9.34
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 3.63 / 1.37 5.00

Top 5 international collaborators with University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
University of Hamburg (UHH) 1.24 / 2.36 3.60
Imperial College London (ICL) 1.35 / 1.32 2.67
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 1.32 / 1.10 2.41
Zhejiang University (ZJU) 1.47 / 0.74 2.21
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) 1.32 / 0.73 2.04

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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.

Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.