University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States of America (USA)
Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026Profile
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 Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)'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 Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is listed.
Position by research output Share
Position by research output Share in subject areas
Research
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) 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
Research outputs by subject area
Leading research topics
In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.
| Topics | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | 42 | 21.01 |
| Quantum Physics | 40 | 15.93 |
| Organic Chemistry | 17 | 12.33 |
| Materials Engineering | 18 | 11.50 |
| Astronomical Sciences | 205 | 10.47 |
| Nanotechnology | 17 | 9.66 |
| Physical Chemistry | 19 | 9.60 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 16 | 9.55 |
Share output for the past 5 years
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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 Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Top 5 domestic collaborators with University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) 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) | 14.28 / 15.98 | 30.26 |
| Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL), UIUC | 25.02 / 2.30 | 27.32 |
| Northwestern University (NU) | 11.07 / 15.45 | 26.52 |
| Carle Foundation | 17.59 / 1.32 | 18.91 |
| Carle Illinois College of Medicine | 16.26 / 0.95 | 17.21 |
Top 5 international collaborators with University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Total Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zhejiang University (ZJU) | 3.86 / 9.97 | 13.83 |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) | 4.89 / 8.49 | 13.38 |
| French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) | 5.02 / 3.84 | 8.86 |
| ZJU-UIUC Institute | 2.50 / 4.73 | 7.23 |
| Peking University (PKU) | 3.30 / 3.03 | 6.33 |
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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 Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). 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.
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
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.
- Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)
- Avian Phylogenomics Project
- Belle Collaboration
- CDF Collaboration
- COMPASS Collaboration
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine
- Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI)
- Center for Light Energy Activated Redox Processes (LEAP)
- Center for Mechanistic Control of Water-Hydrocarbon-Rock Interactions in Unconventional and Tight Oil Formations (CMC-UF)
- Center for Nanostructured Electronic Materials (CNEM)
- Center for Photonic and Multiscale Nanomaterials (C-PHOM)
- Center for Science of Information (CSoI)
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago
- Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE)
- Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA)
- Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems (EBICS)
- Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI)
- Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
- FAFU and UIUC-SIB Joint Center for Genomics and Biotechnology
- Future Circular Collider Design Study (FCC)
- Globus Alliance
- Hall A Collaboration
- Honey Bee Genome Sequencing Consortium
- Institute for Universal Biology (IUB) at UIUC
- International Centre for Advanced Materials (ICAM)
- Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR)
- Laboratoire International Associé CNRS-UIUC
- Life Sciences Collaborative Access Team (LS-CAT)
- Mayo Illinois Alliance for Technology Based Healthcare
- MicroArray Quality Control (MAQC) Consortium
- Molecule Maker Lab Institute (MMLI)
- NSF Consortium of Resonance and Rayleigh Lidars (CRRL)
- NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI)
- NUS Synthetic Biology Research Consortium
- National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC)
- Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN)
- Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)
- PHENIX Collaboration
- Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center (RNC)
- The ATLAS Collaboration
- The Daya Bay Collaboration
- The HERMES Collaboration
- Tribolium Genome Sequencing Consortium
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
- ZJU-UIUC Institute