The University of Illinois is among the preeminent public universities of the nation and strives constantly to sustain and enhance its quality in teaching, research and public service. As a land-grant institution, its three campuses address critical issues of the state and the nation. Among the 3,057 top-performing institutions in all fields, the University of Illinois ranked ranked #25 for citations, #6 for papers, and #1,369 for citations per paper. From ESI Special Topics: Read an interview with Dr. Nuzzo for the special topic of Molecular Self-Assembly. Dr. Nuzzo is the William H. and Janet Lycan Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champlain.  Read an interview with Dr. Stephen Long about his highly cited work in global warming research in the special topic of Global Warming. Dr. Long is the Robert Emerson Professor of Plant Biology in the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois in Urbana.

Field Rankings for the University of Illinois (Sorted by Citations)
RANK	FIELD	PAPERS	CITATIONS	CITATIONS PER PAPER
25	ALL FIELDS	44,829	460,062	10.26
1	PHYSICS	5,984	81,691	13.65
2	BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY	3,396	63,771	18.78
3	CLINICAL MEDICINE	5,549	53,202	9.59
4	CHEMISTRY	3,828	51,341	13.41
5	PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY	2,303	24,467	10.62
6	MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS	1,027	23,887	23.26
7	NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR	1,390	20,400	14.68
8	PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE	2,901	20,182	6.96
9	ENGINEERING	4,367	19,566	4.48
10	MICROBIOLOGY	835	15,215	18.22
11	SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL	3,357	14,421	4.30
12	SPACE SCIENCE	762	10,822	14.20
13	MATERIALS SCIENCE	1,381	10,332	7.48
14	ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY	890	7,815	8.78
15	ECONOMICS & BUSINESS	1,176	7,311	6.22
16	GEOSCIENCES	820	7,211	8.79
17	PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY	685	6,608	9.65
18	COMPUTER SCIENCE	1,274	6,345	4.98
19	AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES	1,020	6,264	6.14
20	MATHEMATICS	1,503	4,634	3.08
21	IMMUNOLOGY	346	4,483	12.96
22	MULTIDISCIPLINARY	35	94	2.69
SOURCE: ISI Essential Science Indicators Web based product from the July 1, 2002 update covering a ten year plus four month period, January 1992 - April 30, 2002.

  Graphs for the University of Illinois  
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Read an interview with Dr. Nuzzo for the special topic of Molecular Self-Assembly. Dr. Nuzzo is the William H. and Janet Lycan Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champlain. 

Read an interview with Dr. Stephen Long about his highly cited work in global warming research in the special topic of Global Warming. Dr. Long is the Robert Emerson Professor of Plant Biology in the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois in Urbana.