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Research in Auburn

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Auburn, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Auburn University.

Research institutions
10
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
47k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
997k
21.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Auburn

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Auburn?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Auburn UniversityUniversity 45,632 #577
2Alabama Department of Forensic SciencesInstitution 186 #24,208 all time
3Auburn University SystemUniversity 122 #33,123 all time
4Archangel Systems (United States)Company 40 not ranked
5American Association of Bovine PractitionersNonprofit 29 not ranked
6Auburn City SchoolsUniversity 28 not ranked
7IntraMicron (United States)Company 11 not ranked
8SiO2 Materials Science (United States)Company 5 not ranked
9Society for the History of TechnologyInstitution 4 not ranked
10Proximity Biosciences (United States)Company 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Auburn University: 99.1%Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences: 0.4%Auburn University System: 0.3%Archangel Systems (United States): 0.1%6 others listed: 0.2%99%largest
Auburn University46k · 99.1%Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences186 · 0.4%Auburn University System122 · 0.3%Archangel Systems (United States)40 · 0.1%6 others listed78 · 0.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Auburn work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Auburn is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Medicine (11%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,409 fractional works · 44.7% of its workEngineering: 1,483 fractional works · 19.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 309 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 193 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 185 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 150 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 118 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 95 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 80 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 618 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEcology: 132 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 118 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 493 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 180 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 66 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 210 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 100 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 190 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 69 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 143 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 110 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 81 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,708 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 708 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 222 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 183 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 391 fractional works · 5.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 131 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 122 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 223 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 170 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 143 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 101 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,406 fractional works · 18.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 718 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPlant Science: 223 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 98 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 75 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 72 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 454 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 220 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 114 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 121 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 90 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,108 fractional works · 14.5% of its workMedicine: 816 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 88 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 158 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 175 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 77 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 74 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAuburn7,631fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1,48319.4%
    2. Environmental Science6188.1%
    3. Computer Science4936.5%
    4. Materials Science2102.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1902.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1431.9%
    7. Mathematics1101.4%
    8. Chemistry811.1%
    9. Energy480.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering330.4%
  2. Social Sciences1,70822.4%
    1. Social Sciences7089.3%
    2. Psychology3915.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2232.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities1702.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1431.9%
    6. Decision Sciences731.0%
  3. Life Sciences1,40618.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7189.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4545.9%
    3. Neuroscience1211.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology901.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics240.3%
  4. Health Sciences1,10814.5%
    1. Medicine81610.7%
    2. Health Professions1752.3%
    3. Veterinary741.0%
    4. Nursing370.5%
    5. Dentistry50.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Auburn strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Auburn is most concentrated in Veterinary, Small Animals and Animal Science and Zoology (7.1× the world share in Veterinary).

  1. VeterinaryField · 66.3 works7.1×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 57.5 works6.8×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 86.5 works5.8×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 68.3 works4.2×
  5. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 46.2 works3.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 626 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 402 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.13× its world share, 78 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 106 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.16× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 74 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 445 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 126 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 45 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.31× its world share, 1,344 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.62× its world share, 551 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.80× its world share, 192 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.20× its world share, 96 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.11× its world share, 169 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 162 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 728 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.14× its world share, 66 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 158 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 200 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 66 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 135 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.65× its world share, 344 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 635 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary7.14×66 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.93×626 works
  3. Psychology1.65×344 works
  4. Environmental Science1.62×551 works
  5. Engineering1.31×1,344 works
  6. Mathematics1.20×96 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.18×126 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.16×28 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.13×78 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.11×169 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×402 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.99×66 works
  13. Neuroscience0.96×106 works
  14. Nursing0.94×31 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.92×22 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.92×135 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.91×200 works
  18. Health Professions0.90×162 works
  19. Computer Science0.84×445 works
  20. Materials Science0.80×192 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.80×158 works
  22. Social Sciences0.73×635 works
  23. Energy0.71×45 works
  24. Chemistry0.69×74 works
  25. Medicine0.55×728 works
  26. Dentistry0.16×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Auburn?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Gut Microbiota, Aquaculture, Additive Manufacturing, Epidemiology, High-Temperature Electronics and Mental Health.

▲ 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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. Climate Change347▲ 1.67×98 topics
  2. Sustainability263▲ 1.41×93 topics
  3. Epidemiology243▼ 0.80×116 topics
  4. Machine Learning208▼ 0.82×80 topics
  5. Deep Learning196▼ 0.74×75 topics
  6. Mental Health157▲ 1.44×39 topics
  7. Nanoparticles140▲ 1.45×39 topics
  8. Environmental Impact130◆ 1.00×61 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties118▲ 1.57×35 topics
  10. Remote Sensing112▲ 1.20×35 topics
  11. Gut Microbiota102▲ 3.9×7 topics
  12. Biodiversity100▲ 1.73×33 topics
  13. Invasive Species94▲ 2.9×21 topics
  14. Additive Manufacturing93▲ 3.9×7 topics
  15. Aquaculture89▲ 4.6×8 topics
  16. Probiotics78▲ 4.3×6 topics
  17. Water Quality76▲ 2.5×14 topics
  18. Polymer Composites69▲ 3.4×7 topics
  19. Rare Earth Elements68▲ 6.1×4 topics
  20. Applications67▲ 3.2×7 topics
  21. High-Temperature Electronics64▲ 14×2 topics
  22. 3D Printing63▲ 3.7×6 topics
  23. Electromigration63▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Thermal Behavior60▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Biomedical Engineering59▲ 5.5×2 topics
  26. Interfacial Reactions59▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Lead-free Solders59▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Population Dynamics59▲ 3.0×11 topics
  29. Materials56▲ 3.2×5 topics
  30. Ceramics54▲ 4.9×3 topics
  31. Amino Acids54▲ 7.5×3 topics
  32. Challenges53▲ 6.2×2 topics
  33. Fused Deposition Modeling53▲ 6.5×1 topic
  34. Heat Stress50▲ 8.2×2 topics
  35. Intestinal Barrier45▲ 7.5×2 topics
  36. Animal Welfare45▲ 6.6×4 topics
  37. Feed Additives44▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Antibiotic Alternatives44▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Poultry Production44▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Teacher Preparation43▲ 7.5×5 topics

What research is done in Auburn?

Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies: 56 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 51 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…38Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 38 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing M…28Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 28 fractional worksDiverse Educational Innovations Studies: 27 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 27 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…23Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 23 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 22 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 21 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 21 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringAnimal Science and ZoologyMechanical Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 56 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 51 works
  3. 3 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 38 works
  4. 4 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 28 works
  5. 5 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 27 works
  6. 6 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 27 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 23 works
  8. 8 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 22 works
  9. 9 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 21 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 21 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Auburn17.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.4% in 2016.

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