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Research in Clemson

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Clemson, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Clemson University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
41k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
961k
23.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Clemson

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 Clemson?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Clemson UniversityUniversity 41,111 #600

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.

Which fields of science does Clemson work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Clemson is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Social Sciences (13%), Computer Science (9%).

Physical Sciences: 3,330 fractional works · 47.8% of its workEngineering: 1,356 fractional works · 19.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 308 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 189 fractional works · 2.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 131 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 117 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 110 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 105 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 78 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 619 fractional works · 8.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 197 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 89 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 75 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 70 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 493 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEcology: 110 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 91 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 297 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 136 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 62 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 197 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 100 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 97 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 93 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,824 fractional works · 26.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 920 fractional works · 13.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 302 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 177 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 74 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 71 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 380 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 175 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 81 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 171 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 160 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAccounting: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 98 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 94 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,073 fractional works · 15.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 539 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPlant Science: 258 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 81 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 411 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 233 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 80 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 743 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMedicine: 543 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSurgery: 62 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 60 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 140 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 157 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 81 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKClemson6,969fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences26%

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. Engineering1,35619.5%
    2. Computer Science6198.9%
    3. Environmental Science4937.1%
    4. Materials Science2974.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1972.8%
    6. Chemistry1001.4%
    7. Mathematics971.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences931.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering410.6%
    10. Energy370.5%
  2. Social Sciences1,82426.2%
    1. Social Sciences92013.2%
    2. Psychology3805.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities1712.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1602.3%
    5. Decision Sciences981.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance941.4%
  3. Life Sciences1,07315.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5397.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4115.9%
    3. Neuroscience801.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology300.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics130.2%
    1. Medicine5437.8%
    2. Health Professions1572.3%
    3. Nursing280.4%
    4. Veterinary100.1%
    5. Dentistry60.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Clemson strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Clemson is most concentrated in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Human-Computer Interaction and Safety Research (4.4× the world share in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes).

  1. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 20.7 works4.4×
  2. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 50.2 works4.0×
  3. Safety ResearchSubfield · 64.8 works3.8×
  4. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 97.5 works3.0×
← 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: 1.60× its world share, 466 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 353 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 72 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.62× its world share, 35 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 86 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.15× its world share, 546 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 78 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 33 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.34× its world share, 1,229 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.43× its world share, 435 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 260 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.16× its world share, 83 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.25× its world share, 170 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 140 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 474 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.81× its world share, 144 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 139 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 85 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 84 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 327 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 806 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology1.75×327 works
  2. Chemical Engineering1.62×35 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.60×466 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.44×85 works
  5. Environmental Science1.43×435 works
  6. Engineering1.34×1,229 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.25×170 works
  8. Materials Science1.22×260 works
  9. Mathematics1.16×83 works
  10. Computer Science1.15×546 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×353 works
  12. Social Sciences1.04×806 works
  13. Veterinary0.99×8 works
  14. Chemistry0.90×86 works
  15. Health Professions0.87×140 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.81×78 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.81×144 works
  18. Nursing0.79×24 works
  19. Neuroscience0.73×72 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.70×139 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×84 works
  22. Energy0.59×33 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×10 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×25 works
  25. Medicine0.40×474 works
  26. Dentistry0.20×6 works

Which keywords describe research in Clemson?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, Sustainability, Driver Behavior, Social Media and Invasive Species.

▲ 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. Machine Learning287▲ 1.24×76 topics
  2. Climate Change283▲ 1.49×94 topics
  3. Deep Learning266◆ 1.11×76 topics
  4. Sustainability173◆ 1.02×82 topics
  5. Social Media132▲ 1.37×28 topics
  6. Globalization118▼ 0.86×77 topics
  7. Neural Networks118◆ 1.10×35 topics
  8. Mental Health113◆ 1.14×36 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications110▲ 1.33×34 topics
  10. Public Health101◆ 1.00×48 topics
  11. Renewable Energy101◆ 1.00×40 topics
  12. Mechanical Properties92▲ 1.35×36 topics
  13. Big Data88▲ 1.32×20 topics
  14. Biodiversity85▲ 1.59×30 topics
  15. Autonomous Vehicles81▲ 5.6×4 topics
  16. Invasive Species79▲ 2.7×21 topics
  17. Nanocomposites78▲ 1.42×21 topics
  18. Gender71▲ 1.90×39 topics
  19. Social Support67▲ 1.78×15 topics
  20. Smart Grid65▲ 2.6×10 topics
  21. Trust64▲ 3.3×10 topics
  22. Electric Vehicles64▲ 3.2×4 topics
  23. Ecosystem Services62▲ 2.3×12 topics
  24. Power Electronics61▲ 2.7×8 topics
  25. Biodiversity Conservation60▲ 2.3×16 topics
  26. Student Engagement59▲ 2.1×14 topics
  27. Renewable Energy Integration59▲ 2.6×6 topics
  28. Phylogenetic Analysis57▲ 2.6×14 topics
  29. Driver Behavior54▲ 9.8×2 topics
  30. Lifelong Learning52▲ 3.6×8 topics
  31. Human Factors45▲ 8.2×3 topics
  32. Cognitive Load44▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Automation43▲ 8.8×4 topics
  34. Engineering Education43▲ 7.2×4 topics
  35. Mental Workload43▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Biological Control42▲ 4.0×9 topics
  37. Driver Distraction41▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Situation Awareness41▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Chemical Kinetics36▲ 5.6×3 topics
  40. Experiential Learning32▲ 8.9×6 topics

What research is done in Clemson?

Human-Automation Interac…39Human-Automation Interaction and Safety: 39 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applicat…23Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 23 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 22 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 22 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 22 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 20 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 20 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and In…18Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 18 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 17 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 17 fractional works
Social PsychologyHuman-Computer InteractionAutomotive EngineeringMedia Technology5 others

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

  1. 1 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 39 works
  2. 2 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 23 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 22 works
  4. 4 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 22 works
  5. 5 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 22 works
  6. 6 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 20 works
  7. 7 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 20 works
  8. 8 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 18 works
  9. 9 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 17 works
  10. 10 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 17 works

Research output over time

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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%Clemson20.0% 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 27.4% in 2010.

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