Research in Columbia
Science Explorer records 49 research institutions in Columbia, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of South Carolina, Columbia College - South Carolina and Benedict College.
- Research institutions
- 49 5 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 60k ◆ 0% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 1.8M 29.4 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 18.8% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Columbia?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Columbia work in?
In 2022-now, 32% of research in Columbia is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Social Sciences (16%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences2,90731.8%
- Engineering1,07711.8%
- Computer Science5055.5%
- Environmental Science3313.6%
- Materials Science3063.3%
- Physics and Astronomy1761.9%
- Mathematics1691.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1351.5%
- Chemistry1091.2%
- Energy590.6%
- Chemical Engineering390.4%
- Social Sciences2,90531.8%
- Social Sciences1,42015.5%
- Psychology6567.2%
- Arts and Humanities2953.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting2512.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1892.1%
- Decision Sciences931.0%
- Health Sciences2,40226.3%
- Medicine1,97421.6%
- Health Professions3624.0%
- Nursing460.5%
- Dentistry160.2%
- Veterinary40.0%
- Life Sciences93310.2%
What is Columbia strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Columbia is most concentrated in Library and Information Sciences, Behavioral Neuroscience and Music (14.6× the world share in Library and Information Sciences).
- Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 22.0 works15×
- Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 21.1 works6.8×
- MusicSubfield · 23.5 works3.6×
- Safety ResearchSubfield · 63.9 works2.9×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Psychology2.27×545 works
- Neuroscience1.98×253 works
- Mathematics1.55×144 works
- Health Professions1.51×314 works
- Chemical Engineering1.31×36 works
- Social Sciences1.24×1,236 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.14×91 works
- Medicine1.12×1,694 works
- Arts and Humanities1.11×253 works
- Decision Sciences1.07×81 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.01×171 works
- Nursing0.99×38 works
- Materials Science0.97×266 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.94×116 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.88×224 works
- Engineering0.81×959 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.81×142 works
- Chemistry0.77×96 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×309 works
- Environmental Science0.74×288 works
- Energy0.72×52 works
- Computer Science0.70×428 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×16 works
- Dentistry0.37×14 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×117 works
- Veterinary0.31×3 works
Which keywords describe research in Columbia?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Epidemiology, Public Health, Depression, Physical Activity, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease and Adolescents.
- Youth Violence
- Dietary Risks
- Neighborhood Effects
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Chronic Disease
- Health Outcomes
- Emotion Regulation
- Stress
- Resilience
- Health Effects
- Gender
- Social Support
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Physical Activity
- Social Media
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Mental Health
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Inflammation
- Depression
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Quality of Life
- Risk Factors
- Obesity
- Adolescents
- Prevalence
- Meta-Analysis
- Anxiety
- Child Development
- Health Disparities
- Developmental Trajectories
- Academic Achievement
- Self-Regulation
- Circadian Rhythms
- Childhood
- Overweight
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
- Epidemiology498▲ 1.37×131 topics
- Mental Health346▲ 2.6×40 topics
- Public Health263▲ 1.98×60 topics
- Machine Learning242▼ 0.80×85 topics
- Inflammation233▲ 1.20×77 topics
- Deep Learning231▼ 0.73×77 topics
- Depression194▲ 2.4×23 topics
- Climate Change192▼ 0.77×89 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease180▲ 1.73×39 topics
- Globalization179◆ 1.00×103 topics
- Quality of Life162▲ 1.23×55 topics
- Social Media158▲ 1.25×35 topics
- Risk Factors157▲ 1.56×37 topics
- Physical Activity136▲ 3.1×10 topics
- Obesity136▲ 1.93×25 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome135▲ 1.82×23 topics
- Adolescents118▲ 3.5×9 topics
- Social Support107▲ 2.2×18 topics
- Prevalence103▲ 2.8×15 topics
- Gender101▲ 2.1×43 topics
- Meta-Analysis98▲ 1.81×21 topics
- Health Effects94▲ 1.70×23 topics
- Anxiety91▲ 2.1×12 topics
- Resilience90▲ 2.0×15 topics
- Child Development89▲ 2.4×8 topics
- Stress80▲ 2.4×10 topics
- Health Disparities77▲ 3.2×8 topics
- Emotion Regulation75▲ 2.6×9 topics
- Developmental Trajectories71▲ 6.5×3 topics
- Health Outcomes68▲ 2.8×8 topics
- Academic Achievement65▲ 4.1×10 topics
- Chronic Disease64▲ 4.2×4 topics
- Self-Regulation62▲ 3.8×6 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy59▲ 4.0×6 topics
- Circadian Rhythms55▲ 5.6×2 topics
- Neighborhood Effects54▲ 5.6×3 topics
- Childhood46▲ 7.3×2 topics
- Dietary Risks45▲ 7.7×1 topic
- Overweight45▲ 7.7×1 topic
- Youth Violence42▲ 10×3 topics
What research is done in Columbia?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 41 works
- 2 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 34 works
- 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 34 works
- 4 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 30 works
- 5 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 27 works
- 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 27 works
- 7 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 25 works
- 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 24 works
- 9 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 23 works
- 10 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 22 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.2% in 2001.
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