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Research in Notre Dame

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Notre Dame, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Notre Dame, Saint Mary's College and Holy Cross College.

Research institutions
5
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
54k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6M
28.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Notre Dame

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 Notre Dame?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Notre DameUniversity 52,886 #328
2Saint Mary's CollegeUniversity 1,018 #12,981
3Holy Cross CollegeUniversity 286 #16,276
4Hesburgh LibrariesUniversity 73 not ranked
5History of Science SocietyInstitution 66 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.

University of Notre Dame: 97.3%Saint Mary's College: 1.9%Holy Cross College: 0.5%Hesburgh Libraries: 0.1%1 other listed: 0.1%97%largest
University of Notre Dame53k · 97.3%Saint Mary's College1,018 · 1.9%Holy Cross College286 · 0.5%Hesburgh Libraries73 · 0.1%1 other listed66 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Notre Dame work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Notre Dame is in Physical Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Engineering (14%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,275 fractional works · 44.8% of its workEngineering: 1,017 fractional works · 13.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 283 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 190 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 141 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 95 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 72 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 718 fractional works · 9.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 276 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 116 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 89 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 75 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 379 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 112 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 76 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 75 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 283 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 200 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 272 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 244 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 182 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 67 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 95 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,801 fractional works · 38.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,322 fractional works · 18.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 498 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 267 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 139 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 66 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 702 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPhilosophy: 179 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHistory: 125 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 80 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 67 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 66 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 306 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 92 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 89 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 78 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 189 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 120 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 181 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAccounting: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 102 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 645 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 387 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 235 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 121 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 84 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 77 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 589 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMedicine: 478 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 81 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 118 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 93 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 67 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNotre Dame7,311fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences38%

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. Engineering1,01713.9%
    2. Computer Science7189.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy3795.2%
    4. Materials Science2833.9%
    5. Environmental Science2723.7%
    6. Mathematics2443.3%
    7. Chemistry1822.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences951.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering460.6%
    10. Energy400.5%
  2. Social Sciences2,80138.3%
    1. Social Sciences1,32218.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities7029.6%
    3. Psychology3064.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1892.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1812.5%
    6. Decision Sciences1021.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3875.3%
    2. Neuroscience1211.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences771.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology470.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics140.2%
    1. Medicine4786.5%
    2. Health Professions931.3%
    3. Nursing140.2%
    4. Veterinary20.0%
    5. Dentistry20.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Notre Dame strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Notre Dame is most concentrated in Classics, History and Philosophy of Science and Philosophy (10.1× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 38.8 works10×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 59.0 works6.0×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 154.9 works5.6×
  4. HistorySubfield · 107.1 works5.2×
  5. Religious studiesSubfield · 54.7 works5.1×
  6. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 48.3 works4.6×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 67 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 345 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 39 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 103 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.86× its world share, 42 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.58× its world share, 160 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.27× its world share, 634 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 81 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.96× its world share, 927 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 233 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.13× its world share, 254 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.92× its world share, 221 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.36× its world share, 337 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 82 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 417 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.25× its world share, 604 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 163 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 90 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 174 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 253 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 1,142 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.25×604 works
  2. Mathematics2.92×221 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.36×337 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.86×42 works
  5. Chemistry1.58×160 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.44×90 works
  7. Social Sciences1.40×1,142 works
  8. Psychology1.29×253 works
  9. Computer Science1.27×634 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.26×174 works
  11. Materials Science1.13×254 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.01×345 works
  13. Neuroscience0.98×103 works
  14. Engineering0.96×927 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.81×81 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.79×163 works
  17. Environmental Science0.73×233 works
  18. Energy0.61×36 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.60×39 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×11 works
  21. Health Professions0.49×82 works
  22. Nursing0.39×12 works
  23. Medicine0.34×417 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×67 works
  25. Veterinary0.16×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.06×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Notre Dame?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Nationalism, Globalization, Ethics, Machine Learning, History, Identity and Democracy.

▲ 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 Learning286▲ 1.18×81 topics
  2. Deep Learning254◆ 1.01×76 topics
  3. Globalization245▲ 1.70×118 topics
  4. Religion185▲ 5.5×38 topics
  5. Climate Change171▼ 0.86×97 topics
  6. Neural Networks168▲ 1.49×36 topics
  7. Nationalism166▲ 5.0×30 topics
  8. Human Rights157▲ 2.1×63 topics
  9. History149▲ 2.9×53 topics
  10. Identity148▲ 2.8×61 topics
  11. Ethics145▲ 3.9×45 topics
  12. Colonialism119▲ 3.4×43 topics
  13. Literature118▲ 2.9×48 topics
  14. Mental Health116◆ 1.11×39 topics
  15. Gender114▲ 2.9×48 topics
  16. Democracy112▲ 4.4×24 topics
  17. Philosophy109▲ 3.4×35 topics
  18. Culture101▲ 2.6×32 topics
  19. Public Opinion84▲ 9.5×6 topics
  20. International Law81▲ 3.5×23 topics
  21. Politics75▲ 3.9×21 topics
  22. Large-Eddy Simulation75▲ 5.5×5 topics
  23. Society68▲ 4.9×18 topics
  24. Theology68▲ 10×6 topics
  25. Feminism64▲ 3.0×23 topics
  26. Political Philosophy62▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Secularism58▲ 7.8×5 topics
  28. Molecular Dynamics56▲ 4.4×6 topics
  29. Multiculturalism55▲ 4.0×10 topics
  30. Federalism52▲ 11×3 topics
  31. American founding49▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Constitutional government49▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Church History48▲ 15×3 topics
  34. NGOs48▲ 7.0×4 topics
  35. Cosmopolitanism47▲ 5.9×7 topics
  36. Vortex Dynamics46▲ 5.5×4 topics
  37. Adaptive Mesh Refinement45▲ 9.8×2 topics
  38. High-Order Schemes45▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Equality44▲ 10×8 topics
  40. Cultural Transmission41▲ 7.3×5 topics

What research is done in Notre Dame?

American Constitutional …46American Constitutional Law and Politics: 46 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…34Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 34 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and Ethics: 29 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 27 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 27 fractional worksTopic Modeling27Topic Modeling: 27 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 27 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and…25Perovskite Materials and Applications: 25 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 24 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 23 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsComputational MechanicsHistoryArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 46 works
  2. 2 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 34 works
  3. 3 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 29 works
  4. 4 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 27 works
  5. 5 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 27 works
  6. 6 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 27 works
  7. 7 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  8. 8 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 25 works
  9. 9 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  10. 10 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 23 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 counting20%40%Notre Dame18.3% 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 33.4% in 2016.

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