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Research in Rensselaer

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Rensselaer, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Saint Joseph's College.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.6k
▲ 157% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
4.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Rensselaer

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 Rensselaer?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Saint Joseph's CollegeUniversity 2,645 #6,113
2Jasper County Public LibraryGovernment institution 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.

Which fields of science does Rensselaer work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Rensselaer is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (19%), Engineering (17%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 760 fractional works · 51.9% of its workComputer Science: 277 fractional works · 18.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 79 fractional works · 5.4% of its workInformation Systems: 58 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 53 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 47 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 254 fractional works · 17.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 74 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 32 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 76 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 41 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 64 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 34 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 365 fractional works · 24.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 127 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 54 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 71 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMarketing: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 55 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 24 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 36 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 28 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 34 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 179 fractional works · 12.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 88 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPlant Science: 45 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 50 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 28 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 160 fractional works · 10.9% of its workMedicine: 116 fractional works · 8.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 34 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRensselaer1,464fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences25%

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. Computer Science27718.9%
    2. Engineering25417.3%
    3. Materials Science765.2%
    4. Environmental Science644.4%
    5. Chemistry342.3%
    6. Energy221.5%
    7. Mathematics130.9%
    8. Physics and Astronomy100.7%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.3%
    1. Social Sciences1278.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting714.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities553.7%
    4. Psychology422.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance362.5%
    6. Decision Sciences342.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences886.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology503.4%
    3. Neuroscience281.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology50.3%
    1. Medicine1168.0%
    2. Health Professions342.4%
    3. Dentistry50.4%
    4. Nursing30.2%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Rensselaer strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Rensselaer is most concentrated in Computer Networks and Communications (3.7× the world share in Computer Networks and Communications).

  1. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 33.6 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: 1.49× its world share, 73 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.85× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.61× its world share, 26 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.27× its world share, 181 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.84× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.21× its world share, 187 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.63× its world share, 59 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 85 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.98× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.44× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.44×24 works
  2. Computer Science2.27×181 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.85×7 works
  4. Energy1.84×17 works
  5. Materials Science1.63×59 works
  6. Chemistry1.61×26 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.49×73 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.44×48 works
  9. Engineering1.21×187 works
  10. Neuroscience1.13×19 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.12×25 works
  12. Chemical Engineering1.02×4 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.98×29 works
  14. Health Professions0.96×26 works
  15. Psychology0.95×30 works
  16. Environmental Science0.83×42 works
  17. Dentistry0.79×4 works
  18. Mathematics0.75×9 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×37 works
  20. Social Sciences0.63×82 works
  21. Medicine0.43×85 works
  22. Nursing0.41×2 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×4 works
  24. Veterinary0.30×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.28×6 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Rensselaer?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Healthcare, Security, Internet of Things, IoT and Neural Networks.

▲ 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. Deep Learning184▲ 3.6×75 topics
  2. Machine Learning151▲ 3.1×80 topics
  3. Healthcare54▲ 3.2×19 topics
  4. Sustainability53▲ 1.48×51 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks49▲ 4.6×14 topics
  6. Neural Networks49▲ 2.2×31 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence46▲ 2.2×37 topics
  8. Internet of Things43▲ 3.4×19 topics
  9. Security41▲ 4.2×21 topics
  10. Big Data36▲ 2.6×24 topics
  11. Environmental Impact32▲ 1.30×38 topics
  12. Nanomaterials32▲ 2.1×14 topics
  13. Nanoparticles32▲ 1.73×36 topics
  14. Feature Extraction31▲ 4.7×10 topics
  15. IoT31▲ 5.7×15 topics
  16. Wireless Sensor Networks31▲ 4.8×19 topics
  17. Renewable Energy31▲ 1.47×33 topics
  18. Energy Efficiency31▲ 2.3×28 topics
  19. Biomedical Applications28▲ 1.59×31 topics
  20. Classification27▲ 4.0×11 topics
  21. Medical Imaging27▲ 3.5×6 topics
  22. Environmental Monitoring26▲ 4.7×11 topics
  23. Data Mining26▲ 2.4×14 topics
  24. Smart Cities25▲ 6.5×8 topics
  25. Supply Chain Management25▲ 1.93×15 topics
  26. Image Processing25▲ 4.0×9 topics
  27. Cloud Computing23▲ 5.5×10 topics
  28. IoT Security21▲ 4.6×3 topics
  29. Big Data Analytics21▲ 6.7×5 topics
  30. Decentralization19▲ 6.3×3 topics
  31. Cybersecurity19▲ 5.1×4 topics
  32. Transfer Learning18▲ 6.6×3 topics
  33. Computer Vision18▲ 4.5×4 topics
  34. India18▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Electric Vehicles16▲ 3.9×5 topics
  36. Economic Reforms16▲ 35×3 topics
  37. 5G Networks15▲ 5.0×4 topics
  38. Distributed Systems14▲ 5.7×6 topics
  39. Convolutional Neural Network14▲ 6.1×4 topics
  40. Gender Bias13▲ 9.8×3 topics

What research is done in Rensselaer?

Brain Tumor Detection an…8Brain Tumor Detection and Classification: 8 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing8IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 8 fractional worksSocial and Economic Development in India: 8 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …7Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 7 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis…7Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 7 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 6 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network …6Advanced Neural Network Applications: 6 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 6 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 5 fractional works
NeurologyComputer Networks and CommunicationsSociology and Political ScienceHealth Information Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 8 works
  2. 2 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 8 works
  3. 3 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 7 works
  5. 5 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 7 works
  6. 6 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 6 works
  7. 7 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 6 works
  8. 8 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 6 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 6 works
  10. 10 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 5 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Rensselaer7.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.9% in 2010.

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