Question 1

What is American University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, American University stands highest in Social Sciences (#864 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#788 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#605 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Political Science and International Relations and Gender Studies (Public Administration is 16.3× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does American University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

American University ranks #1,796 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#2,198 all time), and #354 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at American University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Jessica A. Gephart, Catherine J. Stoodley and Andrew R. Flores lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from American University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from American University is "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2016), with 14,545 citations. Next come "Information Systems Success: The Quest for the Dependent Variable" (10,692) and "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral" (9,794).

Question 5

Which research topics does American University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: American Constitutional Law and Politics, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Electoral Systems and Political Participation and Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at American University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Nationalism, Human Rights, Democracy, Identity, Global Governance, Gender and Economic Growth.

Question 7

Which fields of science does American University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 68% of research at American University is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (7%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Is American University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.