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Brandeis University

In research, Brandeis University stands highest in Social Sciences (#340 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#272 of 5,988 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#317 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience (Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is 6.4× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#435
of 22,385 · #394 all time
Rank in United States
#108
of 3,332
Research works
20k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
906k
46.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.19×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%

What is Brandeis University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #340 of 9,585 10.5%732 #322
Social SciencesField #272 of 5,988 11.1%380 #289
Life SciencesDomain #317 of 6,403 12.7%271 #189
Health SciencesDomain #514 of 9,902 13.8%224 #562
Physical SciencesDomain #746 of 10,670 11.4%389 #804
MedicineField #641 of 8,541 14.3%161 #628
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #318 of 2,964 11.9%142 #183
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #332 of 2,526 8.8%158 #282
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #241 of 1,798 12.6%80 #269
Molecular BiologySubfield #283 of 1,880 11.8%94 #161

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Brandeis University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#322 #340
  2. Social Sciences#289 #272
  3. Life Sciences#189 #317
  4. Health Sciences#562 #514
  5. Physical Sciences#804 #746
  6. Medicine#628 #641
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#183 #318
  8. Sociology and Political Science#282 #332
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#269 #241
  10. Molecular Biology#161 #283
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Brandeis University work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Brandeis University is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 794 fractional works · 44.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 415 fractional works · 23.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 169 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 66 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDemography: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 124 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPhilosophy: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 109 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 35 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 85 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 57 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFinance: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 45 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 434 fractional works · 24.2% of its workComputer Science: 125 fractional works · 7.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 69 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 67 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 65 fractional works · 3.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 54 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 43 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 318 fractional works · 17.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 162 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 106 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCell Biology: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAging: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 121 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 69 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 36 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSensory Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 245 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMedicine: 176 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 36 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 62 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 46 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBrandeisUniversity1,790fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences44%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences41523.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities1246.9%
    3. Psychology1096.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance854.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting452.5%
    6. Decision Sciences160.9%
    1. Computer Science1257.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy673.7%
    3. Engineering653.6%
    4. Mathematics543.0%
    5. Materials Science432.4%
    6. Chemistry321.8%
    7. Environmental Science321.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences70.4%
    9. Energy60.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1629.1%
    2. Neuroscience1216.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences221.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology70.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.3%
    1. Medicine1769.8%
    2. Health Professions623.5%
    3. Nursing60.3%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Brandeis University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 35.6 works6.4×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 68.7 works5.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.70× its world share, 162 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.15× its world share, 121 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 32 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 126 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 65 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 43 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.58× its world share, 54 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.69× its world share, 67 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 176 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.40× its world share, 124 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 45 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.22× its world share, 85 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.00× its world share, 109 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 415 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience4.15×121 works
  2. Mathematics2.58×54 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.40×124 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.22×85 works
  5. Psychology2.00×109 works
  6. Social Sciences1.83×415 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.70×162 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.69×67 works
  9. Health Professions1.31×62 works
  10. Chemistry1.14×32 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.99×6 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.94×16 works
  13. Computer Science0.90×126 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.77×45 works
  15. Materials Science0.69×43 works
  16. Nursing0.64×6 works
  17. Medicine0.51×176 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×7 works
  19. Energy0.38×6 works
  20. Environmental Science0.36×32 works
  21. Veterinary0.32×1 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.31×2 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×22 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×7 works
  25. Engineering0.24×65 works
  26. Dentistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Brandeis University?

Ranked on the quality score, J. R. Bensinger, Michael Rosbash and Gina G. Turrigiano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brandeis University.

  1. 1 J. R. Bensinger United States · #9,183 worldwide 98k citations · 1,332 works
  2. 2 Michael Rosbash United States · #12,105 worldwide 47k citations · 446 works
  3. 3 Gina G. Turrigiano United States · #14,199 worldwide 29k citations · 164 works
  4. 4 James E. Haber United States · #16,274 worldwide 68k citations · 546 works
  5. 5 Serge N. Timasheff United States · #21,574 worldwide 28k citations · 284 works
  6. 6 Margie E. Lachman United States · #23,666 worldwide 23k citations · 369 works
  7. 7 Adam B. Jaffe United States · #27,561 worldwide 54k citations · 263 works
  8. 8 John E. Lisman United States · #36,227 worldwide 35k citations · 299 works
  9. 9 L. F. Abbott United States · #36,427 worldwide 19k citations · 190 works
  10. 10 C. Newman-Holmes United States · #36,527 worldwide 11k citations · 138 works
All ranked researchers at Brandeis University

What are the most cited papers from Brandeis University?

The most cited paper from Brandeis University is "Motivation and Personality" (Kurt Danziger, 1997), with 15,191 citations. Next come "Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (14,344) and "Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (12,158).

All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Brandeis University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Human Rights, Israel, Globalization, Identity, Religion, Memory and Discrimination.

▲ 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 institution'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. Globalization75▲ 2.1×73 topics
  2. Human Rights68▲ 3.7×33 topics
  3. Nationalism56▲ 7.0×21 topics
  4. Mental Health52▲ 2.0×34 topics
  5. Identity48▲ 3.7×38 topics
  6. Religion41▲ 4.9×26 topics
  7. Israel40▲ 66×2 topics
  8. History34▲ 2.7×34 topics
  9. Memory32▲ 7.4×13 topics
  10. Feminism32▲ 6.1×19 topics
  11. Colonialism31▲ 3.7×28 topics
  12. Aging30▲ 3.1×13 topics
  13. Discrimination30▲ 8.1×6 topics
  14. Democracy30▲ 4.8×16 topics
  15. Gender30▲ 3.1×28 topics
  16. Palestine26▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Substance Use Disorders26▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Politics26▲ 5.5×16 topics
  19. Ethnic Identity26▲ 13×6 topics
  20. Neuronal Circuits25▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Mortality Risk24▲ 5.7×6 topics
  22. Occupation24▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Segregation24▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Self-Assembly23▲ 4.0×9 topics
  25. Settler Colonialism23▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Demography23▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Intifada23▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Neuroscience23▲ 4.1×12 topics
  29. Community22▲ 10×8 topics
  30. Religious Identity21▲ 20×6 topics
  31. Emotion21▲ 5.6×9 topics
  32. Intersectionality21▲ 6.2×10 topics
  33. Diaspora20▲ 19×4 topics
  34. Metabolic Regulation19▲ 6.4×4 topics
  35. Olfactory System18▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Secularism18▲ 9.6×4 topics
  37. Social Relationships18▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Insulin Signaling17▲ 11×3 topics
  39. American Jews17▲ 139×1 topic
  40. Jewish identity17▲ 139×1 topic

Which research topics does Brandeis University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Jewish Identity and Society, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  2. 2 Jewish Identity and Society Demography 17 works
  3. 3 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  4. 4 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 13 works
  5. 5 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 13 works
  6. 6 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 13 works
  7. 7 Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 12 works
  8. 8 Aging and Gerontology Research Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 12 works
  9. 9 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  10. 10 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 11 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available33.6%not open66.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Brandeis University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Brandeis University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0072% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Brandeis University0.0070% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Brandeis University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Brandeis University9.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.3% in 2001.

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