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Brandeis University

In research, Brandeis University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,615 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,084 of 12,888 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,321 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Anthropology — Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,966
of 28,054 · #389 all time
Rank in United States
#301
of 4,192
Research works
20k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
906k
46.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Brandeis University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,615 of 10,521 17.3%732 #275
Physical SciencesDomain #2,084 of 12,888 21.1%389 #550
Life SciencesDomain #1,321 of 7,800 24.9%271 #215
PsychologyField #554 of 2,181 21.6%101 #84
Health SciencesDomain #3,179 of 11,982 26.4%224 #931
Social SciencesField #1,923 of 6,365 17.4%380 #591
MedicineField #3,998 of 10,443 25.4%161 #1157
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,378 of 3,579 23.2%142 #171
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,101 of 2,578 15.8%158 #392
NeuroscienceField #514 of 1,168 26.1%99 #106

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#275 #1,615
  2. Physical Sciences#550 #2,084
  3. Life Sciences#215 #1,321
  4. Psychology#84 #554
  5. Health Sciences#931 #3,179
  6. Social Sciences#591 #1,923
  7. Medicine#1,157 #3,998
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#171 #1,378
  9. Sociology and Political Science#392 #1,101
  10. Neuroscience#106 #514
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Brandeis University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 29.3 works5.8×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 56.8 works4.8×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 21.8 works4.8×
← 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, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.64× its world share, 142 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.76× its world share, 99 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.08× its world share, 27 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 117 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 54 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 39 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.61× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.70× its world share, 61 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 161 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.45× its world share, 114 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.31× its world share, 80 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.05× its world share, 101 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 380 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Brandeis University?

Ranked on the composite score, J. R. Bensinger, Teresa M. Amabile and J. Huth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brandeis University.

  1. 1 J. R. Bensinger United States · #2,092 worldwide 6.9k citations · 303 works
  2. 2 Teresa M. Amabile United States · #2,798 worldwide 1.5k citations · 75 works
  3. 3 J. Huth United States · #5,487 worldwide 3.7k citations · 187 works
  4. 4 Adam B. Jaffe United States · #6,291 worldwide 2.3k citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Herbert Marcuse United States · #6,443 worldwide 301 citations · 91 works
  6. 6 William P. Jencks United States · #7,615 worldwide 1.5k citations · 120 works
  7. 7 Donald S. Shepard United States · #8,015 worldwide 1.3k citations · 55 works
  8. 8 M. Shapiro United States · #8,147 worldwide 8.6k citations · 510 works
  9. 9 Y. Morita United States · #8,986 worldwide 1.6k citations · 80 works
  10. 10 Gerald D. Fasman United States · #9,895 worldwide 784 citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at Brandeis University

Which keywords describe research at Brandeis University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Human Rights, Israel, Globalization, Religion, Feminism, Identity 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 2022–2025 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. Globalization70▲ 2.2×69 topics
  2. Human Rights61▲ 3.7×33 topics
  3. Nationalism54▲ 7.2×20 topics
  4. Mental Health50▲ 2.1×34 topics
  5. Identity42▲ 3.5×35 topics
  6. Israel39▲ 68×2 topics
  7. Religion39▲ 5.1×25 topics
  8. Feminism31▲ 6.8×17 topics
  9. History30▲ 2.7×33 topics
  10. Economic Growth30▲ 2.1×20 topics
  11. Colonialism29▲ 3.7×27 topics
  12. Discrimination28▲ 9.0×6 topics
  13. Gender28▲ 3.2×27 topics
  14. Aging27▲ 3.1×12 topics
  15. Memory26▲ 6.7×13 topics
  16. Palestine26▲ 28×2 topics
  17. Ethnic Identity26▲ 14×6 topics
  18. Politics25▲ 5.7×16 topics
  19. Substance Use Disorders24▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Segregation24▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Occupation24▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Settler Colonialism23▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Democracy23▲ 4.0×16 topics
  24. Intifada23▲ 49×1 topic
  25. Mortality Risk23▲ 5.9×6 topics
  26. Primary Care22▲ 3.6×11 topics
  27. Demography22▲ 29×3 topics
  28. Self-Assembly22▲ 4.1×9 topics
  29. Neuronal Circuits21▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Religious Identity20▲ 20×6 topics
  31. Community20▲ 11×8 topics
  32. Neuroscience20▲ 4.2×12 topics
  33. Diaspora20▲ 22×4 topics
  34. Emotion19▲ 5.7×9 topics
  35. Intersectionality18▲ 6.2×10 topics
  36. Secularism17▲ 10×4 topics
  37. American Jews16▲ 151×1 topic
  38. Jewish identity16▲ 151×1 topic
  39. Metabolic Regulation16▲ 6.1×4 topics
  40. Social Relationships16▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Brandeis University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Jewish Identity and Society, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Topic Modeling.

Jewish and Middle Easter…23Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 23 fractional worksJewish Identity and Soci…16Jewish Identity and Society: 16 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…14Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 14 fractional worksTopic Modeling12Topic Modeling: 12 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 11 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 11 fractional worksAging and Gerontology Re…11Aging and Gerontology Research: 11 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 11 fractional worksNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research: 10 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…10Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 10 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceDemographyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  2. 2 Jewish Identity and Society Demography 16 works
  3. 3 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 14 works
  4. 4 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 12 works
  5. 5 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 11 works
  6. 6 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  7. 7 Aging and Gerontology Research Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 11 works
  8. 8 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 11 works
  9. 9 Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 10 works
  10. 10 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 10 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Brandeis University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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