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Brigham Young University

In research, Brigham Young University stands highest in Social Sciences (#332 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#212 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,085 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Spectroscopy — Oceanography is 5.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,225
of 28,054 · #482 all time
Rank in United States
#201
of 4,192
Research works
43k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
976k
22.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Brigham Young 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 #332 of 10,521 23.4%1,761 #157
Social SciencesField #212 of 6,365 25.8%804 #125
Health SciencesDomain #1,085 of 11,982 16.3%636 #792
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #261 of 2,578 24.9%244 #187
Physical SciencesDomain #1,725 of 12,888 9.1%2,103 #468
Clinical PsychologySubfield #124 of 738 27.9%155 #89
EducationSubfield #320 of 1,892 33.6%192 #79
PsychologyField #373 of 2,181 23.0%427 #104
Business, Management and AccountingField #544 of 2,578 24.6%133 #226
EngineeringField #1,693 of 6,636 8.6%800 #321

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Brigham Young 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#157 #332
  2. Social Sciences#125 #212
  3. Health Sciences#792 #1,085
  4. Sociology and Political Science#187 #261
  5. Physical Sciences#468 #1,725
  6. Clinical Psychology#89 #124
  7. Education#79 #320
  8. Psychology#104 #373
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#226 #544
  10. Engineering#321 #1,693
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 Brigham Young University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 71.7 works5.1×
  2. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 44.6 works4.1×
  3. SpectroscopySubfield · 36.7 works3.3×
← 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: 0.61× its world share, 146 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 241 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 101 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.33× its world share, 23 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.31× its world share, 103 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 344 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 176 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.06× its world share, 800 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 269 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 118 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 79 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.62× its world share, 180 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 136 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 476 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.89× its world share, 274 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 133 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 47 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 76 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.79× its world share, 427 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 804 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Brigham Young University?

Ranked on the composite score, Randal W. Beard, Charles R. Graham and Timothy B. Smith lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brigham Young University.

  1. 1 Randal W. Beard United States · #2,279 worldwide 2.1k citations · 80 works
  2. 2 Charles R. Graham United States · #6,177 worldwide 979 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Timothy B. Smith United States · #8,760 worldwide 809 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Keith A. Crandall United States · #12,164 worldwide 736 citations · 88 works
  5. 5 Michael Wirthlin United States · #15,002 worldwide 519 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 C. Arden Pope United States · #18,792 worldwide 2.3k citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Michael J. Lambert United States · #23,657 worldwide 413 citations · 78 works
  8. 8 James J. Christensen United States · #25,757 worldwide 570 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Chongming Yang United States · #26,013 worldwide 841 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Robert J. Howell United States · #29,987 worldwide 238 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Brigham Young University

Which keywords describe research at Brigham Young University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Emotion Regulation, Climate Change, Social Support, Hydrological Modeling, Solar Wind, Geodetic Measurements and Sea Level Rise.

▲ 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. Climate Change191▲ 1.41×80 topics
  2. Mental Health191▲ 2.6×36 topics
  3. Epidemiology168▼ 0.85×94 topics
  4. Machine Learning145◆ 0.88×69 topics
  5. Globalization107◆ 1.09×79 topics
  6. Social Support99▲ 3.5×13 topics
  7. Emotion Regulation93▲ 6.0×9 topics
  8. Well-being70▲ 3.7×13 topics
  9. Religion66▲ 2.8×28 topics
  10. Gender65▲ 2.4×40 topics
  11. Resilience65▲ 2.7×14 topics
  12. Hydrological Modeling64▲ 5.4×5 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis64▲ 2.2×14 topics
  14. Adolescents62▲ 3.3×9 topics
  15. Solar Wind52▲ 11×2 topics
  16. Geodetic Measurements52▲ 9.6×2 topics
  17. Sea Level Rise52▲ 8.1×3 topics
  18. Conservation51▲ 2.4×22 topics
  19. Electron Acceleration50▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Ionosphere49▲ 17×1 topic
  21. Magnetosphere49▲ 17×1 topic
  22. Parenting49▲ 7.6×2 topics
  23. Large-Eddy Simulation48▲ 5.0×5 topics
  24. GRACE48▲ 18×1 topic
  25. groundwater depletion48▲ 18×1 topic
  26. Vibration Control40▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Gender Roles39▲ 6.6×6 topics
  28. Wave Propagation38▲ 7.0×4 topics
  29. Psychopathology38▲ 4.2×3 topics
  30. Attachment38▲ 8.6×3 topics
  31. Turbulent Flow37▲ 6.2×4 topics
  32. Developmental Trajectories35▲ 5.6×3 topics
  33. Relationships35▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Adult Attachment33▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Marital Quality33▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Subwavelength Imaging31▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Elastic Waves29▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Band Gaps29▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Acoustic Metamaterials29▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Phononic Crystals29▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Brigham Young University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research.

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 49 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 48 fractional worksAttachment and Relations…33Attachment and Relationship Dynamics: 33 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena …29Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 29 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 28 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 27 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acousti…24Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 24 fractional worksSleep and related disord…24Sleep and related disorders: 24 fractional worksFamily Dynamics and Rela…20Family Dynamics and Relationships: 20 fractional worksTerahertz technology and…18Terahertz technology and applications: 18 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsOceanographySocial PsychologyBiomedical Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 49 works
  2. 2 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 48 works
  3. 3 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Social Psychology 33 works
  4. 4 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 29 works
  5. 5 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 28 works
  6. 6 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 27 works
  7. 7 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 24 works
  8. 8 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 24 works
  9. 9 Family Dynamics and Relationships Demography 20 works
  10. 10 Terahertz technology and applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 18 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Brigham Young University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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