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Brown University

In research, Brown University stands highest in Medicine (#153 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#182 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#410 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine, Applied Psychology and Health — Emergency Medicine is 3.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#345
of 28,054 · #122 all time
Rank in United States
#72
of 4,192
Research works
59k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5M
41.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Brown 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
MedicineField #153 of 10,443 16.5%3,300 #182
Health SciencesDomain #182 of 11,982 17.0%3,744 #178
Physical SciencesDomain #410 of 12,888 25.1%1,726 #100
SurgerySubfield #78 of 1,816 18.7%490 #159
Life SciencesDomain #339 of 7,800 19.3%1,034 #172
Social SciencesDomain #474 of 10,521 24.4%1,509 #171
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #66 of 916 24.2%281 #78
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #65 of 828 19.3%282 #88
Social SciencesField #525 of 6,365 26.0%669 #211
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #303 of 3,579 18.6%559 #198

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Brown 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. Medicine#182 #153
  2. Health Sciences#178 #182
  3. Physical Sciences#100 #410
  4. Surgery#159 #78
  5. Life Sciences#172 #339
  6. Social Sciences#171 #474
  7. General Health Professions#78 #66
  8. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#88 #65
  9. Social Sciences#211 #525
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#198 #303
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 Brown University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 72.3 works3.7×
  2. Applied PsychologySubfield · 37.2 works3.2×
  3. HealthSubfield · 71.5 works3.0×
  4. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 118.5 works3.0×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 76 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 558 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 118 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.96× its world share, 255 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 26 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 52 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 291 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 156 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 432 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 203 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 108 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.03× its world share, 191 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.50× its world share, 268 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.86× its world share, 392 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.14× its world share, 3,300 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 34 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 163 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 31 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 158 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.81× its world share, 441 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 669 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Brown University?

Ranked on the composite score, George Em Karniadakis, Maurice Herlihy and A. Needleman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brown University.

  1. 1 George Em Karniadakis · #151 worldwide 6.3k citations · 268 works
  2. 2 Maurice Herlihy · #2,401 worldwide 2.1k citations · 121 works
  3. 3 A. Needleman · #2,886 worldwide 2.2k citations · 104 works
  4. 4 Stephen Salloway · #4,268 worldwide 1k citations · 79 works
  5. 5 Frank W. Sellke · #4,619 worldwide 1.4k citations · 120 works
  6. 6 Philip J. Davis · #5,382 worldwide 721 citations · 74 works
  7. 7 Walter A. Strauss · #6,245 worldwide 961 citations · 77 works
  8. 8 Peter Wegner · #6,904 worldwide 612 citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Chi‐Wang Shu · #7,225 worldwide 2.3k citations · 178 works
  10. 10 Joan M. Teno · #8,547 worldwide 628 citations · 72 works
All ranked researchers at Brown University

Which keywords describe research at Brown University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Inflammation, Mental Health, Public Health, Substance Use Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology643▲ 2.0×132 topics
  2. Inflammation269▲ 1.61×80 topics
  3. Mental Health233▲ 1.98×41 topics
  4. Risk Factors222▲ 2.5×37 topics
  5. Public Health215▲ 1.85×59 topics
  6. Quality of Life194▲ 1.68×53 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress179▲ 1.37×59 topics
  8. Treatment179▲ 1.84×51 topics
  9. Depression150▲ 2.1×25 topics
  10. Cancer145▲ 1.35×53 topics
  11. Biomarkers137▲ 2.5×18 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease137▲ 1.54×37 topics
  13. Complications122▲ 3.0×17 topics
  14. Mortality121▲ 2.6×13 topics
  15. Diagnosis119▲ 1.60×40 topics
  16. Immunotherapy119▲ 2.1×19 topics
  17. Primary Care119▲ 3.9×15 topics
  18. Clinical Trials116▲ 2.1×18 topics
  19. Aging110▲ 2.6×17 topics
  20. Mortality Risk94▲ 4.9×6 topics
  21. Anxiety93▲ 2.5×12 topics
  22. Substance Use Disorders91▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Adolescents89▲ 3.0×9 topics
  24. Prevalence89▲ 2.7×15 topics
  25. Psychiatric Disorders87▲ 8.2×4 topics
  26. Rehabilitation87▲ 2.7×12 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes85▲ 5.0×6 topics
  28. Emotion Regulation82▲ 3.3×9 topics
  29. Neuroimaging79▲ 3.6×11 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease78▲ 3.9×4 topics
  31. Health Disparities77▲ 3.7×9 topics
  32. Health Care Utilization76▲ 8.2×3 topics
  33. Medical Education75▲ 3.7×11 topics
  34. Quality Improvement70▲ 4.5×8 topics
  35. Antiretroviral Therapy64▲ 4.9×6 topics
  36. Quality of Care61▲ 8.9×4 topics
  37. Long-Term Care56▲ 9.1×2 topics
  38. Behavioral Interventions54▲ 8.6×3 topics
  39. Impulsivity53▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Alcohol Dependence51▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Brown University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Healthcare Policy and Management, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Substance Abuse Treatmen…51Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 51 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…50Healthcare Policy and Management: 50 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 48 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…45Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 45 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…40Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 40 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 35 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 35 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…33Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 33 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 30 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 29 fractional works
EpidemiologyEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsPsychiatry and Mental health4 others

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

  1. 1 Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesEpidemiology 51 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics and Econometrics 50 works
  3. 3 Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesGeneral Health Professions 48 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 45 works
  5. 5 Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 40 works
  6. 6 Diversity and Career in MedicineGender Studies 35 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsInfectious Diseases 35 works
  8. 8 Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyPathology and Forensic Medicine 33 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementEpidemiology 30 works
  10. 10 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskEpidemiology 29 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 available32.5%not open67.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Brown University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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