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City College of New York

In research, City College of New York stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,735 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,414 of 10,521 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,731 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics — Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,605
of 28,054 · #794 all time
Rank in United States
#385
of 4,192
Research works
14k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
382k
26.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is City College of New York 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,735 of 12,888 14.6%614 #666
Social SciencesDomain #3,414 of 10,521 20.0%249 #828
EngineeringField #2,731 of 6,636 12.6%220 #952
Social SciencesField #2,787 of 6,365 22.3%112 #742
MedicineField #5,277 of 10,443 14.2%109 #2839
Health SciencesDomain #6,232 of 11,982 16.3%127 #2505
Physics and AstronomyField #907 of 1,646 11.7%77 #467
Life SciencesDomain #4,724 of 7,800 14.9%139 #1688
Computer ScienceField #3,687 of 4,667 14.6%94 #988
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,943 of 3,579 12.9%69 #1246

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where City College of New York 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. Physical Sciences#666 #1,735
  2. Social Sciences#828 #3,414
  3. Engineering#952 #2,731
  4. Social Sciences#742 #2,787
  5. Medicine#2,839 #5,277
  6. Health Sciences#2,505 #6,232
  7. Physics and Astronomy#467 #907
  8. Life Sciences#1,688 #4,724
  9. Computer Science#988 #3,687
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,246 #2,943
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 City College of New York specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 47.7 works5.9×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 69 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.85× its world share, 52 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.93× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.28× its world share, 23 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 94 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.30× its world share, 220 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 60 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.45× its world share, 57 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.60× its world share, 35 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.07× its world share, 77 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 109 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.51× its world share, 49 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 112 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at City College of New York?

Ranked on the composite score, Yingli Tian, M. Lax and JOHN ARENTS lead among researchers whose main affiliation is City College of New York.

  1. 1 Yingli Tian United States · #7,616 worldwide 1.8k citations · 84 works
  2. 2 M. Lax United States · #7,642 worldwide 1.4k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 JOHN ARENTS United States · #9,996 worldwide 1k citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Joel Koplik United States · #11,689 worldwide 1.4k citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Abraham Edel United States · #13,237 worldwide 323 citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Howard Falk United States · #19,222 worldwide 419 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 B M Fekete United States · #24,885 worldwide 629 citations · 62 works
  8. 8 Stephen C. Cowin United States · #26,647 worldwide 674 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 C. J. Vörösmarty United States · #31,412 worldwide 1.3k citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Eric Foner United States · #33,160 worldwide 302 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at City College of New York

Which keywords describe research at City College of New York?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Molecular Dynamics, Deep Learning, Functional Connectivity, Entanglement, Biosensors, Mental Health and Colonialism.

▲ 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 Change40▲ 1.33×61 topics
  2. Deep Learning39◆ 1.02×63 topics
  3. Machine Learning32▼ 0.86×54 topics
  4. Mental Health26▲ 1.58×30 topics
  5. Globalization23◆ 1.04×41 topics
  6. Sustainability23▼ 0.84×43 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications23▲ 1.68×30 topics
  8. Remote Sensing22▲ 1.56×29 topics
  9. Nanomaterials20▲ 1.69×16 topics
  10. Nanoparticles19▲ 1.31×33 topics
  11. Biosensors18▲ 3.2×11 topics
  12. Colonialism17▲ 3.2×23 topics
  13. Graphene17▲ 2.2×10 topics
  14. Identity17▲ 2.0×30 topics
  15. Depression16▲ 1.61×20 topics
  16. Global Warming16▲ 3.5×13 topics
  17. History15▲ 1.85×27 topics
  18. Gender13▲ 2.2×26 topics
  19. Molecular Dynamics13▲ 7.1×6 topics
  20. Entanglement13▲ 7.6×4 topics
  21. Functional Connectivity12▲ 8.5×3 topics
  22. Cathode Materials12▲ 2.7×3 topics
  23. Flexible Electronics11▲ 5.9×3 topics
  24. Neural Plasticity11▲ 5.5×4 topics
  25. Quantum Information10▲ 7.9×3 topics
  26. Metamaterials9▲ 5.8×5 topics
  27. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation9▲ 29×1 topic
  28. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation9▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Fluid Dynamics9▲ 5.7×6 topics
  30. Boundary Layer9▲ 6.2×4 topics
  31. Statistical Modeling8▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Vibrational Spectroscopy8▲ 9.0×3 topics
  33. Spintronics8▲ 5.2×4 topics
  34. Visualization8▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Geomorphology8▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Hydrological Cycle8▲ 7.0×2 topics
  37. Python8▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Scientific Computing8▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Nonlinear Optics7▲ 5.9×4 topics
  40. Multiphase Flow7▲ 7.1×4 topics

Which research topics does City College of New York publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, Computational Physics and Python Applications, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials and Quantum Mechanics and Applications.

Transcranial Magnetic St…9Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 9 fractional worksComputational Physics an…8Computational Physics and Python Applications: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Ener…7Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 7 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Ap…5Quantum Mechanics and Applications: 5 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neural Engineering: 5 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies: 5 fractional worksClimate variability and …5Climate variability and models: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 5 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…4Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 4 fractional works
NeurologyArtificial IntelligenceBiomedical EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5 others

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

  1. 1 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 9 works
  2. 2 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  3. 3 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 works
  5. 5 Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5 works
  6. 6 Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 works
  7. 7 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 4 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 available23.6%not open76.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has City College of New York's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.