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Clark Atlanta University

In research, Clark Atlanta University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,578 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,434 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,137
of 22,385 · #26,848 all time
Rank in United States
#1,992
of 3,332
Research works
2.2k
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Clark Atlanta University

What is Clark Atlanta 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 #8,578 of 9,585 6.1%98 #13329
Physical SciencesDomain #10,434 of 10,670 7.6%71 #17170

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Clark Atlanta 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 fields of science does Clark Atlanta University work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Clark Atlanta University is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Medicine (10%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 133 fractional works · 48.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 79 fractional works · 28.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 4.6% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 83 fractional works · 30.3% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 8.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 8.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMedicine: 27 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKClark AtlantaUniversity273fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences49%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7928.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting165.8%
    3. Psychology145.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities113.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance93.4%
    6. Decision Sciences41.5%
    1. Computer Science238.3%
    2. Engineering228.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy134.8%
    4. Materials Science114.2%
    5. Chemistry62.1%
    6. Environmental Science20.8%
    7. Energy20.8%
    8. Mathematics20.8%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Medicine279.7%
    2. Health Professions62.1%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology186.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.1%
    3. Neuroscience20.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.36× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.20× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.15× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.35× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.80× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.59× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.73× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 79 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.27×79 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.15×13 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.80×16 works
  4. Psychology1.73×14 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.59×9 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.56×4 works
  7. Chemistry1.36×6 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.35×11 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.21×18 works
  10. Materials Science1.20×11 works
  11. Computer Science1.07×23 works
  12. Energy0.88×2 works
  13. Health Professions0.78×6 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.69×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.68×2 works
  16. Engineering0.54×22 works
  17. Neuroscience0.51×2 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.51×0 works
  19. Medicine0.51×27 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.35×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×3 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×1 works
  23. Environmental Science0.16×2 works
  24. Nursing0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Clark Atlanta University?

Ranked on the quality score, J. P. Dumm, O. Fadiran and G. S. Japaridze lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Clark Atlanta University.

  1. 1 J. P. Dumm United States · #160,616 worldwide 9k citations · 98 works
  2. 2 O. Fadiran United States · #178,530 worldwide 11k citations · 121 works
  3. 3 G. S. Japaridze United States · #328,482 worldwide 20k citations · 467 works
  4. 4 Xiaoqian Wang United States · #343,105 worldwide 15k citations · 266 works
  5. 5 C. Walck United States · #1,105,173 worldwide 728 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Bekir Cinar United States · #1,553,901 worldwide 1.6k citations · 87 works
  7. 7 Ke Feng United States · #1,559,982 worldwide 683 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Pankaj Sharma United States · #1,698,532 worldwide 569 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Cimona V. Hinton United States · #1,937,729 worldwide 1.3k citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Barbara Harris Combs United States · #2,133,637 worldwide 5.6k citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Clark Atlanta University

What are the most cited papers from Clark Atlanta University?

The most cited paper from Clark Atlanta University is "Real Spectra in Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians Having P T Symmetry" (Carl M. Bender, Stefan Boettcher, 1998), with 6,760 citations. Next come "Evidence for High-Energy Extraterrestrial Neutrinos at the IceCube Detector" (1,634) and "𝓟𝓣-symmetric quantum mechanics" (1,389).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Real Spectra in Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians Having P T Symmetry Carl M. Bender, Stefan Boettcher · Physical Review Letters Open access 15 Jun 1998 6,760
2 Evidence for High-Energy Extraterrestrial Neutrinos at the IceCube Detector IceCube Collaboration et al. · Science Open access278 authors 21 Nov 2013 1,634
3 𝓟𝓣-symmetric quantum mechanics Carl M. Bender, Stefan Boettcher, Peter N. Meisinger · Journal of Mathematical Physics Open access May 1999 1,389
4 Observation of High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos in Three Years of IceCube Data M. G. Aartsen et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access297 authors 2 Sep 2014 1,173
5 The IceCube Neutrino Observatory: instrumentation and online systems M. G. Aartsen et al. · Journal of Instrumentation Open access352 authors 14 Mar 2017 838
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Clark Atlanta University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Colonialism, Identity, Feminism, Migration, Postcolonialism, Cancer and Social Movements.

▲ 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. Globalization16▲ 2.9×26 topics
  2. Machine Learning13▲ 1.40×29 topics
  3. Cancer10▲ 2.7×14 topics
  4. Identity10▲ 5.0×15 topics
  5. Colonialism9▲ 6.8×11 topics
  6. Feminism8▲ 9.4×6 topics
  7. Human Rights7▲ 2.6×11 topics
  8. Immunotherapy7▲ 3.7×4 topics
  9. Mental Health7▲ 1.87×16 topics
  10. Migration7▲ 7.7×9 topics
  11. Postcolonialism6▲ 16×7 topics
  12. Social Movements6▲ 7.4×5 topics
  13. Catalysis6▲ 3.2×8 topics
  14. Neoliberalism6▲ 6.0×7 topics
  15. Social Justice6▲ 3.6×11 topics
  16. Higher Education6▲ 3.8×9 topics
  17. Cosmopolitanism5▲ 18×4 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations5▲ 4.3×5 topics
  19. Nationalism5▲ 4.2×8 topics
  20. Prostate Cancer5▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Ethics5▲ 3.6×11 topics
  22. Citizenship5▲ 15×3 topics
  23. International Law5▲ 5.5×4 topics
  24. Cold War5▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Cell Proliferation4▲ 19×3 topics
  26. Methane Storage4▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Androgen Receptor4▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Genomic Profiling4▲ 16×1 topic
  29. Multiculturalism4▲ 8.6×2 topics
  30. Reflective Practice4▲ 8.1×4 topics
  31. Black Studies4▲ 70×1 topic
  32. Civil Rights Movement4▲ 70×1 topic
  33. Income Inequality4▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Decolonization4▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Intersectionality4▲ 7.8×6 topics
  36. Race4▲ 12×6 topics
  37. Cultural Competence4▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Educational Leadership3▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Immigration3▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Imperialism3▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Clark Atlanta University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Race, History, and American Society, African cultural and philosophical studies and Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ.

Prostate Cancer Treatmen…4Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 4 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…4Race, History, and American Society: 4 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 3 fractional worksHippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ: 3 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and Ethics: 3 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 3 fractional worksCounseling Practices and…2Counseling Practices and Supervision: 2 fractional worksCovalent Organic Framework Applications: 2 fractional worksEducation Discipline and Inequality: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSociology and Political ScienceEducationCell Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 3 works
  4. 4 Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ Cell Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 works
  6. 6 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  7. 7 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 3 works
  8. 8 Counseling Practices and Supervision Social Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Covalent Organic Framework Applications Materials Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Education Discipline and Inequality Education 2 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Clark Atlanta University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Clark Atlanta University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Clark Atlanta University0.00091% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Clark Atlanta 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Clark Atlanta University5.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2023.

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