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Emory University

In research, Emory University stands highest in Medicine (#37 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#47 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#61 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Behavioral Neuroscience, Transplantation and Virology — Behavioral Neuroscience is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#152
of 28,054 · #101 all time
Rank in United States
#45
of 4,192
Research works
93k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5M
37.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Emory 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 #37 of 10,443 15.8%6,453 #35
Health SciencesDomain #47 of 11,982 16.2%7,159 #34
Life SciencesDomain #61 of 7,800 18.9%2,323 #41
Social SciencesDomain #163 of 10,521 19.8%2,817 #84
Social SciencesField #116 of 6,365 21.0%1,298 #152
EpidemiologySubfield #23 of 976 16.4%547 #25
SurgerySubfield #44 of 1,816 14.3%775 #40
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #12 of 345 22.7%293 #18
NeuroscienceField #41 of 1,168 18.8%587 #32
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #44 of 1,144 14.2%530 #39

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Emory 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#35 #37
  2. Health Sciences#34 #47
  3. Life Sciences#41 #61
  4. Social Sciences#84 #163
  5. Social Sciences#152 #116
  6. Epidemiology#25 #23
  7. Surgery#40 #44
  8. Infectious Diseases#18 #12
  9. Neuroscience#32 #41
  10. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#39 #44
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 Emory University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Behavioral Neuroscience takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 35.0 works6.4×
  2. TransplantationSubfield · 38.8 works6.2×
  3. VirologySubfield · 41.5 works5.1×
  4. Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 31.1 works4.0×
  5. HematologySubfield · 155.4 works3.7×
  6. Developmental NeuroscienceSubfield · 24.8 works3.6×
  7. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 501.8 works3.4×
  8. Family PracticeSubfield · 22.4 works3.4×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 126 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 1,200 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.60× its world share, 368 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.58× its world share, 587 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 43 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 132 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 467 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 387 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 316 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 85 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 132 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 160 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 576 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.39× its world share, 6,453 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 102 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 377 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 147 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 73 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 246 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.58× its world share, 676 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 1,298 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Emory University?

Ranked on the composite score, Sander L. Gilman, Peter W.F. Wilson and Yang Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Emory University.

  1. 1 Sander L. Gilman United States · #37 worldwide 4.2k citations · 154 works
  2. 2 Peter W.F. Wilson United States · #552 worldwide 2.7k citations · 164 works
  3. 3 Yang Liu United States · #805 worldwide 3.2k citations · 110 works
  4. 4 Robert A. Guyton United States · #1,141 worldwide 2.6k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Taofeek K. Owonikoko United States · #1,410 worldwide 1.9k citations · 98 works
  6. 6 Fadlo R. Khuri United States · #1,624 worldwide 2.1k citations · 130 works
  7. 7 Daniel J. Brat United States · #2,006 worldwide 1.6k citations · 91 works
  8. 8 Suresh S. Ramalingam United States · #2,543 worldwide 2k citations · 167 works
  9. 9 Shishir K. Maithel United States · #2,622 worldwide 1.5k citations · 147 works
  10. 10 Spencer B. King United States · #2,997 worldwide 1.6k citations · 118 works
All ranked researchers at Emory University

Which keywords describe research at Emory University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Public Health, Risk Factors, Treatment, Mental Health and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,284▲ 2.3×135 topics
  2. Inflammation533▲ 1.83×83 topics
  3. Public Health433▲ 2.1×64 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease394▲ 2.5×37 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress392▲ 1.71×60 topics
  6. Mental Health383▲ 1.86×43 topics
  7. Risk Factors382▲ 2.5×36 topics
  8. Quality of Life368▲ 1.82×57 topics
  9. Treatment359▲ 2.1×50 topics
  10. Depression304▲ 2.5×24 topics
  11. Immunotherapy289▲ 2.9×19 topics
  12. Cancer283▲ 1.50×53 topics
  13. Diagnosis266▲ 2.0×41 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders249▲ 3.1×20 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome246▲ 2.1×23 topics
  16. Biomarkers238▲ 2.5×18 topics
  17. Mortality228▲ 2.8×13 topics
  18. Chemotherapy227▲ 2.3×24 topics
  19. Management197▲ 1.79×34 topics
  20. Clinical Trials189▲ 2.0×19 topics
  21. Heart Failure189▲ 3.1×13 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations186▲ 3.1×23 topics
  23. Genetics186▲ 1.90×25 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors182▲ 3.0×14 topics
  25. Immune Response177▲ 2.2×23 topics
  26. Complications175▲ 2.5×17 topics
  27. Guidelines174▲ 2.7×13 topics
  28. Precision Medicine171▲ 2.6×8 topics
  29. Radiotherapy170▲ 3.2×13 topics
  30. Anxiety166▲ 2.5×12 topics
  31. Aging165▲ 2.2×18 topics
  32. Clinical Practice Guidelines165▲ 2.2×14 topics
  33. Vaccine152▲ 2.7×11 topics
  34. Global Burden of Disease148▲ 4.3×4 topics
  35. Health Disparities147▲ 4.0×9 topics
  36. Antiretroviral Therapy147▲ 6.5×6 topics
  37. Neurobiology131▲ 3.6×10 topics
  38. Neuroinflammation129▲ 3.2×6 topics
  39. Mortality Risk129▲ 3.9×6 topics
  40. Myocardial Infarction121▲ 3.7×7 topics

Which research topics does Emory University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies and Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…63HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 63 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…58Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 58 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 55 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 53 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 52 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 50 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 49 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …49American Constitutional Law and Politics: 49 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 49 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 47 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPsychiatry and Mental healthCognitive NeuroscienceCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 63 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 58 works
  3. 3 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 55 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 53 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 52 works
  6. 6 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 50 works
  7. 7 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 49 works
  8. 8 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 49 works
  9. 9 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 49 works
  10. 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 47 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 available37.6%not open62.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Emory University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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