Question 1

What is Emory University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Emory University stands highest in Health Sciences (#43 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#41 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#92 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Behavioral Neuroscience and Virology (Transplantation is 7.2× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Emory University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Emory University ranks #108 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#100 all time), and #33 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Emory University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Bali Pulendran, Rafi Ahmed and Peter W.F. Wilson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Emory University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Emory University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Emory University is "SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python" (Pauli Virtanen et al., 2020), with 40,161 citations. Next come "Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology" (33,443) and "The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)" (29,012).

Question 5

Which research topics does Emory University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Congenital Heart Disease Studies and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Emory University?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Emory University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Emory University is in Health Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (48%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Emory University's?

Accepted Answer

Vanderbilt University has the research profile closest to Emory University's (similarity 0.95 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Neuroscience, followed by University of California, San Francisco and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Question 9

Is Emory University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.