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Florida Institute of Technology

In research, Florida Institute of Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,649 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,018 of 10,521 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,947 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Mathematics and Astronomy and Astrophysics — Applied Mathematics is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,913
of 28,054 · #2,472 all time
Rank in United States
#550
of 4,192
Research works
7.7k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
157k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Florida Institute of Technology 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 #2,649 of 12,888 17.3%713 #1755
Social SciencesDomain #4,018 of 10,521 18.4%190 #2925
Computer ScienceField #1,947 of 4,667 22.6%142 #1474
EngineeringField #2,830 of 6,636 15.0%262 #2000
Environmental ScienceField #2,564 of 3,551 15.2%70 #907
Health SciencesDomain #9,300 of 11,982 13.2%96 #9415
Life SciencesDomain #6,084 of 7,800 13.4%74 #4996
MathematicsField #865 of 1,053 22.4%60 #597
MedicineField #8,866 of 10,443 10.8%81 #10125
PsychologyField #1,965 of 2,181 13.8%64 #1857

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Florida Institute of Technology 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#1,755 #2,649
  2. Social Sciences#2,925 #4,018
  3. Computer Science#1,474 #1,947
  4. Engineering#2,000 #2,830
  5. Environmental Science#907 #2,564
  6. Health Sciences#9,415 #9,300
  7. Life Sciences#4,996 #6,084
  8. Mathematics#597 #865
  9. Medicine#10,125 #8,866
  10. Psychology#1,857 #1,965
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 Florida Institute of Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Applied Mathematics takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 25.7 works8.3×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 32.4 works5.8×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.48× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.35× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.39× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.70× its world share, 142 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.61× its world share, 44 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.62× its world share, 262 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 70 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.03× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.77× its world share, 60 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.69× its world share, 64 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.97× its world share, 64 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Florida Institute of Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Philip K. Chan, M. Hohlmann and David A. Wilder lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Florida Institute of Technology.

  1. 1 Philip K. Chan United States · #20,197 worldwide 789 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 M. Hohlmann United States · #52,738 worldwide 2.5k citations · 258 works
  3. 3 David A. Wilder United States · #75,469 worldwide 368 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 J. A. Whittaker United States · #102,001 worldwide 215 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Richard B. Aronson United States · #104,829 worldwide 234 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 G. Baksay United States · #107,925 worldwide 333 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Mark B. Bush United States · #113,421 worldwide 512 citations · 95 works
  8. 8 V. Lakshmikantham United States · #158,959 worldwide 355 citations · 83 works
  9. 9 Sagar Sen United States · #159,540 worldwide 174 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Jean‐Paul Pinelli United States · #160,941 worldwide 133 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Florida Institute of Technology

Which keywords describe research at Florida Institute of Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Evidence-Based Practice, Special Education, Functional Analysis, Behavioral Interventions and Positive Behavior Support.

▲ 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. Deep Learning62▲ 1.69×58 topics
  2. Climate Change53▲ 1.83×59 topics
  3. Machine Learning53▲ 1.50×61 topics
  4. Neural Networks24▲ 1.46×28 topics
  5. Evidence-Based Practice19▲ 13×3 topics
  6. Functional Analysis18▲ 49×2 topics
  7. Special Education18▲ 29×3 topics
  8. Behavioral Interventions17▲ 21×1 topic
  9. Positive Behavior Support17▲ 97×1 topic
  10. Convolutional Neural Networks16▲ 2.0×10 topics
  11. Nonlinear Systems16▲ 6.8×8 topics
  12. Nonlinear Equations13▲ 9.7×4 topics
  13. Global Warming13▲ 2.9×12 topics
  14. Additive Manufacturing12▲ 3.8×7 topics
  15. Autonomous Vehicles12▲ 5.3×4 topics
  16. Detection11▲ 3.4×8 topics
  17. Emotion Recognition11▲ 5.4×4 topics
  18. Pose Estimation11▲ 8.9×3 topics
  19. Numerical Methods10▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Ocean Acidification10▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Autism Spectrum Disorders9▲ 8.5×2 topics
  22. Boundary Value Problems9▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Solar Wind9▲ 9.1×2 topics
  24. Executive Functioning9▲ 6.6×3 topics
  25. Porous Media9▲ 6.4×5 topics
  26. Face Recognition9▲ 7.2×2 topics
  27. Fractional Laplacian9▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Sobolev Spaces9▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Controllability8▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Automation8▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Benthic Communities8▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Brain Connectivity8▲ 7.8×2 topics
  33. Early Intervention8▲ 8.2×2 topics
  34. Marine Biodiversity8▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Finite Element8▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Neuroanatomy8▲ 7.2×1 topic
  37. Social Skills Interventions8▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Cognitive Load8▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Age Estimation7▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Facial Landmark Detection7▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Florida Institute of Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research and Face recognition and analysis.

Behavioral and Psycholog…17Behavioral and Psychological Studies: 17 fractional worksNonlinear Partial Differential Equations: 9 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 8 fractional worksFace recognition and analysis: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering: 7 fractional worksNonlinear Differential Equations Analysis: 7 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…7Astro and Planetary Science: 7 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interac…6Human-Automation Interaction and Safety: 6 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…6Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 6 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…5Planetary Science and Exploration: 5 fractional works
Developmental and Educational PsychologyApplied MathematicsCognitive NeuroscienceComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition4 others

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

  1. 1 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 17 works
  2. 2 Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Applied Mathematics 9 works
  3. 3 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  4. 4 Face recognition and analysis Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 7 works
  5. 5 Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics 7 works
  6. 6 Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis Applied Mathematics 7 works
  7. 7 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  8. 8 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 6 works
  9. 9 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 6 works
  10. 10 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.2%domestic only82.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Florida Institute of Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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