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Florida International University

In research, Florida International University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#793 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#677 of 10,521 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#665 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Safety Research, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Gender Studies — Safety Research is 3.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#812
of 28,054 · #815 all time
Rank in United States
#152
of 4,192
Research works
32k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
706k
22.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Florida International 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
Physical SciencesDomain #793 of 12,888 19.8%2,373 #870
Social SciencesDomain #677 of 10,521 23.7%1,821 #317
Life SciencesDomain #665 of 7,800 17.2%605 #1196
Health SciencesDomain #1,035 of 11,982 13.9%1,099 #1212
Computer ScienceField #430 of 4,667 25.1%482 #505
Social SciencesField #637 of 6,365 25.2%883 #346
MedicineField #1,143 of 10,443 13.0%898 #1564
EngineeringField #831 of 6,636 17.8%919 #614
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #295 of 1,884 26.2%163 #392
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #426 of 2,578 26.4%301 #262

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Florida International 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. Physical Sciences#870 #793
  2. Social Sciences#317 #677
  3. Life Sciences#1,196 #665
  4. Health Sciences#1,212 #1,035
  5. Computer Science#505 #430
  6. Social Sciences#346 #637
  7. Medicine#1,564 #1,143
  8. Engineering#614 #831
  9. Artificial Intelligence#392 #295
  10. Sociology and Political Science#262 #426
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 International University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Safety Research takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 61.1 works3.7×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 40.3 works2.9×
  3. Gender StudiesSubfield · 55.6 works2.6×
← 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: 0.50× its world share, 140 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 267 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.56× its world share, 150 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 88 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 482 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 114 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.04× its world share, 919 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.45× its world share, 424 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 124 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.08× its world share, 75 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 94 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 163 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 898 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 145 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.08× its world share, 204 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 61 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.29× its world share, 163 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 364 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 883 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Florida International University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kemal Akkaya, Dávid Barton and Arjuna Madanayake lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Florida International University.

  1. 1 Kemal Akkaya · #8,430 worldwide 1.5k citations · 98 works
  2. 2 Dávid Barton · #17,024 worldwide 568 citations · 106 works
  3. 3 Arjuna Madanayake · #21,448 worldwide 638 citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Chockalingam Viswesvaran · #22,693 worldwide 784 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Steven Penrod · #23,197 worldwide 503 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Cristina Palacios · #27,779 worldwide 386 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Noble David Cook · #29,665 worldwide 168 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 P. Markowitz · #30,915 worldwide 3.3k citations · 276 works
  9. 9 Ahmed Mohamed · #41,228 worldwide 767 citations · 63 works
  10. 10 David Rifkind · #49,772 worldwide 223 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Florida International University

Which keywords describe research at Florida International University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Machine Learning, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Globalization, Security and Public Health.

▲ 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. Machine Learning245▲ 1.27×83 topics
  2. Climate Change244▲ 1.54×92 topics
  3. Deep Learning224◆ 1.11×76 topics
  4. Epidemiology200▼ 0.86×127 topics
  5. Mental Health168▲ 1.94×38 topics
  6. Globalization148▲ 1.28×99 topics
  7. Sustainability112▼ 0.78×81 topics
  8. Public Health108▲ 1.26×56 topics
  9. Inflammation95▼ 0.77×80 topics
  10. Security92▲ 2.4×25 topics
  11. Neural Networks85◆ 0.94×39 topics
  12. Depression83▲ 1.59×24 topics
  13. Healthcare80▲ 1.20×21 topics
  14. Identity71▲ 1.65×51 topics
  15. Gender67▲ 2.1×38 topics
  16. Health Effects66▲ 1.87×21 topics
  17. Resilience66▲ 2.3×16 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis61▲ 1.75×19 topics
  19. Adolescents57▲ 2.6×10 topics
  20. Smart Grid55▲ 2.5×10 topics
  21. Student Engagement54▲ 2.3×11 topics
  22. Emotion Regulation54▲ 2.9×8 topics
  23. Conservation53▲ 2.1×22 topics
  24. Power Electronics53▲ 2.7×8 topics
  25. Prevalence53▲ 2.2×15 topics
  26. Privacy52▲ 3.0×9 topics
  27. IoT Security52▲ 2.8×3 topics
  28. Renewable Energy Integration46▲ 2.3×5 topics
  29. Developmental Trajectories44▲ 6.1×3 topics
  30. Population Dynamics43▲ 2.9×12 topics
  31. Wireless Communications42▲ 4.0×5 topics
  32. Sea-Level Rise37▲ 5.5×5 topics
  33. Career Development35▲ 5.2×5 topics
  34. Metamaterial33▲ 5.9×2 topics
  35. Antenna32▲ 6.4×1 topic
  36. Microstrip32▲ 6.4×1 topic
  37. Coastal Protection30▲ 8.0×2 topics
  38. Attack Detection28▲ 7.3×2 topics
  39. Communication Networks26▲ 8.2×1 topic
  40. False Data Injection Attacks26▲ 8.2×1 topic

Which research topics does Florida International University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Antenna Design and Analysis, Microgrid Control and Optimization, Smart Grid Security and Resilience and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Antenna Design and Analy…32Antenna Design and Analysis: 32 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…28Microgrid Control and Optimization: 28 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 26 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…26Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 26 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…25Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 25 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 22 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 21 fractional worksCareer Development and D…21Career Development and Diversity: 21 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 18 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 18 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringClinical PsychologyComputer Networks and Communications4 others

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

  1. 1 Antenna Design and AnalysisAerospace Engineering 32 works
  2. 2 Microgrid Control and OptimizationControl and Systems Engineering 28 works
  3. 3 Smart Grid Security and ResilienceControl and Systems Engineering 26 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 26 works
  5. 5 Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Networks and Communications 25 works
  6. 6 Microwave Engineering and WaveguidesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  7. 7 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface TechnologiesAerospace Engineering 21 works
  8. 8 Career Development and DiversitySafety Research 21 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityInformation Systems 18 works
  10. 10 Advanced Malware Detection TechniquesSignal Processing 18 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 available32.3%not open67.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Florida International University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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