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George Mason University

In research, George Mason University stands highest in Social Sciences (#276 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#247 of 5,988 worldwide) and Computer Science (#210 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Software, Safety Research and History and Philosophy of Science (Software is 5.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#546
of 22,385 · #501 all time
Rank in United States
#137
of 3,332
Research works
40k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
864k
21.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
George Mason University

What is George Mason 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 #276 of 9,585 11.5%3,131 #252
Social SciencesField #247 of 5,988 12.4%1,611 #201
Computer ScienceField #210 of 4,417 10.7%1,055 #161
Physical SciencesDomain #545 of 10,670 10.3%2,411 #489
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #224 of 2,526 13.9%601 #158
EngineeringField #559 of 5,901 10.5%567 #633
Health SciencesDomain #948 of 9,902 11.3%689 #824
MedicineField #1,025 of 8,541 11.0%478 #906
PsychologyField #313 of 2,121 10.9%421 #193
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #277 of 1,862 8.9%385 #176

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where George Mason 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#252 #276
  2. Social Sciences#201 #247
  3. Computer Science#161 #210
  4. Physical Sciences#489 #545
  5. Sociology and Political Science#158 #224
  6. Engineering#633 #559
  7. Health Sciences#824 #948
  8. Medicine#906 #1,025
  9. Psychology#193 #313
  10. Artificial Intelligence#176 #277
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does George Mason University work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at George Mason University is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Computer Science (16%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,405 fractional works · 46.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,746 fractional works · 24.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 654 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 283 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 236 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSafety Research: 101 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 71 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 477 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 174 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 136 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 67 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 459 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 336 fractional works · 4.6% of its workFinance: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 308 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 95 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 262 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 153 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 80 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,674 fractional works · 36.7% of its workComputer Science: 1,163 fractional works · 16.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 438 fractional works · 6.0% of its workInformation Systems: 189 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 143 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 133 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSignal Processing: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 622 fractional works · 8.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 125 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 66 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 329 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 98 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 160 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 139 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 67 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 121 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 82 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 771 fractional works · 10.6% of its workMedicine: 539 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 86 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 102 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 210 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 131 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 79 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 434 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 203 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 130 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 123 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 92 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 77 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGeorge MasonUniversity7,283fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences47%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3,40546.7%
    1. Social Sciences1,74624.0%
    2. Psychology4776.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4596.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting3084.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities2623.6%
    6. Decision Sciences1532.1%
    1. Computer Science1,16316.0%
    2. Engineering6228.5%
    3. Environmental Science3294.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1602.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1391.9%
    6. Mathematics1211.7%
    7. Materials Science821.1%
    8. Chemistry350.5%
    9. Energy160.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.1%
    1. Medicine5397.4%
    2. Health Professions2102.9%
    3. Nursing160.2%
    4. Veterinary40.1%
    5. Dentistry20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2032.8%
    2. Neuroscience1231.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences771.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology240.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does George Mason University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Software takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SoftwareSubfield · 26.3 works5.6×
  2. Safety ResearchSubfield · 101.3 works5.0×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 40.7 works3.6×
  4. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 28.3 works3.5×
  5. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 72.5 works3.3×
  6. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 57.6 works3.1×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 77 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 203 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 123 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.05× its world share, 1,163 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 139 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 622 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 329 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 82 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.41× its world share, 121 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.99× its world share, 160 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 210 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 539 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.24× its world share, 262 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 308 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 153 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.94× its world share, 459 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.15× its world share, 477 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 1,746 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.94×459 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.17×153 works
  3. Psychology2.15×477 works
  4. Computer Science2.05×1,163 works
  5. Social Sciences1.89×1,746 works
  6. Mathematics1.41×121 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.31×308 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.24×262 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.22×139 works
  10. Health Professions1.09×210 works
  11. Neuroscience1.04×123 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.99×160 works
  13. Environmental Science0.91×329 works
  14. Engineering0.57×622 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×203 works
  16. Nursing0.45×16 works
  17. Veterinary0.44×4 works
  18. Medicine0.38×539 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×24 works
  20. Materials Science0.32×82 works
  21. Chemistry0.30×34 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.26×7 works
  23. Energy0.24×16 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×6 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×77 works
  26. Dentistry0.07×2 works

Who are the top researchers at George Mason University?

Ranked on the quality score, Emily K. Vraga, Edward Wile Maibach and David L. Weisburd lead among researchers whose main affiliation is George Mason University.

  1. 1 Emily K. Vraga United States · #4,304 worldwide 13k citations · 192 works
  2. 2 Edward Wile Maibach United States · #8,022 worldwide 28k citations · 429 works
  3. 3 David L. Weisburd United States · #10,953 worldwide 27k citations · 584 works
  4. 4 Zoltán J. Ács United States · #19,400 worldwide 43k citations · 600 works
  5. 5 Lance A. Liotta United States · #20,094 worldwide 92k citations · 1,042 works
  6. 6 John Kotcher United States · #28,446 worldwide 4.4k citations · 129 works
  7. 7 Todd B. Kashdan United States · #29,241 worldwide 36k citations · 337 works
  8. 8 Sam Malek United States · #29,647 worldwide 7.6k citations · 173 works
  9. 9 Kathryn H. Jacobsen United States · #31,211 worldwide 190k citations · 270 works
  10. 10 Susanne Ayers Denham United States · #32,356 worldwide 17k citations · 200 works
All ranked researchers at George Mason University

What are the most cited papers from George Mason University?

The most cited paper from George Mason University is "Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (Rafael Lozano et al., 2012), with 14,344 citations. Next come "Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (9,055) and "Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (8,461).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Rafael Lozano et al. · The Lancet Open access191 authors Dec 2012 14,344
2 Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Christopher J L Murray et al. · The Lancet Open access362 authors Dec 2012 9,055
3 Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Theo Vos et al. · The Lancet Open access358 authors Dec 2012 8,461
4 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
5 High Self‐Control Predicts Good Adjustment, Less Pathology, Better Grades, and Interpersonal Success June Price Tangney, Roy Frederick Baumeister, Angie Luzio Boone · Journal of Personality 23 Feb 2004 6,649
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at George Mason University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Globalization, Neoliberalism, Property Rights, Economic Growth, Mental Health and Trust.

▲ 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. Machine Learning462▲ 1.91×82 topics
  2. Deep Learning391▲ 1.56×74 topics
  3. Globalization310▲ 2.2×113 topics
  4. Climate Change218◆ 1.10×88 topics
  5. Mental Health184▲ 1.76×43 topics
  6. Neural Networks181▲ 1.61×37 topics
  7. Economic Growth159▲ 2.7×24 topics
  8. Neoliberalism154▲ 5.9×23 topics
  9. Big Data152▲ 2.2×25 topics
  10. Human Rights152▲ 2.0×61 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence140▲ 1.34×45 topics
  12. Social Media130▲ 1.30×29 topics
  13. Public Health129▲ 1.22×55 topics
  14. Security126▲ 2.6×25 topics
  15. Property Rights119▲ 25×7 topics
  16. Regulation106▲ 2.7×24 topics
  17. Trust100▲ 5.0×10 topics
  18. Ethics98▲ 2.6×31 topics
  19. Social Capital90▲ 2.4×18 topics
  20. Nationalism88▲ 2.7×24 topics
  21. Religion85▲ 2.5×26 topics
  22. International Law84▲ 3.7×22 topics
  23. Democracy83▲ 3.2×24 topics
  24. Surveillance80▲ 3.9×7 topics
  25. Global Governance75▲ 4.3×18 topics
  26. IoT Security71▲ 3.2×3 topics
  27. Political Economy70▲ 3.8×16 topics
  28. Behavioral Economics63▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Self-Regulation62▲ 4.7×6 topics
  30. Public Opinion61▲ 7.0×6 topics
  31. Institutional Economics59▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Security Analysis59▲ 4.8×4 topics
  33. Economic Institutions57▲ 49×1 topic
  34. Evolutionary Economics57▲ 56×1 topic
  35. Macroeconomics57▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Neighborhood Effects56▲ 7.3×3 topics
  37. Accountability55▲ 5.9×4 topics
  38. Developmental Trajectories54▲ 6.2×3 topics
  39. Fairness52▲ 7.0×2 topics
  40. Criminal Behavior47▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does George Mason University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Economic Theory and Institutions, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Crime Patterns and Interventions.

Economic Theory and Inst…57Economic Theory and Institutions: 57 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…35Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 35 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 33 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 33 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 31 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 30 fractional worksTopic Modeling30Topic Modeling: 30 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…27Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 27 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 26 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 26 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsSafety ResearchSociology and Political ScienceSignal Processing3 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Theory and Institutions Economics and Econometrics 57 works
  2. 2 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 35 works
  3. 3 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 33 works
  4. 4 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 33 works
  5. 5 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 31 works
  6. 6 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 30 works
  7. 7 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 30 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 27 works
  9. 9 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 26 works
  10. 10 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 26 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 available31.0%not open69.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has George Mason University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 George Mason University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.028% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%George Mason University0.030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of George Mason 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 counting10%20%George Mason University11.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 2007.

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