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George Washington University

In research, George Washington University stands highest in Health Sciences (#235 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#254 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#304 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dermatology, Immunology and Allergy and Statistics and Probability — Dermatology is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#626
of 28,054 · #433 all time
Rank in United States
#126
of 4,192
Research works
51k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2M
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is George Washington 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
Health SciencesDomain #235 of 11,982 16.0%2,407 #203
MedicineField #254 of 10,443 15.1%2,050 #251
Social SciencesDomain #304 of 10,521 22.2%2,287 #134
Social SciencesField #291 of 6,365 23.1%1,202 #114
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #148 of 2,578 24.9%430 #110
Life SciencesDomain #514 of 7,800 18.1%699 #433
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #108 of 916 22.8%204 #93
Physical SciencesDomain #1,562 of 12,888 18.2%1,508 #738
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #149 of 1,201 21.4%240 #64
Health ProfessionsField #256 of 1,928 21.7%306 #111

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where George Washington 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. Health Sciences#203 #235
  2. Medicine#251 #254
  3. Social Sciences#134 #304
  4. Social Sciences#114 #291
  5. Sociology and Political Science#110 #148
  6. Life Sciences#433 #514
  7. General Health Professions#93 #108
  8. Physical Sciences#738 #1,562
  9. Political Science and International Relations#64 #149
  10. Health Professions#111 #256
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 George Washington University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dermatology takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DermatologySubfield · 75.3 works4.2×
  2. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 21.4 works3.9×
  3. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 53.5 works3.6×
  4. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 53.1 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: 0.26× its world share, 84 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 319 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.61× its world share, 112 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 169 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 30 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 420 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 47 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 517 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 182 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 56 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.18× its world share, 95 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 135 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 306 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.54× its world share, 2,050 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 38 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.91× its world share, 182 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.00× its world share, 223 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 87 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.76× its world share, 260 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.58× its world share, 332 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 1,202 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at George Washington University?

Ranked on the composite score, Gail M. Gerhart, Annamaria Lusardi and James N. Rosenau lead among researchers whose main affiliation is George Washington University.

  1. 1 Gail M. Gerhart United States · #627 worldwide 1.7k citations · 102 works
  2. 2 Annamaria Lusardi United States · #6,295 worldwide 875 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 James N. Rosenau United States · #7,351 worldwide 453 citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Joanne Lynn United States · #11,000 worldwide 460 citations · 72 works
  5. 5 Paul Schiff Berman United States · #12,481 worldwide 388 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 David Shambaugh United States · #15,544 worldwide 267 citations · 69 works
  7. 7 John M. Lachin United States · #19,300 worldwide 595 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Anton N. Sidawy United States · #19,309 worldwide 386 citations · 65 works
  9. 9 George Gamow United States · #19,752 worldwide 453 citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Marlène Laruelle United States · #20,602 worldwide 193 citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at George Washington University

Which keywords describe research at George Washington University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Mental Health, Public Health, Human Rights, Quality of Life, Inflammation and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Epidemiology442▲ 1.62×129 topics
  2. Globalization228▲ 1.68×108 topics
  3. Machine Learning213◆ 0.94×83 topics
  4. Deep Learning186▼ 0.79×78 topics
  5. Mental Health184▲ 1.82×41 topics
  6. Public Health181▲ 1.80×60 topics
  7. Inflammation177▲ 1.23×78 topics
  8. Quality of Life158▲ 1.59×52 topics
  9. Human Rights145▲ 2.0×56 topics
  10. Social Media130▲ 1.32×29 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease126▲ 1.65×35 topics
  12. Risk Factors119▲ 1.57×35 topics
  13. Treatment116▲ 1.39×47 topics
  14. Depression107▲ 1.76×22 topics
  15. Healthcare100▲ 1.29×28 topics
  16. Diagnosis99▲ 1.54×40 topics
  17. Mortality96▲ 2.4×13 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome86▲ 1.52×24 topics
  19. Economic Growth85▲ 1.45×23 topics
  20. Identity83▲ 1.65×44 topics
  21. Nationalism82▲ 2.6×26 topics
  22. Immunotherapy81▲ 1.66×19 topics
  23. Primary Care81▲ 3.1×14 topics
  24. Gender78▲ 2.1×35 topics
  25. Democracy74▲ 3.0×22 topics
  26. Colonialism73▲ 2.2×32 topics
  27. Complications71▲ 2.1×17 topics
  28. Ethics69▲ 2.1×29 topics
  29. Global Governance69▲ 4.4×16 topics
  30. Health Disparities68▲ 3.8×9 topics
  31. Political Economy63▲ 3.5×14 topics
  32. International Law62▲ 2.9×20 topics
  33. Discrimination59▲ 4.4×9 topics
  34. Medical Education58▲ 3.3×13 topics
  35. Antiretroviral Therapy47▲ 4.2×6 topics
  36. Health Care Utilization45▲ 5.7×3 topics
  37. Public Opinion43▲ 5.0×5 topics
  38. Staphylococcus aureus36▲ 7.1×2 topics
  39. Filaggrin35▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Skin Microbiome35▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does George Washington University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Healthcare Policy and Management and Diversity and Career in Medicine.

Dermatology and Skin Dis…35Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 35 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…22Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 22 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 22 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 21 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 20 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 20 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 19 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…19Photonic and Optical Devices: 19 fractional worksOptical Network Technologies: 19 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 18 fractional works
DermatologyHealthEconomics and EconometricsGender Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 35 works
  2. 2 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 22 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 22 works
  4. 4 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 21 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 20 works
  6. 6 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 20 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 19 works
  8. 8 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 19 works
  9. 9 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 19 works
  10. 10 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 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 available31.1%not open68.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has George Washington University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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