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Georgetown University

In research, Georgetown University stands highest in Social Sciences (#208 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#211 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#386 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Political Science and International Relations and History and Philosophy of Science (Transplantation is 4.5× its share of world research).

georgetown.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#398
of 22,385 · #383 all time
Rank in United States
#102
of 3,332
Research works
66k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8M
27.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Georgetown University

What is Georgetown 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 #208 of 9,585 11.5%3,149 #130
Social SciencesField #211 of 5,988 11.9%1,716 #141
Health SciencesDomain #386 of 9,902 9.8%3,965 #256
MedicineField #350 of 8,541 9.7%3,566 #249
Physical SciencesDomain #695 of 10,670 8.1%914 #743
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #83 of 1,187 12.4%451 #87
Life SciencesDomain #457 of 6,403 10.7%1,016 #462
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #195 of 2,526 11.6%597 #196
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #171 of 1,798 11.9%322 #160
Health ProfessionsField #221 of 1,895 10.7%346 #243

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Georgetown 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#130 #208
  2. Social Sciences#141 #211
  3. Health Sciences#256 #386
  4. Medicine#249 #350
  5. Physical Sciences#743 #695
  6. Political Science and International Relations#87 #83
  7. Life Sciences#462 #457
  8. Sociology and Political Science#196 #195
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#160 #171
  10. Health Professions#243 #221
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 Georgetown University work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Georgetown University is in Health Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Social Sciences (18%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 4,571 fractional works · 44.5% of its workMedicine: 4,127 fractional works · 40.1% of its workSurgery: 675 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 347 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 331 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 297 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 258 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 258 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 155 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 145 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 141 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 125 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 122 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 112 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 111 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 91 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 78 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 77 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 113 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 381 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 245 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 83 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,497 fractional works · 34.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,897 fractional works · 18.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 661 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 492 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEducation: 120 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 105 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 85 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 79 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 494 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPhilosophy: 100 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 99 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 94 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 386 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 131 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 114 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 353 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 268 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 281 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 81 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1,173 fractional works · 11.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 656 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 362 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 109 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 92 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 265 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 122 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 133 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 85 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 85 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,041 fractional works · 10.1% of its workComputer Science: 326 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 177 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 199 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 98 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 163 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 93 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 76 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 76 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGeorgetownUniversity10kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences34%

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. Health Sciences4,57144.5%
    1. Medicine4,12740.1%
    2. Health Professions3813.7%
    3. Nursing470.5%
    4. Dentistry80.1%
    5. Veterinary80.1%
  2. Social Sciences3,49734.0%
    1. Social Sciences1,89718.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities4944.8%
    3. Psychology3863.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3533.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting2812.7%
    6. Decision Sciences860.8%
  3. Life Sciences1,17311.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6566.4%
    2. Neuroscience2652.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1331.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences850.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics330.3%
    1. Computer Science3263.2%
    2. Engineering1991.9%
    3. Environmental Science1631.6%
    4. Mathematics930.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy760.7%
    6. Chemistry760.7%
    7. Materials Science590.6%
    8. Energy230.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences210.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Georgetown University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transplantation takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 20.6 works4.5×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 492.0 works3.2×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 46.5 works2.9×
  4. DermatologySubfield · 78.0 works2.9×
  5. OncologySubfield · 330.7 works2.9×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 85 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 656 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.29× its world share, 133 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.59× its world share, 265 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 33 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 76 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 326 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 23 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 199 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 163 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 58 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 93 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 76 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 381 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.09× its world share, 4,127 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 47 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.66× its world share, 494 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 281 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 86 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 353 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 386 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 1,897 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.09×4,127 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.66×494 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.60×353 works
  4. Neuroscience1.59×265 works
  5. Social Sciences1.46×1,897 works
  6. Health Professions1.40×381 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.29×133 works
  8. Psychology1.23×386 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.20×656 works
  10. Nursing0.93×47 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.92×33 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.86×86 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.85×281 works
  14. Mathematics0.77×93 works
  15. Veterinary0.56×8 works
  16. Chemistry0.47×76 works
  17. Computer Science0.41×326 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.33×76 works
  19. Environmental Science0.32×163 works
  20. Energy0.24×23 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×85 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.17×6 works
  23. Dentistry0.17×8 works
  24. Materials Science0.16×58 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×21 works
  26. Engineering0.13×199 works

Who are the top researchers at Georgetown University?

Ranked on the quality score, Martin Ravallion, Jishnu Das and Colin J. Carlson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Georgetown University.

  1. 1 Martin Ravallion United States · #3,245 worldwide 53k citations · 732 works
  2. 2 Jishnu Das United States · #7,312 worldwide 11k citations · 258 works
  3. 3 Colin J. Carlson United States · #13,632 worldwide 8.4k citations · 262 works
  4. 4 Leticia Bode United States · #16,592 worldwide 8.3k citations · 145 works
  5. 5 Virginia Steen United States · #17,521 worldwide 41k citations · 362 works
  6. 6 Hartmut H. Juhl United States · #17,665 worldwide 57k citations · 221 works
  7. 7 Laia Balcells United States · #19,083 worldwide 3.5k citations · 255 works
  8. 8 Raymond Scott Turner United States · #20,270 worldwide 25k citations · 347 works
  9. 9 Cynthia M. Tracy United States · #23,855 worldwide 61k citations · 181 works
  10. 10 Rachel Barr United States · #24,390 worldwide 14k citations · 211 works
All ranked researchers at Georgetown University

What are the most cited papers from Georgetown University?

The most cited paper from Georgetown University is "Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging" (Roberto Miguel Lang, Luigi Paolo Badano, Victor Mor‐Avi et al., 2015), with 18,398 citations. Next come "2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer" (16,719) and "Toward a knowledge‐based theory of the firm" (16,054).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Roberto Miguel Lang, Luigi Paolo Badano, Victor Mor‐Avi et al. · Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Open access 2015 18,398
2 2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Bryan R. Haugen, Erik Karl Alexander, Keith Christopher Bible et al. · Thyroid Open access 14 Oct 2015 16,719
3 Toward a knowledge‐based theory of the firm Robert M. Grant · Strategic Management Journal Dec 1996 16,054
4 Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis John F. Kurtzke · Neurology Nov 1983 15,106
5 Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines Clotilde Théry et al. · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles Open access382 authors 23 Nov 2018 11,535
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Georgetown University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Quality of Life, Human Rights, Nationalism, Public Health, Complications and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology741▲ 1.81×138 topics
  2. Globalization394▲ 1.95×131 topics
  3. Inflammation289▲ 1.32×82 topics
  4. Quality of Life279▲ 1.88×53 topics
  5. Public Health262▲ 1.75×66 topics
  6. Human Rights241▲ 2.3×67 topics
  7. Treatment238▲ 1.91×50 topics
  8. Risk Factors224▲ 1.98×36 topics
  9. Diagnosis210▲ 2.2×41 topics
  10. Mental Health203▲ 1.38×43 topics
  11. Chemotherapy193▲ 2.6×24 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress193◆ 1.14×57 topics
  13. Cancer180▲ 1.30×50 topics
  14. Nationalism180▲ 3.9×31 topics
  15. Management178▲ 2.2×35 topics
  16. Identity176▲ 2.4×64 topics
  17. Immunotherapy176▲ 2.4×19 topics
  18. Complications175▲ 3.4×17 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease165▲ 1.41×38 topics
  20. Clinical Trials150▲ 2.2×18 topics
  21. Colonialism147▲ 3.0×44 topics
  22. Ethics144▲ 2.8×39 topics
  23. Religion142▲ 3.0×36 topics
  24. Gender140▲ 2.5×48 topics
  25. Diabetes135▲ 2.6×19 topics
  26. Democracy128▲ 3.6×25 topics
  27. Guidelines128▲ 2.6×13 topics
  28. Global Governance121▲ 4.9×22 topics
  29. Radiotherapy119▲ 2.9×13 topics
  30. Heart Failure114▲ 2.5×13 topics
  31. Prognostic Factors112▲ 2.5×14 topics
  32. Feminism112▲ 3.7×23 topics
  33. Surgical Management112▲ 2.7×20 topics
  34. International Law111▲ 3.4×25 topics
  35. Myocardial Infarction94▲ 3.9×7 topics
  36. Politics94▲ 3.5×20 topics
  37. Public Opinion86▲ 6.9×7 topics
  38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention83▲ 5.9×4 topics
  39. Breast Reconstruction73▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Secularism69▲ 6.6×5 topics

Which research topics does Georgetown University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Islamic Studies and History and American Constitutional Law and Politics.

Reconstructive Surgery a…54Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 54 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…43Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 43 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 43 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …42American Constitutional Law and Politics: 42 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …38Diversity and Career in Medicine: 38 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 37 fractional worksIntellectual Property and Patents: 35 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…35Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 35 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 33 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 33 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePolitical Science and International RelationsGender Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 54 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 43 works
  3. 3 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 43 works
  4. 4 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 42 works
  5. 5 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 38 works
  6. 6 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 37 works
  7. 7 Intellectual Property and Patents Management of Technology and Innovation 35 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 35 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 33 works
  10. 10 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 33 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 available33.3%not open66.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Georgetown University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher 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 Georgetown University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.041% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Georgetown University0.040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Georgetown 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%Georgetown University10.2% 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 15.3% in 1999.

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Which institutions have research most like Georgetown University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Maastricht University has the research profile closest to Georgetown University's, with both strong in Medicine.

  1. 1 Maastricht UniversityNetherlands · Both strong in Medicine, Neuroscience, Health Professions 0.88 Compare
  2. 2 Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Both strong in Medicine, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Neuroscience 0.88 Compare
  3. 3 Emory UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Medicine, Neuroscience, Health Professions 0.86 Compare
  4. 4 Yale UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Medicine, Neuroscience, Immunology and Microbiology 0.84 Compare
  5. 5 Indiana UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Medicine, Neuroscience, Health Professions 0.83 Compare

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