Question 1

What is Georgetown University known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Georgetown University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Georgetown University ranks #398 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#383 all time), and #102 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Georgetown University?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Georgetown University?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Georgetown University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Georgetown University?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Georgetown University work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Georgetown University's?

Accepted Answer

Maastricht University has the research profile closest to Georgetown University's (similarity 0.88 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Medicine, followed by Erasmus University Rotterdam and Emory University.

Question 9

Is Georgetown University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.