Question 1

What is Harvard University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Harvard University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Instrumentation, Transplantation and Family Practice (Instrumentation is 18.5× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Harvard University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Harvard University ranks #1 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#1 all time), and #1 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Harvard University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, B Bernstein, David Emil Reich and Cumrun Vafa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Harvard University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Harvard University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Harvard University is "The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews" (Matthew James Page et al., 2021), with 105,915 citations. Next come "Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2" (104,335) and "The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools" (69,061).

Question 5

Which research topics does Harvard University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Harvard University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Immunotherapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Risk Factors, Quality of Life and Oxidative Stress.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Harvard University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Harvard University is in Health Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (51%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Neuroscience (4%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Harvard University's?

Accepted Answer

Johns Hopkins University has the research profile closest to Harvard University's (similarity 0.94 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Neuroscience, followed by The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Question 9

Is Harvard University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.