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Howard University

In research, Howard University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,911 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,780 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,153 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anthropology and Gender Studies — Anthropology is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,336
of 28,054 · #1,770 all time
Rank in United States
#355
of 4,192
Research works
15k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
239k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Howard 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,911 of 12,888 16.9%595 #1729
Social SciencesDomain #1,780 of 10,521 18.6%670 #1093
MedicineField #2,153 of 10,443 11.5%472 #1604
Social SciencesField #1,350 of 6,365 20.2%378 #1026
Health SciencesDomain #2,722 of 11,982 11.7%551 #1698
Computer ScienceField #1,299 of 4,667 22.8%189 #1485
Life SciencesDomain #2,568 of 7,800 13.3%228 #1786
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,078 of 2,578 22.8%132 #667
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #804 of 1,884 21.2%84 #1415
Arts and HumanitiesField #913 of 1,998 18.0%78 #833

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Howard 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. Physical Sciences#1,729 #1,911
  2. Social Sciences#1,093 #1,780
  3. Medicine#1,604 #2,153
  4. Social Sciences#1,026 #1,350
  5. Health Sciences#1,698 #2,722
  6. Computer Science#1,485 #1,299
  7. Life Sciences#1,786 #2,568
  8. Sociology and Political Science#667 #1,078
  9. Artificial Intelligence#1,415 #804
  10. Arts and Humanities#833 #913
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 Howard University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anthropology takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 28.6 works5.0×
  2. Gender StudiesSubfield · 32.5 works4.4×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 130 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.75× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.23× its world share, 41 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.28× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.74× its world share, 56 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 189 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 136 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 60 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 46 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.62× its world share, 39 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.02× its world share, 46 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.20× its world share, 472 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.33× its world share, 78 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 61 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 76 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 378 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Howard University?

Ranked on the composite score, Asunción Lavrín, Rayford W. Loģan and Oswaldo Castro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Howard University.

  1. 1 Asunción Lavrín United States · #23,108 worldwide 166 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Rayford W. Loģan United States · #36,066 worldwide 138 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Oswaldo Castro United States · #37,745 worldwide 560 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Harold P. Morris United States · #69,644 worldwide 558 citations · 79 works
  5. 5 Winston A. Anderson United States · #74,226 worldwide 181 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Louis W. Shapiro United States · #107,912 worldwide 186 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Edward E. Cornwell United States · #117,063 worldwide 140 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Paul Wang United States · #119,626 worldwide 306 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Yong Jin Park United States · #135,217 worldwide 281 citations · 86 works
  10. 10 Carmen Martín Gaite United States · #140,242 worldwide 54 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Howard University

Which keywords describe research at Howard University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Feminism, Globalization, Metabolic Syndrome, Diversity and Social Support.

▲ 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. Epidemiology102▲ 1.26×116 topics
  2. Machine Learning86▲ 1.29×63 topics
  3. Deep Learning84▲ 1.20×58 topics
  4. Globalization63▲ 1.58×68 topics
  5. Inflammation50▲ 1.17×70 topics
  6. Mental Health50▲ 1.66×33 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress46▲ 1.38×48 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome45▲ 2.7×20 topics
  9. Public Health45▲ 1.50×40 topics
  10. Social Media43▲ 1.48×21 topics
  11. Healthcare40▲ 1.74×22 topics
  12. Risk Factors40▲ 1.77×32 topics
  13. Quality of Life39▲ 1.31×44 topics
  14. Social Support35▲ 3.1×14 topics
  15. Identity35▲ 2.4×34 topics
  16. Feminism34▲ 5.9×14 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 1.49×31 topics
  18. Nationalism32▲ 3.4×18 topics
  19. Insulin Resistance30▲ 3.2×10 topics
  20. Gender30▲ 2.7×25 topics
  21. Social Justice27▲ 2.2×28 topics
  22. IoT Security26▲ 3.9×3 topics
  23. Student Engagement26▲ 3.1×12 topics
  24. Diversity25▲ 7.1×8 topics
  25. Social Movements23▲ 3.8×9 topics
  26. Academic Performance22▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Health Disparities21▲ 3.9×8 topics
  28. Cold War20▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Educational Inequality20▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Black Studies20▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Civil Rights Movement20▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Hepatic Steatosis19▲ 6.2×2 topics
  33. Intersectionality19▲ 5.2×10 topics
  34. Anticancer Agents18▲ 5.9×8 topics
  35. Academic Medicine17▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Race17▲ 7.5×15 topics
  37. College Retention16▲ 40×1 topic
  38. First-Generation Students16▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Drug Development14▲ 7.9×3 topics
  40. Metal Complexes14▲ 9.7×4 topics

Which research topics does Howard University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Race, History, and American Society, Higher Education Research Studies, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease.

Race, History, and Ameri…20Race, History, and American Society: 20 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…16Higher Education Research Studies: 16 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 13 fractional worksDiet, Metabolism, and Disease: 11 fractional worksMetal complexes synthesis and properties: 10 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 10 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in …10Critical Race Theory in Education: 10 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 9 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, an…8Colonialism, slavery, and trade: 8 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationComputer Networks and CommunicationsEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism5 others

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

  1. 1 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 20 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Research Studies Education 16 works
  3. 3 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 13 works
  4. 4 Diet, Metabolism, and Disease Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 11 works
  5. 5 Metal complexes synthesis and properties Oncology 10 works
  6. 6 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 10 works
  7. 7 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  8. 8 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 9 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 9 works
  10. 10 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 8 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 available28.1%not open71.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Howard University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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