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Iowa State University

In research, Iowa State University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#214 of 10,670 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#70 of 3,157 worldwide) and Engineering (#209 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals and Veterinary (Animal Science and Zoology is 11.4× its share of world research).

iastate.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#281
of 22,385 · #292 all time
Rank in United States
#79
of 3,332
Research works
95k
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8M
29.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Iowa State University

What is Iowa State 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
Physical SciencesDomain #214 of 10,670 10.1%4,164 #235
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #70 of 3,157 11.2%912 #101
EngineeringField #209 of 5,901 10.4%1,588 #237
Life SciencesDomain #237 of 6,403 10.3%1,627 #262
Plant ScienceSubfield #52 of 1,317 13.5%307 #114
Social SciencesDomain #517 of 9,585 11.0%1,471 #312
Health SciencesDomain #632 of 9,902 9.5%817 #766
Computer ScienceField #314 of 4,417 10.3%671 #340
Environmental ScienceField #261 of 3,334 9.6%489 #413
MedicineField #694 of 8,541 10.0%583 #815

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Iowa State 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. Physical Sciences#235 #214
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#101 #70
  3. Engineering#237 #209
  4. Life Sciences#262 #237
  5. Plant Science#114 #52
  6. Social Sciences#312 #517
  7. Health Sciences#766 #632
  8. Computer Science#340 #314
  9. Environmental Science#413 #261
  10. Medicine#815 #694
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 Iowa State University work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Iowa State University is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,690 fractional works · 51.7% of its workEngineering: 1,780 fractional works · 19.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 405 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 252 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 201 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 186 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 143 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 114 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 110 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 72 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 757 fractional works · 8.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 289 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 91 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 82 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 69 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 560 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 288 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 126 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 555 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEcology: 112 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 77 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 379 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 133 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 107 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 242 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 175 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 130 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,845 fractional works · 20.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,020 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPlant Science: 348 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 228 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 118 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 82 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 645 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 376 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 130 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 90 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,628 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 651 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 209 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 154 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 119 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 331 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 112 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 77 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 227 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMuseology: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 208 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 106 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 105 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 916 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMedicine: 655 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 209 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 122 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 92 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 88 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKIowa StateUniversity9,079fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences18%

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. Engineering1,78019.6%
    2. Computer Science7578.3%
    3. Materials Science5606.2%
    4. Environmental Science5556.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy3794.2%
    6. Chemistry2422.7%
    7. Mathematics1751.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1301.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering590.7%
    10. Energy530.6%
  2. Life Sciences1,84520.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,02011.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6457.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology901.0%
    4. Neuroscience810.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.1%
  3. Social Sciences1,62817.9%
    1. Social Sciences6517.2%
    2. Psychology3313.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities2272.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2082.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1061.2%
    6. Decision Sciences1051.2%
    1. Medicine6557.2%
    2. Health Professions1221.3%
    3. Veterinary921.0%
    4. Nursing430.5%
    5. Dentistry40.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Iowa State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 228.5 works11×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 87.9 works7.9×
  3. VeterinaryField · 92.4 works7.5×
  4. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 106.7 works7.3×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 118.3 works5.5×
  6. MuseologySubfield · 53.5 works4.8×
← 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: 2.36× its world share, 1,020 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 646 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 90 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 81 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.86× its world share, 59 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.70× its world share, 242 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 757 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 130 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 53 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.31× its world share, 1,780 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 555 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.77× its world share, 560 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.64× its world share, 175 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.87× its world share, 378 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 122 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 655 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 43 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.49× its world share, 92 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 227 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 208 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 105 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 106 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 330 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 651 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary7.49×92 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.36×1,020 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.87×378 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.86×59 works
  5. Materials Science1.77×560 works
  6. Chemistry1.70×242 works
  7. Mathematics1.64×175 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.33×646 works
  9. Engineering1.31×1,780 works
  10. Environmental Science1.23×555 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.20×105 works
  12. Psychology1.19×330 works
  13. Computer Science1.07×757 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.99×90 works
  15. Nursing0.96×43 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.91×130 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.87×227 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×208 works
  19. Energy0.64×53 works
  20. Social Sciences0.57×651 works
  21. Neuroscience0.55×81 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×106 works
  23. Health Professions0.51×122 works
  24. Medicine0.38×655 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×8 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×4 works

Who are the top researchers at Iowa State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Douglas A. Gentile, Sotirios V. Archontoulis and Jonathan F. Wendel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Iowa State University.

  1. 1 Douglas A. Gentile United States · #10,075 worldwide 19k citations · 279 works
  2. 2 Sotirios V. Archontoulis United States · #10,223 worldwide 10k citations · 242 works
  3. 3 Jonathan F. Wendel United States · #10,814 worldwide 48k citations · 434 works
  4. 4 Yanhai Yin United States · #13,927 worldwide 18k citations · 110 works
  5. 5 Carolyn E. Cutrona United States · #14,039 worldwide 26k citations · 164 works
  6. 6 Craig A. Anderson United States · #16,718 worldwide 42k citations · 467 works
  7. 7 Yuyu Zhou United States · #19,651 worldwide 24k citations · 551 works
  8. 8 Patrick S. Schnable United States · #22,078 worldwide 29k citations · 374 works
  9. 9 Diane C. Bassham United States · #26,602 worldwide 26k citations · 211 works
  10. 10 Ming‐Chen Hsu United States · #28,587 worldwide 13k citations · 198 works
All ranked researchers at Iowa State University

What are the most cited papers from Iowa State University?

The most cited paper from Iowa State University is "Distribution of the Estimators for Autoregressive Time Series with a Unit Root" (David Alan Dickey, Wayne Arthur Fuller, 1979), with 23,250 citations. Next come "General atomic and molecular electronic structure system" (20,303) and "A series of normal stages in the development of the chick embryo" (12,399).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Distribution of the Estimators for Autoregressive Time Series with a Unit Root David Alan Dickey, Wayne Arthur Fuller · Journal of the American Statistical Association Open access Jun 1979 23,250
2 General atomic and molecular electronic structure system Michael W. I. Schmidt, Kim K. Baldridge, Jerry A. Boatz et al. · Journal of Computational Chemistry Nov 1993 20,303
3 A series of normal stages in the development of the chick embryo Viktor Hamburger, Howard L. Hamilton · Journal of Morphology 1951 12,399
4 Oxidative stress, antioxidants and stress tolerance Ron Mittler · Trends in Plant Science Review Sep 2002 10,890
5 Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC G. Aad et al. · Physics Letters B Open access2,932 authors 14 Aug 2012 10,856
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Iowa State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Heat Stress, Superconductivity, Machine Learning, Gut Microbiota, Amino Acids, Probiotics and Intestinal Barrier.

▲ 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. Climate Change346▲ 1.40×96 topics
  2. Machine Learning344◆ 1.14×84 topics
  3. Deep Learning289◆ 0.92×76 topics
  4. Epidemiology284▼ 0.78×112 topics
  5. Sustainability258▲ 1.16×91 topics
  6. Environmental Impact200▲ 1.29×55 topics
  7. Neural Networks146◆ 1.04×38 topics
  8. Gut Microbiota141▲ 4.5×7 topics
  9. Nanoparticles139▲ 1.22×42 topics
  10. Mechanical Properties131▲ 1.47×35 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications130▲ 1.21×35 topics
  12. Heat Stress127▲ 17×2 topics
  13. Superconductivity124▲ 7.9×9 topics
  14. Nanocomposites120▲ 1.67×21 topics
  15. Probiotics119▲ 5.5×6 topics
  16. Pathogenesis113▲ 2.4×20 topics
  17. Amino Acids105▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Intestinal Barrier100▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Genetic Diversity100▲ 2.5×20 topics
  20. Catalysis99▲ 1.64×27 topics
  21. Feed Additives98▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Antibiotic Alternatives98▲ 20×1 topic
  23. Poultry Production98▲ 20×1 topic
  24. Microstructure97▲ 2.1×19 topics
  25. Vaccine97▲ 2.7×10 topics
  26. Animal Welfare84▲ 10×4 topics
  27. Electronic Structure82▲ 5.0×8 topics
  28. Carbon Nanotubes81▲ 2.7×8 topics
  29. Genomic Sequencing72▲ 6.8×6 topics
  30. Marker-Assisted Selection61▲ 8.7×3 topics
  31. QTL Mapping59▲ 5.6×6 topics
  32. Topological Insulators59▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Metagenomics54▲ 6.5×3 topics
  34. Plant Breeding51▲ 6.1×4 topics
  35. Genetic Improvement50▲ 6.4×4 topics
  36. Meat Quality49▲ 7.2×3 topics
  37. Teacher Preparation48▲ 7.1×4 topics
  38. Dairy Cattle46▲ 9.6×2 topics
  39. Emotional State46▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Stress Indicators46▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Iowa State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Animal Virus Infections Studies and Rare-earth and actinide compounds.

Animal Nutrition and Phy…98Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 98 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 46 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 42 fractional worksRare-earth and actinide compounds: 38 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 34 fractional worksDiverse Educational Innovations Studies: 34 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…33Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 33 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 33 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 33 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…31Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 31 fractional works
Animal Science and ZoologySmall AnimalsCondensed Matter PhysicsGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences4 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 98 works
  2. 2 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 46 works
  3. 3 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 42 works
  4. 4 Rare-earth and actinide compounds Condensed Matter Physics 38 works
  5. 5 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 34 works
  6. 6 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 34 works
  7. 7 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 33 works
  8. 8 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 33 works
  9. 9 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 33 works
  10. 10 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 31 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 available32.7%not open67.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Iowa State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower 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 Iowa State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.036% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%0.30%Iowa State University0.033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Iowa State 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 counting5%10%15%Iowa State 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 13.7% in 2012.

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Which institutions have research most like Iowa State University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, North Carolina State University has the research profile closest to Iowa State University's, with both strong in Veterinary.

  1. 1 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Physics and Astronomy 0.93 Compare
  2. 2 University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Physics and Astronomy, Chemical Engineering 0.92 Compare
  3. 3 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Physics and Astronomy, Mathematics 0.87 Compare
  4. 4 Virginia TechUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Physics and Astronomy, Engineering 0.85 Compare
  5. 5 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Mathematics, Chemical Engineering 0.79 Compare

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