Question 1

What is Iowa State University known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Iowa State University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Iowa State University ranks #281 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#292 all time), and #79 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Iowa State University?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Iowa State University?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Iowa State University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Iowa State University?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Iowa State University work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

North Carolina State University has the research profile closest to Iowa State University's (similarity 0.93 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Veterinary, followed by University of Tennessee at Knoxville and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Question 9

Is Iowa State University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021.