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Jacobs (United States)

In research, Jacobs (United States) stands highest in Medicine (#3,401 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,548 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,023 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering — Civil and Structural Engineering is 4.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,032
of 28,054 · #3,566 all time
Rank in United States
#936
of 4,192
Research works
3.7k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
52k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Jacobs (United States) 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
MedicineField #3,401 of 10,443 16.2%170 #2723
Health SciencesDomain #4,548 of 11,982 15.8%187 #2880
Physical SciencesDomain #7,023 of 12,888 10.7%288 #3216
EngineeringField #4,137 of 6,636 8.4%150 #1556

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Jacobs (United States) 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. Medicine#2,723 #3,401
  2. Health Sciences#2,880 #4,548
  3. Physical Sciences#3,216 #7,023
  4. Engineering#1,556 #4,137
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 Jacobs (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 4.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 33.5 works4.9×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.92× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.73× its world share, 150 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.69× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.14× its world share, 28 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.53× its world share, 170 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Jacobs (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith, R. C. Temple and A. H. Peslier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jacobs (United States).

  1. 1 Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith United States · #376,030 worldwide 134 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 R. C. Temple United States · #868,054 worldwide 12 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 A. H. Peslier United States · #923,769 worldwide 160 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Norbert Ulbrich United States · #1,163,221 worldwide 29 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Kira J. Abercromby United States · #1,167,036 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Peter Burrowes United States · #1,406,608 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Heather Cowardin United States · #1,474,570 worldwide 12 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Julián Sandino United States · #1,503,415 worldwide 9 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Jacobs (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Jacobs (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pipeline, Mars, Martian Surface, Liquefaction, Tunnel, Analysis and Earthquake.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 1.48×92 topics
  2. Climate Change16◆ 1.00×38 topics
  3. Inflammation15▲ 1.24×54 topics
  4. Risk Factors13▲ 2.1×27 topics
  5. Pipeline12▲ 20×3 topics
  6. Remote Sensing12▲ 1.67×22 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress11▲ 1.19×26 topics
  8. Quality of Life11▲ 1.35×36 topics
  9. Health Effects10▲ 2.9×17 topics
  10. Diagnosis10▲ 1.82×24 topics
  11. Mars10▲ 52×1 topic
  12. Martian Surface10▲ 52×1 topic
  13. Liquefaction9▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Tunnel9▲ 18×2 topics
  15. Risk Assessment9▲ 2.4×16 topics
  16. Analysis9▲ 16×2 topics
  17. Earthquake8▲ 24×1 topic
  18. Seismic8▲ 24×1 topic
  19. Finite Element Analysis8▲ 6.1×8 topics
  20. Biomechanics7▲ 4.0×9 topics
  21. Autoantibodies7▲ 5.1×7 topics
  22. Neuroprotection6▲ 3.0×8 topics
  23. Corrosion6▲ 7.9×4 topics
  24. Immunosuppressive Therapy6▲ 5.3×6 topics
  25. Solar System Abundances6▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Terrestrial Planets6▲ 20×1 topic
  27. Risk Analysis5▲ 8.8×2 topics
  28. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 4.1×6 topics
  29. Sediment Transport5▲ 5.5×4 topics
  30. Global Distribution5▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Autoimmune5▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Revascularization5▲ 5.1×4 topics
  33. Natural Gas4▲ 7.9×2 topics
  34. Reliability Assessment4▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Gas Sensing4▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Steel Structures4▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Intravenous Immunoglobulin4▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Pitting Corrosion4▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Failure Pressure4▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Offshore4▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does Jacobs (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Planetary Science and Exploration, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Astro and Planetary Science and Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis.

Planetary Science and Ex…10Planetary Science and Exploration: 10 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 8 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 6 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 4 fractional worksSpace Exploration and Technology: 3 fractional worksAutoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases: 3 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Technology: 3 fractional worksUnderground infrastructure and sustainability: 3 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Laser Applications: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsCivil and Structural EngineeringMechanical EngineeringAerospace Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  4. 4 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Space Exploration and Technology Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Underground infrastructure and sustainability Building and Construction 3 works
  10. 10 Spectroscopy and Laser Applications Spectroscopy 2 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jacobs (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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