Question 1

What is Jacobs (United States) known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Jacobs (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,672 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,496 of 8,541 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,517 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering (Civil and Structural Engineering is 5.1× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Jacobs (United States) rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Jacobs (United States) ranks #2,685 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#1,570 all time), and #451 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Chris McCarthy, Nikolay L. Malinin and Anne H. Peslier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jacobs (United States).

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Jacobs (United States)?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Jacobs (United States) is "SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python" (Pauli Virtanen et al., 2020), with 40,161 citations. Next come "Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A" (3,599) and "Multi-omics of the gut microbial ecosystem in inflammatory bowel diseases" (3,328).

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Jacobs (United States)?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Jacobs (United States) work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Jacobs (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Engineering (25%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 8

Is Jacobs (United States)'s research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.