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Johns Hopkins University

In research, Johns Hopkins University stands highest in Health Sciences (#3 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#4 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Family Practice and Health — Transplantation is 4.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#51
of 28,054 · #25 all time
Rank in United States
#14
of 4,192
Research works
171k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.1M
47.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Johns Hopkins 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
Health SciencesDomain #3 of 11,982 21.4%10,270 #2
MedicineField #3 of 10,443 20.9%8,962 #2
SurgerySubfield #4 of 1,816 20.2%943 #6
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #2 of 828 24.3%765 #2
Life SciencesDomain #20 of 7,800 22.7%3,588 #8
EpidemiologySubfield #3 of 976 21.2%802 #2
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #2 of 441 27.3%350 #3
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #5 of 916 26.8%733 #2
Health ProfessionsField #11 of 1,928 25.2%1,095 #3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #28 of 3,579 22.5%1,938 #13

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Johns Hopkins 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. Health Sciences#2 #3
  2. Medicine#2 #3
  3. Surgery#6 #4
  4. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#2 #2
  5. Life Sciences#8 #20
  6. Epidemiology#2 #3
  7. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#3 #2
  8. General Health Professions#2 #5
  9. Health Professions#3 #11
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#13 #28
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 Johns Hopkins University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transplantation takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 44.2 works4.6×
  2. Family PracticeSubfield · 43.3 works4.2×
  3. HealthSubfield · 257.3 works4.0×
  4. VirologySubfield · 48.6 works3.9×
  5. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 58.7 works3.5×
  6. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 160.4 works3.0×
  7. OphthalmologySubfield · 166.8 works2.9×
  8. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 418.3 works2.8×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 209 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.68× its world share, 1,938 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.03× its world share, 442 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.60× its world share, 916 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 83 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 24 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 157 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 1,047 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 119 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 45 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 1,210 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 408 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 264 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.07× its world share, 272 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.11× its world share, 533 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 34 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.92× its world share, 1,095 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 8,962 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 153 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.91× its world share, 27 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.48× its world share, 303 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 188 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 147 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 472 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 996 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1,645 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Johns Hopkins University?

Ranked on the composite score, Francis Fukuyama, Josef Coresh and Bert Vogelstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Johns Hopkins University.

  1. 1 Francis Fukuyama · #30 worldwide 4.1k citations · 158 works
  2. 2 Josef Coresh · #72 worldwide 5.3k citations · 204 works
  3. 3 Bert Vogelstein · #173 worldwide 7.1k citations · 114 works
  4. 4 Charles G. Drake · #228 worldwide 2.4k citations · 133 works
  5. 5 Alan Yuille · #243 worldwide 8.4k citations · 313 works
  6. 6 Eliot A. Cohen · #297 worldwide 1.1k citations · 147 works
  7. 7 Harry A. Quigley · #380 worldwide 2.5k citations · 124 works
  8. 8 Drew M. Pardoll · #597 worldwide 2.9k citations · 108 works
  9. 9 John L. Cameron · #658 worldwide 1.7k citations · 121 works
  10. 10 Kunihiro Matsushita · #876 worldwide 1.9k citations · 105 works
All ranked researchers at Johns Hopkins University

Which keywords describe research at Johns Hopkins University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Mental Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,896▲ 2.2×137 topics
  2. Inflammation824▲ 1.83×82 topics
  3. Public Health782▲ 2.5×70 topics
  4. Deep Learning678◆ 0.91×80 topics
  5. Mental Health632▲ 1.99×44 topics
  6. Risk Factors600▲ 2.5×37 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease532▲ 2.2×38 topics
  8. Quality of Life518▲ 1.65×58 topics
  9. Treatment517▲ 1.97×51 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress480▲ 1.35×60 topics
  11. Cancer433▲ 1.49×55 topics
  12. Depression399▲ 2.1×24 topics
  13. Diagnosis377▲ 1.87×41 topics
  14. Immunotherapy375▲ 2.4×19 topics
  15. COVID-19366▲ 1.23×26 topics
  16. Biomarkers334▲ 2.3×18 topics
  17. Obesity312▲ 1.90×27 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome310▲ 1.76×24 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders308▲ 2.5×20 topics
  20. Clinical Trials308▲ 2.1×19 topics
  21. Global Burden303▲ 2.6×12 topics
  22. Genetics298▲ 1.96×26 topics
  23. Management291▲ 1.71×32 topics
  24. Immune Response291▲ 2.4×22 topics
  25. Aging285▲ 2.5×17 topics
  26. Mortality271▲ 2.2×13 topics
  27. Mortality Risk258▲ 5.0×6 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations256▲ 2.7×23 topics
  29. Social Support255▲ 2.1×19 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease252▲ 4.7×4 topics
  31. Vaccine236▲ 2.7×11 topics
  32. Primary Care234▲ 2.9×15 topics
  33. Health Disparities232▲ 4.1×8 topics
  34. Antiretroviral Therapy228▲ 6.5×6 topics
  35. Neuroimaging215▲ 3.7×11 topics
  36. Health Outcomes195▲ 3.3×8 topics
  37. Health Equity194▲ 3.3×6 topics
  38. Substance Use Disorders160▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Psychiatric Disorders157▲ 5.5×4 topics
  40. HIV138▲ 7.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Johns Hopkins University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors and Global Maternal and Child Health.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…103HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 103 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…94Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 94 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 92 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…92Global Maternal and Child Health: 92 fractional worksFood Security and Health…83Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 83 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 83 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 82 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk81HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 81 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 70 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 69 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsInfectious Diseases 103 works
  2. 2 Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 94 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Health and Risk FactorsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 92 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 92 works
  5. 5 Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsGeneral Health Professions 83 works
  6. 6 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 83 works
  7. 7 Health disparities and outcomesHealth 82 works
  8. 8 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskEpidemiology 81 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and HesitancyHealth 70 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchInfectious Diseases 69 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 available37.9%not open62.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.1%domestic only83.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Johns Hopkins University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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