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Michigan State University

In research, Michigan State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#147 of 9,585 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#55 of 3,157 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#269 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography and Astronomy and Astrophysics (Environmental Chemistry is 9.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#225
of 22,385 · #193 all time
Rank in United States
#64
of 3,332
Research works
127k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4M
34.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Michigan State University

What is Michigan 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
Social SciencesDomain #147 of 9,585 14.3%3,723 #80
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #55 of 3,157 14.2%1,005 #43
Physical SciencesDomain #269 of 10,670 17.6%5,859 #216
Social SciencesField #151 of 5,988 14.5%1,920 #85
Life SciencesDomain #173 of 6,403 11.5%2,529 #179
Plant ScienceSubfield #50 of 1,317 13.5%438 #36
Health SciencesDomain #381 of 9,902 8.7%3,061 #356
MedicineField #377 of 8,541 8.5%2,536 #355
Physics and AstronomyField #66 of 1,417 42.0%873 #123
EngineeringField #283 of 5,901 9.7%1,441 #255

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Michigan 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. Social Sciences#80 #147
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#43 #55
  3. Physical Sciences#216 #269
  4. Social Sciences#85 #151
  5. Life Sciences#179 #173
  6. Plant Science#36 #50
  7. Health Sciences#356 #381
  8. Medicine#355 #377
  9. Physics and Astronomy#123 #66
  10. Engineering#255 #283
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 Michigan State University work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research at Michigan State University is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (17%), Social Sciences (13%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 6,430 fractional works · 37.8% of its workEngineering: 1,601 fractional works · 9.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 345 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 291 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 145 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 138 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 130 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 124 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 79 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 75 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 102 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,295 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 367 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 219 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 151 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 115 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 91 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 82 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,029 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 411 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 145 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 111 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 105 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 939 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 426 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 199 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 154 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 74 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 569 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOceanography: 296 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeophysics: 172 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 335 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 170 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 305 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 84 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 77 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 233 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 83 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 77 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4,179 fractional works · 24.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,141 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 761 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEducation: 423 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 180 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 130 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 105 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 92 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 90 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 900 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 296 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 260 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 163 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 126 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 432 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 114 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 120 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 280 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 264 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 207 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 162 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 81 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,500 fractional works · 20.6% of its workMedicine: 2,907 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSurgery: 352 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 256 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 247 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 246 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 221 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 151 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 145 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 117 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 93 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 91 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 84 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 63 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 355 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 389 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 248 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 103 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 104 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2,903 fractional works · 17.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,193 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 646 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 230 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 86 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 142 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,151 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPlant Science: 500 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 120 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 115 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 98 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 83 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 63 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 362 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 192 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 76 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 94 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 167 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 121 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMichigan StateUniversity17kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences25%

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. Engineering1,6019.4%
    2. Environmental Science1,2957.6%
    3. Computer Science1,0296.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy9395.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences5693.3%
    6. Materials Science3352.0%
    7. Mathematics3051.8%
    8. Chemistry2331.4%
    9. Energy770.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering470.3%
  2. Social Sciences4,17924.6%
    1. Social Sciences2,14112.6%
    2. Psychology9005.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities4322.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2801.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2641.6%
    6. Decision Sciences1621.0%
  3. Health Sciences3,50020.6%
    1. Medicine2,90717.1%
    2. Health Professions3892.3%
    3. Veterinary1040.6%
    4. Nursing870.5%
    5. Dentistry130.1%
  4. Life Sciences2,90317.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,1937.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,1516.8%
    3. Neuroscience3622.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1671.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics300.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Michigan State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Chemistry takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 366.9 works9.9×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 296.2 works6.2×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 426.2 works4.8×
  4. VeterinaryField · 103.9 works4.5×
  5. Small AnimalsSubfield · 88.2 works4.2×
  6. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 199.3 works3.7×
← 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: 1.42× its world share, 1,151 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 1,193 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 167 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 362 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 30 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 47 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.87× its world share, 233 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 1,029 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 569 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 77 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 1,601 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.53× its world share, 1,295 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 335 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.52× its world share, 305 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.48× its world share, 939 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 389 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.89× its world share, 2,907 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 87 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.49× its world share, 104 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 432 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 280 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 162 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 264 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.74× its world share, 900 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 2,141 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.49×104 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.48×939 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.13×569 works
  4. Psychology1.74×900 works
  5. Environmental Science1.53×1,295 works
  6. Mathematics1.52×305 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.42×1,151 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.31×1,193 works
  9. Neuroscience1.31×362 works
  10. Nursing1.05×87 works
  11. Social Sciences0.99×2,141 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.98×167 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.98×162 works
  14. Medicine0.89×2,907 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.88×432 works
  16. Chemistry0.87×233 works
  17. Health Professions0.87×389 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.78×47 works
  19. Computer Science0.78×1,029 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.73×264 works
  21. Engineering0.63×1,601 works
  22. Materials Science0.56×335 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.51×280 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×30 works
  25. Energy0.49×77 works
  26. Dentistry0.15×13 works

Who are the top researchers at Michigan State University?

Ranked on the quality score, James M. Tiedje, Richard E. Lenski and Gregg A. Howe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Michigan State University.

  1. 1 James M. Tiedje United States · #897 worldwide 140k citations · 775 works
  2. 2 Richard E. Lenski United States · #5,042 worldwide 49k citations · 393 works
  3. 3 Gregg A. Howe United States · #5,049 worldwide 28k citations · 144 works
  4. 4 K. Einsweiler United States · #5,132 worldwide 74k citations · 835 works
  5. 5 Peter I. De Costa United States · #5,231 worldwide 5.3k citations · 210 works
  6. 6 João Pina United States · #5,255 worldwide 66k citations · 685 works
  7. 7 Anil Kumar Jain United States · #5,446 worldwide 160k citations · 1,173 works
  8. 8 Sheng Yang He United States · #5,663 worldwide 39k citations · 238 works
  9. 9 Thomas David Sharkey United States · #7,072 worldwide 38k citations · 360 works
  10. 10 H. S. Bansil United States · #7,291 worldwide 44k citations · 382 works
All ranked researchers at Michigan State University

What are the most cited papers from Michigan State University?

The most cited paper from Michigan State University is "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" (Thomas Kühn, Richard Schlegel, 1963), with 35,485 citations. Next come "Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2" (25,165) and "Naive Bayesian Classifier for Rapid Assignment of rRNA Sequences into the New Bacterial Taxonomy" (20,801).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Thomas Kühn, Richard Schlegel · Physics Today Apr 1963 35,485
2 Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2 Evan K Bolyen et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access112 authors 24 Jul 2019 25,165
3 Naive Bayesian Classifier for Rapid Assignment of rRNA Sequences into the New Bacterial Taxonomy Qiong Wang, George M Garrity, James M. Tiedje et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology Open access 22 Jun 2007 20,801
4 Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship danah boyd, Nicole B. Ellison · Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Open access Oct 2007 16,252
5 Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Rafael Lozano et al. · The Lancet Open access191 authors Dec 2012 14,344
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Michigan State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Solar Wind, Microbial Communities, Hydrological Modeling, Methane Oxidation, Anaerobic, Gas Hydrates and Electron Acceleration.

▲ 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 Change870▲ 1.88×107 topics
  2. Epidemiology686◆ 1.01×134 topics
  3. Machine Learning515◆ 0.91×85 topics
  4. Deep Learning437▼ 0.74×81 topics
  5. Microbial Communities395▲ 5.3×10 topics
  6. Mental Health384▲ 1.58×43 topics
  7. Solar Wind347▲ 22×2 topics
  8. Hydrological Modeling324▲ 8.0×5 topics
  9. Inflammation322◆ 0.89×83 topics
  10. Methane Oxidation315▲ 24×2 topics
  11. Anaerobic313▲ 29×1 topic
  12. Gas Hydrates313▲ 29×1 topic
  13. Globalization309◆ 0.93×113 topics
  14. Sustainability294▼ 0.71×98 topics
  15. Electron Acceleration287▲ 25×2 topics
  16. Sea Level Rise286▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Geodetic Measurements285▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Public Health282◆ 1.14×65 topics
  19. GRACE279▲ 34×1 topic
  20. groundwater depletion279▲ 34×1 topic
  21. Oxidative Stress277◆ 0.99×62 topics
  22. Ionosphere275▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Magnetosphere275▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Social Media220◆ 0.93×36 topics
  25. Quality of Life217◆ 0.88×55 topics
  26. Risk Factors211◆ 1.13×37 topics
  27. Depression182▲ 1.22×24 topics
  28. Biodiversity180▲ 1.39×32 topics
  29. Invasive Species170▲ 2.4×21 topics
  30. Tomography154▲ 5.1×5 topics
  31. Social Support153▲ 1.67×18 topics
  32. Health Effects151▲ 1.47×24 topics
  33. Adolescents122▲ 1.97×10 topics
  34. Seismic Noise113▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Surface Wave113▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Developmental Trajectories95▲ 4.7×3 topics
  37. Neighborhood Effects84▲ 4.7×3 topics
  38. Nucleosynthesis79▲ 9.5×3 topics
  39. Coronal Mass Ejections72▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Solar Dynamics Observatory72▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Michigan State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics and Seismic Waves and Analysis.

Methane Hydrates and Rel…313Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 313 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…279Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 279 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…275Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 275 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 113 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 72 fractional worksNuclear physics research studies: 57 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 46 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 40 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 40 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 39 fractional works
Environmental ChemistryOceanographyAstronomy and AstrophysicsGeophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 313 works
  2. 2 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 279 works
  3. 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 275 works
  4. 4 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 113 works
  5. 5 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 72 works
  6. 6 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 57 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 46 works
  8. 8 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 40 works
  9. 9 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 40 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 39 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Michigan State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% 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 Michigan State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.065% in 2024.

still counting0.20%0.40%Michigan State University0.062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Michigan 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 counting10%20%30%Michigan State University11.3% 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 20.2% in 2023.

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

Among the world's leading institutions, University of Wisconsin–Madison has the research profile closest to Michigan State University's, with both strong in Veterinary.

  1. 1 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Physics and Astronomy, Psychology 0.91 Compare
  2. 2 University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.84 Compare
  3. 3 University of California, DavisUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Physics and Astronomy 0.84 Compare
  4. 4 University of ArizonaUnited States · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Veterinary 0.83 Compare
  5. 5 Colorado State UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science 0.82 Compare

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