Question 1

What is Michigan State University known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Michigan State University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Michigan State University ranks #225 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#193 all time), and #64 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Michigan State University?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Michigan State University?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Michigan State University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Michigan State University?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Michigan State University work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

University of Wisconsin–Madison has the research profile closest to Michigan State University's (similarity 0.91 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Veterinary, followed by University of Tennessee at Knoxville and University of California, Davis.

Question 9

Is Michigan State University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.