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Mississippi State University

In research, Mississippi State University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#689 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#278 of 3,551 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#896 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Veterinary, Animal Science and Zoology and Small Animals — Veterinary is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#912
of 28,054 · #1,000 all time
Rank in United States
#164
of 4,192
Research works
28k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
604k
21.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Mississippi State 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
Physical SciencesDomain #689 of 12,888 18.9%1,845 #893
Environmental ScienceField #278 of 3,551 20.0%442 #494
Social SciencesDomain #896 of 10,521 24.0%906 #501
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #352 of 3,409 21.2%560 #451
EngineeringField #744 of 6,636 18.3%673 #527
Social SciencesField #735 of 6,365 28.4%425 #473
Plant ScienceSubfield #208 of 1,395 26.9%226 #419
Life SciencesDomain #1,276 of 7,800 18.0%894 #1619
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #223 of 1,209 23.9%102 #454
Health SciencesDomain #2,459 of 11,982 12.0%416 #3082

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mississippi 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 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. Physical Sciences#893 #689
  2. Environmental Science#494 #278
  3. Social Sciences#501 #896
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#451 #352
  5. Engineering#527 #744
  6. Social Sciences#473 #735
  7. Plant Science#419 #208
  8. Life Sciences#1,619 #1,276
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences#454 #223
  10. Health Sciences#3,082 #2,459
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 Mississippi State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Veterinary takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. VeterinaryField · 38.4 works7.0×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 60.2 works6.7×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 32.9 works6.6×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 55.7 works5.8×
  5. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 50.0 works5.2×
  6. Media TechnologySubfield · 63.1 works5.0×
← 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: 2.90× its world share, 560 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 215 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 57 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 57 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.12× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 73 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 296 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 102 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.10× its world share, 673 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.19× its world share, 442 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 96 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.35× its world share, 65 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 69 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 73 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 285 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.96× its world share, 38 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 91 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 88 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 41 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 65 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.58× its world share, 196 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 425 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mississippi State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Charles U. Pittman, Qian Du and A. V. Afanasjev lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mississippi State University.

  1. 1 Charles U. Pittman United States · #8,555 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Qian Du United States · #17,850 worldwide 2.6k citations · 239 works
  3. 3 A. V. Afanasjev United States · #21,533 worldwide 658 citations · 64 works
  4. 4 J. Edward Swan United States · #43,125 worldwide 334 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Michael J. Sandel United States · #54,328 worldwide 277 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Bill VanPatten United States · #56,773 worldwide 303 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani United States · #62,939 worldwide 394 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Scott M. Thompson United States · #63,777 worldwide 421 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Todd Mlsna United States · #67,535 worldwide 503 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Mohamad S. Qatu United States · #77,301 worldwide 178 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Mississippi State University

Which keywords describe research at Mississippi State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Gut Microbiota and Hyperspectral.

▲ 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. Climate Change283▲ 2.6×94 topics
  2. Deep Learning200▲ 1.44×74 topics
  3. Machine Learning163▲ 1.23×73 topics
  4. Remote Sensing163▲ 3.2×33 topics
  5. Epidemiology134▼ 0.83×96 topics
  6. Sustainability112◆ 1.13×77 topics
  7. Environmental Impact82▲ 1.19×53 topics
  8. Mental Health82▲ 1.37×36 topics
  9. Biodiversity79▲ 2.6×30 topics
  10. Invasive Species76▲ 4.4×21 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity61▲ 3.4×19 topics
  12. Gut Microbiota57▲ 4.0×7 topics
  13. Conservation57▲ 3.3×22 topics
  14. Land Use Change50▲ 4.0×7 topics
  15. Classification47▲ 2.5×11 topics
  16. Population Dynamics46▲ 4.5×13 topics
  17. Biodiversity Conservation46▲ 3.1×12 topics
  18. Resilience46▲ 2.4×14 topics
  19. Global Change44▲ 4.2×7 topics
  20. Biomass Estimation43▲ 7.0×3 topics
  21. Aquaculture43▲ 4.1×8 topics
  22. Hydrological Modeling43▲ 4.5×5 topics
  23. Global Warming43▲ 2.6×12 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services42▲ 2.7×12 topics
  25. Hyperspectral41▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Support Vector Machines40▲ 3.1×7 topics
  27. Probiotics39▲ 4.1×6 topics
  28. Habitat Fragmentation38▲ 4.2×4 topics
  29. Heat Stress36▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Biological Control36▲ 5.9×9 topics
  31. Change Detection32▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Drought Tolerance32▲ 5.6×9 topics
  33. Image Analysis31▲ 8.0×2 topics
  34. Object-Based Analysis31▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Spectral Unmixing31▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Animal Welfare30▲ 8.4×4 topics
  37. QTL Mapping27▲ 5.7×5 topics
  38. Dairy Cattle26▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Engineering Education25▲ 6.8×4 topics
  40. Habitat Selection25▲ 8.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Mississippi State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Remote-Sensing Image Classification, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Diverse Educational Innovations Studies.

Remote-Sensing Image Cla…31Remote-Sensing Image Classification: 31 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…21Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 21 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agricu…20Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 20 fractional worksDiverse Educational Inno…17Diverse Educational Innovations Studies: 17 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 17 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 16 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI15Smart Agriculture and AI: 15 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 14 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 14 fractional worksResearch in Cotton Culti…14Research in Cotton Cultivation: 14 fractional works
Media TechnologyAnimal Science and ZoologyEcologyGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences3 others

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

  1. 1 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 31 works
  2. 2 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 21 works
  3. 3 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 20 works
  4. 4 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 17 works
  6. 6 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 16 works
  7. 7 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 15 works
  8. 8 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 14 works
  9. 9 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 14 works
  10. 10 Research in Cotton Cultivation Plant Science 14 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 available30.0%not open70.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mississippi State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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