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National Intelligence University

In research, National Intelligence University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,000 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Statistical and Nonlinear Physics is 19.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,344
of 22,385 · #11,043 all time
Rank in United States
#1,427
of 3,332
Research works
562
▲ 280% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
National Intelligence University

What is National Intelligence 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 #7,000 of 9,585 7.8%81 #9894

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Intelligence 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 fields of science does National Intelligence University work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at National Intelligence University is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Physics and Astronomy (21%), Computer Science (19%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 228 fractional works · 56.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 84 fractional works · 20.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 26 fractional works · 6.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 24 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 19 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 75 fractional works · 18.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 37 fractional works · 9.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 36 fractional works · 8.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 4.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 139 fractional works · 34.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 87 fractional works · 21.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 28 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSafety Research: 16 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.7% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalIntelligence…404fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences34%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy8420.8%
    2. Computer Science7518.6%
    3. Engineering368.8%
    4. Mathematics184.5%
    5. Environmental Science61.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.1%
    7. Chemistry30.6%
    8. Materials Science10.3%
    9. Energy10.2%
    1. Social Sciences8721.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance133.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities133.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting102.6%
    5. Psychology92.2%
    6. Decision Sciences71.6%
    1. Neuroscience123.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine143.4%
    2. Health Professions41.1%
    3. Dentistry00.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Intelligence University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics takes 19.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 24.3 works19×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 25.8 works12×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 83.9 works9.3×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.89× its world share, 12 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.40× its world share, 75 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.79× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.35× its world share, 84 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.08× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 87 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.35×84 works
  2. Mathematics3.79×18 works
  3. Computer Science2.40×75 works
  4. Neuroscience1.89×12 works
  5. Social Sciences1.71×87 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.68×6 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.51×13 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.08×13 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.81×10 works
  10. Psychology0.71×9 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.70×4 works
  12. Engineering0.59×36 works
  13. Chemistry0.41×3 works
  14. Health Professions0.41×4 works
  15. Environmental Science0.30×6 works
  16. Energy0.18×1 works
  17. Medicine0.18×14 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×3 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×3 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  22. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  23. Nursing0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Intelligence University?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew Caldin, Kevin P. Riehle and Merlin (E8 Intelligence) lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Intelligence University.

  1. 1 Andrew Caldin United States · #1,835,610 worldwide 0 citations · 410 works
  2. 2 Kevin P. Riehle United States · #2,192,811 worldwide 51 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Merlin (E8 Intelligence) United States · #2,496,344 worldwide 0 citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Susan McCall Perlman United States · #2,523,993 worldwide 92 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Merlin (E8 Intelligence) United States · #2,595,550 worldwide 0 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Merlin (E8 Intelligence) United States · #2,655,189 worldwide 0 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Bowman H. Miller United States · #2,713,517 worldwide 248 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Merlin (E8 Intelligence) United States · #2,938,808 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
  9. 8 Merlin (E8 Intelligence) United States · #2,938,808 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
  10. 8 Merlin (E8 Intelligence) United States · #2,938,808 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at National Intelligence University

What are the most cited papers from National Intelligence University?

The most cited paper from National Intelligence University is "DSVT: Dynamic Sparse Voxel Transformer with Rotated Sets" (Haiyang Wang, Shi Chen, Shaoshuai Shi et al., 2023), with 178 citations. Next come "Reasoning Like Human: Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning for Knowledge Graph Reasoning" (93) and "The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB" (81).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 DSVT: Dynamic Sparse Voxel Transformer with Rotated Sets Haiyang Wang, Shi Chen, Shaoshuai Shi et al. Conference paper Jun 2023 178
2 Reasoning Like Human: Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning for Knowledge Graph Reasoning Guojia Wan, Shirui Pan, Gong Chen et al. Conference paperOpen access Jul 2020 93
3 The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB Donald P. Steury · History Reviews of New Books 2000 81
4 FAST: Efficient Action Tokenization for Vision-Language-Action Models Karl Pertsch, Kyle Stachowicz, Brian Ichter et al. Conference paperOpen access 21 Jun 2025 61
5 Target‐driven visual navigation in indoor scenes using reinforcement learning and imitation learning Qiang Fang, Xin Xu, Xitong Wang et al. · CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology Open access 21 Apr 2021 59
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Intelligence University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Security, Dark Matter, Machine Learning, Policy, International Relations, Dark Energy and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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. Machine Learning37▲ 2.7×39 topics
  2. Ethics29▲ 14×8 topics
  3. Deep Learning28▲ 1.99×48 topics
  4. Security24▲ 8.8×10 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence24▲ 4.1×14 topics
  6. Dark Matter23▲ 49×4 topics
  7. Policy22▲ 25×3 topics
  8. International Relations20▲ 21×7 topics
  9. Dark Energy20▲ 75×2 topics
  10. Big Data18▲ 4.6×15 topics
  11. Cooperation17▲ 64×2 topics
  12. Neural Networks17▲ 2.7×22 topics
  13. Analysis16▲ 46×1 topic
  14. Intelligence16▲ 98×1 topic
  15. Sustainability16▲ 1.63×19 topics
  16. Quantum Gravity14▲ 42×3 topics
  17. Particle Physics13▲ 45×2 topics
  18. Supernovae13▲ 39×2 topics
  19. Cosmic Microwave Background12▲ 56×1 topic
  20. Cosmological Parameters12▲ 56×1 topic
  21. Cosmology12▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Quantum Information12▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Entanglement10▲ 17×4 topics
  24. Surveillance10▲ 9.0×3 topics
  25. Phase Transitions10▲ 40×3 topics
  26. Galactic Center9▲ 49×2 topics
  27. Polarization9▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Algorithmic Bias8▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Fairness8▲ 20×1 topic
  30. Fake News8▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Misinformation8▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Long-Range Interactions8▲ 187×1 topic
  33. Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics8▲ 187×1 topic
  34. Renormalization Group8▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Axions8▲ 82×1 topic
  36. Cosmic Rays8▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Academic Dishonesty7▲ 124×1 topic
  38. Cantorian-Fractal7▲ 188×1 topic
  39. E-Infinity Theory7▲ 188×1 topic
  40. Plagiarism7▲ 124×1 topic

Which research topics does National Intelligence University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Intelligence, Security, War Strategy, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Misinformation and Its Impacts and Ethics and Social Impacts of AI.

Intelligence, Security, War Strategy: 16 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 12 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 8 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 8 fractional worksStatistical Mechanics and Entropy: 8 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Th…7Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications: 7 fractional worksAcademic integrity and plagiarism: 7 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 7 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quant…7Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 7 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsAstronomy and AstrophysicsSociology and Political ScienceSafety Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Intelligence, Security, War Strategy Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  2. 2 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  3. 3 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 8 works
  5. 5 Statistical Mechanics and Entropy Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 8 works
  6. 6 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  7. 7 Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 7 works
  8. 8 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 7 works
  9. 9 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  10. 10 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 7 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 available67.6%not open32.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Intelligence University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 280% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National Intelligence University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00059% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%National Intelligence University0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Intelligence University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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