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New York University

In research, New York University stands highest in Social Sciences (#18 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#44 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#49 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Decision Sciences, Transplantation and Cognitive Neuroscience — General Decision Sciences is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#81
of 28,054 · #46 all time
Rank in United States
#21
of 4,192
Research works
115k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7M
41.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is New York 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
Social SciencesDomain #18 of 10,521 23.1%5,366 #11
Health SciencesDomain #44 of 11,982 19.5%4,907 #36
MedicineField #49 of 10,443 18.8%4,093 #44
PsychologyField #14 of 2,181 25.0%1,041 #11
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #19 of 2,578 25.7%867 #11
Social SciencesField #52 of 6,365 24.7%2,395 #24
Life SciencesDomain #68 of 7,800 24.8%2,059 #33
Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield #5 of 530 26.9%469 #9
Computer ScienceField #59 of 4,667 24.3%1,368 #29
Physical SciencesDomain #178 of 12,888 23.6%3,836 #120

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where New York 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. Social Sciences#11 #18
  2. Health Sciences#36 #44
  3. Medicine#44 #49
  4. Psychology#11 #14
  5. Sociology and Political Science#11 #19
  6. Social Sciences#24 #52
  7. Life Sciences#33 #68
  8. Cognitive Neuroscience#9 #5
  9. Computer Science#29 #59
  10. Physical Sciences#120 #178
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 New York University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Decision Sciences takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Decision SciencesSubfield · 22.2 works7.2×
  2. TransplantationSubfield · 29.1 works4.0×
  3. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 468.8 works4.0×
  4. MusicSubfield · 39.8 works3.0×
  5. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 73.3 works2.9×
  6. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 100.5 works2.9×
← 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, 156 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 963 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 164 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.81× its world share, 737 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 39 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 128 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.09× its world share, 1,368 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 95 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 35 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 1,068 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 353 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 154 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.28× its world share, 243 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.05× its world share, 379 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.61× its world share, 126 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 627 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.32× its world share, 4,093 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 52 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.54× its world share, 717 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 401 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 213 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.73× its world share, 600 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.11× its world share, 1,041 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 2,395 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at New York University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yann LeCun, Franco Ferrari and Robert F. Engle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is New York University.

  1. 1 Yann LeCun United States · #219 worldwide 5.4k citations · 123 works
  2. 2 Franco Ferrari United States · #827 worldwide 661 citations · 139 works
  3. 3 Robert F. Engle United States · #1,145 worldwide 8.7k citations · 85 works
  4. 4 Judith S. Hochman United States · #1,708 worldwide 2.2k citations · 89 works
  5. 5 Thomas J. Sargent United States · #1,822 worldwide 2.1k citations · 143 works
  6. 6 Paula England United States · #2,107 worldwide 1.8k citations · 80 works
  7. 7 Jacqueline A. French United States · #2,338 worldwide 2k citations · 76 works
  8. 8 Kyunghyun Cho United States · #2,675 worldwide 1.9k citations · 117 works
  9. 9 Sundeep Rangan United States · #3,693 worldwide 2.2k citations · 97 works
  10. 10 Craig Calhoun United States · #3,969 worldwide 645 citations · 138 works
All ranked researchers at New York University

Which keywords describe research at New York University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Public Health, Globalization, Depression and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology861▲ 1.35×136 topics
  2. Deep Learning634◆ 1.15×82 topics
  3. Machine Learning559◆ 1.06×90 topics
  4. Mental Health470▲ 1.99×44 topics
  5. Public Health391▲ 1.66×68 topics
  6. Globalization386▲ 1.22×131 topics
  7. Inflammation380◆ 1.13×81 topics
  8. Neural Networks333▲ 1.34×38 topics
  9. Quality of Life324▲ 1.39×55 topics
  10. Risk Factors289▲ 1.63×37 topics
  11. Depression273▲ 1.93×26 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress263◆ 1.00×58 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease261▲ 1.45×37 topics
  14. Treatment242▲ 1.24×52 topics
  15. Social Media236◆ 1.02×35 topics
  16. Human Rights208▲ 1.25×69 topics
  17. Identity206▲ 1.75×69 topics
  18. Social Support193▲ 2.1×19 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders186▲ 2.0×20 topics
  20. Nationalism176▲ 2.4×34 topics
  21. Health Disparities168▲ 4.0×9 topics
  22. Ethics167▲ 2.1×49 topics
  23. Gender164▲ 1.88×52 topics
  24. Mortality162▲ 1.73×13 topics
  25. Colonialism159▲ 2.1×44 topics
  26. Anxiety157▲ 2.1×12 topics
  27. Emotion Regulation152▲ 3.0×9 topics
  28. Adolescents138▲ 2.3×10 topics
  29. Mortality Risk134▲ 3.5×6 topics
  30. Health Equity132▲ 3.0×6 topics
  31. Neuroscience130▲ 2.7×19 topics
  32. Neuroimaging128▲ 2.9×11 topics
  33. Global Burden of Disease119▲ 3.0×4 topics
  34. Discrimination115▲ 3.7×9 topics
  35. Psychiatric Disorders114▲ 5.3×4 topics
  36. Emotion114▲ 3.4×12 topics
  37. Substance Use Disorders102▲ 8.7×2 topics
  38. Working Memory85▲ 5.8×3 topics
  39. Neuronal Oscillations84▲ 6.9×2 topics
  40. Perceptual Learning82▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does New York University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural dynamics and brain function, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Health disparities and outcomes.

Neural dynamics and brai…70Neural dynamics and brain function: 70 fractional worksVisual perception and pr…57Visual perception and processing mechanisms: 57 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 52 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 51 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 51 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 50 fractional worksTopic Modeling48Topic Modeling: 48 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…48Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 48 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 47 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 46 fractional works
Cognitive NeurosciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealthClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 70 works
  2. 2 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 57 works
  3. 3 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 52 works
  4. 4 Health disparities and outcomes Health 51 works
  5. 5 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 51 works
  6. 6 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 50 works
  7. 7 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 48 works
  8. 8 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 48 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 47 works
  10. 10 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 46 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has New York University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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.

Other research institutions in New York

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.