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North Carolina Central University

In research, North Carolina Central University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,425 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,486 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,180 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,069
of 28,054 · #8,031 all time
Rank in United States
#1,349
of 4,192
Research works
2.4k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
40k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is North Carolina Central 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 #6,425 of 12,888 13.1%114 #7394
Social SciencesDomain #6,486 of 10,521 17.5%139 #2690
Health SciencesDomain #8,180 of 11,982 11.1%83 #6443
MedicineField #7,546 of 10,443 9.9%62 #7730
Social SciencesField #4,797 of 6,365 13.1%76 #1485

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Carolina Central 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#7,394 #6,425
  2. Social Sciences#2,690 #6,486
  3. Health Sciences#6,443 #8,180
  4. Medicine#7,730 #7,546
  5. Social Sciences#1,485 #4,797
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.

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: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.48× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.34× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.68× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 29 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.87× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.68× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.20× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.17× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.14× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 76 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at North Carolina Central University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kevin P. Williams, Ricardo M. Richardson and Deepak Kumar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Carolina Central University.

  1. 1 Kevin P. Williams United States · #341,131 worldwide 115 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Ricardo M. Richardson United States · #416,448 worldwide 101 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Deepak Kumar United States · #544,864 worldwide 54 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Branislav Vlahović United States · #549,158 worldwide 304 citations · 104 works
  5. 5 Xiaoxin Chen United States · #604,927 worldwide 79 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Weifan Zheng United States · #689,817 worldwide 74 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Donghyun Kim United States · #872,992 worldwide 128 citations · 76 works
  8. 8 George H. Conklin United States · #967,483 worldwide 8 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Liju Yang United States · #1,245,846 worldwide 66 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 C. R. Jones United States · #1,280,362 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at North Carolina Central University

Which keywords describe research at North Carolina Central University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Nanomaterials, Biomedical Applications, Diversity, Digital Divide, Graphene, Social Support and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Mental Health19▲ 3.4×24 topics
  2. Epidemiology16◆ 1.09×47 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications12▲ 2.7×15 topics
  4. Nanomaterials12▲ 3.0×10 topics
  5. Cancer11▲ 2.1×27 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress10▲ 1.63×29 topics
  7. Education10▲ 1.51×17 topics
  8. Graphene9▲ 3.5×7 topics
  9. Public Health9▲ 1.62×20 topics
  10. Social Support8▲ 3.9×9 topics
  11. Nanocomposites7▲ 2.4×9 topics
  12. Student Engagement7▲ 4.5×8 topics
  13. Social Justice7▲ 3.0×11 topics
  14. Digital Divide7▲ 6.7×7 topics
  15. Tissue Engineering6▲ 2.8×8 topics
  16. Diversity6▲ 9.4×4 topics
  17. Feminism6▲ 5.8×5 topics
  18. Gender6▲ 2.9×13 topics
  19. Semiconductor6▲ 4.3×4 topics
  20. Health Outcomes5▲ 5.1×5 topics
  21. Water Splitting5▲ 3.9×3 topics
  22. Health Promotion5▲ 4.4×9 topics
  23. Prostate Cancer5▲ 10×4 topics
  24. Visible Light5▲ 5.6×2 topics
  25. Social Movements5▲ 4.3×3 topics
  26. Technology Integration5▲ 4.1×5 topics
  27. Black Studies4▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Civil Rights Movement4▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Bioimaging4▲ 5.0×4 topics
  30. Career Development4▲ 9.8×4 topics
  31. Chronic Disease4▲ 6.4×2 topics
  32. Educational Inequality4▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Green Synthesis4▲ 5.8×3 topics
  34. Developmental Trajectories4▲ 8.7×3 topics
  35. Academic Performance4▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Cultural Competence4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  37. Youth4▲ 7.4×2 topics
  38. Neighborhood Effects4▲ 9.0×3 topics
  39. Racial Disparities4▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Academic Medicine4▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does North Carolina Central University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Race, History, and American Society, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Conducting polymers and applications and Higher Education Research Studies.

Race, History, and Ameri…4Race, History, and American Society: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …4Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 4 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…3Higher Education Research Studies: 3 fractional worksFood Security and Health…3Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 3 fractional worksLegal Education and Practice Innovations: 3 fractional worksRacial and Ethnic Identi…3Racial and Ethnic Identity Research: 3 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 2 fractional worksScheduling and Optimization Algorithms: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentPolymers and PlasticsEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  3. 3 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 4 works
  4. 4 Higher Education Research Studies Education 3 works
  5. 5 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 3 works
  6. 6 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Legal Education and Practice Innovations Law 3 works
  8. 8 Racial and Ethnic Identity Research Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has North Carolina Central University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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