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Northeastern University

In research, Northeastern University stands highest in Social Sciences (#218 of 9,585 worldwide), Computer Science (#114 of 4,417 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#303 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human-Computer Interaction, Hardware and Architecture and Cognitive Neuroscience (Human-Computer Interaction is 5.0× its share of world research).

northeastern.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#298
of 22,385 · #334 all time
Rank in United States
#85
of 3,332
Research works
40k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1M
28.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Northeastern University

What is Northeastern 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 #218 of 9,585 15.4%1,660 #211
Computer ScienceField #114 of 4,417 13.6%1,078 #149
Physical SciencesDomain #303 of 10,670 11.7%3,323 #418
Health SciencesDomain #394 of 9,902 15.0%746 #338
Social SciencesField #248 of 5,988 16.4%772 #188
EngineeringField #269 of 5,901 10.4%1,286 #246
MedicineField #415 of 8,541 15.0%585 #363
Business, Management and AccountingField #132 of 2,581 14.0%221 #144
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #116 of 1,862 13.7%403 #165
Life SciencesDomain #467 of 6,403 10.9%716 #403

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northeastern 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#211 #218
  2. Computer Science#149 #114
  3. Physical Sciences#418 #303
  4. Health Sciences#338 #394
  5. Social Sciences#188 #248
  6. Engineering#246 #269
  7. Medicine#363 #415
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#144 #132
  9. Artificial Intelligence#165 #116
  10. Life Sciences#403 #467
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Northeastern University work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Northeastern University is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Computer Science (17%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,698 fractional works · 51.3% of its workEngineering: 1,402 fractional works · 19.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 394 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 283 fractional works · 3.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 142 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 107 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 103 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1,238 fractional works · 17.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 464 fractional works · 6.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 197 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 185 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 113 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 74 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 299 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 206 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 108 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 206 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 75 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 110 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 87 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 86 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,842 fractional works · 25.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 851 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 342 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 94 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 90 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 375 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 115 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 84 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 240 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 132 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 92 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 128 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 117 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 841 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMedicine: 664 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 63 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 62 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 164 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 158 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 93 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 831 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 445 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 304 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 259 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 172 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKNortheasternUniversity7,212fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences51%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences26%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1,40219.4%
    2. Computer Science1,23817.2%
    3. Environmental Science2994.1%
    4. Materials Science2062.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2062.8%
    6. Mathematics1101.5%
    7. Chemistry871.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences861.2%
    9. Energy400.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering240.3%
  2. Social Sciences1,84225.5%
    1. Social Sciences85111.8%
    2. Psychology3755.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2403.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1321.8%
    5. Decision Sciences1281.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities1171.6%
    1. Medicine6649.2%
    2. Health Professions1582.2%
    3. Nursing120.2%
    4. Veterinary30.0%
    5. Dentistry30.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4456.2%
    2. Neuroscience2593.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences731.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology350.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics200.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Northeastern University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Human-Computer Interaction takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 73.8 works5.0×
  2. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 30.0 works3.7×
  3. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 171.6 works3.3×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 73 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 445 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.21× its world share, 259 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 24 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 87 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.21× its world share, 1,238 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 86 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 40 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.30× its world share, 1,402 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 299 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 206 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.29× its world share, 110 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.28× its world share, 206 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 158 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 664 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 116 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.03× its world share, 240 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 128 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 132 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.71× its world share, 375 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 851 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.21×259 works
  2. Computer Science2.21×1,238 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.83×128 works
  4. Psychology1.71×375 works
  5. Engineering1.30×1,402 works
  6. Mathematics1.29×110 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.28×206 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.16×445 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.03×240 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.97×24 works
  11. Social Sciences0.93×851 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×132 works
  13. Environmental Science0.83×299 works
  14. Health Professions0.83×158 works
  15. Materials Science0.82×206 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.77×20 works
  17. Chemistry0.77×87 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.76×86 works
  19. Energy0.61×40 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.56×116 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×35 works
  22. Medicine0.48×664 works
  23. Nursing0.34×12 works
  24. Veterinary0.32×3 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×73 works
  26. Dentistry0.09×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Northeastern University?

Ranked on the quality score, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási, Alessandro Vespignani and Ruth V. Aguilera lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northeastern University.

  1. 1 Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási United States · #1,030 worldwide 223k citations · 666 works
  2. 2 Alessandro Vespignani United States · #2,173 worldwide 86k citations · 564 works
  3. 3 Ruth V. Aguilera United States · #2,813 worldwide 26k citations · 259 works
  4. 4 Álvaro Cuervo-Cazurra United States · #2,963 worldwide 14k citations · 235 works
  5. 5 Alan Mislove United States · #7,035 worldwide 18k citations · 143 works
  6. 6 David M. J. Lazer United States · #7,192 worldwide 27k citations · 518 works
  7. 7 Lisa Feldman Barrett United States · #7,950 worldwide 74k citations · 552 works
  8. 8 Yulun Zhang United States · #10,836 worldwide 26k citations · 317 works
  9. 9 Sanjeev Mukerjee United States · #11,418 worldwide 30k citations · 519 works
  10. 10 Matthew Baum United States · #11,489 worldwide 13k citations · 372 works
All ranked researchers at Northeastern University

What are the most cited papers from Northeastern University?

The most cited paper from Northeastern University is "PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation" (Andrea C. Tricco et al., 2018), with 43,960 citations. Next come "Geant4—a simulation toolkit" (25,572) and "Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (12,158).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation Andrea C. Tricco et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Open access 3 Sep 2018 43,960
2 Geant4—a simulation toolkit Stefano Agostinelli et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access127 authors 21 Jun 2003 25,572
3 Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Marie Ng et al. · The Lancet Open access140 authors 28 May 2014 12,158
4 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
5 Simple statistical gradient-following algorithms for connectionist reinforcement learning Ronald J. Williams · Machine Learning Open access May 1992 7,519
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Northeastern University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Big Data, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Energy Efficiency and Ethics.

▲ 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. Deep Learning512▲ 2.1×84 topics
  2. Machine Learning438▲ 1.83×87 topics
  3. Neural Networks240▲ 2.2×38 topics
  4. Big Data171▲ 2.5×30 topics
  5. Epidemiology160▼ 0.56×113 topics
  6. Sustainability150▼ 0.85×82 topics
  7. Climate Change145▼ 0.74×82 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence136▲ 1.32×46 topics
  9. Social Media134▲ 1.35×29 topics
  10. Public Health117◆ 1.12×50 topics
  11. Mental Health116◆ 1.13×38 topics
  12. Healthcare108▲ 1.32×27 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency105▲ 1.58×32 topics
  14. Data Mining86▲ 1.62×18 topics
  15. Internet of Things83▲ 1.34×26 topics
  16. Security82▲ 1.70×27 topics
  17. Ethics82▲ 2.2×30 topics
  18. Wireless Sensor Networks68▲ 2.1×20 topics
  19. Biosensors67▲ 1.89×12 topics
  20. Surveillance57▲ 2.8×6 topics
  21. Social Interaction56▲ 1.99×11 topics
  22. Health Equity53▲ 2.5×6 topics
  23. IoT Security52▲ 2.3×3 topics
  24. Discrimination48▲ 3.1×7 topics
  25. Wireless Networks47▲ 4.4×9 topics
  26. Distributed Systems47▲ 3.8×6 topics
  27. 5G Networks47▲ 3.2×5 topics
  28. Emotion47▲ 3.1×12 topics
  29. Health Monitoring46▲ 3.1×3 topics
  30. Channel Modeling45▲ 5.1×6 topics
  31. Multi-Agent Systems44▲ 3.2×6 topics
  32. Massive MIMO40▲ 7.0×3 topics
  33. Topic Modeling40▲ 3.6×3 topics
  34. Reinforcement Learning40▲ 4.8×4 topics
  35. Distributed Control37▲ 4.7×3 topics
  36. User Experience35▲ 5.7×3 topics
  37. High-Frequency Applications32▲ 9.9×2 topics
  38. Acoustic Wave Biosensors31▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Thin Film Resonators31▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Youth Violence30▲ 9.3×3 topics

Which research topics does Northeastern University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Topic Modeling, Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials.

Topic Modeling33Topic Modeling: 33 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Resonator …31Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies: 31 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 28 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 26 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 23 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 22 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 22 fractional worksMisinformation and Its I…22Misinformation and Its Impacts: 22 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technology Interaction: 21 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 21 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceBiomedical EngineeringSafety ResearchHealth Informatics3 others

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

  1. 1 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 33 works
  2. 2 Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies Biomedical Engineering 31 works
  3. 3 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 28 works
  4. 4 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 26 works
  5. 5 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 23 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 22 works
  7. 7 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 22 works
  8. 8 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  9. 9 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 21 works
  10. 10 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 21 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 available33.3%not open66.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Northeastern University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Northeastern University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.031% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Northeastern University0.029% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Northeastern University12.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.5% in 2018.

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Which institutions have research most like Northeastern University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Carnegie Mellon University has the research profile closest to Northeastern University's, with both strong in Computer Science.

  1. 1 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Computer Science, Neuroscience, Decision Sciences 0.90 Compare
  2. 2 The University of Texas at DallasUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Computer Science, Decision Sciences 0.87 Compare
  3. 3 Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Decision Sciences, Psychology, Neuroscience 0.86 Compare
  4. 4 University of WaterlooCanada · Both strong in Computer Science, Decision Sciences, Psychology 0.85 Compare
  5. 5 Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Both strong in Computer Science, Decision Sciences, Neuroscience 0.84 Compare

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