Question 1

What is Northeastern University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Northeastern University stands highest in Engineering (#67 of 5,901 worldwide), Mechanical Engineering (#24 of 1,319 worldwide) and Control and Systems Engineering (#17 of 804 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Metals and Alloys, Mechanical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering (Metals and Alloys is 17.1× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Northeastern University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Northeastern University ranks #404 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#538 all time), and #91 of 2,481 in China.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Northeastern University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Dake Xu, Junxin Chen and C.A. Tang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northeastern University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Northeastern University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Northeastern University is "Present and Future of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering" (Judith Langer et al., 2019), with 3,910 citations. Next come "Carbon Materials for Chemical Capacitive Energy Storage" (2,965) and "Remaining useful life estimation in prognostics using deep convolution neural networks" (1,758).

Question 5

Which research topics does Northeastern University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels, Fault Detection and Control Systems and Advancements in Battery Materials.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Northeastern University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Grain Refinement, Microstructural Evolution and Metallurgy.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Northeastern University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Northeastern University is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (51%), Computer Science (16%), Materials Science (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Northeastern University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher than in 2018-2021.