Question 1

What is Oregon State University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Oregon State University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#435 of 10,670 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#56 of 1,088 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#410 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography and Nature and Landscape Conservation (Environmental Chemistry is 12.5× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Oregon State University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Oregon State University ranks #475 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#321 all time), and #122 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Oregon State University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, James C. Carrington, Xiulei Ji and Beverly Elizabeth Law lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oregon State University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Oregon State University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Oregon State University is "Chemical Reaction Engineering" (Octave Levenspiel, 1999), with 9,998 citations. Next come "Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences" (9,519) and "Ensemble Methods in Machine Learning" (8,132).

Question 5

Which research topics does Oregon State University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements and Seismic Waves and Analysis.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Oregon State University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Microbial Communities, Methane Oxidation, Anaerobic, Gas Hydrates, Invasive Species, Hydrological Modeling and Remote Sensing.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Oregon State University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Oregon State University is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (16%), Environmental Science (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Oregon State University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.