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Pratt Institute

In research, Pratt Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,482 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,520 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,499 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,467
of 28,054 · #2,994 all time
Rank in United States
#1,265
of 4,192
Research works
1.9k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
49k
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Pratt Institute 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 #2,482 of 10,521 20.1%147 #1419
Social SciencesField #1,520 of 6,365 16.8%79 #935
Physical SciencesDomain #10,499 of 12,888 13.8%76 #3979

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pratt Institute 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#1,419 #2,482
  2. Social Sciences#935 #1,520
  3. Physical Sciences#3,979 #10,499
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, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 7 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.33× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.62× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.42× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 79 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pratt Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Saul Roseman, William F. Harrington and Alvin Nason lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pratt Institute.

  1. 1 Saul Roseman United States · #9,577 worldwide 1.1k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 William F. Harrington United States · #39,582 worldwide 556 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Alvin Nason United States · #88,643 worldwide 340 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Maurice Bessman United States · #157,175 worldwide 287 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Randy Martín United States · #166,477 worldwide 63 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 H. H. Seliger United States · #186,180 worldwide 180 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Marvin Charton United States · #347,774 worldwide 216 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Alan R. Thomas United States · #536,504 worldwide 26 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Irene Lopatovska United States · #618,890 worldwide 71 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Erika Balsom United States · #935,963 worldwide 2 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Pratt Institute

Which keywords describe research at Pratt Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Neoliberalism, Colonialism, Identity, Nationalism, Sustainability, Cultural Identity and Cultural Heritage.

▲ 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. Globalization23▲ 4.4×35 topics
  2. Sustainability14▲ 2.2×25 topics
  3. Neoliberalism12▲ 12×13 topics
  4. Identity11▲ 5.4×23 topics
  5. Colonialism10▲ 8.3×17 topics
  6. Machine Learning9◆ 1.06×25 topics
  7. Nationalism9▲ 7.0×13 topics
  8. Education8▲ 1.72×19 topics
  9. Cultural Identity8▲ 5.5×10 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 1.99×15 topics
  11. Cultural Heritage7▲ 4.8×13 topics
  12. History6▲ 3.4×11 topics
  13. Gender6▲ 4.2×14 topics
  14. Ethics6▲ 4.6×11 topics
  15. Social Justice6▲ 3.8×10 topics
  16. Cultural Studies6▲ 5.7×10 topics
  17. Culture5▲ 3.8×10 topics
  18. Urban Development5▲ 5.5×9 topics
  19. Knowledge Management5▲ 3.5×10 topics
  20. Feminism5▲ 6.4×10 topics
  21. Urbanism5▲ 49×4 topics
  22. Aesthetics5▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Religion5▲ 3.6×9 topics
  24. Metadata Standards4▲ 85×2 topics
  25. Architecture4▲ 127×2 topics
  26. Imperialism4▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Social Impact4▲ 3.9×7 topics
  28. Gender Dynamics4▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Participatory Design4▲ 29×2 topics
  30. User Experience4▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Archives4▲ 116×1 topic
  32. Digital Preservation4▲ 100×1 topic
  33. Ethnography4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  34. Decentralization4▲ 6.3×2 topics
  35. Qualitative Inquiry4▲ 58×2 topics
  36. Trauma4▲ 6.4×5 topics
  37. Health Behavior Change3▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Archaeology3▲ 8.5×5 topics
  39. Neural Correlates3▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Capitalism3▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Pratt Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital and Traditional Archives Management, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security and Urban Planning and Governance.

Digital and Traditional …4Digital and Traditional Archives Management: 4 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technol…3Innovative Human-Technology Interaction: 3 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 3 fractional worksUrban Planning and Governance: 2 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 2 fractional worksDigital Games and Media: 2 fractional worksArchitecture, Design, and Social History: 2 fractional worksPolitical Economy and Ma…2Political Economy and Marxism: 2 fractional worksDesign Education and Practice: 2 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 2 fractional works
ConservationHuman-Computer InteractionInformation SystemsUrban Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 4 works
  2. 2 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 3 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 3 works
  4. 4 Urban Planning and Governance Urban Studies 2 works
  5. 5 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 2 works
  6. 6 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Architecture, Design, and Social History Conservation 2 works
  8. 8 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 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 available32.1%not open67.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pratt Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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