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Pratt Institute

In research, Pratt Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,064 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,182 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,753 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,911
of 22,385 · #3,533 all time
Rank in United States
#670
of 3,332
Research works
1.9k
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
49k
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Pratt Institute

What is Pratt Institute 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 #3,064 of 9,585 8.1%147 #4571
Social SciencesField #2,182 of 5,988 6.3%79 #3472
Physical SciencesDomain #5,753 of 10,670 8.6%76 #4521

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 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#4,571 #3,064
  2. Social Sciences#3,472 #2,182
  3. Physical Sciences#4,521 #5,753
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 Pratt Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Pratt Institute is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Computer Science (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 167 fractional works · 55.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 86 fractional works · 28.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 44 fractional works · 14.7% of its workConservation: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 86 fractional works · 28.4% of its workComputer Science: 32 fractional works · 10.8% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArchitecture: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 5.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPratt Institute301fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences55%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences8628.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities4414.7%
    3. Psychology237.7%
    4. Decision Sciences62.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting31.1%
    1. Computer Science3210.8%
    2. Engineering258.2%
    3. Environmental Science165.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences72.4%
    5. Materials Science20.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.5%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Medicine206.5%
    2. Health Professions72.2%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology103.2%
    2. Neuroscience72.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.43× its world share, 7 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.38× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.08× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.51× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 86 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.08×44 works
  2. Psychology2.51×23 works
  3. Social Sciences2.26×86 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.14×6 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.53×7 works
  6. Neuroscience1.43×7 works
  7. Computer Science1.38×32 works
  8. Environmental Science1.04×16 works
  9. Health Professions0.85×7 works
  10. Veterinary0.84×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×10 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×4 works
  13. Engineering0.55×25 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.37×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×3 works
  16. Medicine0.34×20 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×4 works
  18. Energy0.30×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.30×1 works
  20. Dentistry0.30×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.23×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.17×2 works
  23. Nursing0.17×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pratt Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Alvin Nason, Sidney P. Colowick and Margaret M. Ciotti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pratt Institute.

  1. 1 Alvin Nason United States · #197,021 worldwide 5.9k citations · 122 works
  2. 2 Sidney P. Colowick United States · #240,394 worldwide 7.9k citations · 126 works
  3. 3 Margaret M. Ciotti United States · #283,555 worldwide 3.3k citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Francis E. Stolzenbach United States · #645,996 worldwide 2.6k citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Howard H. Seliger United States · #696,132 worldwide 6.5k citations · 172 works
  6. 6 Vincent P. Pigiet United States · #829,689 worldwide 1.7k citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Minh-Hà T. Phạm United States · #853,736 worldwide 536 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Tula Giannini United States · #996,080 worldwide 733 citations · 78 works
  9. 9 Charles A. Lunn United States · #1,514,286 worldwide 3.4k citations · 62 works
  10. 10 Maurice J. Bessman United States · #1,629,955 worldwide 7.6k citations · 130 works
All ranked researchers at Pratt Institute

What are the most cited papers from Pratt Institute?

The most cited paper from Pratt Institute is "Determination of molecular weights and frictional ratios of proteins in impure systems by use of gel filtration and density gradient centrifugation. Application to crude preparations of sulfite and hydroxylamine reductases" (Lewis M. Siegel, Kenneth J. Monty, 1966), with 2,239 citations. Next come "Heavy quarkonium: progress, puzzles, and opportunities" (1,795) and "Resonance Energy Transfer: Methods and Applications" (1,294).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Determination of molecular weights and frictional ratios of proteins in impure systems by use of gel filtration and density gradient centrifugation. Application to crude preparations of sulfite and hydroxylamine reductases Lewis M. Siegel, Kenneth J. Monty · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biophysics including Photosynthesis Feb 1966 2,239
2 Heavy quarkonium: progress, puzzles, and opportunities Nora Brambilla et al. · The European Physical Journal C Open access Feb 2011 1,795
3 Resonance Energy Transfer: Methods and Applications P.G. Wu, Ludwig Brand · Analytical Biochemistry Open access Apr 1994 1,294
4 The synthesis of complex carbohydrates by multiglycosyltransferase systems and their potential function in intercellular adhesion Saul Roseman · Chemistry and Physics of Lipids Oct 1970 1,209
5 Strengthening Mechanisms in Polycrystalline Multimodal Nickel-Base Superalloys Robert W. Kozar, Akihiro Suzuki, Walter W. Milligan et al. · Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 27 May 2009 716
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pratt Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Neoliberalism, Identity, Colonialism, 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-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. Globalization25▲ 4.3×37 topics
  2. Sustainability15▲ 2.0×26 topics
  3. Neoliberalism13▲ 12×13 topics
  4. Identity12▲ 5.6×26 topics
  5. Machine Learning11◆ 1.08×29 topics
  6. Colonialism11▲ 7.4×17 topics
  7. Education10▲ 1.99×22 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence10▲ 2.2×17 topics
  9. Cultural Identity9▲ 5.7×12 topics
  10. Nationalism9▲ 6.4×13 topics
  11. Cultural Heritage8▲ 5.2×13 topics
  12. History7▲ 3.3×13 topics
  13. Innovation7▲ 2.2×13 topics
  14. Social Justice7▲ 3.6×11 topics
  15. Ethics6▲ 4.2×12 topics
  16. Gender6▲ 3.9×15 topics
  17. Feminism6▲ 7.1×12 topics
  18. Aesthetics6▲ 26×4 topics
  19. Cultural Studies6▲ 5.3×10 topics
  20. Culture6▲ 3.6×11 topics
  21. Knowledge Management6▲ 3.3×11 topics
  22. Urbanism6▲ 45×4 topics
  23. Metadata Standards6▲ 90×2 topics
  24. Urban Development5▲ 5.1×9 topics
  25. Religion5▲ 3.6×11 topics
  26. User Experience5▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Virtual Reality5▲ 3.4×5 topics
  28. Archives5▲ 121×1 topic
  29. Digital Preservation5▲ 106×1 topic
  30. Participatory Design5▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Imperialism5▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Health Behavior Change4▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Architecture4▲ 102×2 topics
  34. Ethnography4▲ 8.1×5 topics
  35. Trauma4▲ 6.6×6 topics
  36. Gender Dynamics4▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Qualitative Inquiry4▲ 54×2 topics
  38. Design Research4▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Interaction Design4▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Cultural Sustainability3▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Pratt Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Digital and Traditional Archives Management, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Urban Planning and Governance and Digital Humanities and Scholarship.

Digital and Traditional …5Digital and Traditional Archives Management: 5 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technol…4Innovative Human-Technology Interaction: 4 fractional worksUrban Planning and Governance: 3 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 3 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…3Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 3 fractional worksUrbanization and City Planning: 2 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 2 fractional worksArchitecture, Design, an…2Architecture, Design, and Social History: 2 fractional worksPolitical Economy and Marxism: 2 fractional worksDigital Games and Media: 2 fractional works
ConservationHuman-Computer InteractionUrban StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory3 others

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

  1. 1 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 5 works
  2. 2 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 4 works
  3. 3 Urban Planning and Governance Urban Studies 3 works
  4. 4 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  5. 5 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 3 works
  6. 6 Urbanization and City Planning Urban Studies 2 works
  7. 7 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 2 works
  8. 8 Architecture, Design, and Social History Conservation 2 works
  9. 9 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pratt Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% 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 Pratt Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Pratt Institute0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pratt Institute 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Pratt Institute8.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.8% in 2013.

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