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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

In research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#820 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#718 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#665 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Mechanics (Computational Mechanics is 3.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,179
of 22,385 · #894 all time
Rank in United States
#256
of 3,332
Research works
36k
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1M
30.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

What is Rensselaer Polytechnic 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
Physical SciencesDomain #820 of 10,670 8.2%1,716 #709
EngineeringField #718 of 5,901 7.5%744 #370
Computer ScienceField #665 of 4,417 10.1%400 #577
Life SciencesDomain #1,444 of 6,403 7.9%218 #1138
Health SciencesDomain #2,429 of 9,902 13.2%157 #1555
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #487 of 1,862 10.2%191 #594
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #580 of 2,176 8.6%201 #426
MedicineField #2,623 of 8,541 13.4%132 #1633
Social SciencesDomain #2,950 of 9,585 10.1%345 #1715
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #952 of 2,964 7.2%138 #862

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rensselaer Polytechnic 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. Physical Sciences#709 #820
  2. Engineering#370 #718
  3. Computer Science#577 #665
  4. Life Sciences#1,138 #1,444
  5. Health Sciences#1,555 #2,429
  6. Artificial Intelligence#594 #487
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#426 #580
  8. Medicine#1,633 #2,623
  9. Social Sciences#1,715 #2,950
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#862 #952
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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Computer Science (17%), Materials Science (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,892 fractional works · 70.3% of its workEngineering: 806 fractional works · 30.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 215 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 115 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 92 fractional works · 3.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 72 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 63 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 61 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 34 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 449 fractional works · 16.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 219 fractional works · 8.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 67 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 39 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 195 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 121 fractional works · 4.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 175 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 57 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 98 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 56 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeophysics: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 43 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 40 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 376 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 123 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 65 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 45 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 61 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 40 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 59 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAccounting: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 246 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 157 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 94 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCell Biology: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 46 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 177 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMedicine: 150 fractional works · 5.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 47 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRensselaerPolytechnic…2,690fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences14%

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. Engineering80630.0%
    2. Computer Science44916.7%
    3. Materials Science1957.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1756.5%
    5. Environmental Science983.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences562.1%
    7. Chemistry431.6%
    8. Mathematics401.5%
    9. Energy210.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.4%
    1. Social Sciences1234.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance652.4%
    3. Decision Sciences612.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting592.2%
    5. Psychology381.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities281.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1575.8%
    2. Neuroscience461.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences291.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology100.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.1%
    1. Medicine1505.6%
    2. Health Professions220.8%
    3. Dentistry30.1%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Mechanics takes 3.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 61.3 works3.9×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 157 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 46 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.01× its world share, 43 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.14× its world share, 449 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 56 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.00× its world share, 806 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 98 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.08× its world share, 195 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.26× its world share, 40 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.92× its world share, 175 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 150 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 59 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 62 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 66 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 124 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy2.92×175 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.36×62 works
  3. Computer Science2.14×449 works
  4. Materials Science2.08×195 works
  5. Engineering2.00×806 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.32×56 works
  7. Mathematics1.26×40 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.14×66 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×157 works
  10. Chemical Engineering1.08×10 works
  11. Neuroscience1.06×46 works
  12. Chemistry1.01×43 works
  13. Energy0.84×21 works
  14. Environmental Science0.73×98 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.68×59 works
  16. Psychology0.46×38 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×4 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×10 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.36×28 works
  20. Social Sciences0.36×124 works
  21. Health Professions0.30×22 works
  22. Medicine0.29×150 works
  23. Dentistry0.24×3 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×29 works
  25. Veterinary0.21×1 works
  26. Nursing0.11×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Nikhil A. Koratkar, E. Bruce Watson and Robert Alan Baron lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

  1. 1 Nikhil A. Koratkar United States · #19,974 worldwide 35k citations · 348 works
  2. 2 E. Bruce Watson United States · #45,070 worldwide 43k citations · 391 works
  3. 3 Robert Alan Baron United States · #46,000 worldwide 36k citations · 284 works
  4. 4 Linda S. Schadler United States · #50,839 worldwide 25k citations · 322 works
  5. 5 Pawel Keblinski United States · #72,181 worldwide 27k citations · 281 works
  6. 6 Deepak Vashishth United States · #86,215 worldwide 9.4k citations · 187 works
  7. 7 Shengbai Zhang United States · #88,237 worldwide 45k citations · 678 works
  8. 8 Bill B. Francis United States · #97,224 worldwide 7.6k citations · 262 works
  9. 9 Ravi S. Kane United States · #109,341 worldwide 17k citations · 224 works
  10. 10 Daniel Gall United States · #110,223 worldwide 13k citations · 309 works
All ranked researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

What are the most cited papers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?

The most cited paper from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is "Mfold web server for nucleic acid folding and hybridization prediction" (Michael Zuker, 2003), with 13,707 citations. Next come "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary" (10,547) and "The Laplacian Pyramid as a Compact Image Code" (6,102).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mfold web server for nucleic acid folding and hybridization prediction Michael Zuker · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 24 Jun 2003 13,707
2 The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary Donald G. York et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access144 authors Sep 2000 10,547
3 The Laplacian Pyramid as a Compact Image Code P.M.S. Burt, Edward H. Adelson · IRE Transactions on Communications Systems Apr 1983 6,102
4 THE SEVENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY Kevork N. Abazajian et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access204 authors 18 May 2009 5,449
5 A Framework to Quantitatively Assess and Enhance the Seismic Resilience of Communities Michel Bruneau, Stephanie E. Chang, Ronald T. Eguchi et al. · Earthquake Spectra Nov 2003 5,448
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Heat Transfer, Tomography, Molecular Dynamics, Large-Eddy Simulation and Thermal Management.

▲ 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 Learning204▲ 2.2×76 topics
  2. Machine Learning169▲ 1.89×77 topics
  3. Neural Networks117▲ 2.8×38 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications50▲ 1.59×34 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence48▲ 1.26×32 topics
  6. Big Data43▲ 1.66×23 topics
  7. Heat Transfer40▲ 3.0×16 topics
  8. Convolutional Neural Networks36▲ 1.85×13 topics
  9. Nanocomposites36▲ 1.70×21 topics
  10. Security33▲ 1.83×16 topics
  11. Thermal Management33▲ 3.8×8 topics
  12. Power Electronics30▲ 3.5×8 topics
  13. Biosensors29▲ 2.2×12 topics
  14. Tomography28▲ 6.0×5 topics
  15. Large-Eddy Simulation28▲ 5.5×5 topics
  16. Molecular Dynamics27▲ 5.8×6 topics
  17. Control Systems23▲ 4.7×7 topics
  18. Monte Carlo Simulation23▲ 4.2×9 topics
  19. Convex Optimization22▲ 9.8×5 topics
  20. Two-Dimensional Materials22▲ 3.6×4 topics
  21. Thin Films22▲ 4.2×9 topics
  22. Nonlinear Systems22▲ 3.7×7 topics
  23. Turbulent Flow21▲ 6.6×3 topics
  24. Wave Propagation21▲ 7.0×4 topics
  25. Optical Modulators21▲ 5.4×3 topics
  26. Integrated Circuits20▲ 5.2×3 topics
  27. Nanowires20▲ 5.1×5 topics
  28. Fluid-Structure Interaction19▲ 4.8×5 topics
  29. Knowledge Representation19▲ 8.4×4 topics
  30. Fault Detection19▲ 5.1×3 topics
  31. Metamaterials19▲ 4.9×5 topics
  32. Vibration Control18▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Nanoelectronics18▲ 8.2×2 topics
  34. Power Devices16▲ 8.9×2 topics
  35. Description Logics16▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Reliability16▲ 7.6×3 topics
  37. Flow Control15▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Molten Salt15▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Nuclear Reactor15▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Adaptive Mesh Refinement15▲ 9.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Topic Modeling, Semiconductor materials and devices and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture.

Nuclear reactor physics …15Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 15 fractional worksTopic Modeling15Topic Modeling: 15 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 15 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 14 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 13 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 13 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 12 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…12Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 12 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 12 fractional worksModel Reduction and Neural Networks: 12 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 15 works
  2. 2 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 15 works
  3. 3 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  5. 5 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 13 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 13 works
  7. 7 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 12 works
  8. 8 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 12 works
  9. 9 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 12 works
  10. 10 Model Reduction and Neural Networks Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 12 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 available17.6%not open82.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute0.0092% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rensselaer Polytechnic 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%Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute10.0% 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 16.8% in 2006.

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