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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

In research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey stands highest in Health Sciences (#121 of 11,982 worldwide), Life Sciences (#105 of 7,800 worldwide) and Medicine (#156 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics and Geometry and Topology — Public Administration is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#163
of 28,054 · #62 all time
Rank in United States
#48
of 4,192
Research works
116k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2M
36.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 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
Health SciencesDomain #121 of 11,982 16.2%4,000 #114
Life SciencesDomain #105 of 7,800 21.2%2,020 #78
MedicineField #156 of 10,443 15.7%3,425 #144
Social SciencesDomain #189 of 10,521 25.0%3,497 #39
Physical SciencesDomain #232 of 12,888 19.9%3,615 #67
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #92 of 3,579 19.5%1,032 #86
Social SciencesField #171 of 6,365 27.3%1,647 #33
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #111 of 2,578 28.4%574 #51
Molecular BiologySubfield #97 of 2,175 20.5%617 #79
Computer ScienceField #211 of 4,667 21.6%752 #68

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 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. Health Sciences#114 #121
  2. Life Sciences#78 #105
  3. Medicine#144 #156
  4. Social Sciences#39 #189
  5. Physical Sciences#67 #232
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#86 #92
  7. Social Sciences#33 #171
  8. Sociology and Political Science#51 #111
  9. Molecular Biology#79 #97
  10. Computer Science#68 #211
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.

What does Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Administration takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 35.2 works5.0×
  2. Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsSubfield · 24.9 works4.8×
  3. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 65.8 works3.1×
  4. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 60.9 works2.9×
← 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: 0.57× its world share, 354 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 1,032 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.22× its world share, 161 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.98× its world share, 422 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 50 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 21 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 186 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 752 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 170 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 46 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 1,055 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 449 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 271 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.19× its world share, 339 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.12× its world share, 326 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.94× its world share, 60 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 425 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.36× its world share, 3,425 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 71 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 19 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.82× its world share, 309 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 317 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 143 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.38× its world share, 387 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.73× its world share, 694 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1,647 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey?

Ranked on the composite score, David Vanderbilt, Darwin J. Prockop and David Mechanic lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

  1. 1 David Vanderbilt United States · #102 worldwide 7.3k citations · 143 works
  2. 2 Darwin J. Prockop United States · #175 worldwide 3.8k citations · 131 works
  3. 3 David Mechanic United States · #1,357 worldwide 1.4k citations · 102 works
  4. 4 Randall S. Schüler United States · #3,863 worldwide 1.3k citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Selman A. Waksman United States · #4,511 worldwide 1.1k citations · 116 works
  6. 6 Darrin M. York United States · #5,758 worldwide 4.1k citations · 56 works
  7. 7 David W. Coit United States · #7,060 worldwide 1.5k citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Donald R. Kelley United States · #7,748 worldwide 305 citations · 67 works
  9. 9 György Buzsáki United States · #8,184 worldwide 1.5k citations · 75 works
  10. 10 D.J. Goodman United States · #8,216 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Which keywords describe research at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Inflammation, Public Health, Oxidative Stress, Risk Factors, Treatment and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Epidemiology768▲ 1.48×133 topics
  2. Mental Health366▲ 1.90×42 topics
  3. Machine Learning362▼ 0.84×83 topics
  4. Deep Learning359▼ 0.80×77 topics
  5. Inflammation358▲ 1.31×83 topics
  6. Public Health303▲ 1.59×56 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress299▲ 1.39×61 topics
  8. Climate Change263▼ 0.74×98 topics
  9. Treatment245▲ 1.54×50 topics
  10. Risk Factors245▲ 1.69×36 topics
  11. Quality of Life244▲ 1.29×54 topics
  12. Globalization242◆ 0.94×105 topics
  13. Depression203▲ 1.76×23 topics
  14. Cancer200◆ 1.14×57 topics
  15. Neural Networks182◆ 0.90×37 topics
  16. Diagnosis173▲ 1.42×41 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease172▲ 1.18×39 topics
  18. Genetics149▲ 1.62×27 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome144▲ 1.35×24 topics
  20. Obesity144▲ 1.45×26 topics
  21. Social Support139▲ 1.90×18 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders138▲ 1.85×20 topics
  23. Chemotherapy129▲ 1.41×25 topics
  24. Aging126▲ 1.79×18 topics
  25. Immunotherapy122▲ 1.31×18 topics
  26. Health Disparities119▲ 3.5×8 topics
  27. Adolescents118▲ 2.4×10 topics
  28. Mortality113▲ 1.49×13 topics
  29. Prevalence110▲ 2.1×14 topics
  30. Anxiety110▲ 1.76×11 topics
  31. Psychiatric Disorders96▲ 5.5×4 topics
  32. Emotion Regulation96▲ 2.3×9 topics
  33. Mortality Risk90▲ 2.9×6 topics
  34. Global Burden of Disease83▲ 2.6×4 topics
  35. Intersectionality79▲ 3.3×13 topics
  36. Neighborhood Effects76▲ 5.3×3 topics
  37. Substance Use Disorders67▲ 7.0×2 topics
  38. Developmental Trajectories64▲ 4.0×3 topics
  39. Behavioral Interventions56▲ 5.4×3 topics
  40. Youth Violence53▲ 8.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Health disparities and outcomes, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Substance Abuse Treatmen…37Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 37 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…34Health disparities and outcomes: 34 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 33 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 31 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 30 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 30 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 30 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Ces…30Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 30 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 28 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 28 fractional works
EpidemiologyHealthClinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 37 works
  2. 2 Health disparities and outcomes Health 34 works
  3. 3 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 33 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 31 works
  5. 5 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 30 works
  6. 6 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 30 works
  7. 7 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 30 works
  8. 8 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 30 works
  9. 9 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  10. 10 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 28 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 available29.3%not open70.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.1%domestic only81.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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