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Salem College

In research, Salem College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,307 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#5,455 of 6,636 worldwide) and Computer Science (#4,393 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition — Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition is 4.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,965
of 28,054 · #26,072 all time
Rank in United States
#2,416
of 4,192
Research works
868
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Salem College 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,307 of 12,888 4.6%253 #18198
EngineeringField #5,455 of 6,636 4.4%107 #10674
Computer ScienceField #4,393 of 4,667 4.6%101 #6534
Social SciencesDomain #9,980 of 10,521 6.5%86 #11215

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Salem College 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. Physical Sciences#18,198 #9,307
  2. Engineering#10,674 #5,455
  3. Computer Science#6,534 #4,393
  4. Social Sciences#11,215 #9,980
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 Salem College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 20.5 works4.0×
← 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: 0.65× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.14× its world share, 101 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.56× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.73× its world share, 107 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.90× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.33× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.23× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Salem College?

Ranked on the composite score, B. Franklin Cooling, Andrew L. Thomas and Karthikeyan Saravanan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Salem College.

  1. 1 B. Franklin Cooling · #212,605 worldwide 44 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Andrew L. Thomas · #942,149 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Karthikeyan Saravanan · #1,607,451 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Salem College

Which keywords describe research at Salem College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, IoT, Convolutional Neural Networks, Security, Healthcare and Neural Networks.

▲ 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. Deep Learning73▲ 5.2×63 topics
  2. Machine Learning56▲ 4.1×55 topics
  3. Internet of Things22▲ 6.1×18 topics
  4. Convolutional Neural Networks19▲ 6.4×13 topics
  5. Neural Networks19▲ 3.0×28 topics
  6. IoT19▲ 12×14 topics
  7. Healthcare18▲ 3.8×9 topics
  8. Security17▲ 6.5×16 topics
  9. Data Mining15▲ 4.8×8 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence13▲ 2.2×21 topics
  11. Environmental Monitoring12▲ 7.5×6 topics
  12. Feature Extraction12▲ 6.1×10 topics
  13. Wireless Sensor Networks12▲ 6.2×15 topics
  14. Image Processing11▲ 6.0×7 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency11▲ 2.8×23 topics
  16. Big Data10▲ 2.8×15 topics
  17. Medical Imaging10▲ 4.7×6 topics
  18. Classification9▲ 4.9×9 topics
  19. IoT Security9▲ 6.8×3 topics
  20. Feature Selection8▲ 8.8×4 topics
  21. Big Data Analytics8▲ 8.7×4 topics
  22. Transfer Learning8▲ 9.7×2 topics
  23. Smart Home8▲ 11×3 topics
  24. RFID Technology7▲ 9.3×4 topics
  25. Renewable Energy Integration7▲ 4.8×5 topics
  26. Privacy7▲ 5.5×5 topics
  27. Sensors7▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Smart Cities6▲ 6.1×6 topics
  29. Anomaly Detection6▲ 5.2×4 topics
  30. Power Electronics6▲ 4.4×6 topics
  31. Computer Vision6▲ 5.3×4 topics
  32. Cloud Computing6▲ 5.1×7 topics
  33. Home Automation6▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Wireless6▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Sentiment Analysis6▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Classification Models6▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Medical Diagnosis6▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Security and Privacy6▲ 7.2×3 topics
  39. Wearable Sensors5▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Behavioral Analysis5▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Salem College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: IoT-based Smart Home Systems, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Brain Tumor Detection and Classification and IoT and GPS-based Vehicle Safety Systems.

IoT-based Smart Home Sys…6IoT-based Smart Home Systems: 6 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …6Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 6 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 4 fractional worksIoT and GPS-based Vehicle Safety Systems: 4 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 4 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 4 fractional worksSentiment Analysis and O…3Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining: 3 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring Technologies: 3 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHealth Information ManagementNeurologyMechanical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 IoT-based Smart Home Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 6 works
  3. 3 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 4 works
  4. 4 IoT and GPS-based Vehicle Safety Systems Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  6. 6 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  8. 8 Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  9. 9 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 3 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 3 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 available35.3%not open64.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.2%domestic only71.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Salem College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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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