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Stanford University

In research, Stanford University stands highest in Health Sciences (#4 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#4 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Structural Biology, Transplantation and Health Informatics (Structural Biology is 8.8× its share of world research).

stanford.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#3
of 22,385 · #2 all time
Rank in United States
#2
of 3,332
Research works
265k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
16M
60.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.47×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Stanford University

What is Stanford University 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
Health SciencesDomain #4 of 9,902 14.6%11,151 #4
MedicineField #4 of 8,541 14.7%10,168 #4
Social SciencesDomain #5 of 9,585 16.2%5,414 #2
Physical SciencesDomain #8 of 10,670 16.8%9,715 #3
Social SciencesField #5 of 5,988 16.4%2,392 #3
Life SciencesDomain #6 of 6,403 16.3%4,494 #4
MathematicsField #1 of 1,051 17.2%474 #1
Computer ScienceField #5 of 4,417 18.6%1,953 #1
SurgerySubfield #2 of 1,532 13.7%1,364 -
Decision SciencesField #1 of 751 14.8%280 #1

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stanford University 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. Health Sciences#4 #4
  2. Medicine#4 #4
  3. Social Sciences#2 #5
  4. Physical Sciences#3 #8
  5. Social Sciences#3 #5
  6. Life Sciences#4 #6
  7. Mathematics#1 #1
  8. Computer Science#1 #5
  9. Decision Sciences#1 #1
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 Stanford University work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research at Stanford University is in Health Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Engineering (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 13k fractional works · 36.2% of its workMedicine: 12k fractional works · 33.1% of its workSurgery: 1,568 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 948 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 867 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 787 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 760 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 750 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 705 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 525 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 381 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 362 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 333 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 297 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 280 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 278 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 246 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 221 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 169 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 163 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 159 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 159 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 152 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 146 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 146 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 125 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 124 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 112 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 104 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 99 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 97 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 82 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 411 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 951 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 563 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 110 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 279 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 99 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 88 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 40 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11k fractional works · 31.3% of its workEngineering: 3,487 fractional works · 9.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 995 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 833 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 268 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 264 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 258 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 147 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 146 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 133 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 123 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 121 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 199 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2,274 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1,087 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 371 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 171 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 167 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 145 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 83 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 82 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 167 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,867 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 584 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 441 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 298 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 179 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 153 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 153 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 971 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 186 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 171 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 165 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 143 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 306 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 767 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 485 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 115 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 167 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 538 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 214 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 324 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 522 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 194 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 121 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 97 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 109 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 277 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 85 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 81 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 111 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 194 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 175 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 120 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6,184 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,737 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 923 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 397 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 330 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 199 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 143 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 142 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 105 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 95 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 76 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 74 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 253 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 1,357 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 460 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 316 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 313 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 138 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 104 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 703 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 549 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 104 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 661 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 130 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 112 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 111 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 79 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 228 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 399 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 105 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 87 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 207 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 327 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 159 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 80 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 88 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5,258 fractional works · 14.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3,026 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,763 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGenetics: 525 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 240 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 170 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 101 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 226 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1,317 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 630 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 280 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 165 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 73 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 169 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 530 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 431 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 99 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 317 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 124 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 192 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 68 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKStanfordUniversity35kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences18%

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. Medicine12k33.1%
    2. Health Professions9512.7%
    3. Nursing990.3%
    4. Dentistry400.1%
    5. Veterinary200.1%
    1. Engineering3,4879.9%
    2. Computer Science2,2746.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1,8675.3%
    4. Environmental Science9712.8%
    5. Materials Science7672.2%
    6. Mathematics5381.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences5221.5%
    8. Chemistry2770.8%
    9. Energy1940.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering1200.3%
  3. Social Sciences6,18417.6%
    1. Social Sciences2,7377.8%
    2. Psychology1,3573.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7032.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities6611.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting3991.1%
    6. Decision Sciences3270.9%
  4. Life Sciences5,25814.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3,0268.6%
    2. Neuroscience1,3173.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology5301.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3170.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics680.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Stanford University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Structural Biology takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Structural BiologySubfield · 49.4 works8.8×
  2. TransplantationSubfield · 81.7 works5.2×
  3. Health InformaticsSubfield · 163.3 works3.9×
  4. RadiationSubfield · 179.4 works3.7×
  5. Developmental NeuroscienceSubfield · 53.1 works3.0×
  6. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 213.6 works2.9×
  7. InstrumentationSubfield · 47.7 works2.7×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 317 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.61× its world share, 3,026 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.50× its world share, 530 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.30× its world share, 1,317 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 68 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 120 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 277 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 2,274 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 522 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 194 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 3,487 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 971 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 767 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.30× its world share, 538 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.38× its world share, 1,867 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 40 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 951 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.72× its world share, 12k worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 99 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 20 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 661 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 399 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 327 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 704 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 1,357 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 2,737 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy2.38×1,867 works
  2. Neuroscience2.30×1,317 works
  3. Medicine1.72×12k works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.61×3,026 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.50×530 works
  6. Mathematics1.30×538 works
  7. Psychology1.26×1,357 works
  8. Health Professions1.03×951 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.97×120 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.96×327 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.95×522 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.93×704 works
  13. Computer Science0.83×2,274 works
  14. Engineering0.66×3,487 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.65×661 works
  16. Materials Science0.62×767 works
  17. Social Sciences0.61×2,737 works
  18. Energy0.60×194 works
  19. Nursing0.58×99 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×68 works
  21. Environmental Science0.55×971 works
  22. Chemistry0.50×277 works
  23. Veterinary0.42×20 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×399 works
  25. Dentistry0.24×40 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×317 works

Who are the top researchers at Stanford University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yi Ping Cui, Karl Deisseroth and Albert Bandura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stanford University.

  1. 1 Yi Ping Cui United States · #20 worldwide 261k citations · 1,044 works
  2. 2 Karl Deisseroth United States · #40 worldwide 136k citations · 638 works
  3. 3 Albert Bandura United States · #41 worldwide 370k citations · 388 works
  4. 4 Jure Leskovec United States · #57 worldwide 112k citations · 632 works
  5. 5 Howard Y. Chang United States · #69 worldwide 142k citations · 734 works
  6. 6 Zhenan Bao United States · #77 worldwide 187k citations · 1,114 works
  7. 7 Hongjie Dai United States · #119 worldwide 189k citations · 571 works
  8. 8 Jonathan K. Pritchard United States · #229 worldwide 131k citations · 370 works
  9. 9 Robert C. Malenka United States · #293 worldwide 95k citations · 348 works
  10. 10 Andrew Y. Ng United States · #305 worldwide 131k citations · 376 works
All ranked researchers at Stanford University

What are the most cited papers from Stanford University?

The most cited paper from Stanford University is "Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology" (Michael Ashburner, Catherine A. Ball, Judith A. Blake et al., 2000), with 45,425 citations. Next come "ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge" (40,843) and "DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data" (37,958).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology Michael Ashburner, Catherine A. Ball, Judith A. Blake et al. · Nature Genetics Open access May 2000 45,425
2 ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge Olga Russakovsky, Jia Hao Deng, Hao Su et al. · International Journal of Computer Vision 10 Apr 2015 40,843
3 DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data Benjamin J. Callahan, Paul J. McMurdie, Michael Rosen et al. · Nature Methods Open access 23 May 2016 37,958
4 The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields Paul DiMaggio, Walter W. Powell · American Sociological Review Apr 1983 37,882
5 Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Albert Bandura · Psychological Review 1977 35,570
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Stanford University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Inflammation, Deep Learning, Immunotherapy, Quality of Life, Treatment and Precision Medicine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology2,021▲ 1.44×134 topics
  2. Machine Learning1,179◆ 1.01×87 topics
  3. Deep Learning1,139◆ 0.94×82 topics
  4. Inflammation950▲ 1.27×83 topics
  5. Quality of Life654▲ 1.29×58 topics
  6. Cancer628▲ 1.33×58 topics
  7. Climate Change615▼ 0.64×108 topics
  8. Treatment607▲ 1.42×52 topics
  9. Immunotherapy607▲ 2.4×19 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress605◆ 1.04×61 topics
  11. Risk Factors577▲ 1.49×37 topics
  12. Public Health547◆ 1.07×69 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease546▲ 1.36×38 topics
  14. Mental Health513◆ 1.02×46 topics
  15. Neural Networks475◆ 0.87×40 topics
  16. Depression470▲ 1.52×26 topics
  17. Healthcare452◆ 1.12×33 topics
  18. Precision Medicine430▲ 2.5×8 topics
  19. Diagnosis423▲ 1.29×41 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders415▲ 2.1×20 topics
  21. Mortality411▲ 2.0×13 topics
  22. Clinical Trials411▲ 1.75×19 topics
  23. Chemotherapy410▲ 1.64×25 topics
  24. Gene Expression392▲ 1.77×19 topics
  25. Genetics385▲ 1.55×27 topics
  26. Metabolic Syndrome369▲ 1.29×24 topics
  27. Biomarkers366▲ 1.49×18 topics
  28. Medical Imaging359▲ 1.94×9 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations344▲ 2.2×23 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors342▲ 2.2×14 topics
  31. Radiotherapy336▲ 2.4×13 topics
  32. Heart Failure319▲ 2.0×13 topics
  33. Guidelines315▲ 1.90×13 topics
  34. Complications312▲ 1.78×17 topics
  35. Health Equity243▲ 2.4×6 topics
  36. Magnetic Resonance Imaging242▲ 2.7×8 topics
  37. Medical Education241▲ 2.5×14 topics
  38. Mortality Risk228▲ 2.7×6 topics
  39. Cancer Immunotherapy198▲ 3.7×3 topics
  40. Circadian Rhythms173▲ 4.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Stanford University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, CAR-T cell therapy research, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Artificial Intelligence …163Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 163 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…131CAR-T cell therapy research: 131 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 114 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 104 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 101 fractional worksTopic Modeling98Topic Modeling: 98 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 95 fractional worksSleep and related disord…94Sleep and related disorders: 94 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 93 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 88 fractional works
Health InformaticsOncologyMolecular BiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging5 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 163 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 131 works
  3. 3 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 114 works
  4. 4 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 104 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 101 works
  6. 6 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 98 works
  7. 7 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 95 works
  8. 8 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 94 works
  9. 9 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 93 works
  10. 10 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 88 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 available35.7%not open64.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Stanford University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Stanford University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.14% in 2024.

still counting0.20%0.40%0.60%Stanford University0.13% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Stanford University 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%Stanford University14.3% 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 22.6% in 2011.

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Which institutions have research most like Stanford University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, University of California, Irvine has the research profile closest to Stanford University's, with both strong in Neuroscience.

  1. 1 University of California, IrvineUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.93 Compare
  2. 2 University of VirginiaUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology 0.85 Compare
  3. 3 University of California San DiegoUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Physics and Astronomy 0.85 Compare
  4. 4 University of UtahUnited States · Both strong in Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience 0.84 Compare
  5. 5 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.83 Compare

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How does Stanford University rank in research?

In research, Stanford University stands highest in Health Sciences (#4 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#4 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Structural Biology, Transplantation and Health Informatics (Structural Biology is 8.8× its share of world research).

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