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Stony Brook School

In research, Stony Brook School stands highest in Medicine (#1,549 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,887 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,082 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,841
of 28,054 · #3,918 all time
Rank in United States
#540
of 4,192
Research works
2.8k
▲ 146% vs 2013–17
Citations
71k
25.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Stony Brook School 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
MedicineField #1,549 of 10,443 19.2%374 #1898
Health SciencesDomain #1,887 of 11,982 19.3%421 #1931
Life SciencesDomain #2,082 of 7,800 22.4%136 #2577
Social SciencesDomain #4,892 of 10,521 18.4%81 #3646
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,066 of 3,579 20.7%78 #3403

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stony Brook School 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. Medicine#1,898 #1,549
  2. Health Sciences#1,931 #1,887
  3. Life Sciences#2,577 #2,082
  4. Social Sciences#3,646 #4,892
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,403 #3,066
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.

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: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.12× its world share, 78 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.54× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.79× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.62× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.81× its world share, 374 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Stony Brook School?

Ranked on the composite score, Leonard Gorelick, Georgios E. Romanos and Albert J. Saubermann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stony Brook School.

  1. 1 Leonard Gorelick United States · #240,354 worldwide 177 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Georgios E. Romanos United States · #375,021 worldwide 93 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Albert J. Saubermann United States · #465,062 worldwide 67 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Stony Brook School

Which keywords describe research at Stony Brook School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Guidelines, Cancer, Public Health, Mortality, Quality of Life and Chronic Pain.

▲ 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. Epidemiology75▲ 2.7×110 topics
  2. Inflammation36▲ 2.5×74 topics
  3. Public Health25▲ 2.5×41 topics
  4. Cancer24▲ 2.6×46 topics
  5. Quality of Life23▲ 2.3×42 topics
  6. Treatment21▲ 2.5×42 topics
  7. Risk Factors20▲ 2.6×30 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress20▲ 1.73×41 topics
  9. Diagnosis19▲ 3.0×36 topics
  10. Mental Health18▲ 1.77×27 topics
  11. Mortality17▲ 4.2×13 topics
  12. Guidelines17▲ 5.2×12 topics
  13. Depression17▲ 2.8×20 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 2.1×31 topics
  15. Clinical Trials15▲ 3.2×19 topics
  16. Complications14▲ 4.1×14 topics
  17. Management14▲ 2.5×25 topics
  18. Chemotherapy14▲ 2.8×24 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders13▲ 3.4×19 topics
  20. Chronic Pain12▲ 8.1×5 topics
  21. Pain Management12▲ 7.8×8 topics
  22. Rehabilitation12▲ 4.3×11 topics
  23. Immunotherapy12▲ 2.4×17 topics
  24. Genetics12▲ 2.4×19 topics
  25. Biomarkers11▲ 2.3×16 topics
  26. Neuroinflammation11▲ 5.4×6 topics
  27. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 2.6×14 topics
  28. Neuroprotection9▲ 3.8×15 topics
  29. Cognitive Impairment9▲ 5.2×8 topics
  30. Elderly Patients9▲ 7.9×4 topics
  31. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 4.2×7 topics
  32. Prevention9▲ 3.1×15 topics
  33. Medical Education8▲ 4.7×11 topics
  34. Neurobiology8▲ 4.7×8 topics
  35. Brain Development8▲ 6.6×6 topics
  36. Postoperative Pain8▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Mortality Risk8▲ 4.6×6 topics
  38. Perioperative Care7▲ 8.5×3 topics
  39. DNA Damage6▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Pain Assessment Tools6▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Stony Brook School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Anesthesia and Pain Management, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Traumatic Brain Injury Research.

Anesthesia and Pain Mana…5Anesthesia and Pain Management: 5 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…4Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 3 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 3 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksPain Management and Opio…3Pain Management and Opioid Use: 3 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 3 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 3 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 5 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 3 works
  10. 10 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 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 available38.7%not open61.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Stony Brook School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 146% 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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