Question 1

What is Stony Brook University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Stony Brook University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#247 of 10,670 worldwide), Health Sciences (#346 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#313 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geometry and Topology and Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 8.9× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Stony Brook University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Stony Brook University ranks #273 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#230 all time), and #78 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Stony Brook University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, John Milnor, M. Issah and R. Lacey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stony Brook University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Stony Brook University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Stony Brook University is "A global reference for human genetic variation" (Corresponding authors et al., 2015), with 20,444 citations. Next come "Salmon provides fast and bias-aware quantification of transcript expression" (14,211) and "ff14SB: Improving the Accuracy of Protein Side Chain and Backbone Parameters from ff99SB" (11,534).

Question 5

Which research topics does Stony Brook University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, High-Energy Particle Collisions Research and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Stony Brook University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Lattice QCD, Neural Networks, Dark Matter, Climate Change and Renormalization Group.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Stony Brook University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Stony Brook University is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Computer Science (11%), Engineering (11%).

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Stony Brook University's?

Accepted Answer

University of California, Los Angeles has the research profile closest to Stony Brook University's (similarity 0.82 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Physics and Astronomy, followed by Stanford University and University of California San Diego.

Question 9

Is Stony Brook University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.