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Temple University

In research, Temple University stands highest in Health Sciences (#383 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#349 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#419 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience — Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is 3.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#549
of 28,054 · #358 all time
Rank in United States
#113
of 4,192
Research works
49k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5M
30.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Temple University 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 #383 of 11,982 15.7%1,712 #249
Social SciencesDomain #349 of 10,521 26.6%1,556 #145
MedicineField #419 of 10,443 14.3%1,481 #257
Life SciencesDomain #414 of 7,800 18.9%780 #277
Social SciencesField #394 of 6,365 29.4%734 #170
Physical SciencesDomain #890 of 12,888 18.6%1,224 #578
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #230 of 2,578 34.2%247 #114
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #323 of 3,579 18.8%424 #277
Business, Management and AccountingField #301 of 2,578 31.0%165 #115
Computer ScienceField #694 of 4,667 21.3%385 #462

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Temple 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 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#249 #383
  2. Social Sciences#145 #349
  3. Medicine#257 #419
  4. Life Sciences#277 #414
  5. Social Sciences#170 #394
  6. Physical Sciences#578 #890
  7. Sociology and Political Science#114 #230
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#277 #323
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#115 #301
  10. Computer Science#462 #694
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 Temple University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience takes 3.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 53.6 works3.3×
← 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, 47 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.51× its world share, 424 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 81 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.37× its world share, 203 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 62 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 385 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 39 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 322 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 129 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 58 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.60× its world share, 99 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 111 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.84× its world share, 47 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 166 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.46× its world share, 1,482 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.98× its world share, 149 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 165 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 60 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 110 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.11× its world share, 339 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 734 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Temple University?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert S. Fisher, Rajiv D. Banker and Laurence Steinberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Temple University.

  1. 1 Robert S. Fisher · #1,976 worldwide 1.3k citations · 98 works
  2. 2 Rajiv D. Banker · #2,465 worldwide 4.6k citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Laurence Steinberg · #4,419 worldwide 1.8k citations · 74 works
  4. 4 Joseph Wolpe · #9,279 worldwide 803 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Lauren B. Alloy · #10,179 worldwide 1.1k citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Haibin Ling · #11,731 worldwide 2k citations · 153 works
  7. 7 Kathy Hirsh‐Pasek · #13,868 worldwide 682 citations · 70 works
  8. 8 Gerard J. Criner · #16,521 worldwide 896 citations · 189 works
  9. 9 Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond · #24,228 worldwide 539 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Philip C. Kendall · #25,156 worldwide 1.2k citations · 121 works
All ranked researchers at Temple University

Which keywords describe research at Temple University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Mental Health, Depression, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Transplantation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology292▲ 1.40×125 topics
  2. Inflammation172▲ 1.56×81 topics
  3. Deep Learning144▼ 0.80×73 topics
  4. Mental Health142▲ 1.84×39 topics
  5. Machine Learning140▼ 0.81×76 topics
  6. Quality of Life116▲ 1.53×52 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress109▲ 1.26×56 topics
  8. Depression109▲ 2.4×22 topics
  9. Public Health103▲ 1.35×55 topics
  10. Risk Factors102▲ 1.75×36 topics
  11. Globalization95◆ 0.92×93 topics
  12. Treatment95▲ 1.48×47 topics
  13. Cancer94▲ 1.32×49 topics
  14. Diagnosis92▲ 1.87×39 topics
  15. Social Media91▲ 1.21×30 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease71▲ 1.21×39 topics
  17. Management71▲ 1.71×32 topics
  18. Global Burden61▲ 2.2×12 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders59▲ 1.97×19 topics
  20. Stress57▲ 2.9×11 topics
  21. Adolescents55▲ 2.8×8 topics
  22. Anxiety55▲ 2.2×11 topics
  23. Regulation54▲ 1.91×21 topics
  24. Social Support54▲ 1.85×17 topics
  25. Neuroinflammation54▲ 3.6×6 topics
  26. Emotion Regulation53▲ 3.2×9 topics
  27. Gender53▲ 1.86×36 topics
  28. Prevalence52▲ 2.4×14 topics
  29. Heart Failure48▲ 2.1×14 topics
  30. Health Disparities44▲ 3.2×8 topics
  31. Neurobiology43▲ 3.2×10 topics
  32. Transplantation43▲ 8.1×4 topics
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy41▲ 4.2×8 topics
  34. Developmental Trajectories40▲ 6.2×3 topics
  35. Psychopathology39▲ 4.1×4 topics
  36. Rejection32▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Anxiety Disorders32▲ 5.4×2 topics
  38. Prefrontal Cortex30▲ 7.1×3 topics
  39. Heart Transplant27▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Lung Transplant27▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Temple University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling.

Transplantation: Methods…27Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 27 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…24Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 24 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…23Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 23 fractional worksReceptor Mechanisms and …16Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling: 16 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 16 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 15 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Recepto…15Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 15 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 14 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 14 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…14Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 14 fractional works
SurgeryClinical PsychologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesSurgery 27 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 24 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 23 works
  4. 4 Receptor Mechanisms and SignalingMolecular Biology 16 works
  5. 5 Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsPhysiology 16 works
  6. 6 Mitochondrial Function and PathologyMolecular Biology 15 works
  7. 7 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorCellular and Molecular Neuroscience 15 works
  8. 8 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 14 works
  9. 9 Crime Patterns and InterventionsSociology and Political Science 14 works
  10. 10 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and TreatmentsTransplantation 14 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 available28.9%not open71.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Temple University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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