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The Graduate Center, CUNY

In research, The Graduate Center, CUNY stands highest in Social Sciences (#627 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#853 of 12,888 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#143 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geometry and Topology — Geometry and Topology is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#994
of 28,054 · #968 all time
Rank in United States
#174
of 4,192
Research works
12k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
342k
28.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is The Graduate Center, CUNY 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
Social SciencesDomain #627 of 10,521 23.2%830 #374
Physical SciencesDomain #853 of 12,888 19.8%613 #1027
Arts and HumanitiesField #143 of 1,998 17.8%166 #263
Social SciencesField #760 of 6,365 25.6%427 #373
Life SciencesDomain #1,571 of 7,800 20.0%243 #1246
Physics and AstronomyField #346 of 1,646 29.0%106 #650
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #590 of 2,578 26.0%174 #343
Health SciencesDomain #3,054 of 11,982 24.7%217 #2344
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,029 of 3,579 21.9%115 #964
PsychologyField #706 of 2,181 21.1%155 #265

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Graduate Center, CUNY 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. Social Sciences#374 #627
  2. Physical Sciences#1,027 #853
  3. Arts and Humanities#263 #143
  4. Social Sciences#373 #760
  5. Life Sciences#1,246 #1,571
  6. Physics and Astronomy#650 #346
  7. Sociology and Political Science#343 #590
  8. Health Sciences#2,344 #3,054
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#964 #1,029
  10. Psychology#265 #706
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 The Graduate Center, CUNY specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geometry and Topology takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 22.8 works7.4×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 116 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.47× its world share, 76 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.00× its world share, 30 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 120 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 103 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 88 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 49 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.40× its world share, 76 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.50× its world share, 106 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 155 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.02× its world share, 166 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 48 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.67× its world share, 155 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 427 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Graduate Center, CUNY?

Ranked on the composite score, Gábor T. Herman, Charles W. Mills and James M. Jasper lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Graduate Center, CUNY.

  1. 1 Gábor T. Herman United States · #6,270 worldwide 1.3k citations · 131 works
  2. 2 Charles W. Mills United States · #8,001 worldwide 463 citations · 64 works
  3. 3 James M. Jasper United States · #12,553 worldwide 483 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Frances Fox Piven United States · #29,478 worldwide 564 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Katherine Verdery United States · #31,295 worldwide 255 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Samuel C. Heílman United States · #33,523 worldwide 415 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Paul Julian Smith United States · #40,423 worldwide 84 citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Judith Milhous United States · #44,299 worldwide 140 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 John Patrick Diggins United States · #52,571 worldwide 121 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 John Torpey United States · #63,585 worldwide 219 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Which keywords describe research at The Graduate Center, CUNY?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Identity, Gender, Mental Health, Colonialism, Neoliberalism, Feminism and Intersectionality.

▲ 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. Globalization103▲ 2.8×86 topics
  2. Mental Health70▲ 2.5×36 topics
  3. Identity60▲ 4.3×50 topics
  4. Climate Change60▲ 1.16×73 topics
  5. Epidemiology54▼ 0.71×79 topics
  6. Gender52▲ 5.0×45 topics
  7. Public Health43▲ 1.56×45 topics
  8. Colonialism41▲ 4.6×36 topics
  9. Neoliberalism36▲ 5.3×22 topics
  10. History36▲ 2.7×40 topics
  11. Feminism32▲ 6.0×22 topics
  12. Culture32▲ 3.2×28 topics
  13. Nationalism32▲ 3.6×28 topics
  14. Ethics30▲ 3.3×34 topics
  15. Literature29▲ 2.8×35 topics
  16. Social Justice27▲ 2.4×32 topics
  17. Cultural Studies25▲ 3.5×23 topics
  18. Politics25▲ 4.8×17 topics
  19. Intersectionality25▲ 7.2×14 topics
  20. Biosensors23▲ 2.3×11 topics
  21. Health Disparities22▲ 4.5×8 topics
  22. Metamaterials22▲ 8.1×5 topics
  23. Social Movements21▲ 3.6×18 topics
  24. Neuroscience21▲ 3.7×13 topics
  25. Ethnicity20▲ 2.8×16 topics
  26. Race18▲ 8.4×17 topics
  27. Nanophotonics18▲ 9.8×3 topics
  28. Modal Logic18▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Photonic Crystals17▲ 7.3×5 topics
  30. Discrimination16▲ 4.3×8 topics
  31. Perception16▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Stigma16▲ 6.0×4 topics
  33. Immigration14▲ 6.6×5 topics
  34. Language Development14▲ 6.1×5 topics
  35. Postcolonialism14▲ 5.9×17 topics
  36. Cognitive Science14▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Cold War13▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Imperialism13▲ 8.4×6 topics
  39. Truth13▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Capitalism12▲ 9.7×6 topics

Which research topics does The Graduate Center, CUNY publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications, Philosophy and Theoretical Science, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy and Race, History, and American Society.

Metamaterials and Metasu…12Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications: 12 fractional worksPhilosophy and Theoretic…9Philosophy and Theoretical Science: 9 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 9 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…9Race, History, and American Society: 9 fractional worksLogic, Reasoning, and Kn…8Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge: 8 fractional worksPolitical Economy and Marxism: 8 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 7 fractional worksMultilingual Education a…7Multilingual Education and Policy: 7 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 7 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 6 fractional works
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsExperimental and Cognitive PsychologySocial PsychologySociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 12 works
  2. 2 Philosophy and Theoretical Science Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 9 works
  3. 3 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 9 works
  4. 4 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  5. 5 Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  6. 6 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 7 works
  8. 8 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 7 works
  9. 9 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  10. 10 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 6 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 available33.3%not open66.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Graduate Center, CUNY's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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