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The Ohio State University

In research, The Ohio State University stands highest in Health Sciences (#74 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#97 of 10,443 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#149 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Veterinary, Small Animals and Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics — Veterinary is 3.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#112
of 28,054 · #42 all time
Rank in United States
#31
of 4,192
Research works
205k
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5M
26.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is The Ohio State 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 #74 of 11,982 16.3%5,532 #52
MedicineField #97 of 10,443 15.5%4,618 #75
Physical SciencesDomain #149 of 12,888 17.9%5,927 #44
Life SciencesDomain #92 of 7,800 20.0%3,069 #76
Social SciencesDomain #130 of 10,521 24.4%4,299 #29
Social SciencesField #127 of 6,365 26.3%2,052 #32
Health ProfessionsField #49 of 1,928 20.1%607 #25
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #69 of 2,578 29.0%675 #25
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #99 of 3,409 25.5%782 #29
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #112 of 3,579 17.8%1,509 #82

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Ohio State 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#52 #74
  2. Medicine#75 #97
  3. Physical Sciences#44 #149
  4. Life Sciences#76 #92
  5. Social Sciences#29 #130
  6. Social Sciences#32 #127
  7. Health Professions#25 #49
  8. Sociology and Political Science#25 #69
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#29 #99
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#82 #112
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 Ohio State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Veterinary takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. VeterinaryField · 90.8 works3.5×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 76.6 works3.3×
  3. Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsSubfield · 21.2 works2.8×
  4. ArchitectureSubfield · 20.3 works2.8×
← 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: 0.87× its world share, 782 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.50× its world share, 1,509 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.42× its world share, 269 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 466 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 42 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 47 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 235 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 1,032 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 232 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 74 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.75× its world share, 2,126 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 739 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 454 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.51× its world share, 334 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.56× its world share, 652 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.28× its world share, 117 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 607 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.28× its world share, 4,618 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 99 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.55× its world share, 91 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.99× its world share, 536 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 242 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 190 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 318 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 961 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 2,052 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Ohio State University?

Ranked on the composite score, C. A. Edwards, René M. Stulz and Richard E. Petty lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Ohio State University.

  1. 1 C. A. Edwards United States · #262 worldwide 4.6k citations · 190 works
  2. 2 René M. Stulz United States · #485 worldwide 4.4k citations · 112 works
  3. 3 Richard E. Petty United States · #851 worldwide 4.2k citations · 116 works
  4. 4 David H. Weinberg United States · #1,688 worldwide 4.7k citations · 151 works
  5. 5 Vadim Utkin United States · #3,256 worldwide 1.5k citations · 72 works
  6. 6 B. L. Winer United States · #3,349 worldwide 3.1k citations · 138 works
  7. 7 Carlo M. Croce United States · #3,499 worldwide 2.6k citations · 191 works
  8. 8 A. Canepa United States · #3,814 worldwide 5.6k citations · 293 works
  9. 9 Michael A. Caligiuri United States · #4,101 worldwide 1.2k citations · 85 works
  10. 10 Marilynn B. Brewer United States · #4,431 worldwide 2.4k citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at The Ohio State University

Which keywords describe research at The Ohio State University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology961▲ 1.29×135 topics
  2. Climate Change514◆ 1.01×103 topics
  3. Inflammation451◆ 1.15×82 topics
  4. Deep Learning442▼ 0.69×82 topics
  5. Machine Learning440▼ 0.71×87 topics
  6. Mental Health423▲ 1.53×42 topics
  7. Public Health335▲ 1.23×65 topics
  8. Quality of Life333▲ 1.23×55 topics
  9. Globalization321◆ 0.87×114 topics
  10. Risk Factors303▲ 1.46×36 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress288◆ 0.94×58 topics
  12. Cancer268◆ 1.06×56 topics
  13. Depression254▲ 1.53×23 topics
  14. Treatment246◆ 1.08×50 topics
  15. Immunotherapy242▲ 1.81×19 topics
  16. Education234▼ 0.72×86 topics
  17. Chemotherapy223▲ 1.70×25 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease199◆ 0.95×39 topics
  19. Obesity194▲ 1.36×24 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors192▲ 2.3×14 topics
  21. Social Support189▲ 1.80×19 topics
  22. Genetics176▲ 1.33×27 topics
  23. Biomarkers175▲ 1.36×18 topics
  24. Metabolic Syndrome172◆ 1.12×24 topics
  25. Clinical Trials167▲ 1.32×19 topics
  26. Adolescents153▲ 2.2×9 topics
  27. Gender144▲ 1.41×48 topics
  28. Health Disparities139▲ 2.8×9 topics
  29. Anxiety136▲ 1.53×12 topics
  30. Tumor Microenvironment136▲ 1.63×8 topics
  31. Colonialism135▲ 1.52×44 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations132▲ 1.62×23 topics
  33. Emotion Regulation130▲ 2.2×9 topics
  34. Mortality Risk107▲ 2.4×6 topics
  35. Psychiatric Disorders101▲ 4.0×4 topics
  36. Large-Eddy Simulation101▲ 2.8×5 topics
  37. Self-Regulation95▲ 2.8×6 topics
  38. Intersectionality94▲ 2.8×14 topics
  39. Assessment Methods82▲ 4.0×3 topics
  40. Engineering Education75▲ 4.5×4 topics

Which research topics does The Ohio State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Innovations in Medical Education.

Fluid Dynamics and Turbu…47Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 47 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…47Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 47 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 41 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 41 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 41 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 39 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 38 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …38LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 38 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 38 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 37 fractional works
Computational MechanicsOncologyClinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 47 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 47 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 41 works
  4. 4 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 41 works
  5. 5 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 41 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 39 works
  7. 7 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 38 works
  8. 8 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 38 works
  9. 9 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 38 works
  10. 10 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 37 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 available41.1%not open58.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Ohio State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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