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Tuskegee University

In research, Tuskegee University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,625 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#5,712 of 7,800 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,861 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,459
of 28,054 · #7,869 all time
Rank in United States
#1,123
of 4,192
Research works
3k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Tuskegee 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,625 of 12,888 16.2%186 #6809
Life SciencesDomain #5,712 of 7,800 13.6%75 #5583
EngineeringField #4,861 of 6,636 14.9%83 #5030

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tuskegee 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. Physical Sciences#6,809 #6,625
  2. Life Sciences#5,583 #5,712
  3. Engineering#5,030 #4,861
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: 2.01× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.44× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.87× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.47× its world share, 83 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.42× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.83× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 2.57× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.71× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tuskegee University?

Ranked on the composite score, Oliver C. Cox, Shaik Jeelani and Mahesh Hosur lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tuskegee University.

  1. 1 Oliver C. Cox United States · #102,603 worldwide 125 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Shaik Jeelani United States · #217,372 worldwide 545 citations · 81 works
  3. 3 Mahesh Hosur United States · #255,951 worldwide 281 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Edgar G. Epps United States · #395,847 worldwide 74 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Nitish Kunte United States · #396,464 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  6. 5 Himani Khurana United States · #396,464 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Booker T. Washington United States · #422,225 worldwide 28 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Jason White United States · #428,522 worldwide 67 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 V. A. Khan United States · #440,560 worldwide 72 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Balasubramanyam Karanam United States · #529,307 worldwide 46 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Tuskegee University

Which keywords describe research at Tuskegee University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Large-Eddy Simulation, Heat Transfer, Nanocomposites, Machine Learning, Biomedical Applications, Environmental Impact, Climate Change and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Machine Learning19▲ 1.53×38 topics
  2. Deep Learning16▲ 1.21×27 topics
  3. Climate Change15▲ 1.44×32 topics
  4. Environmental Impact13▲ 2.1×20 topics
  5. Sustainability13▲ 1.40×28 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications12▲ 2.7×15 topics
  7. Large-Eddy Simulation12▲ 16×4 topics
  8. Nanocomposites11▲ 3.8×12 topics
  9. Heat Transfer11▲ 6.0×14 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress9▲ 1.52×26 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties8▲ 2.2×14 topics
  12. Health Effects7▲ 3.1×10 topics
  13. Tissue Engineering7▲ 3.0×8 topics
  14. IoT Security6▲ 5.3×3 topics
  15. Polymer Composites6▲ 5.8×4 topics
  16. Applications6▲ 5.5×5 topics
  17. Additive Manufacturing6▲ 4.7×4 topics
  18. Turbulent Flow6▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Biomedical Engineering5▲ 9.2×2 topics
  20. Vortex Dynamics5▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Flow Control5▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Fluid Mechanics5▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Boundary Layer Transition5▲ 19×1 topic
  24. Detection5▲ 4.5×6 topics
  25. Livestock Production5▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Microbial Community5▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Particle Image Velocimetry5▲ 19×1 topic
  28. Spectral Analysis5▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Turbulent Flows5▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Cybersecurity5▲ 5.3×4 topics
  31. Acoustic Sources5▲ 62×1 topic
  32. Jet Noise5▲ 62×1 topic
  33. High-Order Schemes4▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Turbulence Modeling4▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Ceramics4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  36. Methane Production4▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Ruminant Nutrition4▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Challenges4▲ 8.9×1 topic
  39. Fused Deposition Modeling4▲ 9.3×1 topic
  40. Phase Change Materials4▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Tuskegee University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics and Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology.

Fluid Dynamics and Turbu…5Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 5 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acousti…5Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 5 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dyna…4Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 4 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…4Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 4 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 4 fractional worksElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications: 3 fractional worksSolar Thermal and Photov…3Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 3 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 3 fractional worksPlasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…3Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 3 fractional works
Computational MechanicsAerospace EngineeringAgronomy and Crop ScienceAutomotive Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 5 works
  2. 2 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 4 works
  4. 4 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  5. 5 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications Biomaterials 3 works
  7. 7 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  9. 9 Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 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 available30.1%not open69.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tuskegee University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.