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University at Albany, State University of New York

In research, University at Albany, State University of New York stands highest in Social Sciences (#668 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#464 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,236 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science and Communication — Atmospheric Science is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,315
of 28,054 · #564 all time
Rank in United States
#217
of 4,192
Research works
23k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
741k
32.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is University at Albany, State University of New York 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 #668 of 10,521 27.6%1,059 #214
Social SciencesField #464 of 6,365 30.1%586 #129
Physical SciencesDomain #1,236 of 12,888 20.0%811 #651
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #484 of 2,578 30.9%230 #139
Environmental ScienceField #842 of 3,551 25.6%160 #465
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #304 of 1,201 31.4%77 #167
Health SciencesDomain #3,052 of 11,982 21.1%283 #1560
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #310 of 1,209 19.8%84 #174
Life SciencesDomain #2,019 of 7,800 23.3%226 #770
EducationSubfield #591 of 1,892 34.2%74 #152

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University at Albany, State University of New York 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#214 #668
  2. Social Sciences#129 #464
  3. Physical Sciences#651 #1,236
  4. Sociology and Political Science#139 #484
  5. Environmental Science#465 #842
  6. Political Science and International Relations#167 #304
  7. Health Sciences#1,560 #3,052
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences#174 #310
  9. Life Sciences#770 #2,019
  10. Education#152 #591
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 University at Albany, State University of New York specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 66.3 works6.3×
  2. CommunicationSubfield · 26.6 works4.1×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 132 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 48 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 32 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 214 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 84 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 177 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 160 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.88× its world share, 53 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.09× its world share, 58 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 92 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 179 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.61× its world share, 110 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 62 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.48× its world share, 75 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.64× its world share, 192 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 586 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University at Albany, State University of New York?

Ranked on the composite score, David O. Carpenter, John Dewey and Kai Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University at Albany, State University of New York.

  1. 1 David O. Carpenter United States · #3,594 worldwide 1.3k citations · 72 works
  2. 2 John Dewey United States · #5,078 worldwide 1.2k citations · 78 works
  3. 3 Kai Zhang United States · #5,899 worldwide 2.6k citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Corrado Baglioni United States · #7,389 worldwide 877 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Richard Alba United States · #10,023 worldwide 689 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 David H. Barlow United States · #11,982 worldwide 1.5k citations · 130 works
  7. 7 John Logan United States · #13,803 worldwide 1k citations · 163 works
  8. 8 M. Saleem United States · #15,083 worldwide 2.7k citations · 174 works
  9. 9 W. S. F. Kidd United States · #15,095 worldwide 1k citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Steven Seidman United States · #15,747 worldwide 411 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at University at Albany, State University of New York

Which keywords describe research at University at Albany, State University of New York?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Climate Change, Globalization, Global Warming, Public Health, Neighborhood Effects, Machine Learning and Social Media.

▲ 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. Climate Change97▲ 1.52×71 topics
  2. Machine Learning91▲ 1.17×72 topics
  3. Mental Health88▲ 2.5×35 topics
  4. Deep Learning87◆ 1.07×70 topics
  5. Globalization85▲ 1.82×77 topics
  6. Public Health72▲ 2.1×40 topics
  7. Epidemiology68▼ 0.73×91 topics
  8. Social Media66▲ 1.93×27 topics
  9. Global Warming48▲ 5.0×13 topics
  10. Neural Networks48▲ 1.31×31 topics
  11. Health Effects44▲ 3.0×20 topics
  12. Social Support40▲ 3.1×13 topics
  13. Identity37▲ 2.1×40 topics
  14. Depression37▲ 1.75×18 topics
  15. Gender35▲ 2.7×33 topics
  16. Social Capital34▲ 2.7×15 topics
  17. Neighborhood Effects32▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Ethics29▲ 2.5×24 topics
  19. Ocean Circulation28▲ 9.2×3 topics
  20. Hydrological Cycle28▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Air Quality27▲ 6.1×6 topics
  22. Trust26▲ 4.0×10 topics
  23. Data Assimilation25▲ 6.8×4 topics
  24. Digital Divide25▲ 4.1×8 topics
  25. Greenhouse Gas Emissions24▲ 3.8×6 topics
  26. Health Outcomes24▲ 3.7×7 topics
  27. Politics24▲ 3.8×15 topics
  28. Health Disparities24▲ 3.8×8 topics
  29. Developmental Trajectories24▲ 8.0×3 topics
  30. Accountability22▲ 8.6×3 topics
  31. Particulate Matter21▲ 5.9×2 topics
  32. Extreme Events21▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Climate Modeling20▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Precipitation Extremes20▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Boundary Layer20▲ 6.8×2 topics
  36. Youth Violence19▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Satellite Observations19▲ 8.1×3 topics
  38. Criminal Behavior17▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Convective Parameterization17▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Mesoscale Modeling17▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does University at Albany, State University of New York publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Air Quality and Health Impacts and Crime Patterns and Interventions.

Climate variability and …20Climate variability and models: 20 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…17Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 17 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…16Air Quality and Health Impacts: 16 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Inter…15Crime Patterns and Interventions: 15 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 14 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 12 fractional worksDisaster Management and …12Disaster Management and Resilience: 12 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 11 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 10 fractional worksSpectroscopy Techniques …9Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research: 9 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 20 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 17 works
  3. 3 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 16 works
  4. 4 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 14 works
  6. 6 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 12 works
  7. 7 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  8. 8 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 11 works
  9. 9 Social Media and Politics Communication 10 works
  10. 10 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Biophysics 9 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 available25.4%not open74.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University at Albany, State University of New York's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher 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.

Other research institutions in Albany

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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.