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University of Alabama System

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,255
of 28,054 · #35,488 all time
Rank in United States
#3,809
of 4,192
Research works
178
▲ 130% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

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: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.83× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.30× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.22× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.51× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at University of Alabama System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Brain Imaging, Genetics, Emotion Regulation, Large-Eddy Simulation, Mental Health, Numerical Simulation and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 33 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 1.25×20 topics
  2. Heat Transfer3▲ 9.2×8 topics
  3. Mental Health2▲ 2.4×10 topics
  4. Genetics2▲ 4.7×6 topics
  5. Brain Imaging2▲ 34×3 topics
  6. Treatment2▲ 2.2×10 topics
  7. Social Media2▲ 1.79×7 topics
  8. Emotion Regulation2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  9. Machine Learning2▼ 0.71×13 topics
  10. Meta-Analysis2▲ 3.8×4 topics
  11. Large-Eddy Simulation1▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Climate Change1▼ 0.69×10 topics
  13. Depression1▲ 2.2×7 topics
  14. Inflammation1◆ 0.95×13 topics
  15. Numerical Simulation1▲ 6.7×4 topics
  16. Prevalence1▲ 4.9×3 topics
  17. Anxiety Disorders1▲ 16×2 topics
  18. COVID-191▲ 1.27×5 topics
  19. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 9.3×3 topics
  20. Feminism1▲ 6.1×2 topics
  21. Radiosurgery1▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Turbulent Flows1▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Health Disparities1▲ 6.3×4 topics
  24. News Media1▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Oxidative Stress1◆ 0.98×8 topics
  26. Psychopathology1▲ 9.3×3 topics
  27. Quality of Life1▲ 1.17×9 topics
  28. ADHD1▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder1▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Health Outcomes1▲ 5.5×3 topics
  31. Neurobiology1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  32. Qualitative Research1▲ 1.77×4 topics
  33. Social Movements1▲ 5.0×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Alabama System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Race, History, and American Society, Heat transfer and supercritical fluids and Meningioma and schwannoma management.

Attention Deficit Hypera…1Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 1 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…1Race, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksHeat transfer and supercritical fluids: 1 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 1 fractional worksSpacecraft Dynamics and Control: 1 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 1 fractional worksTurbomachinery Performance and Optimization: 1 fractional worksNeuroethics, Human Enhan…1Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations: 1 fractional worksAeroelasticity and Vibration Control: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 1 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthSociology and Political ScienceComputational MechanicsEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  2. 2 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Heat transfer and supercritical fluids Computational Mechanics 1 works
  4. 4 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 1 works
  7. 7 Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  9. 9 Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 1 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 available25.6%not open74.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Alabama System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 130% 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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