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University of Arkansas at Little Rock

In research, University of Arkansas at Little Rock stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,668 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,241 of 6,365 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,930 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,053
of 28,054 · #3,494 all time
Rank in United States
#699
of 4,192
Research works
6.8k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
120k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is University of Arkansas at Little Rock 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 #1,668 of 10,521 24.2%231 #1426
Social SciencesField #1,241 of 6,365 24.4%132 #851
Computer ScienceField #1,930 of 4,667 23.7%111 #1462
Physical SciencesDomain #5,824 of 12,888 15.9%282 #2975
EngineeringField #4,083 of 6,636 11.7%95 #2150
Health SciencesDomain #7,614 of 11,982 17.3%71 #3791

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Arkansas at Little Rock 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#1,426 #1,668
  2. Social Sciences#851 #1,241
  3. Computer Science#1,462 #1,930
  4. Physical Sciences#2,975 #5,824
  5. Engineering#2,150 #4,083
  6. Health Sciences#3,791 #7,614
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: 0.41× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.26× its world share, 111 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.00× its world share, 94 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.76× its world share, 17 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.10× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.00× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.55× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.03× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.56× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 132 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Arkansas at Little Rock?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert H. Bradley, Bettye M. Caldwell and Alexandru S. Biris lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

  1. 1 Robert H. Bradley United States · #11,453 worldwide 1.2k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Bettye M. Caldwell United States · #26,696 worldwide 386 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Alexandru S. Biris United States · #51,013 worldwide 421 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Enkeleda Dervishi United States · #56,176 worldwide 354 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Xiu Ye United States · #58,806 worldwide 392 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Rolf T. Wigand United States · #79,394 worldwide 303 citations · 72 works
  7. 7 Paul L. Day United States · #85,656 worldwide 228 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Thomas Kaiser United States · #122,331 worldwide 92 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 W. E. Garner United States · #246,995 worldwide 73 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Abhijit Biswas United States · #253,676 worldwide 261 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Which keywords describe research at University of Arkansas at Little Rock?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Social Media, Big Data, Student Engagement, Data Integration, Network Dynamics and Causal Inference.

▲ 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 Learning49▲ 2.4×57 topics
  2. Deep Learning40▲ 1.84×57 topics
  3. Social Media28▲ 3.1×21 topics
  4. Neural Networks19▲ 1.93×25 topics
  5. Big Data17▲ 3.0×14 topics
  6. Student Engagement12▲ 5.0×10 topics
  7. Social Support12▲ 3.3×14 topics
  8. Ethics10▲ 3.4×19 topics
  9. Data Mining10▲ 2.2×11 topics
  10. Data Integration10▲ 9.4×5 topics
  11. Network Dynamics9▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Causal Inference9▲ 45×2 topics
  13. Information Retrieval9▲ 6.6×4 topics
  14. Polarization9▲ 9.3×3 topics
  15. Social Influence9▲ 6.6×2 topics
  16. Digital Divide8▲ 5.0×5 topics
  17. Online Communication8▲ 8.4×3 topics
  18. Topic Modeling8▲ 8.5×2 topics
  19. Civic Engagement8▲ 7.7×3 topics
  20. Diversity7▲ 6.7×6 topics
  21. Natural Language Processing7▲ 4.7×5 topics
  22. Narrative7▲ 6.8×5 topics
  23. Engineering Education7▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Network Analysis7▲ 9.0×3 topics
  25. Machine Translation6▲ 6.2×2 topics
  26. Text Classification6▲ 6.4×3 topics
  27. Community Structure6▲ 12×1 topic
  28. Scale-Free Networks6▲ 21×1 topic
  29. Deliberative Democracy6▲ 13×1 topic
  30. Media Use6▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Political Participation6▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Semantic Similarity6▲ 8.1×1 topic
  33. Word Representation6▲ 8.1×1 topic
  34. Data Cleaning6▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Fake News6▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Misinformation6▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Record Linkage6▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Mediation Analysis6▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Interpretable Models5▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Machine Learning Interpretability5▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Arkansas at Little Rock publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Complex Network Analysis Techniques, Social Media and Politics, Topic Modeling and Data Quality and Management.

Complex Network Analysis…6Complex Network Analysis Techniques: 6 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics6Social Media and Politics: 6 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 6 fractional worksData Quality and Managem…6Data Quality and Management: 6 fractional worksMisinformation and Its I…6Misinformation and Its Impacts: 6 fractional worksExplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 5 fractional worksAdvanced Causal Inference Techniques: 5 fractional worksBayesian Modeling and Ca…4Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference: 4 fractional worksHate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 4 fractional worksSentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining: 4 fractional works
Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsCommunicationArtificial IntelligenceManagement Science and Operations Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Complex Network Analysis Techniques Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 6 works
  2. 2 Social Media and Politics Communication 6 works
  3. 3 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  4. 4 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 6 works
  5. 5 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  6. 6 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  7. 7 Advanced Causal Inference Techniques Statistics and Probability 5 works
  8. 8 Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  9. 9 Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  10. 10 Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Artificial Intelligence 4 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 available29.3%not open70.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Arkansas at Little Rock's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower 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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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.