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University of California, Irvine

In research, University of California, Irvine stands highest in Social Sciences (#75 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#62 of 6,365 worldwide) and Medicine (#131 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aging, Behavioral Neuroscience and Biophysics — Aging is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#110
of 28,054 · #60 all time
Rank in United States
#30
of 4,192
Research works
88k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.4M
39.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is University of California, Irvine 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 #75 of 10,521 26.8%2,792 #53
Social SciencesField #62 of 6,365 28.6%1,367 #55
MedicineField #131 of 10,443 16.1%2,981 #146
Health SciencesDomain #153 of 11,982 16.8%3,303 #152
Physical SciencesDomain #167 of 12,888 20.8%3,808 #74
Life SciencesDomain #103 of 7,800 21.0%1,839 #57
PhilosophySubfield #4 of 290 40.7%73 —
PsychologyField #52 of 2,181 28.0%596 #60
Computer ScienceField #123 of 4,667 20.7%975 #35
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #114 of 3,579 19.5%969 #88

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of California, Irvine 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#53 #75
  2. Social Sciences#55 #62
  3. Medicine#146 #131
  4. Health Sciences#152 #153
  5. Physical Sciences#74 #167
  6. Life Sciences#57 #103
  7. Psychology#60 #52
  8. Computer Science#35 #123
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#88 #114
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 of California, Irvine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aging takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AgingSubfield · 26.6 works9.4×
  2. Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 20.9 works4.5×
  3. BiophysicsSubfield · 46.4 works3.5×
  4. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 124.9 works3.4×
  5. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 250.0 works2.9×
← 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, 133 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.55× its world share, 969 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 154 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.91× its world share, 555 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 27 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 38 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.92× its world share, 170 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 975 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 161 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 67 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 1,145 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 385 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 241 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.60× its world share, 221 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.56× its world share, 406 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 272 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.32× its world share, 2,981 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 281 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 190 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 95 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 263 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 596 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 1,367 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of California, Irvine?

Ranked on the composite score, Greg J. Duncan, Syed A. Jafar and Nathan D. Wong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of California, Irvine.

  1. 1 Greg J. Duncan United States · #1,034 worldwide 2.7k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Syed A. Jafar United States · #1,056 worldwide 3.4k citations · 108 works
  3. 3 Nathan D. Wong United States · #1,279 worldwide 1.9k citations · 100 works
  4. 4 Warren J. Hehre United States · #1,992 worldwide 3.2k citations · 77 works
  5. 5 Soroosh Sorooshian United States · #2,630 worldwide 2.7k citations · 151 works
  6. 6 R. Svoboda United States · #4,569 worldwide 1.6k citations · 76 works
  7. 7 A. Lee Swindlehurst United States · #5,538 worldwide 2.6k citations · 186 works
  8. 8 Lyman W. Porter United States · #5,725 worldwide 2.4k citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Gene Tsudik United States · #5,750 worldwide 2.1k citations · 139 works
  10. 10 Kenneth L. Kraemer United States · #5,867 worldwide 1k citations · 113 works
All ranked researchers at University of California, Irvine

Which keywords describe research at University of California, Irvine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Mental Health, Neuroinflammation, Inflammation and Neurological Disorders.

▲ 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. Epidemiology531◆ 1.14×132 topics
  2. Machine Learning397◆ 1.03×83 topics
  3. Deep Learning373◆ 0.93×80 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress314▲ 1.63×60 topics
  5. Inflammation288▲ 1.18×79 topics
  6. Mental Health253▲ 1.47×39 topics
  7. Climate Change232▼ 0.73×96 topics
  8. Quality of Life198▲ 1.17×53 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease191▲ 1.47×37 topics
  10. Neural Networks190◆ 1.05×37 topics
  11. Public Health180◆ 1.05×55 topics
  12. Depression178▲ 1.73×22 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders172▲ 2.6×20 topics
  14. Treatment163◆ 1.15×50 topics
  15. Aging161▲ 2.6×17 topics
  16. Risk Factors146◆ 1.13×36 topics
  17. Biomarkers143▲ 1.78×17 topics
  18. Neuroinflammation139▲ 4.2×6 topics
  19. Neurodegeneration136▲ 3.9×10 topics
  20. Immunotherapy130▲ 1.56×19 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome129▲ 1.35×23 topics
  22. Chemotherapy120▲ 1.46×25 topics
  23. Neuroimaging118▲ 3.7×11 topics
  24. Alzheimer's Disease118▲ 3.6×9 topics
  25. Clinical Trials117▲ 1.49×19 topics
  26. Social Support112▲ 1.72×17 topics
  27. Mortality112▲ 1.64×13 topics
  28. Health Disparities91▲ 3.0×8 topics
  29. Neurobiology91▲ 3.0×10 topics
  30. Cognitive Decline84▲ 6.0×2 topics
  31. Brain Development83▲ 4.0×6 topics
  32. Cognitive Training78▲ 7.2×2 topics
  33. Synaptic Plasticity77▲ 3.0×6 topics
  34. Caregiver Burden76▲ 5.9×3 topics
  35. Dementia73▲ 6.7×2 topics
  36. Mild Cognitive Impairment73▲ 7.4×1 topic
  37. Vascular Risk Factors73▲ 7.4×1 topic
  38. Therapeutic Strategies63▲ 5.5×2 topics
  39. Amyloid Hypothesis58▲ 8.3×1 topic
  40. Tau Pathology58▲ 8.3×1 topic

Which research topics does University of California, Irvine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 73 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 58 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 38 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 36 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 35 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 30 fractional worksFuel Cells and Related M…29Fuel Cells and Related Materials: 29 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 28 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechanisms: 28 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…28Air Quality and Health Impacts: 28 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyNeurologyCellular and Molecular Neuroscience4 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 73 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 58 works
  3. 3 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 38 works
  4. 4 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 36 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 35 works
  6. 6 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 30 works
  7. 7 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 29 works
  8. 8 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 28 works
  9. 9 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 28 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 28 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 available39.6%not open60.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of California, Irvine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Irvine

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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.