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University of Delaware

In research, University of Delaware stands highest in Physical Sciences (#305 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#423 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#321 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Chemistry, Earth-Surface Processes and Museology — Environmental Chemistry is 4.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#469
of 28,054 · #240 all time
Rank in United States
#96
of 4,192
Research works
51k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7M
33.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is University of Delaware 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 #305 of 12,888 18.1%2,846 #193
Social SciencesDomain #423 of 10,521 25.9%1,578 #212
Social SciencesField #321 of 6,365 28.3%784 #202
EducationSubfield #111 of 1,892 42.4%192 #78
EngineeringField #443 of 6,636 16.3%949 #220
Environmental ScienceField #350 of 3,551 22.4%368 #170
Computer ScienceField #540 of 4,667 19.8%419 #266
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #375 of 2,578 26.1%268 #165
Health SciencesDomain #1,834 of 11,982 17.5%764 #1030
Life SciencesDomain #1,317 of 7,800 19.7%733 #645

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Delaware 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#193 #305
  2. Social Sciences#212 #423
  3. Social Sciences#202 #321
  4. Education#78 #111
  5. Engineering#220 #443
  6. Environmental Science#170 #350
  7. Computer Science#266 #540
  8. Sociology and Political Science#165 #375
  9. Health Sciences#1,030 #1,834
  10. Life Sciences#645 #1,317
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 Delaware specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Chemistry takes 4.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 56.1 works4.3×
  2. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 27.9 works4.0×
  3. MuseologySubfield · 26.5 works3.7×
  4. CatalysisSubfield · 31.3 works3.6×
← 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: 0.63× its world share, 179 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 377 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 144 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.40× its world share, 50 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.36× its world share, 126 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 419 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 226 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.07× its world share, 58 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.07× its world share, 949 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 368 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.38× its world share, 285 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.07× its world share, 75 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.20× its world share, 290 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 130 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 601 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.12× its world share, 191 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 129 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 62 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 103 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.71× its world share, 309 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 784 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Delaware?

Ranked on the composite score, James M. Brophy, W.F. Ames and Lynn Snyder‐Mackler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Delaware.

  1. 1 James M. Brophy United States · #4,133 worldwide 937 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 W.F. Ames United States · #5,282 worldwide 781 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Lynn Snyder‐Mackler United States · #7,549 worldwide 863 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Willett Kempton United States · #11,174 worldwide 1.2k citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Marvin Zuckerman United States · #14,575 worldwide 803 citations · 68 works
  6. 6 Leonard J. Cimini United States · #14,661 worldwide 870 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Stanley I. Sandler United States · #15,326 worldwide 742 citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Roberta Michnick Golinkoff United States · #17,719 worldwide 776 citations · 75 works
  9. 9 Russell R. Dynes United States · #19,297 worldwide 370 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Tom Baehr‐Jones United States · #19,606 worldwide 750 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at University of Delaware

Which keywords describe research at University of Delaware?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Machine Learning, Catalysis, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Nanoparticles and Sustainability.

▲ 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 Change201▲ 1.26×90 topics
  2. Machine Learning183◆ 0.94×76 topics
  3. Epidemiology178▼ 0.76×107 topics
  4. Deep Learning177◆ 0.88×75 topics
  5. Sustainability141◆ 0.98×70 topics
  6. Mental Health127▲ 1.47×38 topics
  7. Globalization109◆ 0.94×82 topics
  8. Nanoparticles108▲ 1.45×43 topics
  9. Environmental Impact97◆ 0.97×48 topics
  10. Public Health96◆ 1.11×42 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications95▲ 1.35×32 topics
  12. Catalysis94▲ 2.4×25 topics
  13. Remote Sensing89▲ 1.22×33 topics
  14. Education87▼ 0.86×54 topics
  15. Identity74▲ 1.71×41 topics
  16. Gender62▲ 1.94×36 topics
  17. Nanocomposites60▲ 1.27×21 topics
  18. Tissue Engineering55▲ 1.51×13 topics
  19. Microbial Communities53▲ 2.1×9 topics
  20. Biosensors51▲ 1.69×12 topics
  21. Recycling47▲ 2.1×6 topics
  22. Feminism46▲ 2.7×17 topics
  23. Emotion Regulation44▲ 2.4×9 topics
  24. Biomechanics42▲ 2.3×11 topics
  25. Tomography41▲ 3.8×5 topics
  26. Sea-Level Rise38▲ 5.7×5 topics
  27. Methane Oxidation37▲ 7.7×2 topics
  28. Self-Regulation36▲ 3.4×6 topics
  29. Spectroscopy36▲ 3.6×11 topics
  30. Anaerobic35▲ 8.6×1 topic
  31. Gas Hydrates35▲ 8.6×1 topic
  32. Molecular Dynamics35▲ 3.6×6 topics
  33. Academic Achievement34▲ 3.4×10 topics
  34. Teacher Professional Development34▲ 3.6×4 topics
  35. Photovoltaics33▲ 3.4×4 topics
  36. Seismic Noise30▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Surface Wave30▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Ionospheric Anomalies29▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Seismic Electromagnetics29▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Wave Modeling25▲ 8.2×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Delaware publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Earthquake Detection and Analysis and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science.

Methane Hydrates and Rel…35Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 35 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis30Seismic Waves and Analysis: 30 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and…29Earthquake Detection and Analysis: 29 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…23Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 23 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 21 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 20 fractional worksMathematics Education an…20Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 20 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 19 fractional worksMuscle activation and electromyography studies: 19 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls…18Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 18 fractional works
Environmental ChemistryGeophysicsMaterials ChemistryElectrical and Electronic Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 35 works
  2. 2 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 30 works
  3. 3 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 29 works
  4. 4 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 23 works
  5. 5 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 21 works
  6. 6 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 20 works
  7. 7 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 20 works
  8. 8 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  9. 9 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 19 works
  10. 10 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 18 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 available25.8%not open74.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Delaware's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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.

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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.