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University of Louisville

In research, University of Louisville stands highest in Health Sciences (#609 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#617 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#782 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Psychology, Applied Psychology and Gastroenterology — Social Psychology is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,248
of 28,054 · #686 all time
Rank in United States
#205
of 4,192
Research works
39k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
980k
24.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is University of Louisville 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
Health SciencesDomain #609 of 11,982 13.6%1,988 #296
MedicineField #617 of 10,443 13.2%1,700 #299
Social SciencesDomain #782 of 10,521 14.8%1,520 #435
Social SciencesField #626 of 6,365 17.2%624 #339
Life SciencesDomain #793 of 7,800 15.6%665 #429
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #744 of 3,579 14.7%364 #403
Physical SciencesDomain #2,949 of 12,888 14.2%876 #1280
SurgerySubfield #443 of 1,816 11.5%251 #184
Health ProfessionsField #511 of 1,928 14.0%194 #292
Clinical PsychologySubfield #199 of 738 22.9%136 #242

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Louisville 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. Health Sciences#296 #609
  2. Medicine#299 #617
  3. Social Sciences#435 #782
  4. Social Sciences#339 #626
  5. Life Sciences#429 #793
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#403 #744
  7. Physical Sciences#1,280 #2,949
  8. Surgery#184 #443
  9. Health Professions#292 #511
  10. Clinical Psychology#242 #199
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 Louisville specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Psychology takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social PsychologySubfield · 263.0 works5.9×
  2. Applied PsychologySubfield · 25.1 works3.5×
  3. GastroenterologySubfield · 20.1 works3.4×
  4. PsychologyField · 516.0 works3.4×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 56 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 364 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.52× its world share, 77 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.83× its world share, 150 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 47 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 166 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 346 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 118 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 69 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 36 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 43 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.18× its world share, 54 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.46× its world share, 194 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.75× its world share, 1,700 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 37 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.06× its world share, 155 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 111 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 78 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.35× its world share, 516 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 624 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Louisville?

Ranked on the composite score, David Gozal, Julio A. Ramírez and Robert D. Gray lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Louisville.

  1. 1 David Gozal United States · #6,257 worldwide 911 citations · 82 works
  2. 2 Julio A. Ramírez United States · #10,120 worldwide 955 citations · 116 works
  3. 3 Robert D. Gray United States · #16,222 worldwide 619 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Stephen A. McClave United States · #20,475 worldwide 403 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Hiram C. Polk United States · #27,350 worldwide 480 citations · 94 works
  6. 6 Jason Chesney United States · #29,709 worldwide 465 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Carolyn Β. Mervis United States · #33,340 worldwide 593 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Susan J. Harkema United States · #33,424 worldwide 402 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 J. David Richardson United States · #37,016 worldwide 295 citations · 65 works
  10. 10 Richard J. Lamont United States · #37,079 worldwide 439 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at University of Louisville

Which keywords describe research at University of Louisville?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Leadership, Positive Psychology, Altruism, Psychological Capital, Courage, Heroism, Epidemiology and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology338▲ 1.69×126 topics
  2. Leadership204▲ 8.5×16 topics
  3. Inflammation202▲ 1.92×81 topics
  4. Positive Psychology198▲ 48×3 topics
  5. Altruism188▲ 44×5 topics
  6. Psychological Capital185▲ 27×2 topics
  7. Courage182▲ 316×1 topic
  8. Heroism182▲ 316×1 topic
  9. Mental Health150▲ 2.0×39 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress139▲ 1.69×60 topics
  11. Quality of Life127▲ 1.74×50 topics
  12. Risk Factors119▲ 2.1×36 topics
  13. Public Health119▲ 1.62×50 topics
  14. Cancer102▲ 1.51×52 topics
  15. Treatment101▲ 1.65×48 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease93▲ 1.66×38 topics
  17. Depression84▲ 1.89×23 topics
  18. Obesity74▲ 1.93×25 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome71▲ 1.74×23 topics
  20. Clinical Trials71▲ 2.1×19 topics
  21. Diagnosis69▲ 1.47×38 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders69▲ 2.4×19 topics
  23. Religion66▲ 2.8×29 topics
  24. Genetics65▲ 1.85×21 topics
  25. Heart Failure63▲ 2.9×13 topics
  26. Social Support63▲ 2.2×16 topics
  27. Biomarkers60▲ 1.73×18 topics
  28. Mortality58▲ 1.98×13 topics
  29. Management58▲ 1.46×33 topics
  30. Complications58▲ 2.3×16 topics
  31. Gender57▲ 2.1×38 topics
  32. Adolescents54▲ 2.9×7 topics
  33. Meta-Analysis52▲ 1.75×17 topics
  34. Prevalence50▲ 2.5×14 topics
  35. Neuroprotection49▲ 2.8×16 topics
  36. Emotion Regulation44▲ 2.8×9 topics
  37. Thrombosis44▲ 3.1×7 topics
  38. Myocardial Infarction44▲ 3.7×7 topics
  39. Mortality Risk41▲ 3.4×6 topics
  40. Cancer Risk36▲ 3.2×10 topics

Which research topics does University of Louisville publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Spinal Cord Injury Research.

Leadership, Courage, and…182Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies: 182 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 20 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 17 fractional worksSpinal Cord Injury Research: 17 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 16 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 16 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 16 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 16 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 14 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 14 fractional works
Social PsychologyBiomedical EngineeringEpidemiologyPathology and Forensic Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies Social Psychology 182 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 20 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 17 works
  4. 4 Spinal Cord Injury Research Pathology and Forensic Medicine 17 works
  5. 5 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  6. 6 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 16 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 16 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 16 works
  9. 9 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  10. 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 14 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 available26.4%not open73.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Louisville's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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.

Other research institutions in Louisville

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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.