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University of Minnesota

In research, University of Minnesota stands highest in Health Sciences (#60 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#71 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#106 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Statistics and Probability and Small Animals — Transplantation is 4.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#124
of 28,054 · #33 all time
Rank in United States
#36
of 4,192
Research works
159k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.6M
41.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is University of Minnesota 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 #60 of 11,982 17.4%4,791 #18
MedicineField #71 of 10,443 16.5%4,007 #22
Life SciencesDomain #106 of 7,800 21.8%2,915 #46
Social SciencesDomain #164 of 10,521 28.2%2,788 #35
Physical SciencesDomain #250 of 12,888 19.4%4,193 #37
Health ProfessionsField #44 of 1,928 22.7%519 #17
Social SciencesField #150 of 6,365 31.1%1,265 #44
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #89 of 3,579 19.2%1,322 #44
PsychologyField #73 of 2,181 26.1%711 #21
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #92 of 2,578 33.2%424 #34

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Minnesota 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#18 #60
  2. Medicine#22 #71
  3. Life Sciences#46 #106
  4. Social Sciences#35 #164
  5. Physical Sciences#37 #250
  6. Health Professions#17 #44
  7. Social Sciences#44 #150
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#44 #89
  9. Psychology#21 #73
  10. Sociology and Political Science#34 #92
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 Minnesota specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transplantation takes 4.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 31.8 works4.9×
  2. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 99.1 works3.2×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 55.8 works3.1×
  4. VeterinaryField · 60.8 works3.0×
  5. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 292.7 works2.7×
  6. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 124.0 works2.7×
← 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: 1.10× its world share, 764 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.69× its world share, 1,322 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 235 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.29× its world share, 545 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 49 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.24× its world share, 64 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.11× its world share, 255 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 679 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 191 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 56 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 1,204 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 641 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.76× its world share, 389 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.58× its world share, 273 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.35× its world share, 442 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.58× its world share, 112 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 519 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.42× its world share, 4,006 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 92 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.05× its world share, 61 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 226 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 206 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 150 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 228 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.59× its world share, 711 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 1,265 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Minnesota?

Ranked on the composite score, Donald G. Truhlar, Vipin Kumar and Peter B. Reich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Minnesota.

  1. 1 Donald G. Truhlar · #255 worldwide 8.4k citations · 315 works
  2. 2 Vipin Kumar · #864 worldwide 3.9k citations · 115 works
  3. 3 Peter B. Reich · #1,283 worldwide 4.1k citations · 157 works
  4. 4 Stephen Polasky · #1,333 worldwide 3.8k citations · 90 works
  5. 5 Christopher J. Cramer · #1,385 worldwide 3.3k citations · 92 works
  6. 6 Joseph A. Konstan · #1,580 worldwide 3.9k citations · 81 works
  7. 7 George Karypis · #1,667 worldwide 2.7k citations · 152 works
  8. 8 Arindam Banerjee · #2,089 worldwide 3.3k citations · 85 works
  9. 9 Jesse E. Edwards · #2,098 worldwide 1.2k citations · 120 works
  10. 10 Pamela L. Lutsey · #2,171 worldwide 1.2k citations · 101 works
All ranked researchers at University of Minnesota

Which keywords describe research at University of Minnesota?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Inflammation, Public Health, Quality of Life, Climate Change, Oxidative Stress 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. Epidemiology821▲ 1.41×132 topics
  2. Climate Change386◆ 0.98×100 topics
  3. Inflammation380▲ 1.24×83 topics
  4. Mental Health366▲ 1.70×41 topics
  5. Machine Learning334▼ 0.70×83 topics
  6. Deep Learning327▼ 0.65×76 topics
  7. Public Health318▲ 1.49×57 topics
  8. Quality of Life303▲ 1.43×54 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress283▲ 1.18×60 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease238▲ 1.46×39 topics
  11. Risk Factors234▲ 1.45×36 topics
  12. Cancer220◆ 1.12×57 topics
  13. Treatment214▲ 1.20×49 topics
  14. Immunotherapy198▲ 1.90×19 topics
  15. Nanoparticles196◆ 1.06×41 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders185▲ 2.2×20 topics
  17. Depression182▲ 1.41×24 topics
  18. Obesity165▲ 1.48×25 topics
  19. Diagnosis162▲ 1.19×40 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome156▲ 1.31×24 topics
  21. Biomarkers152▲ 1.52×18 topics
  22. Genetics152▲ 1.48×26 topics
  23. Clinical Trials148▲ 1.51×19 topics
  24. Biodiversity146▲ 1.33×29 topics
  25. Social Support139▲ 1.70×18 topics
  26. Heart Failure133▲ 2.1×14 topics
  27. Pathogenesis130▲ 1.74×24 topics
  28. Aging129▲ 1.64×19 topics
  29. Health Effects128▲ 1.45×23 topics
  30. Adolescents126▲ 2.3×7 topics
  31. Mortality126▲ 1.49×13 topics
  32. Invasive Species125▲ 2.0×21 topics
  33. Emotion Regulation122▲ 2.6×9 topics
  34. Health Disparities121▲ 3.1×8 topics
  35. Genetic Mutations113▲ 1.78×23 topics
  36. Vaccine112▲ 1.87×11 topics
  37. Prevalence110▲ 1.84×14 topics
  38. Primary Care109▲ 1.98×15 topics
  39. Functional Connectivity74▲ 3.8×3 topics
  40. Hearing Loss73▲ 4.3×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Minnesota publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, CAR-T cell therapy research and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Functional Brain Connect…46Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 46 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…45Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 45 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 42 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 41 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 37 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 35 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 35 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…35Neural dynamics and brain function: 35 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 34 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 32 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceImmunologyOncologyClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 46 works
  2. 2 Immune Cell Function and InteractionImmunology 45 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy researchOncology 42 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 41 works
  5. 5 Hearing Loss and RehabilitationCognitive Neuroscience 37 works
  6. 6 Health disparities and outcomesHealth 35 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studiesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 35 works
  8. 8 Neural dynamics and brain functionCognitive Neuroscience 35 works
  9. 9 Obesity, Physical Activity, DietPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 34 works
  10. 10 CRISPR and Genetic EngineeringMolecular Biology 32 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 available29.8%not open70.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Minnesota's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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.