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University of Minnesota, Duluth

In research, University of Minnesota, Duluth stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,294 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,226 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,573 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,717
of 28,054 · #2,429 all time
Rank in United States
#655
of 4,192
Research works
7.7k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
208k
27.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is University of Minnesota, Duluth 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 #3,294 of 12,888 11.4%388 #2217
Social SciencesDomain #3,226 of 10,521 19.5%359 #1473
Health SciencesDomain #6,573 of 11,982 10.6%165 #2847
Social SciencesField #3,751 of 6,365 17.8%150 #1518
Life SciencesDomain #5,309 of 7,800 14.6%116 #2765
MedicineField #8,098 of 10,443 8.9%112 #2497
PsychologyField #1,725 of 2,181 15.4%90 #1041
Environmental ScienceField #2,847 of 3,551 10.2%111 #1067
EngineeringField #5,498 of 6,636 8.5%91 #4423
Computer ScienceField #4,119 of 4,667 11.2%68 #2294

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Minnesota, Duluth 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#2,217 #3,294
  2. Social Sciences#1,473 #3,226
  3. Health Sciences#2,847 #6,573
  4. Social Sciences#1,518 #3,751
  5. Life Sciences#2,765 #5,309
  6. Medicine#2,497 #8,098
  7. Psychology#1,041 #1,725
  8. Environmental Science#1,067 #2,847
  9. Engineering#4,423 #5,498
  10. Computer Science#2,294 #4,119
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: 0.65× its world share, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.78× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 68 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.55× its world share, 41 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 91 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.17× its world share, 111 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.15× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.82× its world share, 49 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 112 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.73× its world share, 51 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.06× its world share, 35 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.88× its world share, 90 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 150 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University of Minnesota, Duluth?

Ranked on the composite score, Thomas C. Johnson, John Pastor and Ted Pedersen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Minnesota, Duluth.

  1. 1 Thomas C. Johnson United States · #69,415 worldwide 283 citations · 64 works
  2. 2 John Pastor United States · #86,192 worldwide 328 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Ted Pedersen United States · #110,499 worldwide 227 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Viktor V. Zhdankin United States · #115,673 worldwide 453 citations · 77 works
  5. 5 Erik T. Brown United States · #117,790 worldwide 284 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Robert E. Hecky United States · #140,904 worldwide 314 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Lucinda B. Johnson United States · #171,486 worldwide 199 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Joseph R. Prohaska United States · #202,781 worldwide 199 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Frederic W. Hafferty United States · #203,524 worldwide 56 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Thomas F. Jordan United States · #206,611 worldwide 130 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at University of Minnesota, Duluth

Which keywords describe research at University of Minnesota, Duluth?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Mental Health, Human-Robot Interaction, Eutrophication, Habitat Fragmentation, Globalization and Aging.

▲ 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 Change76▲ 2.7×66 topics
  2. Mental Health35▲ 2.3×32 topics
  3. Globalization28▲ 1.39×41 topics
  4. Invasive Species26▲ 5.8×17 topics
  5. Public Health21▲ 1.44×29 topics
  6. Depression19▲ 2.1×16 topics
  7. Aging17▲ 3.1×9 topics
  8. Gender16▲ 2.8×21 topics
  9. Conservation15▲ 3.5×17 topics
  10. Social Support15▲ 2.7×13 topics
  11. Water Quality15▲ 3.7×13 topics
  12. Anxiety14▲ 3.0×11 topics
  13. Neuroscience13▲ 4.4×11 topics
  14. Environmental Impacts13▲ 4.7×5 topics
  15. Habitat Fragmentation13▲ 5.7×5 topics
  16. Ethics13▲ 2.6×19 topics
  17. Human-Robot Interaction12▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Emotion Regulation12▲ 3.7×8 topics
  19. Eutrophication12▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Well-being12▲ 3.0×13 topics
  21. Neuroimaging12▲ 4.2×9 topics
  22. Fisheries Sustainability11▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Cognitive Decline10▲ 8.5×2 topics
  24. Health Equity10▲ 3.7×6 topics
  25. Cognitive Training10▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Sediment Transport10▲ 5.8×6 topics
  27. Caregiver Burden9▲ 8.2×2 topics
  28. Freshwater Biodiversity9▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Dementia9▲ 9.4×1 topic
  30. Mild Cognitive Impairment9▲ 10×1 topic
  31. Paleoclimatology9▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Holocene9▲ 7.4×3 topics
  33. Conservation Challenges8▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Flow Regulation8▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Sea Level8▲ 8.3×2 topics
  36. Harmful Algal Blooms8▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Modular Forms8▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Graph Labeling8▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Metric Dimension8▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Number Theory8▲ 32×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Minnesota, Duluth publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Dementia and Cognitive I…9Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 9 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…8Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 8 fractional worksGraph Labeling and Dimension Problems: 8 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…7Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 7 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Eco…6Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 6 fractional worksSocial Robot Interaction and HRI: 6 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 6 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and E…6Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 6 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 5 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 5 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthNature and Landscape ConservationComputational Theory and MathematicsAtmospheric Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 9 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  3. 3 Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems Computational Theory and Mathematics 8 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 7 works
  5. 5 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 6 works
  6. 6 Social Robot Interaction and HRI Social Psychology 6 works
  7. 7 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 6 works
  8. 8 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 6 works
  9. 9 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 5 works
  10. 10 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 5 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 available27.4%not open72.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Minnesota, Duluth's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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 Duluth

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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.