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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

In research, University of Nebraska–Lincoln stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#75 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#557 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#532 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology and Soil Science — Agronomy and Crop Science is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#586
of 28,054 · #332 all time
Rank in United States
#121
of 4,192
Research works
56k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7M
29.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is University of Nebraska–Lincoln 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #75 of 3,409 25.1%750 #51
Physical SciencesDomain #557 of 12,888 16.4%2,406 #321
Social SciencesDomain #532 of 10,521 21.0%1,454 #237
Life SciencesDomain #530 of 7,800 21.9%1,368 #408
Social SciencesField #440 of 6,365 24.1%682 #175
Plant ScienceSubfield #126 of 1,395 34.1%248 #74
Environmental ScienceField #324 of 3,551 22.7%483 #219
EngineeringField #618 of 6,636 14.2%860 #357
MedicineField #1,295 of 10,443 17.9%411 #1102
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #453 of 3,579 19.0%469 #332

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Nebraska–Lincoln 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#51 #75
  2. Physical Sciences#321 #557
  3. Social Sciences#237 #532
  4. Life Sciences#408 #530
  5. Social Sciences#175 #440
  6. Plant Science#74 #126
  7. Environmental Science#219 #324
  8. Engineering#357 #618
  9. Medicine#1,102 #1,295
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#332 #453
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 Nebraska–Lincoln specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 112.7 works8.2×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 64.4 works5.0×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 68.2 works3.9×
  4. Small AnimalsSubfield · 25.5 works3.6×
  5. VeterinaryField · 26.7 works3.4×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 53.7 works3.3×
← 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: 2.71× its world share, 750 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.51× its world share, 470 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 52 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 90 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.66× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 64 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 350 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 146 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 860 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.67× its world share, 484 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.06× its world share, 215 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 72 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.33× its world share, 173 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 104 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 412 worksMedicineNursing: 1.52× its world share, 43 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.38× its world share, 27 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.03× its world share, 173 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 138 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 64 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 98 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 299 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 682 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University of Nebraska–Lincoln?

Ranked on the composite score, Fred Luthans, Eric Thompson and Achim Dobermann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

  1. 1 Fred Luthans United States · #2,181 worldwide 1.9k citations · 82 works
  2. 2 Eric Thompson United States · #5,325 worldwide 692 citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Achim Dobermann United States · #5,353 worldwide 962 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Kenneth G. Cassman United States · #6,649 worldwide 2.1k citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Gregg Rothermel United States · #8,170 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Linxia Gu United States · #11,033 worldwide 1.3k citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Shashi B. Verma United States · #13,169 worldwide 1.4k citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Joseph P. Weir United States · #13,393 worldwide 600 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 John W. Creswell United States · #16,530 worldwide 803 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 James A. R. Samson United States · #24,722 worldwide 506 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Which keywords describe research at University of Nebraska–Lincoln?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Mental Health, Biodiversity, Hydrological Modeling, Machine Learning, Marker-Assisted Selection, Genetic Improvement 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 Change371▲ 2.4×98 topics
  2. Machine Learning188◆ 0.98×80 topics
  3. Epidemiology172▼ 0.75×111 topics
  4. Sustainability157◆ 1.11×83 topics
  5. Mental Health156▲ 1.84×37 topics
  6. Deep Learning150▼ 0.75×75 topics
  7. Biodiversity112▲ 2.6×30 topics
  8. Environmental Impact102◆ 1.03×50 topics
  9. Remote Sensing101▲ 1.41×32 topics
  10. Microbial Communities78▲ 3.1×10 topics
  11. Hydrological Modeling72▲ 5.3×5 topics
  12. Genetic Diversity69▲ 2.7×20 topics
  13. Invasive Species67▲ 2.7×20 topics
  14. Gut Microbiota62▲ 3.0×7 topics
  15. Marker-Assisted Selection56▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Genetic Improvement56▲ 10×4 topics
  17. Global Change52▲ 3.4×7 topics
  18. Plant Breeding50▲ 8.9×4 topics
  19. QTL Mapping50▲ 7.3×6 topics
  20. Population Genetics48▲ 6.0×5 topics
  21. Sea Level Rise45▲ 6.1×3 topics
  22. Microbial Community42▲ 9.2×4 topics
  23. Soil Carbon Sequestration42▲ 9.6×2 topics
  24. Engineering Education41▲ 8.0×5 topics
  25. Animal Welfare40▲ 7.8×4 topics
  26. Geodetic Measurements38▲ 6.0×2 topics
  27. Solar Wind38▲ 6.9×2 topics
  28. GRACE37▲ 12×1 topic
  29. groundwater depletion37▲ 12×1 topic
  30. Electron Acceleration37▲ 9.4×2 topics
  31. Ionosphere37▲ 11×1 topic
  32. Magnetosphere37▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Teacher Preparation36▲ 8.8×4 topics
  34. Genome-Wide Association35▲ 7.7×2 topics
  35. Heat Stress35▲ 7.4×2 topics
  36. Crop Improvement34▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Quantitative Genetics34▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Animal Breeding34▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Genomic Selection34▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Milk Composition33▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Nebraska–Lincoln publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock and Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology.

Geophysics and Gravity M…37Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 37 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…37Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 37 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 34 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…31Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 31 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…31Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 31 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 28 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 24 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Dive…23Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 23 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Policy: 22 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 22 fractional works
OceanographyAstronomy and AstrophysicsGeneticsAgronomy and Crop Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 37 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 37 works
  3. 3 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 34 works
  4. 4 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 31 works
  5. 5 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 31 works
  6. 6 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 28 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 24 works
  8. 8 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 23 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Economics and Policy General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 22 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 22 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 available30.5%not open69.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.6%domestic only87.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Nebraska–Lincoln's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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.