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University of Oklahoma

In research, University of Oklahoma stands highest in Social Sciences (#419 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#571 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#304 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Atmospheric Science is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#655
of 28,054 · #417 all time
Rank in United States
#130
of 4,192
Research works
44k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is University of Oklahoma 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
Social SciencesDomain #419 of 10,521 25.0%1,557 #200
Physical SciencesDomain #571 of 12,888 17.8%2,387 #402
Social SciencesField #304 of 6,365 28.2%793 #146
Environmental ScienceField #304 of 3,551 21.8%420 #182
Health SciencesDomain #1,137 of 11,982 14.7%751 #618
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #305 of 2,578 31.0%256 #223
MedicineField #1,259 of 10,443 13.8%630 #603
EngineeringField #842 of 6,636 16.6%814 #429
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #207 of 1,209 13.6%294 #140
Life SciencesDomain #1,349 of 7,800 20.4%409 #897

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Oklahoma 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. Social Sciences#200 #419
  2. Physical Sciences#402 #571
  3. Social Sciences#146 #304
  4. Environmental Science#182 #304
  5. Health Sciences#618 #1,137
  6. Sociology and Political Science#223 #305
  7. Medicine#603 #1,259
  8. Engineering#429 #842
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences#140 #207
  10. Life Sciences#897 #1,349
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 Oklahoma specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 153.5 works6.8×
  2. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 108.4 works4.1×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 293.9 works3.7×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 28.7 works3.7×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 97 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 190 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 90 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.20× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.24× its world share, 99 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 291 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.67× its world share, 294 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.85× its world share, 40 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.06× its world share, 814 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.66× its world share, 420 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 149 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.35× its world share, 81 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.55× its world share, 176 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 97 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 630 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.47× its world share, 216 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 152 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 65 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 108 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 223 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 793 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Oklahoma?

Ranked on the composite score, K. Bos, C. P. Bee and B. Di Girolamo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Oklahoma.

  1. 1 K. Bos United States · #306 worldwide 5.2k citations · 159 works
  2. 2 C. P. Bee United States · #325 worldwide 5.2k citations · 142 works
  3. 3 B. Di Girolamo United States · #329 worldwide 4.7k citations · 143 works
  4. 4 E. J. Gallas United States · #334 worldwide 5.4k citations · 168 works
  5. 5 L. Fayard United States · #353 worldwide 5.2k citations · 159 works
  6. 6 K. Benslama United States · #472 worldwide 4.9k citations · 140 works
  7. 7 T. Flick United States · #473 worldwide 4.8k citations · 143 works
  8. 8 P. Calfayan United States · #539 worldwide 4.8k citations · 163 works
  9. 9 A. Catinaccio United States · #557 worldwide 5.5k citations · 202 works
  10. 10 S. Franchino United States · #566 worldwide 4.8k citations · 134 works
All ranked researchers at University of Oklahoma

Which keywords describe research at University of Oklahoma?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Boundary Layer, Probabilistic Forecasting, Global Warming, Convective Parameterization and Mesoscale Modeling.

▲ 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 Change276▲ 2.0×86 topics
  2. Machine Learning180◆ 1.08×79 topics
  3. Globalization124▲ 1.24×87 topics
  4. Sustainability121◆ 0.98×74 topics
  5. Data Assimilation108▲ 14×4 topics
  6. Remote Sensing104▲ 1.66×33 topics
  7. Mental Health102▲ 1.36×38 topics
  8. Ensemble Kalman Filter95▲ 18×2 topics
  9. Social Media92▲ 1.26×29 topics
  10. Global Warming91▲ 4.4×12 topics
  11. Nanoparticles91▲ 1.42×35 topics
  12. Boundary Layer77▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Probabilistic Forecasting73▲ 7.3×3 topics
  14. Hydrological Modeling70▲ 5.8×5 topics
  15. Convective Parameterization67▲ 24×1 topic
  16. Mesoscale Modeling67▲ 24×1 topic
  17. History66▲ 1.83×35 topics
  18. Gender61▲ 2.2×34 topics
  19. CO2 Sequestration60▲ 6.2×4 topics
  20. Hydraulic Fracturing60▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Hydrological Cycle56▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Nationalism55▲ 2.3×22 topics
  23. Greenhouse Gas Emissions48▲ 3.5×8 topics
  24. Ocean Circulation47▲ 7.1×3 topics
  25. Shale Gas46▲ 7.1×2 topics
  26. Fracture Propagation44▲ 14×1 topic
  27. Shale Gas Reservoirs44▲ 14×1 topic
  28. Sea Level Rise43▲ 6.6×3 topics
  29. Extreme Events42▲ 9.5×2 topics
  30. Climate Modeling41▲ 11×1 topic
  31. Precipitation Extremes41▲ 11×1 topic
  32. Satellite Observations40▲ 8.0×3 topics
  33. Public Opinion39▲ 6.2×6 topics
  34. Rheological Properties39▲ 4.3×5 topics
  35. Drilling Fluids38▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Well Integrity38▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Gas Permeability36▲ 7.0×2 topics
  38. Validation34▲ 7.5×3 topics
  39. Mudstones31▲ 7.9×1 topic
  40. Thermal Maturity31▲ 7.9×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Oklahoma publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Climate variability and models and Drilling and Well Engineering.

Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 67 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 44 fractional worksClimate variability and …41Climate variability and models: 41 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…38Drilling and Well Engineering: 38 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 31 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 28 fractional worksPrecipitation Measuremen…23Precipitation Measurement and Analysis: 23 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 22 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 20 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 17 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceMechanical EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeOcean Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 67 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 44 works
  3. 3 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 41 works
  4. 4 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 38 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 31 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 28 works
  7. 7 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 23 works
  8. 8 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 22 works
  9. 9 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 20 works
  10. 10 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 17 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 available25.5%not open74.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Oklahoma'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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