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University of South Carolina

In research, University of South Carolina stands highest in Social Sciences (#186 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#309 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#701 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Library and Information Sciences, Music and Safety Research — Library and Information Sciences is 15.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#753
of 28,054 · #329 all time
Rank in United States
#149
of 4,192
Research works
54k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6M
29.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is University of South Carolina 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 SciencesField #186 of 6,365 27.1%1,114 #120
Social SciencesDomain #309 of 10,521 25.2%2,266 #141
Health SciencesDomain #701 of 11,982 15.5%1,769 #398
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #161 of 2,578 31.6%361 #108
Physical SciencesDomain #865 of 12,888 16.8%2,370 #337
MedicineField #793 of 10,443 14.2%1,438 #569
EngineeringField #650 of 6,636 16.1%918 #271
Life SciencesDomain #845 of 7,800 16.5%691 #523
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #137 of 916 22.1%194 #110
Business, Management and AccountingField #442 of 2,578 27.9%208 #56

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of South Carolina 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#120 #186
  2. Social Sciences#141 #309
  3. Health Sciences#398 #701
  4. Sociology and Political Science#108 #161
  5. Physical Sciences#337 #865
  6. Medicine#569 #793
  7. Engineering#271 #650
  8. Life Sciences#523 #845
  9. General Health Professions#110 #137
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#56 #442
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 South Carolina specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Library and Information Sciences takes 15.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 20.7 works15×
  2. MusicSubfield · 22.8 works3.9×
  3. Safety ResearchSubfield · 59.8 works3.0×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 102 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 277 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 77 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.92× its world share, 221 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.40× its world share, 35 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 94 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 396 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 104 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 51 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.86× its world share, 918 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 239 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.05× its world share, 260 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.65× its world share, 138 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 136 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 282 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 1,438 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 34 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.11× its world share, 227 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 208 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 78 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 162 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.21× its world share, 478 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 1,114 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of South Carolina?

Ranked on the composite score, Allen N. Berger, Susan L. Cutter and Edward A. Frongillo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of South Carolina.

  1. 1 Allen N. Berger United States · #466 worldwide 3.4k citations · 133 works
  2. 2 Susan L. Cutter United States · #4,676 worldwide 1.6k citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Edward A. Frongillo United States · #8,758 worldwide 1.1k citations · 120 works
  4. 4 Daniel C. Feldman United States · #10,307 worldwide 1.4k citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Omrane Guedhami United States · #12,153 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Rajat Das Gupta United States · #15,364 worldwide 3.8k citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Angela D. Liese United States · #16,194 worldwide 449 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 John Baynes United States · #17,186 worldwide 624 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 Ismaeel Yunusa United States · #17,674 worldwide 875 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Russell R. Pate United States · #19,531 worldwide 937 citations · 124 works
All ranked researchers at University of South Carolina

Which keywords describe research at University of South Carolina?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Epidemiology, Public Health, Depression, Physical Activity, Adolescents, Inflammation and Prevalence.

▲ 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. Epidemiology359▲ 1.28×128 topics
  2. Mental Health273▲ 2.6×38 topics
  3. Public Health209▲ 2.0×56 topics
  4. Machine Learning182▼ 0.78×82 topics
  5. Deep Learning179▼ 0.74×76 topics
  6. Inflammation172▲ 1.16×77 topics
  7. Depression150▲ 2.4×23 topics
  8. Globalization149◆ 1.07×91 topics
  9. Climate Change136▼ 0.71×85 topics
  10. Social Media128▲ 1.26×32 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease122▲ 1.55×38 topics
  12. Quality of Life120▲ 1.17×54 topics
  13. Risk Factors117▲ 1.51×37 topics
  14. Physical Activity114▲ 3.3×10 topics
  15. Obesity104▲ 1.94×22 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome101▲ 1.75×23 topics
  17. Adolescents96▲ 3.6×9 topics
  18. Prevalence86▲ 3.0×15 topics
  19. Social Support86▲ 2.2×18 topics
  20. Gender77▲ 2.0×40 topics
  21. Health Effects76▲ 1.78×22 topics
  22. Child Development72▲ 2.4×7 topics
  23. Resilience72▲ 2.1×14 topics
  24. Anxiety72▲ 2.1×12 topics
  25. Health Disparities61▲ 3.3×8 topics
  26. Stress61▲ 2.3×10 topics
  27. Emotion Regulation61▲ 2.8×9 topics
  28. Health Outcomes57▲ 2.9×8 topics
  29. Developmental Trajectories53▲ 6.1×3 topics
  30. Chronic Disease53▲ 4.3×4 topics
  31. Self-Regulation52▲ 4.1×6 topics
  32. Academic Achievement50▲ 4.2×9 topics
  33. Intersectionality47▲ 3.6×11 topics
  34. Antiretroviral Therapy46▲ 4.0×6 topics
  35. Childhood39▲ 8.0×2 topics
  36. Dietary Risks39▲ 8.3×1 topic
  37. Overweight39▲ 8.3×1 topic
  38. Food Insecurity34▲ 8.0×2 topics
  39. Household Food Security33▲ 9.5×1 topic
  40. Nutritional Consequences33▲ 9.5×1 topic

Which research topics does University of South Carolina publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Obesity, Physical Activi…39Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 39 fractional worksFood Security and Health…33Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 33 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 31 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 25 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 25 fractional worksFuel Cells and Related Materials: 22 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 22 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health22COVID-19 and Mental Health: 22 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 20 fractional worksAdvancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: 20 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsClinical PsychologyInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 39 works
  2. 2 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 33 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 31 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 25 works
  5. 5 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 25 works
  6. 6 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  7. 7 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 22 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 22 works
  9. 9 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 20 works
  10. 10 Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Materials Chemistry 20 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 available30.0%not open70.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of South Carolina's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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.

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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.