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University of South Florida

In research, University of South Florida stands highest in Social Sciences (#283 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#362 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#319 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology and Allergy, Applied Psychology and Gastroenterology — Immunology and Allergy is 3.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#642
of 28,054 · #382 all time
Rank in United States
#128
of 4,192
Research works
61k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5M
24.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is University of South Florida 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 #283 of 10,521 22.5%2,399 #167
Health SciencesDomain #362 of 11,982 12.3%3,258 #278
MedicineField #319 of 10,443 11.8%2,859 #300
Social SciencesField #384 of 6,365 24.0%1,112 #165
PsychologyField #145 of 2,181 18.5%613 #91
Life SciencesDomain #588 of 7,800 16.0%1,123 #418
Physical SciencesDomain #1,056 of 12,888 18.1%2,054 #478
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #289 of 2,578 23.6%417 #143
Computer ScienceField #547 of 4,667 20.6%573 #406
SurgerySubfield #228 of 1,816 11.1%393 #270

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of South Florida 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#167 #283
  2. Health Sciences#278 #362
  3. Medicine#300 #319
  4. Social Sciences#165 #384
  5. Psychology#91 #145
  6. Life Sciences#418 #588
  7. Physical Sciences#478 #1,056
  8. Sociology and Political Science#143 #289
  9. Computer Science#406 #547
  10. Surgery#270 #228
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 Florida specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology and Allergy takes 3.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 20.7 works3.0×
  2. Applied PsychologySubfield · 36.5 works2.9×
  3. GastroenterologySubfield · 28.6 works2.8×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 91 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 583 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.50× its world share, 133 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.99× its world share, 285 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 30 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 82 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 573 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 85 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 27 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 662 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 236 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 159 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.14× its world share, 118 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 97 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 328 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.68× its world share, 2,859 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 52 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.07× its world share, 273 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 180 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 86 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 136 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.28× its world share, 613 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1,112 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of South Florida?

Ranked on the composite score, Kristin Shrader‐Frechette, David V. Sheehan and Paul E. Spector lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of South Florida.

  1. 1 Kristin Shrader‐Frechette · #1,546 worldwide 1.8k citations · 88 works
  2. 2 David V. Sheehan · #1,883 worldwide 2.2k citations · 83 works
  3. 3 Paul E. Spector · #5,502 worldwide 1.3k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Arthur P. Bochner · #5,829 worldwide 876 citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Jeffrey P. Krischer · #6,415 worldwide 727 citations · 85 works
  6. 6 Walter C. Borman · #8,787 worldwide 900 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Laurence P. Clarke · #14,430 worldwide 748 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Thomas B. Casale · #17,423 worldwide 531 citations · 129 works
  9. 9 Enid Gilbert‐Barness · #19,765 worldwide 421 citations · 73 works
  10. 10 Tammy D. Allen · #20,376 worldwide 869 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at University of South Florida

Which keywords describe research at University of South Florida?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Treatment, Risk Factors, Depression and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology658▲ 1.88×131 topics
  2. Inflammation266▲ 1.45×82 topics
  3. Deep Learning256▼ 0.85×76 topics
  4. Machine Learning249▼ 0.86×81 topics
  5. Mental Health248▲ 1.91×40 topics
  6. Quality of Life219▲ 1.72×52 topics
  7. Treatment188▲ 1.75×51 topics
  8. Public Health184▲ 1.43×53 topics
  9. Risk Factors174▲ 1.79×36 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress169▲ 1.17×59 topics
  11. Depression159▲ 2.0×23 topics
  12. Globalization158◆ 0.91×92 topics
  13. Diagnosis156▲ 1.90×41 topics
  14. Immunotherapy131▲ 2.1×19 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease128▲ 1.31×38 topics
  16. Genetics124▲ 2.0×25 topics
  17. Social Media124◆ 0.98×28 topics
  18. Cancer123◆ 1.03×52 topics
  19. Management113▲ 1.63×32 topics
  20. Chemotherapy110▲ 1.77×25 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders103▲ 2.1×20 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome103▲ 1.43×24 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis102▲ 1.96×19 topics
  24. Complications100▲ 2.3×17 topics
  25. Anxiety92▲ 2.2×12 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors89▲ 2.3×14 topics
  27. Social Support89▲ 1.82×15 topics
  28. Aging87▲ 1.84×18 topics
  29. Adolescents83▲ 2.5×9 topics
  30. Resilience80▲ 1.89×18 topics
  31. Genetic Mutations76▲ 2.0×23 topics
  32. Health Disparities71▲ 3.0×9 topics
  33. Children69▲ 3.4×7 topics
  34. Emotion Regulation69▲ 2.5×9 topics
  35. Prognosis68▲ 2.4×9 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life67▲ 3.2×5 topics
  37. Developmental Trajectories58▲ 5.3×3 topics
  38. Evidence-Based Practice54▲ 4.7×7 topics
  39. Behavioral Interventions43▲ 6.2×3 topics
  40. Special Education40▲ 7.8×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Behavioral and Psychological Studies and Sleep and related disorders.

Autism Spectrum Disorder…30Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 30 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…29Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 29 fractional worksBehavioral and Psychological Studies: 28 fractional worksSleep and related disord…26Sleep and related disorders: 26 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …25Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 25 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 24 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 23 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Inter…20Crime Patterns and Interventions: 20 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 19 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 19 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceClinical PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyExperimental and Cognitive Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchCognitive Neuroscience 30 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 29 works
  3. 3 Behavioral and Psychological StudiesDevelopmental and Educational Psychology 28 works
  4. 4 Sleep and related disordersExperimental and Cognitive Psychology 26 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 25 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy researchOncology 24 works
  7. 7 Hearing Loss and RehabilitationCognitive Neuroscience 23 works
  8. 8 Crime Patterns and InterventionsSociology and Political Science 20 works
  9. 9 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 19 works
  10. 10 Diet and metabolism studiesPhysiology 19 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 available32.1%not open67.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower 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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