Question 1

What is Virginia Tech known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Virginia Tech stands highest in Physical Sciences (#125 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#127 of 5,901 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#66 of 2,176 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Architecture, Software and Hardware and Architecture (Architecture is 6.1× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Virginia Tech rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Virginia Tech ranks #252 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#203 all time), and #72 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Virginia Tech?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Viswanath Venkatesh, Linsey C. Marr and F.C. Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Virginia Tech.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Virginia Tech?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Virginia Tech is "SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python" (Pauli Virtanen et al., 2020), with 40,161 citations. Next come "The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package *" (7,690) and "Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Reconciliation of Approaches to Bacterial Systematics" (7,348).

Question 5

Which research topics does Virginia Tech publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies, Engineering Education and Curriculum Development, Advanced DC-DC Converters and Human-Automation Interaction and Safety.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Virginia Tech?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Climate Change, Deep Learning, Power Electronics, Engineering Education, Neural Networks, Sustainability and Renewable Energy Integration.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Virginia Tech work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Virginia Tech is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (25%), Computer Science (12%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Virginia Tech's?

Accepted Answer

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the research profile closest to Virginia Tech's (similarity 0.93 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Veterinary, followed by University of Tennessee at Knoxville and North Carolina State University.

Question 9

Is Virginia Tech's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.