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Wayne State University

In research, Wayne State University stands highest in Medicine (#290 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#405 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#840 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health — Behavioral Neuroscience is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#731
of 28,054 · #344 all time
Rank in United States
#145
of 4,192
Research works
65k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8M
27.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Wayne State University 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
MedicineField #290 of 10,443 12.9%2,163 #217
Health SciencesDomain #405 of 11,982 13.3%2,447 #199
Physical SciencesDomain #840 of 12,888 18.1%1,314 #433
Life SciencesDomain #529 of 7,800 15.8%904 #256
Computer ScienceField #327 of 4,667 21.7%287 #302
Social SciencesDomain #758 of 10,521 21.5%1,380 #270
Social SciencesField #572 of 6,365 23.3%670 #254
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #378 of 3,579 16.4%511 #214
PsychologyField #278 of 2,181 19.7%384 #174
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #537 of 2,578 23.0%244 #256

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wayne State University 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. Medicine#217 #290
  2. Health Sciences#199 #405
  3. Physical Sciences#433 #840
  4. Life Sciences#256 #529
  5. Computer Science#302 #327
  6. Social Sciences#270 #758
  7. Social Sciences#254 #572
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#214 #378
  9. Psychology#174 #278
  10. Sociology and Political Science#256 #537
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 Wayne State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Behavioral Neuroscience takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 20.7 works8.7×
  2. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 100.3 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: 0.20× its world share, 59 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 511 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 90 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.29× its world share, 225 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 19 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.99× its world share, 94 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 287 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 476 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 135 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 84 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.88× its world share, 63 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.92× its world share, 124 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 239 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.86× its world share, 2,163 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.61× its world share, 13 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 105 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 104 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 78 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.08× its world share, 384 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 670 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Wayne State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jack D. Sobel, Hermann Pinkus and Charles A. Schiffer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wayne State University.

  1. 1 Jack D. Sobel · #6,210 worldwide 839 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Hermann Pinkus · #6,756 worldwide 480 citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Charles A. Schiffer · #7,405 worldwide 749 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 John M. Flack · #11,244 worldwide 722 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Michael J. Rybak · #11,695 worldwide 724 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 H. Bernhard Schlegel · #13,883 worldwide 1.8k citations · 114 works
  7. 7 T. M. Cormier · #13,984 worldwide 1.1k citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Roberto Romero · #14,613 worldwide 1.7k citations · 314 works
  9. 9 David Kessel · #15,572 worldwide 809 citations · 76 works
  10. 10 Julie Thompson Klein · #15,966 worldwide 438 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Wayne State University

Which keywords describe research at Wayne State University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology466▲ 1.95×125 topics
  2. Mental Health226▲ 2.5×39 topics
  3. Inflammation221▲ 1.75×79 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress192▲ 1.94×60 topics
  5. Risk Factors148▲ 2.2×36 topics
  6. Deep Learning138▼ 0.67×71 topics
  7. Public Health137▲ 1.56×50 topics
  8. Machine Learning135▼ 0.68×72 topics
  9. Treatment135▲ 1.84×48 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease133▲ 1.98×38 topics
  11. Depression128▲ 2.4×22 topics
  12. Quality of Life125▲ 1.44×52 topics
  13. Cancer119▲ 1.46×51 topics
  14. Diagnosis112▲ 1.99×39 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders89▲ 2.6×20 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome88▲ 1.80×23 topics
  17. Biomarkers86▲ 2.1×17 topics
  18. Social Support85▲ 2.5×18 topics
  19. Mortality83▲ 2.4×13 topics
  20. Aging78▲ 2.4×17 topics
  21. Immunotherapy78▲ 1.81×18 topics
  22. Chemotherapy73▲ 1.73×25 topics
  23. Neurobiology73▲ 4.7×10 topics
  24. Genetics72▲ 1.70×25 topics
  25. Resilience70▲ 2.4×16 topics
  26. Health Effects69▲ 1.90×20 topics
  27. Health Disparities66▲ 4.1×8 topics
  28. Anxiety64▲ 2.2×11 topics
  29. Emotion Regulation63▲ 3.3×9 topics
  30. Stress61▲ 2.7×10 topics
  31. Neuroimaging60▲ 3.7×11 topics
  32. Neuroprotection60▲ 2.8×14 topics
  33. Genetic Mutations58▲ 2.2×23 topics
  34. Cognitive Impairment55▲ 3.6×11 topics
  35. Psychological Impact54▲ 2.8×10 topics
  36. Mitochondrial Dysfunction54▲ 3.0×12 topics
  37. Mortality Risk52▲ 3.6×6 topics
  38. Trauma45▲ 3.7×8 topics
  39. Brain Development43▲ 4.0×6 topics
  40. Psychiatric Disorders40▲ 5.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Wayne State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Stress Responses and Cortisol and Epilepsy research and treatment.

Dementia and Cognitive I…24Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 24 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…23Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 23 fractional worksStress Responses and Cortisol: 21 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 19 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 19 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 18 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 18 fractional worksHomelessness and Social …17Homelessness and Social Issues: 17 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 16 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 16 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyBehavioral NeuroscienceMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 24 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 23 works
  3. 3 Stress Responses and CortisolBehavioral Neuroscience 21 works
  4. 4 Epilepsy research and treatmentPsychiatry and Mental health 19 works
  5. 5 Migration, Health and TraumaClinical Psychology 19 works
  6. 6 Mitochondrial Function and PathologyMolecular Biology 18 works
  7. 7 Cannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchPharmacology 18 works
  8. 8 Homelessness and Social IssuesGeneral Health Professions 17 works
  9. 9 Multiple Sclerosis Research StudiesPathology and Forensic Medicine 16 works
  10. 10 Health disparities and outcomesHealth 16 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 available25.6%not open74.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wayne State University'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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