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Yale University

In research, Yale University stands highest in Social Sciences (#14 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#18 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#16 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Behavioral Neuroscience, Internal Medicine and Transplantation (Behavioral Neuroscience is 3.9× its share of world research).

yale.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#26
of 22,385 · #17 all time
Rank in United States
#10
of 3,332
Research works
189k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
9M
47.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.26×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Yale University

What is Yale University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #14 of 9,585 13.2%5,327 #8
Health SciencesDomain #18 of 9,902 12.8%9,825 #15
MedicineField #16 of 8,541 12.8%8,936 #15
Social SciencesField #19 of 5,988 13.7%2,245 #8
Life SciencesDomain #22 of 6,403 13.4%3,820 #18
PsychologyField #8 of 2,121 13.4%1,230 #6
Physical SciencesDomain #69 of 10,670 15.5%3,688 #52
Clinical PsychologySubfield #5 of 767 13.6%538 #2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #23 of 2,964 13.1%2,086 #16
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #16 of 1,798 12.8%677 #15

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yale 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#8 #14
  2. Health Sciences#15 #18
  3. Medicine#15 #16
  4. Social Sciences#8 #19
  5. Life Sciences#18 #22
  6. Psychology#6 #8
  7. Physical Sciences#52 #69
  8. Clinical Psychology#2 #5
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#16 #23
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#15 #16
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Yale University work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Yale University is in Health Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Social Sciences (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 11k fractional works · 43.8% of its workMedicine: 10k fractional works · 39.9% of its workSurgery: 1,225 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 925 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEpidemiology: 805 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 763 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 710 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 698 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 487 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 428 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 368 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 320 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 304 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 287 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 249 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 245 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 202 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 201 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 173 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 170 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 168 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 159 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 154 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 149 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 117 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 114 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 94 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 92 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 78 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 58 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 58 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 307 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 831 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 521 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 97 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 52 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 162 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 104 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 88 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 33 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 24 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5,879 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,458 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 871 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 479 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 172 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 144 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 141 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 129 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 123 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 81 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 170 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 1,408 fractional works · 5.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 602 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 327 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 291 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 91 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 820 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 152 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 146 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 113 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 85 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 191 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 712 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 504 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 145 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 304 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 98 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 134 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 178 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 92 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4,441 fractional works · 17.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2,436 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,365 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 455 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 203 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 194 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 220 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 1,107 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 575 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 236 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 106 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 189 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 512 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 400 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 112 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 294 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 98 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 128 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 93 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4,160 fractional works · 16.2% of its workComputer Science: 926 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 483 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 109 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 88 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 81 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 97 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 821 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 308 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 208 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 241 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 665 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 164 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 119 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 113 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 270 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 613 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 220 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 128 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 86 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 61 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 117 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 326 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 167 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 160 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 232 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 121 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 111 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 218 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 131 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 215 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 157 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 101 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 95 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKYale University26kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences23%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10k39.9%
    2. Health Professions8313.2%
    3. Nursing1040.4%
    4. Dentistry330.1%
    5. Veterinary240.1%
  2. Social Sciences5,87922.8%
    1. Social Sciences2,4589.5%
    2. Psychology1,4085.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities8203.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7122.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting3041.2%
    6. Decision Sciences1780.7%
  3. Life Sciences4,44117.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2,4369.5%
    2. Neuroscience1,1074.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology5122.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2941.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics930.4%
    1. Computer Science9263.6%
    2. Engineering8213.2%
    3. Environmental Science6652.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy6132.4%
    5. Mathematics3261.3%
    6. Chemistry2320.9%
    7. Materials Science2180.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences2150.8%
    9. Energy1010.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering420.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Yale University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Behavioral Neuroscience takes 3.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 39.6 works3.9×
  2. Internal MedicineSubfield · 57.8 works3.7×
  3. TransplantationSubfield · 41.0 works3.6×
  4. Family PracticeSubfield · 41.6 works3.4×
  5. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 200.6 works3.2×
  6. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 575.0 works3.1×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 294 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.77× its world share, 2,436 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.97× its world share, 512 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.65× its world share, 1,107 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 93 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 42 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 232 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 926 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 215 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 101 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 822 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 665 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 218 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.08× its world share, 326 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.07× its world share, 613 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 33 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 831 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.08× its world share, 10k worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 104 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 24 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.10× its world share, 820 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 304 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 178 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.29× its world share, 712 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.79× its world share, 1,408 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 2,458 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.65×1,107 works
  2. Medicine2.08×10k works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.97×512 works
  4. Psychology1.79×1,408 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.77×2,436 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.29×712 works
  7. Health Professions1.22×831 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.10×820 works
  9. Mathematics1.08×326 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.07×613 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.02×93 works
  12. Nursing0.82×104 works
  13. Social Sciences0.75×2,458 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.72×178 works
  15. Veterinary0.68×24 works
  16. Chemistry0.57×232 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.53×215 works
  18. Environmental Science0.52×665 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.46×42 works
  20. Computer Science0.46×926 works
  21. Energy0.43×101 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×304 works
  23. Dentistry0.27×33 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×294 works
  25. Materials Science0.24×218 works
  26. Engineering0.21×822 works

Who are the top researchers at Yale University?

Ranked on the quality score, Menachem Elimelech, Walter Jetz and Ari Helenius lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yale University.

  1. 1 Menachem Elimelech United States · #4 worldwide 151k citations · 747 works
  2. 2 Walter Jetz United States · #197 worldwide 57k citations · 367 works
  3. 3 Ari Helenius United States · #221 worldwide 52k citations · 238 works
  4. 4 Nenad Šestan United States · #792 worldwide 43k citations · 277 works
  5. 5 T. Aronsson United States · #1,020 worldwide 16k citations · 93 works
  6. 6 Ruslan M. Medzhitov United States · #1,033 worldwide 133k citations · 348 works
  7. 7 Akiko Iwasaki United States · #1,063 worldwide 78k citations · 635 works
  8. 8 Chandrani Sinha Roy United States · #1,074 worldwide 29k citations · 211 works
  9. 9 Karen C. Seto United States · #1,284 worldwide 43k citations · 266 works
  10. 10 Pietro V. De Camilli United States · #1,316 worldwide 71k citations · 565 works
All ranked researchers at Yale University

What are the most cited papers from Yale University?

The most cited paper from Yale University is "Meta-analysis in clinical trials" (Rebecca DerSimonian, Nan M. Laird, 1986), with 40,073 citations. Next come "A global reference for human genetic variation" (20,444) and "An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome" (19,751).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Meta-analysis in clinical trials Rebecca DerSimonian, Nan M. Laird · Controlled Clinical Trials Sep 1986 40,073
2 A global reference for human genetic variation Corresponding authors et al. · Nature Open access815 authors 29 Sep 2015 20,444
3 An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome Ian Dunham et al. · Nature Open access442 authors Sep 2012 19,751
4 Testing for a unit root in time series regression Peter C.B. Phillips, Pierre Perrón · Biometrika 1988 18,270
5 Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae S. Perlmutter et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access Jun 1999 18,225
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Yale University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Inflammation, Treatment, Depression, Public Health, Diagnosis and Neurological Disorders.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology1,908▲ 1.86×134 topics
  2. Inflammation823▲ 1.50×82 topics
  3. Risk Factors690▲ 2.4×37 topics
  4. Treatment662▲ 2.1×50 topics
  5. Public Health623▲ 1.66×67 topics
  6. Mental Health601▲ 1.63×46 topics
  7. Quality of Life569▲ 1.53×57 topics
  8. Cancer537▲ 1.55×55 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress526▲ 1.24×60 topics
  10. Diagnosis522▲ 2.2×41 topics
  11. Depression522▲ 2.3×25 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease516▲ 1.76×39 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders430▲ 2.9×20 topics
  14. Chemotherapy419▲ 2.3×25 topics
  15. Genetics405▲ 2.2×27 topics
  16. Immunotherapy400▲ 2.1×19 topics
  17. Clinical Trials377▲ 2.2×19 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome370▲ 1.77×23 topics
  19. Guidelines368▲ 3.0×13 topics
  20. Management368▲ 1.79×34 topics
  21. Biomarkers362▲ 2.0×18 topics
  22. Obesity344▲ 1.73×24 topics
  23. Mortality337▲ 2.3×13 topics
  24. Gene Expression299▲ 1.85×19 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines298▲ 2.1×14 topics
  26. Heart Failure292▲ 2.5×14 topics
  27. Global Burden277▲ 1.97×12 topics
  28. Precision Medicine276▲ 2.2×8 topics
  29. Anxiety273▲ 2.2×12 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors269▲ 2.4×14 topics
  31. Genetic Mutations263▲ 2.3×23 topics
  32. Emotion Regulation246▲ 3.0×9 topics
  33. Neurobiology239▲ 3.5×10 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines234▲ 3.1×9 topics
  35. Mortality Risk230▲ 3.7×6 topics
  36. Health Disparities212▲ 3.2×9 topics
  37. Echocardiography211▲ 3.0×8 topics
  38. Global Burden of Disease208▲ 3.3×4 topics
  39. Psychiatric Disorders197▲ 5.6×4 topics
  40. Substance Use Disorders175▲ 9.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Yale University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes.

Functional Brain Connect…112Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 112 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…99Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 99 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 94 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 90 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 85 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 82 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 81 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…80Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 80 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 75 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 73 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceOncologyHealth InformaticsEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 112 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 99 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 94 works
  4. 4 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 90 works
  5. 5 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 85 works
  6. 6 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 82 works
  7. 7 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 81 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 80 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 75 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 73 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 available36.9%not open63.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Yale University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Yale University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.10% in 2024.

still counting0.20%0.40%0.60%Yale University0.096% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Yale University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Yale University12.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.2% in 1992.

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Which institutions have research most like Yale University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Washington University in St. Louis has the research profile closest to Yale University's, with both strong in Neuroscience.

  1. 1 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology 0.94 Compare
  2. 2 Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology 0.89 Compare
  3. 3 Duke UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology 0.88 Compare
  4. 4 Leiden UniversityNetherlands · Both strong in Immunology and Microbiology, Neuroscience, Psychology 0.88 Compare
  5. 5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology 0.88 Compare

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What is Yale University known for in research?

In research, Yale University stands highest in Social Sciences (#14 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#18 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#16 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Behavioral Neuroscience, Internal Medicine and Transplantation (Behavioral Neuroscience is 3.9× its share of world research).

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