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Yale University

In research, Yale University stands highest in Health Sciences (#16 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#16 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#14 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Behavioral Neuroscience, Internal Medicine and Cognitive Neuroscience — Behavioral Neuroscience is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#30
of 28,054 · #12 all time
Rank in United States
#4
of 4,192
Research works
174k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6M
49.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Yale 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
Health SciencesDomain #16 of 11,982 19.0%8,061 #14
MedicineField #16 of 10,443 18.6%7,284 #15
Life SciencesDomain #14 of 7,800 25.1%3,444 #5
Social SciencesDomain #22 of 10,521 21.4%5,129 #8
NeuroscienceField #5 of 1,168 24.7%905 #4
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #21 of 3,579 23.8%1,843 #10
PsychologyField #13 of 2,181 27.3%1,160 #3
Physical SciencesDomain #77 of 12,888 25.6%3,574 #30
Social SciencesField #51 of 6,365 21.9%2,180 #20
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #7 of 828 21.8%547 #11

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 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. Health Sciences#14 #16
  2. Medicine#15 #16
  3. Life Sciences#5 #14
  4. Social Sciences#8 #22
  5. Neuroscience#4 #5
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#10 #21
  7. Psychology#3 #13
  8. Physical Sciences#30 #77
  9. Social Sciences#20 #51
  10. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#11 #7
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 Yale University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Behavioral Neuroscience takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 33.1 works4.2×
  2. Internal MedicineSubfield · 40.3 works3.3×
  3. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 476.2 works3.2×
  4. TransplantationSubfield · 28.4 works3.1×
  5. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 135.1 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: 0.25× its world share, 240 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.71× its world share, 1,843 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.91× its world share, 388 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.76× its world share, 904 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 68 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 36 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 197 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 782 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 184 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 89 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 710 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 556 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 188 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.18× its world share, 280 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.23× its world share, 553 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 23 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 658 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.87× its world share, 7,284 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 79 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 16 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.23× its world share, 718 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 278 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 148 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.49× its world share, 645 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.88× its world share, 1,160 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 2,180 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Yale University?

Ranked on the composite score, Steven Long, Richard N. Cooper and A. J. Lowe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yale University.

  1. 1 Steven Long United States · #20 worldwide 4.9k citations · 181 works
  2. 2 Richard N. Cooper United States · #109 worldwide 2.7k citations · 185 works
  3. 3 A. J. Lowe United States · #192 worldwide 5.4k citations · 168 works
  4. 4 William L. Jorgensen United States · #209 worldwide 4.5k citations · 119 works
  5. 5 Michelle L. Bell United States · #210 worldwide 5.1k citations · 114 works
  6. 6 Roy S. Herbst United States · #285 worldwide 2.7k citations · 182 works
  7. 7 S. Ferrag United States · #312 worldwide 5.2k citations · 134 works
  8. 8 B. Abi United States · #395 worldwide 5k citations · 142 works
  9. 9 Benoît B. Mandelbrot United States · #426 worldwide 4.2k citations · 109 works
  10. 10 S. Brunet United States · #447 worldwide 5.4k citations · 175 works
All ranked researchers at Yale University

Which keywords describe research at Yale University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Inflammation, Mental Health, Public Health, Depression, Treatment 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology1,405▲ 1.76×134 topics
  2. Inflammation616▲ 1.46×82 topics
  3. Mental Health515▲ 1.74×45 topics
  4. Risk Factors515▲ 2.3×37 topics
  5. Public Health507▲ 1.73×67 topics
  6. Treatment468▲ 1.91×50 topics
  7. Quality of Life428▲ 1.47×55 topics
  8. Depression419▲ 2.4×25 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress408▲ 1.24×60 topics
  10. Cancer394▲ 1.45×52 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease378▲ 1.68×39 topics
  12. Globalization364◆ 0.92×133 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders351▲ 3.1×20 topics
  14. Diagnosis350▲ 1.86×41 topics
  15. Genetics318▲ 2.2×27 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome293▲ 1.78×23 topics
  17. Immunotherapy264▲ 1.84×19 topics
  18. Mortality263▲ 2.3×13 topics
  19. Clinical Trials261▲ 1.93×19 topics
  20. Obesity261▲ 1.71×24 topics
  21. Chemotherapy259▲ 1.83×25 topics
  22. Biomarkers258▲ 1.87×18 topics
  23. Guidelines252▲ 2.7×13 topics
  24. Management247▲ 1.56×34 topics
  25. Anxiety213▲ 2.2×12 topics
  26. Nationalism212▲ 2.3×31 topics
  27. Emotion Regulation210▲ 3.3×9 topics
  28. Global Burden207▲ 1.91×12 topics
  29. Neurobiology197▲ 3.8×10 topics
  30. Prevalence192▲ 2.3×15 topics
  31. Adolescents190▲ 2.5×10 topics
  32. Heart Failure190▲ 2.2×14 topics
  33. Mortality Risk186▲ 3.9×6 topics
  34. Health Disparities174▲ 3.3×9 topics
  35. Global Burden of Disease170▲ 3.4×4 topics
  36. Psychiatric Disorders166▲ 6.2×4 topics
  37. Neuroimaging161▲ 2.9×11 topics
  38. Substance Use Disorders144▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Psychopathology142▲ 3.9×4 topics
  40. Public Opinion132▲ 5.2×6 topics

Which research topics does Yale University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and American Constitutional Law and Politics.

Functional Brain Connect…96Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 96 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…74Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 74 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 74 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 71 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 70 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 65 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 65 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …62Diversity and Career in Medicine: 62 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 58 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 58 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceEpidemiologyClinical PsychologyPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 96 works
  2. 2 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 74 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 74 works
  4. 4 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 71 works
  5. 5 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 70 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 65 works
  7. 7 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 65 works
  8. 8 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 62 works
  9. 9 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 58 works
  10. 10 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 58 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 available37.4%not open62.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Yale University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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