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Yeshiva University

In research, Yeshiva University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,762 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,195 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,143 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology (Clinical Psychology is 7.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,386
of 22,385 · #2,626 all time
Rank in United States
#610
of 3,332
Research works
8.9k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
334k
37.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Yeshiva University

What is Yeshiva 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 #2,762 of 9,585 8.7%338 #3714
Health SciencesDomain #4,195 of 9,902 9.8%132 #3248
MedicineField #4,143 of 8,541 9.5%107 #2851
PsychologyField #1,052 of 2,121 10.3%104 #1855
Physical SciencesDomain #6,448 of 10,670 9.0%123 #4170
Social SciencesField #4,141 of 5,988 5.2%128 #4291

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yeshiva 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#3,714 #2,762
  2. Health Sciences#3,248 #4,195
  3. Medicine#2,851 #4,143
  4. Psychology#1,855 #1,052
  5. Physical Sciences#4,170 #6,448
  6. Social Sciences#4,291 #4,141
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 Yeshiva University work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Yeshiva University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (17%), Psychology (16%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 396 fractional works · 54.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 149 fractional works · 20.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 52 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 34 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLaw: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Administration: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 116 fractional works · 16.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 59 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 28 fractional works · 3.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 63 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPhilosophy: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workReligious studies: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 34 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 149 fractional works · 20.5% of its workMedicine: 120 fractional works · 16.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 143 fractional works · 19.7% of its workComputer Science: 54 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 22 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 24 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 40 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKYeshivaUniversity727fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences54%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences14920.5%
    2. Psychology11616.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities638.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting344.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance233.1%
    6. Decision Sciences111.5%
    1. Medicine12016.6%
    2. Health Professions273.7%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Computer Science547.4%
    2. Engineering283.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy243.3%
    4. Mathematics212.8%
    5. Environmental Science101.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.4%
    7. Materials Science20.3%
    8. Chemistry10.1%
    9. Energy10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology223.0%
    2. Neuroscience141.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Yeshiva University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 58.9 works7.7×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 54 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.42× its world share, 21 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.51× its world share, 24 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 120 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.00× its world share, 63 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.44× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.45× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.25× its world share, 116 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 149 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology5.25×116 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.00×63 works
  3. Mathematics2.42×21 works
  4. Social Sciences1.62×149 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.56×11 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.51×24 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.45×22 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.44×34 works
  9. Health Professions1.39×27 works
  10. Neuroscience1.16×14 works
  11. Computer Science0.95×54 works
  12. Medicine0.86×120 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×22 works
  15. Veterinary0.42×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.28×10 works
  17. Nursing0.28×1 works
  18. Engineering0.26×28 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×3 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  22. Energy0.09×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.09×2 works
  24. Chemistry0.06×1 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Yeshiva University?

Ranked on the quality score, Léa Ferreira dos Santos, Emil V. Prodan and A. J. Bell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yeshiva University.

  1. 1 Léa Ferreira dos Santos United States · #145,960 worldwide 5.4k citations · 256 works
  2. 2 Emil V. Prodan United States · #261,453 worldwide 14k citations · 231 works
  3. 3 A. J. Bell United States · #329,943 worldwide 5.9k citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Ariel Malka United States · #443,476 worldwide 3.2k citations · 98 works
  5. 5 Martin Goldstein United States · #531,059 worldwide 9.8k citations · 215 works
  6. 6 S. Abraham Ravid United States · #538,017 worldwide 4.8k citations · 118 works
  7. 7 Nikoline Leo Fleischer United States · #703,967 worldwide 2.1k citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Joshua A. Fishman United States · #783,949 worldwide 25k citations · 489 works
  9. 9 Sweta Roy United States · #961,994 worldwide 723 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Wenxiong Chen United States · #1,075,347 worldwide 2.1k citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Yeshiva University

What are the most cited papers from Yeshiva University?

The most cited paper from Yeshiva University is "A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (Stephen S Lim et al., 2012), with 12,027 citations. Next come "Computer "Experiments" on Classical Fluids. I. Thermodynamical Properties of Lennard-Jones Molecules" (9,534) and "An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes" (8,281).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Stephen S Lim et al. · The Lancet Open access209 authors Dec 2012 12,027
2 Computer "Experiments" on Classical Fluids. I. Thermodynamical Properties of Lennard-Jones Molecules Loup Verlet · Physical Review Open access 5 Jul 1967 9,534
3 An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes Gil A. McVean et al. · Nature Open access363 authors 31 Oct 2012 8,281
4 Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Theo Vos et al. · The Lancet Open access679 authors 7 Jun 2015 6,558
5 Autophagy fights disease through cellular self-digestion Noboru Mizushima, Beth Levine, Ana María Cuervo et al. · Nature Open access Feb 2008 6,507
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Yeshiva University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Human Rights, Emotion Regulation, Discrimination, Israel, Nationalism, Palestine and Depression.

▲ 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. Mental Health43▲ 4.1×33 topics
  2. Human Rights31▲ 4.2×23 topics
  3. Machine Learning30▲ 1.24×47 topics
  4. Deep Learning29▲ 1.16×54 topics
  5. Epidemiology28◆ 0.97×56 topics
  6. Depression22▲ 3.5×20 topics
  7. Emotion Regulation22▲ 9.4×8 topics
  8. Education20▲ 1.56×33 topics
  9. Nationalism19▲ 5.8×8 topics
  10. Discrimination19▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Israel17▲ 70×2 topics
  12. Adolescents16▲ 6.0×8 topics
  13. Palestine16▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Evidence-Based Practice15▲ 16×7 topics
  15. Psychopathology15▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Anxiety14▲ 4.2×11 topics
  17. Social Support14▲ 3.6×15 topics
  18. Resilience14▲ 3.9×10 topics
  19. Ethnic Identity13▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Theology13▲ 20×4 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis13▲ 3.0×11 topics
  22. Occupation13▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Well-being12▲ 4.3×12 topics
  24. Neurobiological Correlates11▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Intifada11▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Segregation11▲ 20×1 topic
  27. Settler Colonialism11▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Trauma10▲ 6.9×6 topics
  29. Health Disparities10▲ 5.2×6 topics
  30. Public Opinion9▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Psychological Interventions9▲ 9.2×4 topics
  32. Community9▲ 10×7 topics
  33. Cultural Competence9▲ 9.2×5 topics
  34. Personality Traits8▲ 8.9×7 topics
  35. Anxiety Disorders8▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Biblical Monotheism8▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Jewish Society8▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Religious Identity8▲ 18×4 topics
  39. Psychotherapy Outcome8▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Therapeutic Alliance8▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Yeshiva University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications and Jewish Identity and Society.

Jewish and Middle Easter…11Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 11 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…8Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 8 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques…8Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 8 fractional worksJewish Identity and Soci…6Jewish Identity and Society: 6 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 6 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 6 fractional worksSocial Work Education an…5Social Work Education and Practice: 5 fractional worksMedieval and Classical Philosophy: 5 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 5 fractional worksAttachment and Relations…5Attachment and Relationship Dynamics: 5 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceReligious studiesClinical PsychologyDemography5 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  2. 2 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 8 works
  3. 3 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 8 works
  4. 4 Jewish Identity and Society Demography 6 works
  5. 5 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  6. 6 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 6 works
  7. 7 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 5 works
  8. 8 Medieval and Classical Philosophy Philosophy 5 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 5 works
  10. 10 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Social Psychology 5 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: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.8%domestic only89.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Yeshiva University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower 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 Yeshiva University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Yeshiva University0.0033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Yeshiva 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Yeshiva University6.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.4% in 2007.

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