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Research Fields

Discover where research strength is concentrated across universities. Field pages use OpenAlex topic classifications attached to institution research profiles and are published only after enough institutions contribute meaningful signals.

Global research fields

These are research-field intelligence pages rather than claims about teaching quality or departmental reputation. The current version uses the strongest OpenAlex topic signals available for each institution, so it is intentionally described as field research strength rather than a complete census of every paper in a discipline.

Research field

Social Sciences

7,707 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 5,115,495 works.

Average institutional research score: 45.4.

Research field

Computer Science

5,483 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 1,853,797 works.

Average institutional research score: 49.7.

Research field

Engineering

5,477 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 4,540,072 works.

Average institutional research score: 54.9.

Research field

Medicine

5,278 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 3,365,873 works.

Average institutional research score: 52.8.

Research field

Environmental Science

3,804 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 1,645,943 works.

Average institutional research score: 52.3.

Research field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences

3,736 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 1,991,958 works.

Average institutional research score: 51.5.

Research field

Business, Management and Accounting

3,204 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 947,470 works.

Average institutional research score: 49.3.

Research field

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

2,915 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 848,944 works.

Average institutional research score: 48.9.

Research field

Psychology

2,583 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 540,294 works.

Average institutional research score: 49.2.

Research field

Physics and Astronomy

2,571 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 5,682,641 works.

Average institutional research score: 61.3.

Research field

Health Professions

2,485 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 632,749 works.

Average institutional research score: 47.5.

Research field

Materials Science

2,438 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 1,201,904 works.

Average institutional research score: 57.0.

Research field

Arts and Humanities

2,196 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 736,800 works.

Average institutional research score: 44.7.

Research field

Earth and Planetary Sciences

1,774 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 1,487,537 works.

Average institutional research score: 56.5.

Research field

Decision Sciences

1,435 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 310,881 works.

Average institutional research score: 50.0.

Research field

Chemistry

1,317 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 688,398 works.

Average institutional research score: 56.7.

Research field

Mathematics

1,228 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 305,169 works.

Average institutional research score: 52.1.

Research field

Energy

1,145 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 488,241 works.

Average institutional research score: 60.7.

Research field

Neuroscience

994 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 526,723 works.

Average institutional research score: 56.3.

Research field

Nursing

816 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 111,950 works.

Average institutional research score: 50.4.

Research field

Immunology and Microbiology

621 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 330,541 works.

Average institutional research score: 57.8.

Research field

Dentistry

512 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 289,383 works.

Average institutional research score: 51.8.

Research field

Chemical Engineering

215 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 120,251 works.

Average institutional research score: 58.0.

Research field

Veterinary

103 universities contribute index-ready topic signals. Aggregate field signal: 40,636 works.

Average institutional research score: 54.8.

Quality before quantity

Why every database record does not become an SEO page

ITS Research Solution only indexes pages when the underlying data is rich enough to support useful comparison and interpretation. Registry-only records, short research histories, missing topics and low-completeness profiles stay in the database but remain outside the public sitemap. This prevents repetitive, thin institution and subject pages.

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