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Research impact in core and related areas
Research Universities Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
2007 (Chronicle of Higher Education)
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Engineering |
Harvard Rank |
| Engineering, General * | 4 |
| Engineering, General * | 1 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | |
| Biological Sciences, various | 1 |
| Biomedical Sciences, various | 1 |
| Biophysics | 2 |
| Cell biology | 6 |
| Ecology | 4 |
| Evolutionary Biology | 5 |
| Genetics | 1 |
| Immunology | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 9 |
| Neurobiology/Neuroscience | 1 |
| Physical Sciences and Mathematics | |
| Applied Physics | 1 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 |
| Biostatistics | 1 |
| Chemical Sciences, various | 1 |
| Chemistry | 2 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 4 |
| Information Technology/Info Systems | 6 |
| Physics, General | 1 |
| Statistics | 5 |
* An institution may appear more than once if the discipline is related to more than one department.
Citation Impact Index
ScienceWatch (latest statistics)
“Harvard is still on top of the charts, according to research trend-tracking Science Watch … The ranking of the top 100 federally funded U.S. universities is based on numbers of high-impact (heavily cited) papers published in 21 fields of science and social science overt the past 5 years …”
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Field/Ranking |
High-Impact U.S. Universities, 2001-05 | Citation |
| Mechanical Engineering |
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| 1 | Harvard University | 95 (7.02) |
| 2 |
Princeton University |
119 (5.39) |
| 3 |
Brown University |
102 (4.97) |
| Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | ||
| 1 |
Harvard University | 99 (20.11) |
| 2 |
Stanford University | 67 (18.18) |
| 3 |
University of Wisconsin, Madison | 87 (13.75) |
| Mathematics | |
|
| 1 |
Stanford University |
430 (3.80) |
| 4 |
University of Minnesota | 552 (2.91) |
| 5 |
Harvard University | 376 (2.79) |
| AI, Robotics, & Auto Control | ||
| 1 |
University of California, San Diego | 139 (6.25) |
| 2 |
Yale University |
81 (5.10) |
| 3 |
Harvard University |
93 (4.95) |
Productivity Over Time
According to the Times Higher Education Supplement, Harvard ranked # 1 among institutions in engineering based on impact (Data from Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1997–31 October 2007): Papers: 1067 (papers); 12,788 (citations); 11.99 (citations per paper).
In terms of citation impact, Harvard ranked second nationally in the category of Engineering and Computer Science in a 2002 analysis by ISI (for 1998-2002 data).