New rankings place NC State among national leaders in science research output
August 15, 2024
Nate DeGraff
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An aerial photo of Centennial campus, featuring the Hunt Library and the Fitts-Woolard building. Photo by Marc Hall
New rankings place NC State among the nation’s top universities in research output in science fields.
The recently released Leiden Ranking, produced by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands, ranks universities by articles published in scientific journals. The bibliographic database Web of Science is the primary source of the journal data.
Among the highlights for NC State:
8th nationally in life and earth sciences
18th nationally in physical sciences and engineering
25th nationally in mathematics and computer science
Overall, NC State ranked 41st nationally with more than 7,400 publications published from 2019 to 2022 (collaborative publications were counted fractionally). Worldwide, NC State ranked 167th out of more than 1,500 ranked universities.
