What drives American University's research
Ask where American University's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 6,745 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 70 countries.
Its most distinctive research concentrations include Legal Systems and Judicial Processes; International Law and Human Rights; American Constitutional Law and Politics.
The work's field-weighted citation impact is 3.44, against a world average of 1.0.
The Research Collaboration Index, the first global account of how universities actually collaborate, published its first full edition on 15 September 2026. The full results are public.
Every figure derives from the open global research record and is checkable at source.
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The Collaboration and Funding Blueprint
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