Research areas where Arkansas already shows up in the global top 5–50 and the field still has room at the top — structural headroom to build from existing position. Surfaced as candidates for discussion, not prescriptions.
A topic is listed as a climbing-leadership candidate when:
ar_top100_rank between 5 and 50 globally for the topic.top5_share ≤ 30% (no small group of institutions has fully consolidated the top tier).cagr_2018_latest ≥ 0% (we don’t list candidates in fields that are shrinking globally).
Candidates are ranked by
climbing_score = (50 − ar_top100_rank) × (1 − top5_share) × (1 + cagr).
The score rewards higher current global rank, fragmented leadership,
and forward field growth.
This is a descriptive surface. It identifies areas where Arkansas has measurable structural position to build from — nothing more. Decisions about where to put effort belong to institutional leadership.
| # | Topic | AR rank | CAGR | Top-5 share | Confidence | Score |
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