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Research in Elon

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Elon, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Elon University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3k
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
12.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Elon

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Which research institutions are in Elon?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Elon UniversityUniversity 3,044 #5,154

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Elon work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research in Elon is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Medicine (10%), Psychology (10%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 469 fractional works · 64.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 260 fractional works · 35.6% of its workEducation: 81 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 81 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGender Studies: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 73 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 54 fractional works · 7.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 44 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 29 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 116 fractional works · 15.8% of its workComputer Science: 52 fractional works · 7.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 30 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 103 fractional works · 14.2% of its workMedicine: 76 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 43 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKElon730fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences64%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences26035.6%
    2. Psychology7310.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities547.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting446.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance294.0%
    6. Decision Sciences81.1%
    1. Computer Science527.1%
    2. Engineering304.1%
    3. Environmental Science162.1%
    4. Mathematics81.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy50.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
    7. Chemistry20.2%
    8. Materials Science10.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine7610.4%
    2. Health Professions253.4%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology162.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences141.9%
    3. Neuroscience111.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Elon?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, Higher Education, Gender, Education, Informal Learning, Mental Health, Student Engagement and Innovation.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Educational Technology35▲ 4.1×22 topics
  2. Education34▲ 2.7×52 topics
  3. Globalization32▲ 2.3×56 topics
  4. Mental Health31▲ 3.0×38 topics
  5. Innovation27▲ 3.6×23 topics
  6. Social Media27▲ 2.7×23 topics
  7. Higher Education26▲ 6.6×14 topics
  8. Gender25▲ 6.4×25 topics
  9. Identity24▲ 4.5×30 topics
  10. E-Learning21▲ 3.0×9 topics
  11. Social Justice21▲ 4.7×23 topics
  12. Technology21▲ 5.4×13 topics
  13. Student Engagement20▲ 7.0×12 topics
  14. Informal Learning19▲ 21×5 topics
  15. Corporate Governance18▲ 3.3×16 topics
  16. Knowledge Management17▲ 4.2×12 topics
  17. History16▲ 3.2×24 topics
  18. Nationalism16▲ 4.7×17 topics
  19. Online Learning14▲ 2.4×9 topics
  20. Colonialism14▲ 4.0×21 topics
  21. Teaching Methods14▲ 11×8 topics
  22. Open Access13▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Religion13▲ 3.8×20 topics
  24. Neoliberalism13▲ 4.8×19 topics
  25. Digital Marketing12▲ 4.3×1 topic
  26. Educational Projects12▲ 37×1 topic
  27. Diversity12▲ 9.4×5 topics
  28. Motivation12▲ 3.9×8 topics
  29. Academic Achievement11▲ 9.0×10 topics
  30. Career Development10▲ 12×5 topics
  31. Student Perceptions10▲ 7.8×6 topics
  32. Technology Integration10▲ 4.3×7 topics
  33. Politics10▲ 5.1×11 topics
  34. Teacher Education9▲ 9.5×6 topics
  35. Self-Regulation9▲ 6.7×4 topics
  36. Cosmopolitanism8▲ 10×6 topics
  37. Experiential Learning8▲ 22×6 topics
  38. Metacognition8▲ 7.2×4 topics
  39. Cultural Competence8▲ 8.1×6 topics
  40. Student Participation8▲ 33×2 topics

What research is done in Elon?

E-Learning and Knowledge Management: 10 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 6 fractional worksHigher Education Practises and Engagement: 5 fractional worksStatistics Education and Methodologies: 5 fractional worksHigher Education Learning Practices: 5 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 4 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…4Corporate Finance and Governance: 4 fractional worksMentoring and Academic Development: 4 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 4 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…4Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 4 fractional works
Computer Science ApplicationsDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyEducationStatistics and Probability5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 10 works
  2. 2 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 6 works
  3. 3 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 5 works
  4. 4 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 5 works
  5. 5 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 5 works
  6. 6 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 4 works
  8. 8 Mentoring and Academic Development Social Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 4 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Elon13.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.9% in 2019.

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