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Research in Louisville

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Louisville. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
365
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
5.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Louisville

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Which research institutions are in Louisville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryUniversity 359 #22,059
2Yum! Brands (United States)Company 3 not ranked
3Brown-Forman (United States)Company 3 not ranked

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 Louisville work in?

In 2022-now, 97% of research in Louisville is in Social Sciences, 2% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (48%), Social Sciences (40%), Psychology (5%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 78 fractional works · 96.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 39 fractional works · 48.0% of its workReligious studies: 21 fractional works · 26.4% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 40.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 7.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLouisville81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences97%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities3948.0%
    2. Social Sciences3240.0%
    3. Psychology44.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.9%
    5. Decision Sciences11.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    1. Chemistry00.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    3. Computer Science00.3%
    1. Health Professions10.8%
    2. Medicine00.3%
    1. Neuroscience00.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Louisville strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Louisville is most concentrated in Religious studies and Arts and Humanities (157.7× the world share in Religious studies).

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 20.2 works158×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 36.4 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 17 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 16.45× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.21× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 16.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities16.45×36 works
  2. Social Sciences3.21×31 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.58×1 works
  4. Psychology1.50×4 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×2 works
  6. Chemistry0.42×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.30×1 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.29×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.27×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  13. Medicine0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Louisville?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Theology, Religion, Social Justice, Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society, Globalization, African Christianity and Church History.

▲ 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. Theology14▲ 183×4 topics
  2. Religion12▲ 33×12 topics
  3. Social Justice10▲ 20×11 topics
  4. Biblical Monotheism9▲ 457×1 topic
  5. Jewish Society9▲ 457×1 topic
  6. Globalization8▲ 5.3×13 topics
  7. African Christianity7▲ 362×2 topics
  8. Church History6▲ 189×3 topics
  9. Biblical Interpretation6▲ 222×2 topics
  10. Spirituality6▲ 70×5 topics
  11. Development5▲ 18×3 topics
  12. Nationalism5▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Political Philosophy4▲ 103×2 topics
  14. NGOs4▲ 57×2 topics
  15. American founding4▲ 186×1 topic
  16. Constitutional government4▲ 186×1 topic
  17. Faith-Based Organizations4▲ 173×1 topic
  18. Gender4▲ 9.8×6 topics
  19. Social Services4▲ 118×1 topic
  20. Cultural Identity4▲ 9.8×2 topics
  21. Global Christianity4▲ 320×1 topic
  22. Short-Term Missions4▲ 320×1 topic
  23. Feminism4▲ 16×5 topics
  24. History4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  25. Identity3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  26. Calvinism3▲ 179×1 topic
  27. Reformation3▲ 144×1 topic
  28. Hermeneutics3▲ 47×2 topics
  29. Multiculturalism3▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Ecclesiology3▲ 437×1 topic
  31. Pentecostalism3▲ 150×1 topic
  32. Colonialism3▲ 7.4×5 topics
  33. Secularism3▲ 33×3 topics
  34. Social Support3▲ 6.1×3 topics
  35. Christian Education3▲ 143×1 topic
  36. Church Leadership3▲ 143×1 topic
  37. Philosophy2▲ 6.9×7 topics
  38. Urban Development2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  39. Health2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  40. Equality2▲ 47×2 topics

What research is done in Louisville?

Biblical Studies and Int…9Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 9 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…4Religion, Society, and Development: 4 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …4American Constitutional Law and Politics: 4 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 4 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 3 fractional worksContemporary Christian L…2Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education: 2 fractional worksPentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 2 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 2 fractional worksReligious Education and Schools: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Linguistic Studies: 2 fractional works
Religious studiesSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsHistory2 others

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

  1. 1 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 9 works
  2. 2 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  4. 4 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 4 works
  5. 5 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 3 works
  6. 6 Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education Religious studies 2 works
  7. 7 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 2 works
  8. 8 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 2 works
  9. 9 Religious Education and Schools Education 2 works
  10. 10 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works

Research output over time

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

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