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Alliant International University

In research, Alliant International University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,585 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,348 of 6,365 worldwide) and Psychology (#1,568 of 2,181 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 9.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,319
of 28,054 · #8,220 all time
Rank in United States
#1,851
of 4,192
Research works
2.8k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
54k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Alliant International University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,585 of 10,521 12.6%335 #1262
Social SciencesField #3,348 of 6,365 16.4%110 #2649
PsychologyField #1,568 of 2,181 16.7%89 #359
Health SciencesDomain #11,094 of 11,982 8.3%70 #6838
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,540 of 2,578 2.0%77 #2377

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alliant International University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,262 #3,585
  2. Social Sciences#2,649 #3,348
  3. Psychology#359 #1,568
  4. Health Sciences#6,838 #11,094
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#2,377 #2,540
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Alliant International University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 46.9 works9.5×
  2. Social PsychologySubfield · 26.6 works6.4×
  3. PsychologyField · 88.8 works6.2×
  4. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 24.3 works5.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.97× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.08× its world share, 77 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.37× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.41× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.19× its world share, 89 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 110 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Alliant International University?

Ranked on the composite score, F. J. McGuigan, Philip Cushman and Bernardo M. Ferdman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alliant International University.

  1. 1 F. J. McGuigan United States · #94,446 worldwide 141 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Philip Cushman United States · #121,300 worldwide 174 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Bernardo M. Ferdman United States · #395,006 worldwide 89 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Donald I. Templer United States · #422,060 worldwide 130 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Kenneth Omeje United States · #490,446 worldwide 16 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Robert Geffner United States · #585,183 worldwide 82 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 John D. Cone United States · #716,460 worldwide 70 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Kevin O’Connor United States · #871,280 worldwide 42 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Constance J. Dalenberg United States · #875,878 worldwide 66 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Carlton W. Parks United States · #886,318 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Alliant International University

Which keywords describe research at Alliant International University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Leadership, Risk Management, Supply Chain Management, Innovation, Organizational Culture, Performance Measurement and Corporate Governance.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Mental Health55▲ 8.0×29 topics
  2. Leadership30▲ 13×13 topics
  3. Innovation24▲ 4.9×19 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management24▲ 5.4×12 topics
  5. Risk Management23▲ 10×8 topics
  6. Globalization22▲ 2.4×29 topics
  7. Corporate Governance19▲ 5.5×12 topics
  8. Organizational Culture18▲ 10.0×10 topics
  9. Economic Growth18▲ 4.4×10 topics
  10. Social Capital17▲ 6.9×10 topics
  11. Performance Measurement17▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Depression16▲ 4.0×12 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis16▲ 5.7×13 topics
  14. Emotion Regulation16▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Customer Satisfaction15▲ 10×4 topics
  16. Employee Engagement15▲ 19×4 topics
  17. Knowledge Management14▲ 5.4×8 topics
  18. Entrepreneurship14▲ 7.5×6 topics
  19. Health Disparities13▲ 11×8 topics
  20. Adolescents13▲ 7.3×8 topics
  21. Organizational Performance13▲ 11×7 topics
  22. Resilience13▲ 5.7×9 topics
  23. Social Support12▲ 4.6×11 topics
  24. Finance12▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Stress11▲ 6.2×8 topics
  26. Poverty Reduction11▲ 17×4 topics
  27. Children10▲ 9.4×2 topics
  28. Intersectionality10▲ 12×6 topics
  29. Human Resource Management10▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Financial Stability10▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Trauma10▲ 10×5 topics
  32. Parenting9▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Competency Models9▲ 69×1 topic
  34. Psychopathology9▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Strategic Thinking9▲ 69×1 topic
  36. Organizational Learning9▲ 29×4 topics
  37. Ethical Identity9▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Developmental Trajectories9▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Gender Identity8▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Stigma8▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Alliant International University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Quality and Supply Management.

Organizational Leadershi…9Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 9 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…9Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 9 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 7 fractional worksQuality and Supply Management: 7 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 7 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 7 fractional worksGlobal and Cross-Cultural Management: 7 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …6LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 6 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 5 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 5 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementAccountingClinical PsychologyManagement Information Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 9 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 9 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 7 works
  4. 4 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 7 works
  5. 5 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  6. 6 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  7. 7 Global and Cross-Cultural Management Anthropology 7 works
  8. 8 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 6 works
  9. 9 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 works
  10. 10 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 5 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available28.1%not open71.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Alliant International University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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