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American Jewish University

In research, American Jewish University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,589 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,637
of 22,385 · #11,459 all time
Rank in United States
#2,247
of 3,332
Research works
739
▲ 66% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
American Jewish University

What is American Jewish University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,589 of 9,585 10.0%76 #4655

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Jewish 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does American Jewish University work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at American Jewish University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Computer Science (12%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 91 fractional works · 65.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 32.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 10.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 8.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 20.0% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 11.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 11.2% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 8.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAmerican JewishUniversity139fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences65%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4532.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1510.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities118.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance117.9%
    5. Decision Sciences53.8%
    6. Psychology32.3%
    1. Computer Science1611.8%
    2. Engineering75.3%
    3. Environmental Science31.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    5. Energy10.4%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine118.2%
    2. Health Professions42.6%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.7%
    2. Neuroscience10.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.52× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.78× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.37× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.91× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.67× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.58× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.91×5 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.67×11 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.37×15 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.78×11 works
  5. Social Sciences2.58×45 works
  6. Computer Science1.52×16 works
  7. Health Professions0.99×4 works
  8. Psychology0.75×3 works
  9. Nursing0.56×0 works
  10. Energy0.46×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.45×1 works
  12. Medicine0.43×11 works
  13. Environmental Science0.38×3 works
  14. Engineering0.36×7 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×2 works
  16. Dentistry0.33×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at American Jewish University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ziony Zevit, John R. Lutzker and Mladen Popović lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Jewish University.

  1. 1 Ziony Zevit United States · #989,478 worldwide 666 citations · 125 works
  2. 2 John R. Lutzker United States · #1,565,416 worldwide 5.8k citations · 159 works
  3. 3 Mladen Popović United States · #1,700,940 worldwide 686 citations · 144 works
  4. 4 Michael Berenbaum United States · #2,739,981 worldwide 532 citations · 123 works
  5. 5 Pinchas Giller United States · #3,167,895 worldwide 137 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Aryeh Cohen United States · #3,346,107 worldwide 103 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Sivan Zakai United States · #3,657,919 worldwide 138 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Daniel Gordis United States · #3,893,940 worldwide 43 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Steven Mark Lowenstein United States · #4,263,071 worldwide 314 citations · 73 works
  10. 10 Elliot N. Dorff United States · #4,314,149 worldwide 725 citations · 136 works
All ranked researchers at American Jewish University

What are the most cited papers from American Jewish University?

The most cited paper from American Jewish University is "Preferences for emotional information in older and younger adults: A meta-analysis of memory and attention tasks." (Nora A. Murphy, Derek M. Isaacowitz, 2008), with 334 citations. Next come "Mimicking phosphorylation of αB-crystallin affects its chaperone activity" (172) and "Using Recidivism Data to Evaluate Project Safecare: Teaching Bonding, Safety, and Health Care Skills to Parents" (134).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Preferences for emotional information in older and younger adults: A meta-analysis of memory and attention tasks. Nora A. Murphy, Derek M. Isaacowitz · Psychology and Aging Review Jun 2008 334
2 Mimicking phosphorylation of αB-crystallin affects its chaperone activity Heath W. Ecroyd, Sarah Meehan, Joseph Horwitz et al. · Biochemical Journal Open access 11 Dec 2006 172
3 Using Recidivism Data to Evaluate Project Safecare: Teaching Bonding, Safety, and Health Care Skills to Parents Ronit M. Gershater-Molko, John R. Lutzker, David Wesch · Child Maltreatment Aug 2002 134
4 Spirituality, religion, and healing in palliative care Christina M. Puchalski, Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, Imam Yahya Hendi · Clinics in Geriatric Medicine Nov 2004 118
5 Mnemonic vocabulary instruction: Additional effectiveness evidence Joel R. Levin, Mary E. Levin, Lynette D. Glasman et al. · Contemporary Educational Psychology Apr 1992 96
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at American Jewish University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning, Identity, Israel, Big Data, Human Rights and Curriculum Development.

▲ 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 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. Machine Learning14▲ 3.0×36 topics
  2. Deep Learning9▲ 1.90×30 topics
  3. Nationalism9▲ 15×9 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management9▲ 7.3×9 topics
  5. Big Data8▲ 6.3×9 topics
  6. Globalization8▲ 3.0×19 topics
  7. Identity8▲ 8.3×14 topics
  8. Human Rights8▲ 5.6×11 topics
  9. Israel8▲ 170×2 topics
  10. Education8▲ 3.2×16 topics
  11. Sustainability8▲ 2.2×16 topics
  12. Healthcare7▲ 4.5×10 topics
  13. Curriculum Development7▲ 7.1×11 topics
  14. Palestine6▲ 79×2 topics
  15. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.9×10 topics
  16. Ethnic Identity6▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Discrimination5▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Occupation5▲ 63×2 topics
  19. Islamic Education5▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Segregation5▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Settler Colonialism5▲ 87×1 topic
  22. Internet of Things5▲ 4.1×6 topics
  23. Gender5▲ 6.2×10 topics
  24. Economic Growth5▲ 4.0×12 topics
  25. Predictive Analytics4▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Security4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  27. Analytics4▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Business Intelligence4▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Cold War4▲ 44×3 topics
  30. Community4▲ 23×4 topics
  31. Cybersecurity4▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Character Education4▲ 5.5×4 topics
  33. Learning Outcomes4▲ 6.3×2 topics
  34. Religious Identity4▲ 43×3 topics
  35. Religion4▲ 5.4×8 topics
  36. Big Data Analytics3▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Cultural Integration3▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Holocaust3▲ 76×4 topics
  39. Cyber-Physical Systems3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  40. Religious Education3▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does American Jewish University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Jewish Identity and Society and Education and Character Development.

Jewish and Middle Easter…5Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 5 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 4 fractional worksJewish Identity and Soci…3Jewish Identity and Society: 3 fractional worksEducation and Character …3Education and Character Development: 3 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…2Race, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksImpact of AI and Big Dat…2Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …2Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 2 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post-war Society: 2 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceManagement Information SystemsDemographyEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 4 works
  3. 3 Jewish Identity and Society Demography 3 works
  4. 4 Education and Character Development Education 3 works
  5. 5 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  8. 8 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 2 works
  9. 9 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Education and Islamic Studies Education 2 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 available26.8%not open73.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has American Jewish University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 66% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is American Jewish University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00057% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%American Jewish University0.00092% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of American Jewish University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

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

still counting5%10%15%American Jewish University13.4% 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 13.6% in 2010.

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