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Andrews University

In research, Andrews University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,573 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#385 of 1,896 worldwide) and Religious studies (#27 of 74 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Religious studies, Philosophy and History (Religious studies is 64.1× its share of world research).

andrews.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#4,084
of 22,385 · #4,985 all time
Rank in United States
#578
of 3,332
Research works
4k
▲ 88% vs 2018-21
Citations
67k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Andrews University

What is Andrews 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 #1,573 of 9,585 3.3%410 #2934
Arts and HumanitiesField #385 of 1,896 4.2%168 #1095
Religious studiesSubfield #27 of 74 1.0%66 #118
Social SciencesField #2,663 of 5,988 2.2%170 #4586
Physical SciencesDomain #6,605 of 10,670 8.1%93 #7348
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,943 of 2,526 1.3%72 #2786
Health SciencesDomain #7,944 of 9,902 4.7%64 #13469

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Andrews 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#2,934 #1,573
  2. Arts and Humanities#1,095 #385
  3. Religious studies#118 #27
  4. Social Sciences#4,586 #2,663
  5. Physical Sciences#7,348 #6,605
  6. Sociology and Political Science#2,786 #1,943
  7. Health Sciences#13,469 #7,944
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Andrews University work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Andrews University is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (27%), Medicine (8%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 448 fractional works · 66.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 191 fractional works · 28.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 80 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEducation: 38 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 179 fractional works · 26.7% of its workReligious studies: 72 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPhilosophy: 38 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHistory: 20 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArcheology: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 40 fractional works · 6.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 110 fractional works · 16.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 76 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMedicine: 56 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAndrewsUniversity670fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences67%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences19128.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities17926.7%
    3. Psychology406.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting162.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance142.1%
    6. Decision Sciences71.0%
    1. Environmental Science253.7%
    2. Engineering223.2%
    3. Computer Science203.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy172.5%
    5. Mathematics131.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.0%
    7. Materials Science30.5%
    8. Chemistry30.4%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine568.3%
    2. Health Professions182.7%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology162.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences111.6%
    3. Neuroscience71.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Andrews University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Religious studies takes 64.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 71.7 works64×
  2. PhilosophySubfield · 38.1 works13×
  3. HistorySubfield · 20.1 works9.3×
  4. Arts and HumanitiesField · 178.7 works9.2×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.61× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.15× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 9.24× its world share, 179 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.98× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 191 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities9.24×179 works
  2. Social Sciences2.25×191 works
  3. Psychology1.98×40 works
  4. Mathematics1.61×13 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.15×17 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.07×7 works
  7. Health Professions1.02×18 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.00×14 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.76×16 works
  10. Environmental Science0.75×25 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.64×7 works
  12. Neuroscience0.62×7 works
  13. Veterinary0.57×0 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×16 works
  16. Nursing0.45×2 works
  17. Medicine0.43×56 works
  18. Computer Science0.39×20 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×11 works
  20. Chemistry0.25×3 works
  21. Engineering0.22×22 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.13×3 works
  25. Energy0.10×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Andrews University?

Ranked on the quality score, R. Ciesielski, G. H. Ogin and A. Savin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Andrews University.

  1. 1 R. Ciesielski United States · #7,121 worldwide 67k citations · 836 works
  2. 2 G. H. Ogin United States · #25,589 worldwide 31k citations · 77 works
  3. 3 A. Savin United States · #27,022 worldwide 23k citations · 376 works
  4. 4 A. Raval United States · #61,424 worldwide 48k citations · 483 works
  5. 5 R. M. Martin United States · #93,920 worldwide 14k citations · 62 works
  6. 6 A. Geiser United States · #112,407 worldwide 7.1k citations · 86 works
  7. 7 F. Donovan United States · #113,272 worldwide 25k citations · 90 works
  8. 8 R. S. Ottens United States · #113,472 worldwide 17k citations · 60 works
  9. 9 E. D. Harstad United States · #138,076 worldwide 8.4k citations · 51 works
  10. 10 M. Ruspa United States · #148,388 worldwide 3.9k citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Andrews University

What are the most cited papers from Andrews University?

The most cited paper from Andrews University is "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2016), with 14,545 citations. Next come "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral" (9,794) and "An introduction to fluid dynamics" (6,206).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,011 authors 11 Feb 2016 14,545
2 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
3 An introduction to fluid dynamics N. Curle · International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Jul 1968 6,206
4 GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,149 authors 4 Sep 2019 3,658
5 Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A B. P. Abbott et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access1,154 authors 16 Oct 2017 3,599
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Andrews University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Social Justice, Globalization, African Christianity, Ethics, Theology, Gender and Spirituality.

▲ 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. Religion59▲ 19×26 topics
  2. Globalization56▲ 4.3×59 topics
  3. Social Justice55▲ 14×23 topics
  4. African Christianity39▲ 253×2 topics
  5. Education36▲ 3.1×47 topics
  6. Ethics35▲ 10×34 topics
  7. Theology35▲ 57×6 topics
  8. Gender35▲ 9.6×24 topics
  9. Spirituality32▲ 47×8 topics
  10. Identity28▲ 5.9×41 topics
  11. Climate Change28▲ 1.53×58 topics
  12. Feminism27▲ 14×12 topics
  13. Church History26▲ 91×3 topics
  14. Biblical Interpretation26▲ 123×2 topics
  15. Pentecostalism24▲ 151×2 topics
  16. Hermeneutics24▲ 44×3 topics
  17. Race24▲ 29×9 topics
  18. Biblical Monotheism23▲ 138×1 topic
  19. Jewish Society23▲ 138×1 topic
  20. Ecclesiology23▲ 415×1 topic
  21. Missionary Activities23▲ 415×1 topic
  22. Philosophy21▲ 7.0×23 topics
  23. Literature19▲ 5.2×30 topics
  24. Development18▲ 7.5×7 topics
  25. Intersectionality17▲ 14×7 topics
  26. Nationalism17▲ 5.7×21 topics
  27. Global Christianity16▲ 162×1 topic
  28. Short-Term Missions16▲ 162×1 topic
  29. Culture16▲ 4.5×18 topics
  30. Neuroscience15▲ 7.5×16 topics
  31. Leadership15▲ 4.6×19 topics
  32. NGOs15▲ 24×5 topics
  33. Black Liberation Theology14▲ 416×1 topic
  34. Oppression14▲ 416×1 topic
  35. Civil Society13▲ 18×4 topics
  36. Humanitarianism13▲ 33×2 topics
  37. International Aid13▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Community Development13▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Faith-Based Organizations12▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Social Services12▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Andrews University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies, Christian Theology and Mission and Theological Perspectives and Practices.

Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 23 fractional worksPentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 23 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 16 fractional worksTheological Perspectives and Practices: 14 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 12 fractional worksTheology and Philosophy …7Theology and Philosophy of Evil: 7 fractional worksKarl Barth and Christian Theology: 7 fractional worksMormonism, Religion, and History: 6 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 6 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 6 fractional works
Religious studiesSociology and Political SciencePhilosophyHistory2 others

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

  1. 1 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 23 works
  2. 2 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 23 works
  3. 3 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 16 works
  4. 4 Theological Perspectives and Practices Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  5. 5 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  6. 6 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 7 works
  7. 7 Karl Barth and Christian Theology Philosophy 7 works
  8. 8 Mormonism, Religion, and History History 6 works
  9. 9 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 6 works
  10. 10 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 6 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 available40.1%not open59.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.9%domestic only66.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Andrews University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 88% 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 Andrews University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0049% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Andrews University0.0029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Andrews 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Andrews University3.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.4% in 1992.

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