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Aquinas College - Michigan

In research, Aquinas College - Michigan stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,672 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology (Psychology is 9.4× its share of world research).

aquinas.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#17,523
of 22,385 · #20,560 all time
Rank in United States
#2,564
of 3,332
Research works
351
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Aquinas College - Michigan

What is Aquinas College - Michigan 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 #7,672 of 9,585 2.5%78 #9207

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aquinas College - Michigan 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 Aquinas College - Michigan work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Aquinas College - Michigan is in Social Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (29%), Social Sciences (25%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 81 fractional works · 78.2% of its workPsychology: 29 fractional works · 28.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 16.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 7.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 24.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 10.5% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAquinas College -Michigan103fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences78%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology2928.5%
    2. Social Sciences2624.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities1110.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting98.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance66.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering32.4%
    2. Environmental Science22.1%
    3. Computer Science11.4%
    4. Chemistry11.1%
    5. Materials Science11.1%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    7. Mathematics10.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Medicine55.3%
    2. Health Professions11.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Aquinas College - Michigan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 29.4 works9.4×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.64× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.58× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.85× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 9.36× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology9.36×29 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.64×11 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.85×6 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.58×9 works
  5. Social Sciences1.96×26 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.85×1 works
  7. Chemistry0.72×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×3 works
  9. Mathematics0.55×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.50×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.44×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.43×2 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.31×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×2 works
  16. Medicine0.27×5 works
  17. Computer Science0.18×1 works
  18. Energy0.18×0 works
  19. Engineering0.16×2 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Aquinas College - Michigan?

Ranked on the quality score, Charles D. Gunnoe, Victor N. Karandashev and Floris Bernard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aquinas College - Michigan.

  1. 1 Charles D. Gunnoe United States · #1,987,172 worldwide 1.9k citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Victor N. Karandashev United States · #2,645,784 worldwide 597 citations · 122 works
  3. 3 Floris Bernard United States · #2,700,429 worldwide 287 citations · 80 works
  4. 4 Stefani Boutelier United States · #3,228,035 worldwide 58 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Jason K. Duncan United States · #3,571,572 worldwide 9 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 John C. Pinheiro United States · #3,589,717 worldwide 61 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Michael J. Lorr United States · #3,728,798 worldwide 105 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Bethany Kilcrease United States · #4,476,733 worldwide 53 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 David J. Hebert United States · #4,485,229 worldwide 157 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Ian M. Borton United States · #4,498,816 worldwide 154 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Aquinas College - Michigan

What are the most cited papers from Aquinas College - Michigan?

The most cited paper from Aquinas College - Michigan is "Improving Comprehension of Expository Text in Students With LD" (Meenakshi Gajria, Asha K. Jitendra, Sheetal Sood et al., 2007), with 317 citations. Next come "Drag due to the motion of a Newtonian fluid through a sparse random array of small fixed rigid objects" (275) and "The Critical Shapes of Body Image: The Role of Culture and Family in the Production of Eating Disorders" (166).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Improving Comprehension of Expository Text in Students With LD Meenakshi Gajria, Asha K. Jitendra, Sheetal Sood et al. · Journal of Learning Disabilities May 2007 317
2 Drag due to the motion of a Newtonian fluid through a sparse random array of small fixed rigid objects I. D. Howells · Journal of Fluid Mechanics 8 Jul 1974 275
3 The Critical Shapes of Body Image: The Role of Culture and Family in the Production of Eating Disorders Susan Haworth‐Hoeppner · Journal of Marriage and the Family Feb 2000 166
4 Make it our time: In class multitaskers have lower academic performance Saraswathi Saras Bellur, Kristine L. Nowak, Kyle S. Hull · Computers in Human Behavior 6 Jul 2015 150
5 Determining Registered Nurses' Readiness for Evidence‐Based Practice Linda M. Thiel, Yashowanto Ghosh · Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing Dec 2008 145
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Aquinas College - Michigan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Emotion Regulation, Emotion, Cultural Differences, Cultural Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Behavior and Gender.

▲ 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. Globalization10▲ 5.0×7 topics
  2. Emotion Regulation8▲ 25×5 topics
  3. Emotion8▲ 36×2 topics
  4. Cultural Differences7▲ 140×2 topics
  5. Cultural Psychology7▲ 153×2 topics
  6. Mental Health7▲ 4.8×10 topics
  7. Evolutionary Psychology7▲ 344×1 topic
  8. Human Behavior7▲ 147×1 topic
  9. Gender7▲ 12×4 topics
  10. Individualism-Collectivism7▲ 271×1 topic
  11. Values7▲ 271×1 topic
  12. Attachment5▲ 57×2 topics
  13. Empathy5▲ 41×3 topics
  14. Social Support5▲ 9.0×3 topics
  15. Consensual Nonmonogamous Relationships4▲ 370×1 topic
  16. Polyamory4▲ 370×1 topic
  17. Marital Quality4▲ 149×1 topic
  18. Relationships4▲ 102×1 topic
  19. Depression4▲ 4.3×3 topics
  20. Social Media4▲ 2.5×4 topics
  21. Guilt3▲ 319×1 topic
  22. Innovation3▲ 3.1×4 topics
  23. Shame3▲ 319×1 topic
  24. Consumer Behavior3▲ 4.7×5 topics
  25. Nationalism3▲ 6.1×3 topics
  26. Intercultural Competence3▲ 71×2 topics
  27. Multilingualism2▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Public Opinion2▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Gender Differences2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  30. Cultural Intelligence2▲ 101×1 topic
  31. International Students2▲ 101×1 topic
  32. American founding2▲ 76×1 topic
  33. Bilingual Education2▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Constitutional government2▲ 76×1 topic
  35. Entrepreneurship2▲ 5.3×2 topics
  36. Language Policy2▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Student Perceptions2▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Brand Equity2▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Investment2▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Monetary Policy2▲ 7.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Aquinas College - Michigan publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Cultural Differences and Values, Marriage and Sexual Relationships and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics.

Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior: 7 fractional worksCultural Differences and Values: 7 fractional worksMarriage and Sexual Relationships: 4 fractional worksAttachment and Relationship Dynamics: 4 fractional worksEmotions and Moral Behavior: 3 fractional worksInternational Student an…2International Student and Expatriate Challenges: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 2 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 1 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Venture Capital: 1 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySocial PsychologySociology and Political ScienceCommunication4 others

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

  1. 1 Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 7 works
  2. 2 Cultural Differences and Values Social Psychology 7 works
  3. 3 Marriage and Sexual Relationships Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Social Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Emotions and Moral Behavior Social Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 International Student and Expatriate Challenges Communication 2 works
  7. 7 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 2 works
  9. 9 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 1 works
  10. 10 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 1 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.3%domestic only95.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Aquinas College - Michigan's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Aquinas College - Michigan as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Aquinas College - Michigan0.00037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Aquinas College - Michigan over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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