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Asbury University

In research, Asbury University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,660 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 13.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#22,112
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,604
of 7,310
Research works
311
▲ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Asbury University

What is Asbury University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #7,660 of 14,833 7.0%230

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Asbury 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 Asbury University work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Asbury University is in Social Sciences, 9% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (40%), Social Sciences (33%), Psychology (8%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 56 fractional works · 82.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 27 fractional works · 40.2% of its workReligious studies: 8 fractional works · 11.4% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 33.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 20.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 8.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAsbury University67fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences83%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities2740.2%
    2. Social Sciences2233.3%
    3. Psychology68.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Environmental Science23.3%
    2. Engineering12.0%
    3. Computer Science11.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    5. Chemistry00.5%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    1. Medicine22.4%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Asbury University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 27.1 works14×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 13.93× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.77× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 13.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities13.93×27 works
  2. Psychology2.77×6 works
  3. Social Sciences2.63×22 works
  4. Chemical Engineering0.91×0 works
  5. Veterinary0.73×0 works
  6. Environmental Science0.67×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×2 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×1 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.38×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.34×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.31×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.30×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.24×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.19×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×0 works
  16. Engineering0.13×1 works
  17. Medicine0.12×2 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Asbury University?

Ranked on the quality score, John C. Schelleng, Sydney Penner and Erin Penner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Asbury University.

  1. 1 John C. Schelleng United States · #1,434,156 worldwide 848 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Sydney Penner United States · #2,322,606 worldwide 90 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Erin Penner United States · #2,912,411 worldwide 26 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Duvon C. Corbitt United States · #3,043,398 worldwide 504 citations · 170 works
  5. 5 William P. Belk United States · #3,051,149 worldwide 265 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 David R. Swartz United States · #3,190,674 worldwide 169 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Craig D. Saunders United States · #3,837,991 worldwide 18 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Jim Owens United States · #4,047,186 worldwide 168 citations · 133 works
  9. 9 Devin Brown United States · #4,151,749 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Ronald L. Koteskey United States · #4,620,815 worldwide 112 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Asbury University

What are the most cited papers from Asbury University?

The most cited paper from Asbury University is "An overview of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: XtL processes, catalysts and reactors" (Michela Martinelli, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Steve LeViness et al., 2020), with 195 citations. Next come "The bowed string and the player" (172) and "Fischer–Tropsch: Product Selectivity–The Fingerprint of Synthetic Fuels" (137).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An overview of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: XtL processes, catalysts and reactors Michela Martinelli, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Steve LeViness et al. · Applied Catalysis A General 15 Jul 2020 195
2 The bowed string and the player John C. Schelleng · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 1973 172
3 Fischer–Tropsch: Product Selectivity–The Fingerprint of Synthetic Fuels Wilson D. Shafer, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Uschi M. Graham et al. · Catalysts Open access 14 Mar 2019 137
4 History Will Absolve Me Duvon C. Corbitt · Hispanic American Historical Review May 1962 135
5 Field studies indicating reduced activity of ivermectin on small strongyles in horses on a farm in Central Kentucky Ε. T. Lyons, S. C. Tolliver, Mariana Ioniță et al. · Parasitology Research 3 Apr 2008 111
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Asbury University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Theology, Nationalism, Church History, Globalization, History, African Christianity and Cultural Identity.

▲ 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. Religion8▲ 25×9 topics
  2. Globalization7▲ 5.1×11 topics
  3. Theology6▲ 103×2 topics
  4. Nationalism6▲ 20×8 topics
  5. Church History6▲ 206×3 topics
  6. History5▲ 11×12 topics
  7. African Christianity4▲ 242×2 topics
  8. Cultural Identity4▲ 11×3 topics
  9. Culture4▲ 9.9×8 topics
  10. Gender4▲ 9.6×9 topics
  11. Identity4▲ 7.2×8 topics
  12. Calvinism3▲ 220×1 topic
  13. Reformation3▲ 177×1 topic
  14. Politics3▲ 18×5 topics
  15. Biblical Monotheism3▲ 176×1 topic
  16. Jewish Society3▲ 176×1 topic
  17. NGOs3▲ 48×2 topics
  18. Philosophy3▲ 9.5×4 topics
  19. Colonialism3▲ 8.3×7 topics
  20. Literature2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  21. Medicine2▲ 41×3 topics
  22. Social Justice2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  23. Spirituality2▲ 35×2 topics
  24. Feminism2▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Global Christianity2▲ 220×1 topic
  26. Short-Term Missions2▲ 220×1 topic
  27. Christian-Muslim Relations2▲ 112×1 topic
  28. Faith-Based Organizations2▲ 100×1 topic
  29. Gospel Translation2▲ 137×1 topic
  30. Social Capital2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  31. Social Services2▲ 68×1 topic
  32. Society2▲ 16×5 topics
  33. Technology2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  34. Urban Development2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  35. Democracy2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  36. Secularism2▲ 28×2 topics
  37. American founding2▲ 98×1 topic
  38. Atheism2▲ 108×1 topic
  39. Constitutional government2▲ 98×1 topic
  40. Public Sphere2▲ 47×1 topic

Which research topics does Asbury University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Christian Theology and Mission and Historical and Linguistic Studies.

Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 3 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 3 fractional worksChristian Theology and M…2Christian Theology and Mission: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Linguisti…2Historical and Linguistic Studies: 2 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksReligion and Society Int…2Religion and Society Interactions: 2 fractional worksPentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 2 fractional worksMedia, Religion, Digital Communication: 1 fractional worksEvolution and Science Education: 1 fractional works
HistoryReligious studiesSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations2 others

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

  1. 1 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 3 works
  2. 2 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 3 works
  3. 3 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 2 works
  4. 4 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 2 works
  9. 9 Media, Religion, Digital Communication Philosophy 1 works
  10. 10 Evolution and Science Education History and Philosophy of Science 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 available37.5%not open62.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.9%domestic only96.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Asbury University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Asbury University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Asbury University0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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