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Atlantic University

In research, Atlantic University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,319 of 14,833 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#11,303 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,844 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, 2022-now
#10,465
of 22,385 · #10,978 all time
Rank in United States
#1,446
of 3,332
Research works
692
▲ 83% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.6k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%

What is Atlantic 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 #7,319 of 14,833 8.8%251
Physical SciencesDomain #11,303 of 17,446 8.2%273
EngineeringField #6,844 of 9,532 8.7%150

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

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Atlantic University is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 78 fractional works · 37.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 18.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 70 fractional works · 33.8% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 11.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 9.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 21.3% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 15.4% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 7.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAtlanticUniversity208fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences37%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3918.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting146.9%
    3. Psychology84.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance83.6%
    5. Decision Sciences52.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities41.8%
    1. Engineering2411.3%
    2. Computer Science209.7%
    3. Environmental Science146.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences52.6%
    5. Mathematics21.0%
    6. Materials Science20.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    8. Energy10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine3215.4%
    2. Health Professions125.7%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.2%
    3. Neuroscience31.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
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: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.25× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.75× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.38× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.16× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 32 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.14× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.69× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.28×5 works
  2. Health Professions2.16×12 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.14×14 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.69×8 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.67×5 works
  6. Social Sciences1.49×39 works
  7. Environmental Science1.38×14 works
  8. Psychology1.30×8 works
  9. Computer Science1.25×20 works
  10. Veterinary1.25×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.96×3 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.92×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.87×2 works
  14. Medicine0.80×32 works
  15. Engineering0.75×24 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.62×4 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.61×6 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×1 works
  19. Energy0.56×1 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×5 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.32×2 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.31×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.25×2 works
  24. Dentistry0.08×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Atlantic University?

Ranked on the quality score, Shane Francis Conway, Xu Liu and Gbadebo Olusegun Abidemi Odularu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Atlantic University.

  1. 1 Shane Francis Conway United States · #1,733,781 worldwide 317 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Xu Liu United States · #2,130,889 worldwide 154 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Gbadebo Olusegun Abidemi Odularu United States · #2,392,015 worldwide 543 citations · 91 works
  4. 4 Norbert Joseph Lusczynski United States · #2,487,799 worldwide 281 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Merrill K. King United States · #2,771,488 worldwide 1.1k citations · 67 works
  6. 6 A. Maček United States · #2,909,606 worldwide 494 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Bahri Samsul United States · #2,988,790 worldwide 1 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Joe A. Moreland United States · #3,146,029 worldwide 70 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Pierre Schaeffer United States · #3,195,973 worldwide 638 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 David J. Clark United States · #3,323,450 worldwide 152 citations · 65 works
All ranked researchers at Atlantic University

What are the most cited papers from Atlantic University?

The most cited paper from Atlantic University is "Understanding the Influence of National Culture on the Development of Trust" (Patricia M. Doney, Joseph P. Cannon, Michael R. Mullen, 1998), with 1,597 citations. Next come "International Society of Sports Nutrition position stand: protein and exercise" (707) and "International society of sports nutrition position stand: caffeine and performance" (693).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Understanding the Influence of National Culture on the Development of Trust Patricia M. Doney, Joseph P. Cannon, Michael R. Mullen · Academy of Management Review Jul 1998 1,597
2 International Society of Sports Nutrition position stand: protein and exercise Bill I Campbell, Richard B. Kreider, Tim N. Ziegenfuss et al. · Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition Open access 13 Jul 2007 707
3 International society of sports nutrition position stand: caffeine and performance Erica R. Goldstein, Tim N. Ziegenfuss, Doug Kalman et al. · Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition Open access 5 Jan 2010 693
4 Audit Quality and Properties of Analyst Earnings Forecasts Bruce K. Behn, Jong‐Hag Choi, Tony Kang · The Accounting Review 29 Feb 2008 667
5 A Half Century of Mate Preferences: The Cultural Evolution of Values David Michael Buss, Todd K. Shackelford, Lee A. Kirkpatrick et al. · Journal of Marriage and the Family May 2001 550
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Atlantic University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, Public Health, Climate Change, Stakeholder Engagement, Ethics and Higher Education.

▲ 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 Learning12▲ 1.73×37 topics
  2. Sustainability10▲ 1.96×37 topics
  3. Climate Change8▲ 1.50×31 topics
  4. Deep Learning8◆ 1.10×37 topics
  5. Epidemiology8◆ 0.96×40 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence8▲ 2.6×18 topics
  7. Public Health8▲ 2.5×21 topics
  8. Education6▲ 1.57×23 topics
  9. Neural Networks5▲ 1.66×16 topics
  10. Mental Health5▲ 1.63×23 topics
  11. Healthcare5▲ 2.0×10 topics
  12. Big Data4▲ 2.2×7 topics
  13. Educational Technology4▲ 1.77×21 topics
  14. Ethics4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  15. Higher Education4▲ 3.7×14 topics
  16. Risk Factors4▲ 1.71×15 topics
  17. Student Engagement3▲ 4.1×8 topics
  18. Stakeholder Engagement3▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Consumer Perception3▲ 5.3×4 topics
  20. Discrimination3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  21. Patient Engagement3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  22. Customer Experience2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  23. Anonymity2▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Brain Activity2▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Mental Health Services2▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 8.1×5 topics
  27. Marketing2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  28. Public Involvement2▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Recovery Model2▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Reflexivity2▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Financial Crisis2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  32. Transparency2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  33. Chatbots2▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis2▲ 76×1 topic
  35. Interviewing2▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Mental Workload2▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Service Robots2▲ 9.7×1 topic
  38. Ensemble Learning2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Hypersonic Effect2▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Ultrasonic Perception2▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does Atlantic University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mental Health and Patient Involvement, Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics, AI in Service Interactions and Human auditory perception and evaluation.

  1. 1 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 2 works
  2. 2 Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  4. 4 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Financial Distress and Bankruptcy Prediction Accounting 2 works
  6. 6 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 2 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 works
  8. 8 Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.0%domestic only80.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Atlantic University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 83% 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 Atlantic University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Atlantic University0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Atlantic 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Atlantic University7.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2024.

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