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Bethune-Cookman University

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World rank, all time
#23,713
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,931
of 7,310
Research works
328
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.7k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Bethune-Cookman University

Which fields of science does Bethune-Cookman University work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Bethune-Cookman University is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Environmental Science (14%), Computer Science (14%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 45.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 14.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 13.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 32.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 14.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBethune-CookmanUniversity61fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences32%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science914.3%
    2. Computer Science813.8%
    3. Engineering57.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences34.5%
    5. Materials Science11.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.2%
    7. Chemistry10.9%
    8. Mathematics00.8%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences1117.6%
    2. Psychology46.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance24.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting22.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences35.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.6%
    3. Neuroscience23.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine34.6%
    2. Health Professions12.2%
    3. Nursing00.8%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
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: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.08× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.78× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.89× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.88× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.93× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.96× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.89×3 works
  2. Environmental Science2.88×9 works
  3. Neuroscience2.08×2 works
  4. Psychology1.96×4 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.93×2 works
  6. Computer Science1.78×8 works
  7. Nursing1.68×0 works
  8. Social Sciences1.39×11 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.19×3 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×3 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.91×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.82×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.70×0 works
  14. Veterinary0.67×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.60×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.59×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.56×1 works
  18. Engineering0.51×5 works
  19. Materials Science0.49×1 works
  20. Medicine0.24×3 works
  21. Energy0.20×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bethune-Cookman University?

Ranked on the quality score, E. M. Ekanayake, Seenith Sivasundaram and Felicia Wheaton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bethune-Cookman University.

  1. 1 E. M. Ekanayake United States · #1,713,102 worldwide 760 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Seenith Sivasundaram United States · #2,356,238 worldwide 1.3k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Felicia Wheaton United States · #2,572,548 worldwide 270 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Hyun J. Cho United States · #3,056,654 worldwide 231 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Michael K. Walonen United States · #3,664,889 worldwide 82 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Ranjini L. Thaver United States · #3,874,849 worldwide 84 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Uma Ganesan United States · #4,007,186 worldwide 462 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Vishwa Deo Trivedi United States · #4,239,392 worldwide 1.1k citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Evelyn Gilbert United States · #4,245,999 worldwide 31 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Jake C. Miller United States · #4,404,379 worldwide 118 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Bethune-Cookman University

What are the most cited papers from Bethune-Cookman University?

The most cited paper from Bethune-Cookman University is "Small-scale event sport tourism: fans as tourists" (Heather Gibson, Cynthia Willming, Andrew Holdnak, 2003), with 315 citations. Next come "An Empirical Investigation of Knowledge Management Systems' Success" (250) and "“We're Gators … Not Just Gator Fans”: Serious Leisure and University of Florida Football" (240).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Small-scale event sport tourism: fans as tourists Heather Gibson, Cynthia Willming, Andrew Holdnak · Tourism Management 28 Feb 2003 315
2 An Empirical Investigation of Knowledge Management Systems' Success Leila Halawi, Richard V. McCarthy, Jay E. Aronson · Journal of Computer Information Systems Open access 2008 250
3 “We're Gators … Not Just Gator Fans”: Serious Leisure and University of Florida Football Heather Gibson, Cynthia Willming, Andrew Holdnak · Journal of Leisure Research Dec 2002 240
4 Spontaneous fission properties of Fm 258 , Md 259 , Md 260 , No 258 , and ] 260 : Bimodal fission E. Kenneth Hulet, J. F. Wild, Rodney J. Dougan et al. · Physical Review C Aug 1989 165
5 Rules for Anionic and Radical Ring Closure of Alkynes Igor V. Alabugin, Kerry M. Gilmore, Mariappan Manoharan · Journal of the American Chemical Society Open access 15 Jun 2011 162
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Which keywords describe research at Bethune-Cookman University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Deep Learning, Nationalism, Gender, Diversity, Career Development, Politics and Conservation.

▲ 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. Deep Learning5▲ 2.2×18 topics
  2. Climate Change4▲ 2.6×11 topics
  3. Machine Learning3▲ 1.39×11 topics
  4. Education2▲ 2.3×7 topics
  5. Gender2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  6. Nationalism2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  7. Economic Growth2▲ 4.2×6 topics
  8. Career Development2▲ 26×3 topics
  9. Diversity2▲ 18×2 topics
  10. Conservation2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  11. Politics2▲ 12×4 topics
  12. Biodiversity2▲ 3.7×4 topics
  13. Biogeography2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  14. Neotropical Region2▲ 153×2 topics
  15. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Identity2▲ 3.4×3 topics
  17. Intersectionality2▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Invasive Species2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  19. Virtual Reality2▲ 5.1×3 topics
  20. Discrimination1▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 5.9×5 topics
  22. Coleoptera1▲ 85×2 topics
  23. Critical Race Theory1▲ 149×1 topic
  24. Fisheries Sustainability1▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Israel1▲ 66×1 topic
  26. Monetary Policy1▲ 9.3×3 topics
  27. Palestine1▲ 40×1 topic
  28. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 7.0×2 topics
  29. Racism1▲ 83×1 topic
  30. Student Engagement1▲ 5.5×5 topics
  31. Taxonomy1▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Ecosystem Services1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  33. Financial Development1▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Mentoring1▲ 153×1 topic
  35. Panel Data Analysis1▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Relationships1▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Carbon1▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Hydrology1▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Intelligent Tutoring Systems1▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Educational Assessment1▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Bethune-Cookman University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Critical Race Theory in Education, Mentoring and Academic Development and Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography.

Jewish and Middle Easter…1Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 1 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in …1Critical Race Theory in Education: 1 fractional worksMentoring and Academic Development: 1 fractional worksScarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography: 1 fractional worksEducational Technology and Assessment: 1 fractional worksGaze Tracking and Assistive Technology: 1 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 1 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands E…1Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 1 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynamics: 1 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologyPaleontologyInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Mentoring and Academic Development Social Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography Paleontology 1 works
  5. 5 Educational Technology and Assessment Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  7. 7 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  10. 10 Higher Education Research Studies Education 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 available43.0%not open57.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bethune-Cookman University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower 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 Bethune-Cookman University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Bethune-Cookman University0.00021% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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