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Brandman University

In research, Brandman University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,114 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,029
of 22,385 · #23,493 all time
Rank in United States
#2,315
of 3,332
Research works
240
▲ 152% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Brandman University

What is Brandman 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 #7,114 of 9,585 10.0%69 #8816

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

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Brandman University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Computer Science (15%), Psychology (13%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 82 fractional works · 63.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 31.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 7.5% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 13.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 6.7% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 25.9% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 15.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBrandmanUniversity129fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences64%

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. Social Sciences4131.6%
    2. Psychology1713.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities96.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting86.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance53.5%
    6. Decision Sciences32.6%
    1. Computer Science2015.5%
    2. Engineering53.6%
    3. Environmental Science32.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.7%
    5. Mathematics21.6%
    6. Materials Science10.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience53.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine53.7%
    2. Health Professions21.3%
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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.16× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.99× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.33× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.87× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.65× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.65× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.33× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.33×17 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.65×3 works
  3. Social Sciences2.50×41 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.33×9 works
  5. Neuroscience2.16×4 works
  6. Computer Science1.99×20 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.87×8 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.65×5 works
  9. Mathematics1.38×2 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.07×2 works
  11. Health Professions0.48×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.42×3 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.26×1 works
  14. Engineering0.24×5 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  17. Medicine0.19×5 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×1 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Brandman University?

Ranked on the quality score, Kimberly Greene, Lata Murti and Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brandman University.

  1. 1 Kimberly Greene United States · #2,857,307 worldwide 90 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Lata Murti United States · #3,285,542 worldwide 31 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg United States · #3,983,384 worldwide 392 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Brandman University

What are the most cited papers from Brandman University?

The most cited paper from Brandman University is "Environmental Regulation and Innovation: A Panel Data Study" (Adam B. Jaffe, Karen Palmer, 1997), with 2,206 citations. Next come "Blended Diffusion for Text-driven Editing of Natural Images" (751) and "Macroamylasemia" (159).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Environmental Regulation and Innovation: A Panel Data Study Adam B. Jaffe, Karen Palmer · The Review of Economics and Statistics Nov 1997 2,206
2 Blended Diffusion for Text-driven Editing of Natural Images Omri Avrahami, Dani Lischinski, Ohad Fried · 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Conference paperOpen access Jun 2022 751
3 Macroamylasemia Justin Berk, H Kizu, Peter Wilding et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 2 Nov 1967 159
4 SpaText: Spatio-Textual Representation for Controllable Image Generation Omri Avrahami, Thomas Hayes, Oran Gafni et al. Conference paper Jun 2023 153
5 Current concepts related to hypertrophic scarring in burn injuries Ryan S. Chiang, Anna A. Borovikova, Kassandra King et al. · Wound Repair and Regeneration Open access 30 Mar 2016 138
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Brandman University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Discrimination, Nationalism, Mental Health, Social Media, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Public Opinion.

▲ 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. Human Rights9▲ 7.0×14 topics
  2. Deep Learning8▲ 1.68×23 topics
  3. Machine Learning7▲ 1.56×17 topics
  4. Mental Health6▲ 3.2×17 topics
  5. Social Media5▲ 3.0×12 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 2.9×8 topics
  7. Globalization5▲ 1.91×14 topics
  8. Discrimination4▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Nationalism4▲ 7.2×5 topics
  10. Identity3▲ 3.5×7 topics
  11. Public Opinion3▲ 21×5 topics
  12. Democracy3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  13. Emotion Regulation3▲ 7.7×6 topics
  14. Global Governance3▲ 10.0×4 topics
  15. Palestine3▲ 44×2 topics
  16. Depression3▲ 2.6×9 topics
  17. Israel3▲ 68×2 topics
  18. Occupation3▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Urban Development3▲ 6.1×4 topics
  20. Cultural Heritage3▲ 3.9×3 topics
  21. Satellite Imagery3▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Ethnic Identity3▲ 18×1 topic
  23. Gender3▲ 3.8×6 topics
  24. Rule of Law3▲ 103×2 topics
  25. Settler Colonialism3▲ 49×1 topic
  26. European Union2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  27. Ethics2▲ 3.7×4 topics
  28. Fairness2▲ 18×2 topics
  29. International Law2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  30. Social Capital2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  31. Sovereignty2▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Archaeology2▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Community Participation2▲ 5.1×2 topics
  34. Emotion2▲ 8.7×6 topics
  35. Adaptive Reuse2▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Intangible Heritage2▲ 42×1 topic
  37. Security Council2▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Resource Allocation2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  39. Aerial Survey2▲ 67×1 topic
  40. LiDAR2▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Brandman University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, Archaeological Research and Protection and Judicial and Constitutional Studies.

Jewish and Middle Easter…3Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 3 fractional worksCultural Heritage Manage…2Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 2 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 2 fractional worksJudicial and Constitutional Studies: 2 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 2 fractional worksPublic Relations and Crisis Communication: 1 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 1 fractional worksMilitary Strategy and Te…1Military Strategy and Technology: 1 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 1 fractional worksOpportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceArcheologySpace and Planetary ScienceLaw4 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 2 works
  3. 3 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 2 works
  4. 4 Judicial and Constitutional Studies Law 2 works
  5. 5 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Public Relations and Crisis Communication Communication 1 works
  7. 7 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Military Strategy and Technology Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks Computer Networks and Communications 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 available56.5%not open43.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.5%domestic only66.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Brandman University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 152% 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 Brandman University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Brandman University0.00068% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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