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Bridge University

In research, Bridge University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,290 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,980 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,093 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Philosophy — Philosophy is 3.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,060
of 28,054 · #914 all time
Rank in South Sudan
#1
of 2
Research works
14k
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
365k
25.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Bridge University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,290 of 10,521 13.1%1,054 #656
Physical SciencesDomain #1,980 of 12,888 13.9%730 #924
Social SciencesField #1,093 of 6,365 13.9%501 #659
Health SciencesDomain #2,728 of 11,982 9.7%354 #1345
MedicineField #2,825 of 10,443 10.4%262 #1632
EngineeringField #1,951 of 6,636 12.1%271 #864
Life SciencesDomain #2,600 of 7,800 11.1%260 #871
Computer ScienceField #1,653 of 4,667 13.7%209 #874
Arts and HumanitiesField #751 of 1,998 17.0%212 #283
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #569 of 1,201 21.2%69 #570

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bridge 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#656 #1,290
  2. Physical Sciences#924 #1,980
  3. Social Sciences#659 #1,093
  4. Health Sciences#1,345 #2,728
  5. Medicine#1,632 #2,825
  6. Engineering#864 #1,951
  7. Life Sciences#871 #2,600
  8. Computer Science#874 #1,653
  9. Arts and Humanities#283 #751
  10. Political Science and International Relations#570 #569
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Bridge University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Philosophy takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhilosophySubfield · 37.8 works3.7×
← 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: 0.49× its world share, 56 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 148 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.12× its world share, 209 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.75× its world share, 271 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 74 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 52 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 48 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.50× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 66 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 262 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.05× its world share, 212 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.37× its world share, 106 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 32 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.61× its world share, 83 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.65× its world share, 121 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 501 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bridge University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ian R. Stone, Sophrone Pétridès and Joyce E. Williams lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bridge University.

  1. 1 Ian R. Stone South Sudan · #197,767 worldwide 69 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Sophrone Pétridès South Sudan · #265,218 worldwide 2 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Joyce E. Williams South Sudan · #459,765 worldwide 21 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 A. E. Shipley South Sudan · #832,887 worldwide 15 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Claire Sewell South Sudan · #940,615 worldwide 0 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Lawson W. Brigham South Sudan · #951,667 worldwide 22 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Jack Lewis South Sudan · #1,066,338 worldwide 80 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Charles H. Peck South Sudan · #1,083,775 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 John Theodore Hewitt South Sudan · #1,201,654 worldwide 23 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 George M. Searle South Sudan · #1,500,680 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Bridge University

Which keywords describe research at Bridge University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Education, History, Innovation, Machine Learning, Identity, Student Perceptions and Engineering 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 2022–2025 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. Globalization109▲ 2.3×100 topics
  2. Education88▲ 2.1×85 topics
  3. Machine Learning84◆ 1.07×83 topics
  4. Deep Learning67▼ 0.81×72 topics
  5. Sustainability63◆ 1.07×87 topics
  6. Epidemiology62▼ 0.65×116 topics
  7. Innovation57▲ 2.2×51 topics
  8. History49▲ 2.9×44 topics
  9. Mental Health49▲ 1.39×38 topics
  10. Sustainable Development46▲ 1.21×53 topics
  11. Identity45▲ 2.6×52 topics
  12. Social Media43▲ 1.26×34 topics
  13. Educational Technology42▲ 1.46×32 topics
  14. Neural Networks42◆ 1.12×36 topics
  15. Human Rights39▲ 1.58×49 topics
  16. Gender38▲ 2.9×41 topics
  17. Literature38▲ 2.9×42 topics
  18. Culture37▲ 2.9×27 topics
  19. Nationalism34▲ 3.1×28 topics
  20. Religion33▲ 2.9×32 topics
  21. Teacher Training33▲ 2.2×24 topics
  22. Social Justice33▲ 2.4×37 topics
  23. Economic Development32▲ 1.65×36 topics
  24. Colonialism32▲ 2.8×37 topics
  25. Student Engagement31▲ 3.2×15 topics
  26. Higher Education30▲ 2.4×22 topics
  27. Student Perceptions28▲ 6.3×7 topics
  28. Philosophy27▲ 2.6×25 topics
  29. Neoliberalism26▲ 3.0×24 topics
  30. Technology Integration25▲ 3.4×9 topics
  31. Engineering Education25▲ 12×5 topics
  32. STEM Education25▲ 2.3×14 topics
  33. Language Teaching23▲ 3.8×7 topics
  34. 21st Century Skills22▲ 3.1×5 topics
  35. Feminism22▲ 3.3×21 topics
  36. Lifelong Learning22▲ 4.5×9 topics
  37. Distance Education22▲ 4.5×5 topics
  38. Professional Development22▲ 4.6×10 topics
  39. Corpus Linguistics21▲ 4.1×5 topics
  40. Society19▲ 4.1×15 topics

Which research topics does Bridge University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Natural Language Processing Techniques, Education Practices and Challenges, Engineering Education and Curriculum Development and Topic Modeling.

Natural Language Process…12Natural Language Processing Techniques: 12 fractional worksEducation Practices and …12Education Practices and Challenges: 12 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 10 fractional worksTopic Modeling9Topic Modeling: 9 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…9EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 9 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 8 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 8 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…8Education and Critical Thinking Development: 8 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 7 fractional works
Artificial IntelligencePhilosophyMedia TechnologyLanguage and Linguistics5 others

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

  1. 1 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 12 works
  2. 2 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 12 works
  3. 3 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 10 works
  4. 4 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 9 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  7. 7 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 8 works
  8. 8 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 8 works
  9. 9 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 7 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 7 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 available61.2%not open38.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors68.2%domestic only31.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bridge University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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