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Bryant University

In research, Bryant University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,703 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,754
of 22,385 · #6,393 all time
Rank in United States
#1,643
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
27.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Bryant University

What is Bryant 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 #5,703 of 9,585 9.8%127 #2701

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

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Bryant University is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Business, Management and Accounting (19%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 155 fractional works · 66.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 60 fractional works · 25.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 44 fractional works · 19.1% of its workAccounting: 18 fractional works · 7.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 5.7% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 19.1% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 8.4% of its workArchitecture: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBryant University232fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences67%

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. Social Sciences6025.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting4419.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance198.0%
    4. Psychology156.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities135.8%
    6. Decision Sciences41.8%
    1. Engineering208.4%
    2. Computer Science93.9%
    3. Environmental Science83.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.7%
    5. Materials Science10.6%
    6. Mathematics10.5%
    7. Energy10.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Medicine135.5%
    2. Health Professions41.5%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.4%
    3. Neuroscience31.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 13 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.00× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.91× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.73× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.07× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 60 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting5.91×44 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.73×19 works
  3. Psychology2.07×15 works
  4. Social Sciences2.04×60 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.00×13 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.82×4 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.06×4 works
  8. Neuroscience0.89×3 works
  9. Veterinary0.70×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.66×8 works
  11. Health Professions0.59×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×7 works
  13. Engineering0.56×20 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.50×6 works
  15. Computer Science0.50×9 works
  16. Mathematics0.45×1 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×0 works
  18. Energy0.39×1 works
  19. Medicine0.29×13 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.16×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.13×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bryant University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sukki Yoon, Aziz N. Berdiev and Srđan Zdravković lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bryant University.

  1. 1 Sukki Yoon United States · #255,715 worldwide 3.7k citations · 145 works
  2. 2 Aziz N. Berdiev United States · #379,059 worldwide 1.2k citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Srđan Zdravković United States · #513,192 worldwide 1.4k citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Juan Florín United States · #634,058 worldwide 2.7k citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Janet M. Morahan-Martin United States · #712,390 worldwide 4.6k citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Ronald J. Deluga United States · #735,887 worldwide 2.4k citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Sharmin Attaran United States · #806,042 worldwide 1.1k citations · 41 works
  8. 8 John W. Dietrich United States · #848,419 worldwide 1.9k citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Patricia M. Odell United States · #876,346 worldwide 5.5k citations · 15 works
  10. 10 John K. Visich United States · #891,093 worldwide 1.1k citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Bryant University

What are the most cited papers from Bryant University?

The most cited paper from Bryant University is "Sensemaking and sensegiving in strategic change initiation" (Dennis A. Gioia, Kumar Chittipeddi, 1991), with 3,873 citations. Next come "Total quality management as competitive advantage: A review and empirical study" (2,657) and "The impact of supply chain management practices on competitive advantage and organizational performance" (2,125).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sensemaking and sensegiving in strategic change initiation Dennis A. Gioia, Kumar Chittipeddi · Strategic Management Journal Sep 1991 3,873
2 Total quality management as competitive advantage: A review and empirical study Thomas Clark Powell · Strategic Management Journal 1995 2,657
3 The impact of supply chain management practices on competitive advantage and organizational performance Suhong Li, Bhanu S. Ragu-Nathan, T. S. Ragu‐Nathan et al. · Omega 30 Sep 2004 2,125
4 Information technology as competitive advantage: the role of human, business, and technology resources Thomas Clark Powell, Anne Dent‐Micallef · Strategic Management Journal May 1997 2,024
5 Incidence and correlates of pathological Internet use among college students Janet M. Morahan-Martin, P. Schumacher · Computers in Human Behavior 2000 1,300
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bryant University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Digital Fabrication, Social Media, Financial Constraints, Identity, Firm Performance, Economic Growth and Investor Protection.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance17▲ 9.8×11 topics
  2. Social Media11▲ 3.5×14 topics
  3. Climate Change9▲ 1.49×25 topics
  4. Sustainability8▲ 1.44×25 topics
  5. Digital Fabrication8▲ 47×2 topics
  6. Economic Growth8▲ 4.1×9 topics
  7. Identity8▲ 4.7×13 topics
  8. Mental Health8▲ 2.3×18 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 2.1×9 topics
  10. Financial Constraints7▲ 29×2 topics
  11. Consumer Behavior6▲ 4.5×7 topics
  12. Innovation6▲ 2.6×14 topics
  13. Social Capital6▲ 5.0×8 topics
  14. Risk Management6▲ 5.4×6 topics
  15. Job Satisfaction6▲ 5.7×6 topics
  16. Firm Performance6▲ 14×2 topics
  17. Colonialism6▲ 5.1×7 topics
  18. Financial Performance6▲ 4.3×5 topics
  19. Investor Protection6▲ 32×1 topic
  20. Ownership Structure6▲ 32×1 topic
  21. Leadership6▲ 4.8×7 topics
  22. Democracy5▲ 6.2×5 topics
  23. Gender5▲ 3.9×9 topics
  24. Virtual Reality5▲ 4.3×4 topics
  25. Rheology4▲ 9.9×2 topics
  26. Financial Reporting4▲ 15×3 topics
  27. 3D Printing4▲ 7.9×2 topics
  28. Additive Manufacturing4▲ 5.7×2 topics
  29. Labor Market4▲ 6.3×5 topics
  30. Concrete Extrusion4▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Construction Automation4▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Parametricism4▲ 76×1 topic
  33. Urban Morphology4▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Ductile Fracture4▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Sheet Metal Forming4▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Teaching Methods4▲ 9.3×4 topics
  37. Human Resource Management3▲ 9.5×3 topics
  38. Shareholder Value3▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Information Asymmetry3▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Psychological Capital3▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Bryant University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Finance and Governance, Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials, Architecture and Computational Design and Metal Forming Simulation Techniques.

Corporate Finance and Go…6Corporate Finance and Governance: 6 fractional worksInnovations in Concrete …4Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials: 4 fractional worksArchitecture and Computa…4Architecture and Computational Design: 4 fractional worksMetal Forming Simulation…4Metal Forming Simulation Techniques: 4 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 3 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 3 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Bra…3Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 3 fractional worksArtistic and Creative Research: 2 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 2 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 2 fractional works
AccountingBuilding and ConstructionArchitectureMechanical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 6 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials Building and Construction 4 works
  3. 3 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 4 works
  4. 4 Metal Forming Simulation Techniques Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 3 works
  6. 6 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  7. 7 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 3 works
  8. 8 Artistic and Creative Research Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  9. 9 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 2 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 available26.5%not open73.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.7%domestic only88.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bryant University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Bryant University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00077% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Bryant University0.00057% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bryant 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 counting10%20%30%Bryant University12.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.1% in 1997.

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