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Butler University

In research, Butler University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,710 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,786 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,568 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#7,223
of 22,385 · #8,299 all time
Rank in United States
#964
of 3,332
Research works
3.5k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
37k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%

What is Butler 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 #3,710 of 9,585 8.7%193 #2765
Health SciencesDomain #5,786 of 9,902 5.5%89 #11160
Social SciencesField #3,568 of 5,988 10.8%89 #3184
MedicineField #5,718 of 8,541 5.0%71 #10308

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Butler 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#2,765 #3,710
  2. Health Sciences#11,160 #5,786
  3. Social Sciences#3,184 #3,568
  4. Medicine#10,308 #5,718
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Butler University work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Butler University is in Social Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (18%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 213 fractional works · 49.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 96 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 36 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEducation: 20 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 44 fractional works · 10.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 26 fractional works · 6.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 97 fractional works · 22.7% of its workMedicine: 77 fractional works · 18.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 15.5% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFiltration and Separation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 51 fractional works · 12.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKButler University427fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences50%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9622.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities4410.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting266.2%
    4. Psychology235.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance204.6%
    6. Decision Sciences30.8%
    1. Medicine7718.1%
    2. Health Professions173.9%
    3. Nursing30.7%
    1. Computer Science174.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy92.1%
    3. Engineering81.9%
    4. Mathematics81.8%
    5. Materials Science81.8%
    6. Chemistry61.3%
    7. Environmental Science51.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering30.6%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.4%
    10. Energy10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology276.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences122.7%
    3. Neuroscience81.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.6%
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: 0.58× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.78× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.56× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.56× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.91× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.17× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.79× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 96 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.56×44 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.17×20 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.91×26 works
  4. Psychology1.79×23 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.78×3 works
  6. Social Sciences1.77×96 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.58×2 works
  8. Mathematics1.56×8 works
  9. Health Professions1.49×17 works
  10. Nursing1.42×3 works
  11. Neuroscience1.17×8 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.16×26 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.95×9 works
  14. Medicine0.94×77 works
  15. Chemistry0.83×6 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.83×3 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×3 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.58×12 works
  19. Computer Science0.52×17 works
  20. Materials Science0.51×8 works
  21. Energy0.31×1 works
  22. Environmental Science0.25×5 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.24×2 works
  24. Engineering0.13×8 works

Who are the top researchers at Butler University?

Ranked on the quality score, Christopher C. Stobart, Stephanie A. Fernhaber and Stuart S. Glennan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Butler University.

  1. 1 Christopher C. Stobart United States · #238,452 worldwide 1.7k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Stephanie A. Fernhaber United States · #460,070 worldwide 3.2k citations · 89 works
  3. 3 Stuart S. Glennan United States · #1,074,442 worldwide 2.6k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Rong Ma United States · #1,178,244 worldwide 319 citations · 65 works
  5. 5 Chioniso Patience Masamha United States · #1,179,111 worldwide 1.3k citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Travis J. Ryan United States · #1,198,087 worldwide 3.6k citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Julia L. Angstmann United States · #1,232,429 worldwide 548 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Carmen M. Salsbury United States · #1,290,034 worldwide 740 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Sean T. Berthrong United States · #1,426,608 worldwide 1.9k citations · 26 works
  10. 10 David Stewart Mason United States · #1,558,638 worldwide 1.4k citations · 152 works
All ranked researchers at Butler University

What are the most cited papers from Butler University?

The most cited paper from Butler University is "Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient" (Stephen A. McClave, Beth E. Taylor, Robert G. Martindale et al., 2016), with 4,024 citations. Next come "A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers" (1,807) and "Computational thinking" (1,589).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient Stephen A. McClave, Beth E. Taylor, Robert G. Martindale et al. · Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Open access 14 Jan 2016 4,024
2 A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers Myla F. J. Aronson et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 12 Feb 2014 1,807
3 Computational thinking Peter B. Henderson, Thomas J. Cortina, Jeannette M. Wing · ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 7 Mar 2007 1,589
4 Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient Beth E. Taylor, Stephen A. McClave, Robert G. Martindale et al. · Critical Care Medicine 16 Jan 2016 1,484
5 An empirical examination of a model of perceived service quality and satisfaction Richard A. Spreng, Robert D. Mackoy · Journal of Retailing Jun 1996 1,227
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Butler University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Feminism, Identity, Globalization, Nationalism, Gender, Reflective Practice, Social Justice and Religion.

▲ 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. Globalization20▲ 2.4×34 topics
  2. Identity15▲ 4.9×27 topics
  3. Epidemiology15◆ 0.88×48 topics
  4. Feminism13▲ 11×15 topics
  5. Gender12▲ 5.4×18 topics
  6. Social Justice12▲ 4.7×17 topics
  7. Nationalism12▲ 6.2×16 topics
  8. Reflective Practice10▲ 12×6 topics
  9. Literature9▲ 4.0×15 topics
  10. Religion9▲ 4.5×13 topics
  11. Colonialism9▲ 4.3×15 topics
  12. History9▲ 2.9×15 topics
  13. Human Rights9▲ 1.97×17 topics
  14. Culture8▲ 3.7×14 topics
  15. Big Data8▲ 2.0×9 topics
  16. Student Engagement8▲ 4.8×7 topics
  17. Social Capital7▲ 3.2×7 topics
  18. Consumer Behavior7▲ 2.5×7 topics
  19. Cultural Identity7▲ 3.1×10 topics
  20. Faculty Development7▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Assessment Methods6▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Higher Education6▲ 2.6×10 topics
  23. Primary Care6▲ 3.8×8 topics
  24. Democracy6▲ 3.8×10 topics
  25. Neoliberalism6▲ 3.6×9 topics
  26. Competency-Based Education5▲ 14×1 topic
  27. Professional Identity Formation5▲ 20×1 topic
  28. Cosmopolitanism5▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Memory5▲ 4.7×10 topics
  30. Inappropriate Medication Use5▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Polypharmacy5▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Monetary Policy5▲ 4.7×5 topics
  33. Medication Adherence4▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Patient Safety4▲ 6.3×4 topics
  35. Diversity4▲ 5.5×5 topics
  36. Green Chemistry4▲ 5.4×3 topics
  37. Income Inequality4▲ 6.6×3 topics
  38. Equality4▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Cultural History4▲ 7.2×6 topics
  40. Market Dynamics3▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Butler University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovations in Medical Education, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences and Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment.

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 5 works
  3. 3 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 3 works
  4. 4 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  6. 6 Enzyme Structure and Function Materials Chemistry 3 works
  7. 7 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  9. 9 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 2 works
  10. 10 Spanish Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 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 available44.7%not open55.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Butler University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower 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 Butler University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Butler University0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Butler 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%Butler University11.4% 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 14.0% in 1990.

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