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Cedarville University

In research, Cedarville University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,633 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 6.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,515
of 22,385 · #12,282 all time
Rank in United States
#1,451
of 3,332
Research works
1.3k
▼ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Cedarville University

What is Cedarville 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 #7,633 of 9,585 8.0%72 #6053

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

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Cedarville University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (20%), Arts and Humanities (19%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 78 fractional works · 49.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 22.8% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 19.2% of its workMusic: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 41 fractional works · 25.8% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 19.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 17.7% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCedarvilleUniversity157fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences26%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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3622.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities3019.2%
    3. Psychology74.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.8%
    1. Medicine3119.7%
    2. Health Professions85.1%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    1. Engineering95.7%
    2. Computer Science85.4%
    3. Chemistry42.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy31.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.4%
    6. Environmental Science10.8%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.2%
    2. Neuroscience32.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Cedarville University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 30.3 works6.7×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.95× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.03× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.66× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.66×30 works
  2. Health Professions1.95×8 works
  3. Nursing1.86×1 works
  4. Social Sciences1.81×36 works
  5. Chemistry1.42×4 works
  6. Psychology1.41×7 works
  7. Neuroscience1.28×3 works
  8. Medicine1.03×31 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.89×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.79×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.72×2 works
  12. Computer Science0.69×8 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.62×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×5 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×2 works
  17. Engineering0.38×9 works
  18. Mathematics0.30×1 works
  19. Energy0.23×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×2 works
  21. Environmental Science0.15×1 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cedarville University?

Ranked on the quality score, Chu‐Yu Huang, Stephen J. White and Aleda M.H. Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cedarville University.

  1. 1 Chu‐Yu Huang United States · #1,457,160 worldwide 1.3k citations · 134 works
  2. 2 Stephen J. White United States · #1,460,828 worldwide 332 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Aleda M.H. Chen United States · #2,137,235 worldwide 2.7k citations · 278 works
  4. 4 Mary E. Kiersma United States · #2,520,792 worldwide 1.2k citations · 85 works
  5. 5 John J. Mortensen United States · #3,318,321 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Julie L. Moore United States · #3,428,155 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 David D. Peterson United States · #3,502,405 worldwide 511 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Otis C. Wright United States · #3,542,461 worldwide 545 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Tracy R. Frame United States · #3,673,599 worldwide 365 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 J Lee Thompson United States · #3,821,186 worldwide 7 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Cedarville University

What are the most cited papers from Cedarville University?

The most cited paper from Cedarville University is "A re-examination of the generalizability of the Aaker brand personality measurement framework" (Jon R. Austin, Judy A. Siguaw, Anna S. Mattila, 2003), with 292 citations. Next come "Mechanisms of Stereodirecting Participation and Ester Migration from Near and Far in Glycosylation and Related Reactions" (209) and "Estimation of Multivalued Treatment Effects under Conditional Independence" (199).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A re-examination of the generalizability of the Aaker brand personality measurement framework Jon R. Austin, Judy A. Siguaw, Anna S. Mattila · Journal of Strategic Marketing Jun 2003 292
2 Mechanisms of Stereodirecting Participation and Ester Migration from Near and Far in Glycosylation and Related Reactions Asiri A. Hettikankanamalage, Robert Lassfolk, Filip S. Ekholm et al. · Chemical Reviews ReviewOpen access 5 Jul 2020 209
3 Estimation of Multivalued Treatment Effects under Conditional Independence Matias D. Cattaneo, David M. Drukker, Ashley D. Holland · The Stata Journal Promoting communications on statistics and Stata Open access Sep 2013 199
4 Skeletal muscle atrophy: Potential therapeutic agents and their mechanisms of action Vikas Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Rajesh Dabur et al. · Pharmacological Research 5 Jun 2015 176
5 Early false-belief understanding in traditional non-Western societies H. Clark Barrett, Tanya Broesch, Rose M. Scott et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 30 Jan 2013 174
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cedarville University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Theology, Globalization, Identity, Inappropriate Medication Use, Polypharmacy, Assessment Methods, Faculty Development and Biblical Monotheism.

▲ 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. Globalization10▲ 3.2×20 topics
  2. Identity7▲ 6.1×12 topics
  3. Theology7▲ 46×2 topics
  4. Inappropriate Medication Use6▲ 84×1 topic
  5. Polypharmacy6▲ 84×1 topic
  6. Education5▲ 2.0×11 topics
  7. Assessment Methods5▲ 31×3 topics
  8. Faculty Development5▲ 42×3 topics
  9. Biblical Monotheism5▲ 117×1 topic
  10. Jewish Society5▲ 117×1 topic
  11. Literature5▲ 5.4×9 topics
  12. Social Justice5▲ 5.0×8 topics
  13. Gender5▲ 5.4×10 topics
  14. Reflective Practice4▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Competency-Based Education4▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Religion4▲ 5.9×10 topics
  17. Social Media4▲ 1.98×7 topics
  18. Ethnomusicology4▲ 66×2 topics
  19. History4▲ 3.7×8 topics
  20. Nationalism4▲ 5.7×5 topics
  21. Continuing Medical Education4▲ 40×1 topic
  22. Professional Identity Formation4▲ 40×1 topic
  23. Cultural Context3▲ 54×2 topics
  24. Primary Care3▲ 5.7×4 topics
  25. Race3▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Church History3▲ 45×3 topics
  27. Musical Theory3▲ 116×1 topic
  28. Musicology3▲ 116×1 topic
  29. Democracy3▲ 5.1×5 topics
  30. Mass Spectrometry3▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Neuroscience3▲ 5.4×5 topics
  32. Proteomics2▲ 26×2 topics
  33. American founding2▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Constitutional government2▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Global Governance2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  36. Collaborative Practice2▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Interdisciplinary Collaboration2▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Assessment2▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Diversity2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  40. Teacher Education2▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Cedarville University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Innovations in Medical Education and Musicology and Musical Analysis.

Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 6 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 5 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 4 fractional worksMusicology and Musical Analysis: 3 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksReformation and Early Mo…2Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 2 fractional worksTheater, Performance, and Music History: 2 fractional worksDisability Education and Employment: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyReligious studiesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMusic5 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 6 works
  2. 2 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 5 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Musicology and Musical Analysis Music 3 works
  5. 5 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 2 works
  7. 7 Theater, Performance, and Music History Music 2 works
  8. 8 Disability Education and Employment Safety Research 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 2 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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 available63.6%not open36.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.8%domestic only97.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cedarville University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% 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 Cedarville University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00075% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Cedarville University0.00038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cedarville 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%Cedarville University11.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.9% in 2022.

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