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Chatham University

In research, Chatham University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,452 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,291
of 22,385 · #7,299 all time
Rank in United States
#1,570
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Chatham University

What is Chatham 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 #7,452 of 9,585 7.8%86 #5450

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

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Chatham University is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (14%), Psychology (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 99 fractional works · 50.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 51 fractional works · 25.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 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: 19 fractional works · 9.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 7.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 22.2% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 14.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 18.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 8.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKChathamUniversity197fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences22%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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5125.7%
    2. Psychology199.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting147.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities73.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.3%
    6. Decision Sciences31.3%
    1. Medicine2814.3%
    2. Health Professions115.5%
    3. Nursing42.1%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Environmental Science168.3%
    2. Engineering62.9%
    3. Computer Science52.4%
    4. Mathematics31.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    7. Chemistry10.6%
    8. Materials Science10.5%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences105.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.9%
    3. Neuroscience31.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 1.04× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.67× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.47× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.10× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 4.24× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.20× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.22× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.12× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 51 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.24×4 works
  2. Psychology3.12×19 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.22×14 works
  4. Health Professions2.10×11 works
  5. Social Sciences2.03×51 works
  6. Environmental Science1.67×16 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.52×6 works
  8. Veterinary1.49×0 works
  9. Mathematics1.47×3 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.39×3 works
  11. Arts and Humanities1.20×7 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.04×10 works
  13. Neuroscience0.83×3 works
  14. Medicine0.74×28 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×2 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.55×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.43×2 works
  18. Chemistry0.41×1 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×4 works
  20. Computer Science0.31×5 works
  21. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  22. Engineering0.20×6 works
  23. Materials Science0.15×1 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.10×0 works
  25. Energy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Chatham University?

Ranked on the quality score, Wing-tsit Chan, Jennie Sweet-Cushman and M. Cordier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chatham University.

  1. 1 Wing-tsit Chan United States · #361,778 worldwide 2.4k citations · 143 works
  2. 2 Jennie Sweet-Cushman United States · #368,470 worldwide 829 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 M. Cordier United States · #371,164 worldwide 5k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Monica A. Riordan United States · #617,369 worldwide 1.1k citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Larry A. Viehland United States · #883,915 worldwide 7k citations · 210 works
  6. 6 Ryan Michael Utz United States · #1,000,916 worldwide 2.8k citations · 82 works
  7. 7 Erin Marie Williams‐Hatala United States · #1,052,718 worldwide 321 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Katherine George United States · #1,068,568 worldwide 163 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 James C. Diggory United States · #1,123,272 worldwide 775 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Linh Phung United States · #1,239,110 worldwide 369 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Chatham University

What are the most cited papers from Chatham University?

The most cited paper from Chatham University is "Blind deconvolution using a normalized sparsity measure" (Dilip Krishnan, Terence Tay, Rob Fergus, 2011), with 1,117 citations. Next come "Key competencies in sustainability in higher education—toward an agreed-upon reference framework" (911) and "RRPP: An r package for fitting linear models to high‐dimensional data using residual randomization" (700).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Blind deconvolution using a normalized sparsity measure Dilip Krishnan, Terence Tay, Rob Fergus Conference paper Jun 2011 1,117
2 Key competencies in sustainability in higher education—toward an agreed-upon reference framework Katja Brundiers, Matthias Barth, Gisela Cebrián et al. · Sustainability Science 28 Jul 2020 911
3 RRPP: An r package for fitting linear models to high‐dimensional data using residual randomization Michael L. Collyer, Dean C. Adams · Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12 May 2018 700
4 geomorph v4.0 and gmShiny: Enhanced analytics and a new graphical interface for a comprehensive morphometric experience Erica K. Baken, Michael L. Collyer, Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou et al. · Methods in Ecology and Evolution Open access 17 Sep 2021 673
5 Freshwater salinization syndrome on a continental scale Sujay S. Kaushal, Gene E. Likens, Michael L. Pace et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 8 Jan 2018 601
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Chatham University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Invasive Species, Quality of Life, Global Governance, Well-being, Public Health, Depression and Social Support.

▲ 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. Mental Health12▲ 4.1×24 topics
  2. Quality of Life8▲ 2.8×20 topics
  3. Climate Change7▲ 1.37×33 topics
  4. Epidemiology7◆ 0.91×31 topics
  5. Globalization7▲ 1.84×21 topics
  6. Public Health7▲ 2.4×16 topics
  7. Sustainability7▲ 1.45×23 topics
  8. Invasive Species6▲ 7.5×12 topics
  9. Depression6▲ 3.3×13 topics
  10. Human Rights5▲ 2.7×15 topics
  11. Biodiversity5▲ 3.3×10 topics
  12. Social Justice5▲ 4.2×14 topics
  13. Social Support5▲ 4.5×11 topics
  14. Global Governance4▲ 9.6×8 topics
  15. Well-being4▲ 5.9×9 topics
  16. Resilience4▲ 3.8×13 topics
  17. Community Engagement4▲ 5.4×9 topics
  18. Intersectionality3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  19. Job Satisfaction3▲ 3.8×6 topics
  20. Anxiety3▲ 3.5×7 topics
  21. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  22. Conservation3▲ 3.6×4 topics
  23. Health Disparities3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  24. Democracy3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  25. Employment Patterns3▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 9.8×5 topics
  27. Healthcare Workers2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  28. Nursing Education2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  29. Feminist Theory2▲ 27×3 topics
  30. Self-Determination2▲ 68×1 topic
  31. Universal Design for Learning2▲ 68×1 topic
  32. Vocational Education2▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Cognition2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  34. Ecosystem2▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Executive Functioning2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  36. Public Opinion2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  37. Cognitive Development2▲ 8.4×4 topics
  38. Political Participation2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Student Retention2▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Training Pathways2▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Chatham University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Disability Education and Employment, Education Systems and Policy, Gender Politics and Representation and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Disability Education and…2Disability Education and Employment: 2 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…2Education Systems and Policy: 2 fractional worksGender Politics and Representation: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksNursing Education, Practice, and Leadership: 2 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Practice and Research: 2 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, R…2Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 2 fractional worksNursing education and management: 1 fractional worksWildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses: 1 fractional works
Safety ResearchEducationGender StudiesNature and Landscape Conservation5 others

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

  1. 1 Disability Education and Employment Safety Research 2 works
  2. 2 Education Systems and Policy Education 2 works
  3. 3 Gender Politics and Representation Gender Studies 2 works
  4. 4 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  5. 5 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership Issues, ethics and legal aspects 2 works
  6. 6 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 2 works
  7. 7 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  9. 9 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 1 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available22.4%not open77.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Chatham University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Chatham University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00067% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Chatham University0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Chatham 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Chatham University6.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.5% in 2018.

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