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Columbus University

In research, Columbus University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,200 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,999 of 9,330 worldwide) and Law (#728 of 917 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,028
of 34,923
Rank in Panama
#10
of 21
Research works
2k
▲ 101% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
1.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.47×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Columbus University

What is Columbus University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #4,200 of 14,833 2.9%1,646
Social SciencesField #6,999 of 9,330 2.7%1,092
LawSubfield #728 of 917 3.6%297
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #1,800 of 2,238 2.8%460
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #3,542 of 4,066 1.7%201
Health SciencesDomain #15,094 of 16,688 2.4%183
Business, Management and AccountingField #3,583 of 3,886 3.1%215
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #2,986 of 3,142 1.1%202
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #2,288 of 2,401 1.0%171

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

In all years, 84% of research at Columbus University is in Social Sciences, 9% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (56%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (10%). It does 4.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,646 fractional works · 84.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,092 fractional works · 55.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 460 fractional works · 23.6% of its workLaw: 297 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 201 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPublic Administration: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 215 fractional works · 11.0% of its workAccounting: 98 fractional works · 5.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 59 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMarketing: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 202 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 171 fractional works · 8.7% of its workFinance: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 83 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHistory: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 46 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 29 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 183 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMedicine: 106 fractional works · 5.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 38 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 74 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 47 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPharmacy: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 93 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKColumbusUniversity1,954fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences84%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 Sciences1,64684.2%
    1. Social Sciences1,09255.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting21511.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20210.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities834.3%
    5. Psychology462.4%
    6. Decision Sciences80.4%
    1. Medicine1065.4%
    2. Health Professions743.8%
    3. Nursing30.1%
    1. Environmental Science341.7%
    2. Engineering281.4%
    3. Computer Science221.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.2%
    5. Energy20.1%
    6. Mathematics10.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.0%
    8. Materials Science10.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences110.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology80.4%
    3. Neuroscience70.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 2.76× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 13.48× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.27× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 13.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities13.48×4 works
  2. Health Professions2.76×1 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.27×0 works
  4. Materials Science1.86×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.45×2 works
  6. Medicine1.06×2 works
  7. Engineering0.22×0 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Columbus University?

Ranked on the quality score, James Edward McKeown, William A. Kaplin and Stewart A. Baker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Columbus University.

  1. 1 James Edward McKeown Panama · #986,425 worldwide 575 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 William A. Kaplin Panama · #2,963,934 worldwide 443 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Stewart A. Baker Panama · #3,061,956 worldwide 254 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 William J. Byrnes Panama · #3,308,716 worldwide 91 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Daniel M. Berman Panama · #3,413,019 worldwide 158 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Jack Valenti Panama · #3,724,064 worldwide 31 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Milton Viorst Panama · #3,809,024 worldwide 199 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Roger C. Hartley Panama · #4,145,738 worldwide 72 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 George E. Garvey Panama · #4,230,176 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Sarah Helene Duggin Panama · #4,319,377 worldwide 42 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Columbus University

What are the most cited papers from Columbus University?

The most cited paper from Columbus University is "Rationing health care: the ethics of medical gatekeeping." (Edmund D. Pelligrino, 1986), with 134 citations. Next come "Constitutionalism, Judicial Review, and the World Court" (105) and "The Passive Personality Principle" (104).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rationing health care: the ethics of medical gatekeeping. Edmund D. Pelligrino · PubMed 1986 134
2 Constitutionalism, Judicial Review, and the World Court Geoff Watson · Scholarship at Catholic Law (Catholic University of America) Open access 1993 105
3 The Passive Personality Principle Geoff Watson · Scholarship at Catholic Law (Catholic University of America) 1993 104
4 Mediation of Wife Abuse Cases: The Adverse Impact of Informal Dispute Resolution on Women Lisa G. Lerman · Scholarship at Catholic Law (Catholic University of America) Open access 1984 80
5 The Ethics and Economics of Enforcing Contracts of Surrogate Motherhood Hon. Richard A. Posner · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks Book chapterOpen access 25 May 2001 60
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Columbus University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Intellectual Property, Corporate Governance, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Criminal Justice, Policy Dimensions and Transnational Law.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Human Rights472▲ 28×49 topics
  2. Intellectual Property252▲ 127×7 topics
  3. Corporate Governance246▲ 23×17 topics
  4. Constitutional Law238▲ 93×4 topics
  5. Environmental Law224▲ 83×4 topics
  6. Criminal Justice214▲ 70×6 topics
  7. Policy Dimensions199▲ 452×1 topic
  8. Transnational Law199▲ 415×1 topic
  9. Property Rights131▲ 58×6 topics
  10. Public Opinion124▲ 35×5 topics
  11. International Law118▲ 22×22 topics
  12. Federalism118▲ 56×4 topics
  13. Nationalism116▲ 10×13 topics
  14. Regulation115▲ 9.6×10 topics
  15. Globalization113▲ 3.1×51 topics
  16. American founding98▲ 68×1 topic
  17. Constitutional government98▲ 68×1 topic
  18. Equality91▲ 62×6 topics
  19. Democracy91▲ 12×11 topics
  20. Surveillance76▲ 25×4 topics
  21. Discrimination72▲ 26×4 topics
  22. Privacy70▲ 20×5 topics
  23. Sovereignty70▲ 33×9 topics
  24. Global Governance70▲ 16×15 topics
  25. Civil Rights69▲ 50×3 topics
  26. Media67▲ 26×4 topics
  27. First Amendment66▲ 322×1 topic
  28. Freedom of Speech66▲ 322×1 topic
  29. Privacy Rights62▲ 155×2 topics
  30. Liability60▲ 81×2 topics
  31. Legal Education57▲ 46×3 topics
  32. Criminal Trials56▲ 130×2 topics
  33. Professionalism53▲ 21×4 topics
  34. Access to Justice52▲ 84×2 topics
  35. Health Impacts52▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Welfare Rights Advice52▲ 102×1 topic
  37. Legal Ethics48▲ 78×2 topics
  38. Exclusionary Rule47▲ 144×1 topic
  39. Human Rights Act47▲ 144×1 topic
  40. Enforcement47▲ 63×2 topics

Which research topics does Columbus University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Medieval Literature and History, Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare, Innovations in Medical Education and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout.

Medieval Literature and …2Medieval Literature and History: 2 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…1Innovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional worksHealthcare professionals…1Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 0 fractional worksMedieval European History and Architecture: 0 fractional worksLegal Studies and Reforms0Legal Studies and Reforms: 0 fractional worksMedieval Philosophy and Theology: 0 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Law: 0 fractional worksCardiac Health and Menta…0Cardiac Health and Mental Health: 0 fractional works
ClassicsPhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health Professions6 others

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

  1. 1 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
  2. 2 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 1 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 0 works
  6. 6 Medieval European History and Architecture Archeology 0 works
  7. 7 Legal Studies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Medieval Philosophy and Theology Philosophy 0 works
  9. 9 Digital Transformation in Law General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 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 available78.4%not open21.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.6%domestic only98.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Columbus University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 101% higher 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 Columbus University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000072% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Columbus University0.000053% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Columbus 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2016Columbus University3.7% in 201620002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.3% in 2011.

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