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Cornerstone University

In research, Cornerstone University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,244 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,351
of 22,385 · #12,192 all time
Rank in United States
#1,429
of 3,332
Research works
293
▲ 99% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.5k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Cornerstone University

What is Cornerstone 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 #8,244 of 14,833 8.6%157

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

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Cornerstone University is in Social Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Social Sciences (14%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 49 fractional works · 36.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 43 fractional works · 32.0% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 27.0% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 19.7% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 11.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDrug Discovery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKCornerstoneUniversity134fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences37%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1914.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting96.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities75.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance75.6%
    5. Psychology64.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Medicine3627.0%
    2. Health Professions43.3%
    3. Nursing21.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Engineering64.8%
    2. Computer Science64.5%
    3. Environmental Science32.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy32.3%
    5. Mathematics21.7%
    6. Materials Science21.5%
    7. Chemistry21.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology85.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences54.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
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: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.26× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.41× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 2.88× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.93× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.02× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.60× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.40× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing2.88×2 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.60×7 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.02×9 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.93×7 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.77×1 works
  6. Mathematics1.47×2 works
  7. Medicine1.41×36 works
  8. Psychology1.40×6 works
  9. Health Professions1.26×4 works
  10. Social Sciences1.10×19 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.07×8 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy1.04×3 works
  13. Veterinary1.01×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.86×6 works
  15. Chemistry0.85×2 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.83×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.76×1 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.64×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.58×6 works
  20. Environmental Science0.52×3 works
  21. Materials Science0.43×2 works
  22. Neuroscience0.41×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×1 works
  24. Engineering0.32×6 works
  25. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  26. Energy0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cornerstone University?

Ranked on the quality score, Jason T. Hotchkiss, Jennifer L. Juergens and Nazar Muhammad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cornerstone University.

  1. 1 Jason T. Hotchkiss United States · #1,020,603 worldwide 345 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Jennifer L. Juergens United States · #1,044,309 worldwide 1.1k citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Nazar Muhammad United States · #2,114,008 worldwide 133 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Ryan N. Roberts United States · #2,425,261 worldwide 110 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Jesse M. Jansen United States · #2,559,475 worldwide 21 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Byard Bennett United States · #2,729,754 worldwide 59 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Oluwakemi Semiloore Omowumi United States · #3,174,572 worldwide 21 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Jonathan S. Greer United States · #3,275,260 worldwide 112 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Jonathan S. Marko United States · #3,491,353 worldwide 36 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Erik Benson United States · #3,770,560 worldwide 13 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Cornerstone University

What are the most cited papers from Cornerstone University?

The most cited paper from Cornerstone University is "Estimating dynamic treatment effects in event studies with heterogeneous treatment effects" (Liyang P. Sun, Sarah Abraham, 2020), with 5,500 citations. Next come "Mortality Risk and Fine Particulate Air Pollution in a Large, Representative Cohort of U.S. Adults" (257) and "Composition of Titan's ionosphere" (222).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estimating dynamic treatment effects in event studies with heterogeneous treatment effects Liyang P. Sun, Sarah Abraham · Journal of Econometrics 16 Dec 2020 5,500
2 Mortality Risk and Fine Particulate Air Pollution in a Large, Representative Cohort of U.S. Adults C. Arden Pope, Jacob S. Lefler, Majid Ezzati et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives Open access Jul 2019 257
3 Composition of Titan's ionosphere T. E. Cravens, Ina P. Robertson, Jack Hunter Waite et al. · Geophysical Research Letters Open access Apr 2006 222
4 Interdisciplinary teamwork in hospitals: A review and practical recommendations for improvement Kevin J. O’Leary, Niraj L. Sehgal, Grace Emerson Terrell et al. · Journal of Hospital Medicine 31 Oct 2011 210
5 Bulk high-temperature superconductivity in pressurized tetragonal La2PrNi2O7 Ningning Wang et al. · Nature 2 Oct 2024 199
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cornerstone University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Theology, Epidemiology, Income Inequality, Calvinism, Gender Inequality, Reformation, Performance Analysis and Cultural Identity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 1.46×42 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.2×18 topics
  3. Globalization5▲ 1.75×12 topics
  4. Innovation4▲ 2.8×12 topics
  5. Economic Development4▲ 3.4×9 topics
  6. Cultural Identity4▲ 5.3×2 topics
  7. Mental Health3▲ 1.76×13 topics
  8. Theology3▲ 27×2 topics
  9. Income Inequality3▲ 17×5 topics
  10. Calvinism3▲ 100×1 topic
  11. Corporate Governance3▲ 3.0×9 topics
  12. Gender Inequality3▲ 16×4 topics
  13. Performance Analysis3▲ 11×3 topics
  14. Reformation3▲ 80×1 topic
  15. Social Policy3▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Income Tax3▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Reactive Oxygen Species3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  18. Diabetes2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  19. Herbal Medicine2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  20. Medicine2▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Nationalism2▲ 3.9×2 topics
  22. Science2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  23. Cancer Prevention2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  24. Antioxidants2▲ 3.6×3 topics
  25. Labor Market2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  26. Prevention2▲ 3.7×6 topics
  27. Investment Decisions2▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Labor Force Participation2▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Welfare Reform2▲ 70×1 topic
  30. Asset Allocation2▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Resistance Training2▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Financial Literacy2▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Physiological Demands2▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Public Opinion2▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Training Load2▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Household Finance2▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Injury Prevention2▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Retirement Planning2▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Society2▲ 6.5×1 topic
  40. Secularism2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Cornerstone University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, Sports Performance and Training and Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis.

Reformation and Early Mo…3Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 3 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Famil…2Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 2 fractional worksSports Performance and T…2Sports Performance and Training: 2 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pens…2Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 2 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 2 fractional worksThermoregulation and physiological responses: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…1Sports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksReligion and Society Int…1Religion and Society Interactions: 1 fractional works
HistoryGender StudiesOrthopedics and Sports MedicineAccounting5 others

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

  1. 1 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 3 works
  2. 2 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 2 works
  3. 3 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 2 works
  5. 5 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  6. 6 Thermoregulation and physiological responses Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.4%domestic only76.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cornerstone University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 99% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cornerstone University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Cornerstone University0.00085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cornerstone University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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