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Cornerstone University

In research, Cornerstone University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,935 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,025
of 28,054 · #20,042 all time
Rank in United States
#1,635
of 4,192
Research works
293
▲ 98% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

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 #7,935 of 16,945 15.1%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.89× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.06× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 3.29× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.25× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.14× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.92× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.59× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Cornerstone University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Theology, Income Inequality, Cultural Identity, Calvinism, Gender Inequality, Reformation, Performance Analysis and Epidemiology.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology7▲ 1.54×36 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress4▲ 2.3×14 topics
  3. Globalization4▲ 1.83×9 topics
  4. Cultural Identity4▲ 5.9×2 topics
  5. Economic Development4▲ 3.7×8 topics
  6. Mental Health3▲ 2.0×13 topics
  7. Innovation3▲ 2.7×8 topics
  8. Theology3▲ 30×2 topics
  9. Income Inequality3▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Calvinism3▲ 108×1 topic
  11. Gender Inequality3▲ 19×4 topics
  12. Performance Analysis3▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Reformation3▲ 89×1 topic
  14. Social Policy3▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Income Tax3▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Reactive Oxygen Species2▲ 5.3×7 topics
  17. Diabetes2▲ 4.3×7 topics
  18. History2▲ 3.0×3 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior2▲ 3.1×4 topics
  20. Herbal Medicine2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  21. Medicine2▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Nationalism2▲ 4.4×2 topics
  23. Science2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  24. Antioxidants2▲ 3.9×3 topics
  25. Cancer Prevention2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  26. Investment Decisions2▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Labor Force Participation2▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Labor Market2▲ 5.9×6 topics
  29. Welfare Reform2▲ 78×1 topic
  30. Asset Allocation2▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Resistance Training2▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Physiological Demands2▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Public Opinion2▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Training Load2▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Financial Literacy2▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Injury Prevention2▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Retirement Planning2▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Society2▲ 7.5×1 topic
  39. Secularism2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Cerebral Blood Flow1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Cornerstone University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cornerstone University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 98% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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