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Denison University

In research, Denison University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,287 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,865 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,954 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,306
of 22,385 · #5,316 all time
Rank in United States
#722
of 3,332
Research works
2.6k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
33k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Denison University

What is Denison 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 #2,287 of 9,585 9.2%203 #2210
Social SciencesField #1,865 of 5,988 11.7%102 #1480
Physical SciencesDomain #5,954 of 10,670 8.3%95 #5243

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Denison 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,210 #2,287
  2. Social Sciences#1,480 #1,865
  3. Physical Sciences#5,243 #5,954
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Denison University work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Denison University is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 227 fractional works · 58.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 114 fractional works · 28.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 47 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 63 fractional works · 16.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 109 fractional works · 27.7% of its workComputer Science: 34 fractional works · 8.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 26 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 28 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDenisonUniversity392fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences58%

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 Sciences11428.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities6316.1%
    3. Psychology215.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance205.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting82.0%
    6. Decision Sciences20.6%
    1. Computer Science348.7%
    2. Environmental Science266.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences153.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy143.6%
    5. Engineering92.3%
    6. Mathematics61.4%
    7. Materials Science30.7%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine225.5%
    2. Health Professions61.5%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences133.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology92.3%
    3. Neuroscience61.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.70× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.12× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.64× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.57× its world share, 63 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.35× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.74× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 114 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.57×63 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.39×15 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.35×20 works
  4. Social Sciences2.29×114 works
  5. Psychology1.74×21 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.64×14 works
  7. Environmental Science1.35×26 works
  8. Mathematics1.22×6 works
  9. Computer Science1.12×34 works
  10. Neuroscience0.86×6 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×13 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×8 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.61×2 works
  14. Health Professions0.58×6 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×9 works
  16. Nursing0.38×1 works
  17. Energy0.33×1 works
  18. Medicine0.29×22 works
  19. Materials Science0.21×3 works
  20. Engineering0.15×9 works
  21. Veterinary0.13×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Denison University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sarah R. Supp, Paul A. Djupe and S. D. Doty lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Denison University.

  1. 1 Sarah R. Supp United States · #215,164 worldwide 3.5k citations · 642 works
  2. 2 Paul A. Djupe United States · #226,884 worldwide 3.6k citations · 236 works
  3. 3 S. D. Doty United States · #557,814 worldwide 3.5k citations · 83 works
  4. 4 W. M. Southgate United States · #660,608 worldwide 346 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Thomas C. Bressoud United States · #833,170 worldwide 1.3k citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Shiri Noy United States · #874,445 worldwide 868 citations · 69 works
  7. 7 Susan J. Kennedy United States · #990,199 worldwide 2.4k citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Daniel C. Homan United States · #1,015,275 worldwide 5.9k citations · 158 works
  9. 9 Harry Heft United States · #1,024,213 worldwide 3.4k citations · 106 works
  10. 10 Hans H. Gerth United States · #1,036,458 worldwide 16k citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Denison University

What are the most cited papers from Denison University?

The most cited paper from Denison University is "A Brief Version of the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale" (Mark R. Leary, 1983), with 2,191 citations. Next come "A model of nitrous oxide evolution from soil driven by rainfall events: 1. Model structure and sensitivity" (1,507) and "The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms" (1,254).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Brief Version of the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale Mark R. Leary · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Sep 1983 2,191
2 A model of nitrous oxide evolution from soil driven by rainfall events: 1. Model structure and sensitivity Changsheng Li, Steve Frolking, Tod A. Frolking · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 20 Jun 1992 1,507
3 The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms Marina B Romanello et al. · The Lancet Open access114 authors 14 Nov 2023 1,254
4 Sending classical information via noisy quantum channels Benjamin W. Schumacher, Michael D. Westmoreland · Physical Review A Jul 1997 1,135
5 The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action Marina B Romanello et al. · The Lancet Open access122 authors 30 Oct 2024 834
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Denison University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Gender, Identity, Religion, Colonialism, History, Climate Change and Culture.

▲ 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. Globalization32▲ 4.1×42 topics
  2. Climate Change27▲ 2.5×40 topics
  3. Gender23▲ 11×31 topics
  4. Identity22▲ 7.5×23 topics
  5. Religion21▲ 12×16 topics
  6. History18▲ 6.7×23 topics
  7. Colonialism17▲ 9.3×19 topics
  8. Culture15▲ 7.5×20 topics
  9. Nationalism14▲ 8.2×16 topics
  10. Sustainability14▲ 1.41×23 topics
  11. Feminism13▲ 12×15 topics
  12. Literature13▲ 6.1×22 topics
  13. Politics11▲ 11×7 topics
  14. Neoliberalism11▲ 7.9×13 topics
  15. Democracy11▲ 8.0×7 topics
  16. Social Media11▲ 2.0×14 topics
  17. Human Rights10▲ 2.6×22 topics
  18. Social Justice10▲ 4.4×15 topics
  19. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Ethics9▲ 4.7×14 topics
  21. Biodiversity9▲ 2.9×15 topics
  22. Society8▲ 11×8 topics
  23. Philosophy8▲ 4.5×11 topics
  24. Invasive Species8▲ 4.5×10 topics
  25. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 5.9×6 topics
  26. Conservation Biology7▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Race6▲ 14×10 topics
  28. Activism6▲ 37×4 topics
  29. Secularism6▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Cultural Studies6▲ 4.2×7 topics
  31. Population Dynamics6▲ 6.1×7 topics
  32. Christianity6▲ 25×3 topics
  33. Biodiversity Loss5▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Embodiment5▲ 7.0×3 topics
  35. Sociology5▲ 9.4×5 topics
  36. Postcolonialism5▲ 8.5×9 topics
  37. Amphibian Declines5▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Chytridiomycosis5▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Cultural Critique5▲ 34×3 topics
  40. Global South4▲ 18×4 topics

Which research topics does Denison University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Religion and Society Interactions, Fashion and Cultural Textiles and Rhetoric and Communication Studies.

Amphibian and Reptile Bi…5Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 5 fractional worksReligion and Society Int…4Religion and Society Interactions: 4 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 3 fractional worksRhetoric and Communication Studies: 3 fractional worksReligion, Ecology, and Ethics: 3 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 3 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 3 fractional worksVietnamese History and C…2Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksHistorical Gender and Feminism Studies: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeSociology and Political ScienceMuseologyPhilosophy2 others

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

  1. 1 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  2. 2 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 3 works
  4. 4 Rhetoric and Communication Studies Philosophy 3 works
  5. 5 Religion, Ecology, and Ethics Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 3 works
  7. 7 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  8. 8 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Historical Gender and Feminism Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 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 available22.8%not open77.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Denison University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% 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 Denison University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Denison University0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Denison 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 counting10%20%Denison University12.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.9% in 1996.

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