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DePaul University

In research, DePaul University stands highest in Social Sciences (#954 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,376 of 6,365 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#751 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History — History is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,019
of 28,054 · #2,294 all time
Rank in United States
#565
of 4,192
Research works
14k
▼ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
253k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is DePaul University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #954 of 10,521 20.9%794 #473
Social SciencesField #1,376 of 6,365 21.7%373 #521
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #751 of 2,578 24.2%141 #395
PsychologyField #637 of 2,181 22.1%124 #430
Computer ScienceField #1,616 of 4,667 21.1%114 #478
Health SciencesDomain #4,266 of 11,982 16.9%172 #2729
Physical SciencesDomain #5,341 of 12,888 18.2%245 #2834
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,181 of 2,578 24.8%97 #453
MedicineField #5,375 of 10,443 14.6%111 #3666
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,117 of 1,998 13.1%129 #376

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where DePaul 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#473 #954
  2. Social Sciences#521 #1,376
  3. Sociology and Political Science#395 #751
  4. Psychology#430 #637
  5. Computer Science#478 #1,616
  6. Health Sciences#2,729 #4,266
  7. Physical Sciences#2,834 #5,341
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#453 #1,181
  9. Medicine#3,666 #5,375
  10. Arts and Humanities#376 #1,117
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does DePaul University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 21.8 works5.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.25× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.53× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 114 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.09× its world share, 31 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 57 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 111 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.51× its world share, 129 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.36× its world share, 97 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.66× its world share, 45 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.20× its world share, 124 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.31× its world share, 373 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at DePaul University?

Ranked on the composite score, Christopher Murray, Bamshad Mobasher and Robin Burke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is DePaul University.

  1. 1 Christopher Murray · #7,870 worldwide 985 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Bamshad Mobasher · #14,336 worldwide 907 citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Robin Burke · #26,022 worldwide 695 citations · 61 works
  4. 4 David Farrell Krell · #32,292 worldwide 169 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Joseph R. Ferrari · #46,705 worldwide 353 citations · 78 works
  6. 6 Tanu Malik · #61,405 worldwide 315 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 William Sander · #97,281 worldwide 318 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 M. Cheríf Bassiouni · #98,026 worldwide 281 citations · 300 works
  9. 9 Michael Naas · #101,327 worldwide 64 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Radha Jagadeesan · #110,800 worldwide 321 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at DePaul University

Which keywords describe research at DePaul University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Mental Health, Globalization, Colonialism, Social Media, Identity, Literature and Neoliberalism.

▲ 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. Globalization66▲ 2.6×73 topics
  2. Mental Health60▲ 3.2×35 topics
  3. Social Media53▲ 2.9×28 topics
  4. Machine Learning51▲ 1.23×60 topics
  5. Gender48▲ 7.0×33 topics
  6. Identity42▲ 4.5×42 topics
  7. Colonialism38▲ 6.3×29 topics
  8. Literature36▲ 5.2×31 topics
  9. Ethics32▲ 5.2×31 topics
  10. History32▲ 3.6×31 topics
  11. Neoliberalism31▲ 6.8×24 topics
  12. Religion30▲ 5.0×25 topics
  13. Public Health30▲ 1.60×27 topics
  14. Culture29▲ 4.2×22 topics
  15. Social Justice27▲ 3.6×28 topics
  16. Social Capital25▲ 3.7×15 topics
  17. Human Rights25▲ 1.90×37 topics
  18. Philosophy25▲ 4.4×27 topics
  19. Corporate Governance23▲ 2.5×19 topics
  20. Feminism23▲ 6.3×18 topics
  21. Emotion21▲ 7.9×11 topics
  22. Democracy20▲ 4.5×24 topics
  23. Nationalism20▲ 3.4×21 topics
  24. Social Support20▲ 2.8×12 topics
  25. Student Engagement20▲ 3.9×11 topics
  26. Psychological Impact18▲ 4.4×6 topics
  27. Politics16▲ 4.7×15 topics
  28. Psychological Factors16▲ 6.1×4 topics
  29. Health Disparities15▲ 4.6×8 topics
  30. Society15▲ 6.2×11 topics
  31. Empathy14▲ 9.9×7 topics
  32. NGOs14▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Community14▲ 9.4×8 topics
  34. Sovereignty14▲ 12×9 topics
  35. Psychological Adjustment13▲ 7.1×4 topics
  36. Race13▲ 9.2×13 topics
  37. Functional MRI12▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome12▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Fibromyalgia12▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Theology11▲ 9.3×5 topics

Which research topics does DePaul University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Reformation and Early Modern Christianity.

Fibromyalgia and Chronic…12Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 12 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health8COVID-19 and Mental Health: 8 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 7 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 6 fractional worksManagement and Marketing Education: 6 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 6 fractional worksNonprofit Sector and Volunteering: 6 fractional worksMisinformation and Its I…6Misinformation and Its Impacts: 6 fractional worksMedia Influence and Health: 6 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 6 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologySociology and Political ScienceHistory3 others

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

  1. 1 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 12 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 8 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social MediaSociology and Political Science 7 works
  4. 4 Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityHistory 6 works
  5. 5 Management and Marketing EducationManagement of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  6. 6 Religion, Society, and DevelopmentSociology and Political Science 6 works
  7. 7 Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSociology and Political Science 6 works
  8. 8 Misinformation and Its ImpactsSociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Media Influence and HealthLiterature and Literary Theory 6 works
  10. 10 Homelessness and Social IssuesGeneral Health Professions 6 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 available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has DePaul University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% lower 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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