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Dordt University

In research, Dordt University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,284 of 14,833 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#2,176 of 3,511 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#13,005 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,366
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,965
of 7,310
Research works
2k
▼ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
1.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.48×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
75%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Dordt University

What is Dordt 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 #7,284 of 14,833 2.6%1,618
Arts and HumanitiesField #2,176 of 3,511 2.3%697
Physical SciencesDomain #13,005 of 17,446 4.3%243
Religious studiesSubfield #195 of 236 2.0%172
Social SciencesField #8,196 of 9,330 2.9%748
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #3,824 of 4,066 2.4%258
HistorySubfield #674 of 697 2.3%123
EducationSubfield #2,972 of 3,033 4.0%170
PhilosophySubfield #808 of 824 1.7%185
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #2,203 of 2,238 2.4%151

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

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Dordt University is in Social Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (20%), Medicine (20%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 21 fractional works · 40.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 20.1% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 9.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 13.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 32.2% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 20.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 10.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 14.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 13.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDordt University53fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences40%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities1120.1%
    2. Social Sciences713.6%
    3. Psychology23.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.9%
    1. Medicine1120.0%
    2. Health Professions610.9%
    3. Nursing11.1%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Physics and Astronomy24.0%
    2. Mathematics23.1%
    3. Environmental Science12.7%
    4. Computer Science12.2%
    5. Engineering11.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology48.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences24.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
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: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.60× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.79× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.14× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 2.22× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.95× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.95×11 works
  2. Health Professions4.14×6 works
  3. Mathematics2.60×2 works
  4. Nursing2.22×1 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.79×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.56×4 works
  7. Veterinary1.55×0 works
  8. Psychology1.25×2 works
  9. Social Sciences1.07×7 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.05×1 works
  11. Medicine1.04×10 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.89×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.84×2 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.60×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.54×1 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.28×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.22×0 works
  20. Engineering0.08×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Dordt University?

Ranked on the quality score, Nathan Tintle, Michael J. Williams and Larry J. Reynolds lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dordt University.

  1. 1 Nathan Tintle United States · #771,953 worldwide 6.9k citations · 335 works
  2. 2 Michael J. Williams United States · #902,296 worldwide 1.3k citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Larry J. Reynolds United States · #2,051,665 worldwide 699 citations · 94 works
  4. 4 Jenna Veenstra United States · #2,227,315 worldwide 553 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Darren G. Stoub United States · #2,628,555 worldwide 304 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Michael W. Goheen United States · #2,797,003 worldwide 190 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Mary Dengler United States · #3,040,101 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 John Van Dyk United States · #3,376,507 worldwide 208 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Mike Vanden Bosch United States · #3,420,254 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Russell W. Maatman United States · #3,493,560 worldwide 949 citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at Dordt University

What are the most cited papers from Dordt University?

The most cited paper from Dordt University is "Biomarkers of Dietary Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality" (Matti Marklund et al., 2019), with 343 citations. Next come "From thermal dissociation to condensation in the atmospheres of ultra hot Jupiters: WASP-121b in context" (338) and "Omega-6 fatty acid biomarkers and incident type 2 diabetes: pooled analysis of individual-level data for 39 740 adults from 20 prospective cohort studies" (296).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Biomarkers of Dietary Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality Matti Marklund et al. · Circulation Open access 11 Apr 2019 343
2 From thermal dissociation to condensation in the atmospheres of ultra hot Jupiters: WASP-121b in context Vivien Parmentier, Mike R. Line, Jacob L. Bean et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 29 May 2018 338
3 Omega-6 fatty acid biomarkers and incident type 2 diabetes: pooled analysis of individual-level data for 39 740 adults from 20 prospective cohort studies Jason H Y Wu et al. · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Open access 13 Oct 2017 296
4 The epidemiology of alcohol use disorders cross-nationally: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys Meyer D. Glantz et al. · Addictive Behaviors Open access 16 Sep 2019 279
5 Photochemically produced SO2 in the atmosphere of WASP-39b Shang‐Min Tsai et al. · Nature Open access 26 Apr 2023 262
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dordt University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Church History, Theology, Chronic Conditions, Social Justice, Patient Engagement, Epidemiology, African Christianity and Globalization.

▲ 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.3×14 topics
  2. Church History4▲ 178×2 topics
  3. Globalization4▲ 3.6×6 topics
  4. Theology4▲ 76×2 topics
  5. Chronic Conditions3▲ 83×2 topics
  6. Social Justice3▲ 9.4×5 topics
  7. African Christianity3▲ 218×2 topics
  8. Patient Engagement3▲ 39×3 topics
  9. Biblical Interpretation2▲ 143×2 topics
  10. Social History2▲ 55×2 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.7×11 topics
  12. Health Care Costs2▲ 52×2 topics
  13. Health Services2▲ 45×2 topics
  14. Primary Care2▲ 11×2 topics
  15. Quality of Life2▲ 2.9×3 topics
  16. Calvinism2▲ 169×1 topic
  17. Choosing Wisely2▲ 178×1 topic
  18. Healthcare Utilization2▲ 47×1 topic
  19. Low-Value Care2▲ 178×1 topic
  20. Multimorbidity2▲ 86×1 topic
  21. Pentecostalism2▲ 157×1 topic
  22. Reformation2▲ 136×1 topic
  23. Spirituality2▲ 38×1 topic
  24. Biblical Monotheism2▲ 125×1 topic
  25. Jewish Society2▲ 125×1 topic
  26. Nationalism2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  27. Aging1▲ 4.8×5 topics
  28. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 13×3 topics
  29. American founding1▲ 91×1 topic
  30. Constitutional government1▲ 91×1 topic
  31. Cultural Analysis1▲ 54×2 topics
  32. Adolescents1▲ 6.0×3 topics
  33. Religion1▲ 5.1×4 topics
  34. Coping Strategies1▲ 8.3×2 topics
  35. Genetic Variants1▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Psychological Resilience1▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Sequence Interpretation1▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Adversity1▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Ethnomusicology1▲ 47×2 topics
  40. Medical Home1▲ 78×1 topic

Which research topics does Dordt University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies, Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Healthcare cost, quality, practices and Chronic Disease Management Strategies.

Pentecostalism and Chris…2Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 2 fractional worksReformation and Early Mo…2Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 2 fractional worksHealthcare cost, quality…2Healthcare cost, quality, practices: 2 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…2Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 2 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases1Genomics and Rare Diseases: 1 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 1 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksMusic History and Culture: 1 fractional works
Religious studiesHistoryGeneral Health ProfessionsEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 2 works
  2. 2 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 2 works
  3. 3 Healthcare cost, quality, practices General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 2 works
  6. 6 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 1 works
  9. 9 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Music History and Culture Music 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 available74.8%not open25.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dordt University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Dordt University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Dordt University0.00032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Dordt 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 2019Dordt University4.7% in 201920002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.4% in 2017.

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