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Drew University

In research, Drew University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,790 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,323 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,268
of 22,385 · #5,145 all time
Rank in United States
#1,564
of 3,332
Research works
1.9k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Drew University

What is Drew 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 #4,790 of 9,585 6.1%127 #2737
Social SciencesField #5,323 of 5,988 6.2%72 #2128

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

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Drew University is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 140 fractional works · 63.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 77 fractional works · 35.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 37 fractional works · 17.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 33 fractional works · 14.8% of its workReligious studies: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 21.5% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 8.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 6.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 7.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDrew University220fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences64%

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 Sciences7735.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities3314.8%
    3. Psychology125.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance73.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting62.8%
    6. Decision Sciences52.2%
    1. Computer Science188.2%
    2. Engineering115.1%
    3. Mathematics104.7%
    4. Chemistry31.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    6. Environmental Science10.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine177.7%
    2. Health Professions52.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.1%
    2. Neuroscience31.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.03× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.13× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.55× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.77× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.78× its world share, 77 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.13×32 works
  2. Mathematics4.03×10 works
  3. Social Sciences2.78×77 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.29×5 works
  5. Psychology1.77×12 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.55×7 works
  7. Computer Science1.06×18 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×6 works
  9. Chemistry0.82×3 works
  10. Health Professions0.82×5 works
  11. Neuroscience0.73×3 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.43×2 works
  13. Medicine0.40×17 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×5 works
  15. Engineering0.34×11 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×1 works
  17. Nursing0.26×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×3 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×0 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.13×1 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Drew University?

Ranked on the quality score, G. Scott Morgan, José Luis Adrio and Robert J. Bull lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Drew University.

  1. 1 G. Scott Morgan United States · #606,024 worldwide 1.6k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 José Luis Adrio United States · #825,991 worldwide 2.3k citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Robert J. Bull United States · #854,109 worldwide 410 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Alan M. Rosan United States · #864,806 worldwide 783 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Herbert Bardwell Huffmon United States · #901,029 worldwide 316 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 James M. Carter United States · #919,719 worldwide 2.4k citations · 86 works
  7. 7 Jessica L. Lakin United States · #1,054,556 worldwide 4.2k citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Jon R. Kettenring United States · #1,115,025 worldwide 3.6k citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Louis Hamilton United States · #1,138,117 worldwide 170 citations · 77 works
  10. 10 Karen McCarthy Brown United States · #1,168,128 worldwide 1.1k citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Drew University

What are the most cited papers from Drew University?

The most cited paper from Drew University is "Copolymer 1 reduces relapse rate and improves disability in relapsing‐remitting multiple sclerosis" (K. P. Johnson, Benjamin Brooks, J. A. Cohen et al., 1995), with 1,906 citations. Next come "Comparative analysis of the genome sequences of Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica" (1,052) and "Production of recombinant proteins by microbes and higher organisms" (1,042).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Copolymer 1 reduces relapse rate and improves disability in relapsing‐remitting multiple sclerosis K. P. Johnson, Benjamin Brooks, J. A. Cohen et al. · Neurology Jul 1995 1,906
2 Comparative analysis of the genome sequences of Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica Julian Parkhill et al. · Nature Genetics 8 Aug 2003 1,052
3 Production of recombinant proteins by microbes and higher organisms Arnold L. Demain, Preeti Vaishnav · Biotechnology Advances Feb 2009 1,042
4 Microbial drug discovery: 80 years of progress Arnold L. Demain, Sergio García Sánchez · The Journal of Antibiotics Open access 2009 1,006
5 The Chameleon Effect as Social Glue: Evidence for the Evolutionary Significance of Nonconscious Mimicry Jessica L. Lakin, Valerie E. Jefferis, Clara Michelle Cheng et al. · Journal of Nonverbal Behavior Sep 2003 973
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Drew University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Nationalism, Globalization, History, Big Data, Philosophy, Statistical Modeling and 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. Religion23▲ 22×17 topics
  2. Globalization19▲ 4.4×31 topics
  3. Nationalism18▲ 18×17 topics
  4. Machine Learning13▲ 1.76×9 topics
  5. Big Data13▲ 6.1×8 topics
  6. History12▲ 8.2×15 topics
  7. Identity11▲ 6.8×21 topics
  8. Philosophy11▲ 11×11 topics
  9. Statistical Modeling10▲ 106×2 topics
  10. Statistical Analysis10▲ 27×2 topics
  11. Data Visualization10▲ 84×2 topics
  12. Data Science10▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Parallel Computing10▲ 38×1 topic
  14. R language10▲ 525×1 topic
  15. Teaching Methods10▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Time Series Analysis10▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Statistical Reasoning9▲ 313×1 topic
  18. Statistics Anxiety9▲ 313×1 topic
  19. Politics9▲ 16×10 topics
  20. Gender9▲ 7.3×17 topics
  21. Culture8▲ 6.8×10 topics
  22. Secularism7▲ 33×5 topics
  23. Social Justice7▲ 5.5×10 topics
  24. Feminism7▲ 11×12 topics
  25. Human Rights7▲ 2.9×16 topics
  26. Ethics6▲ 5.8×13 topics
  27. Development6▲ 7.7×5 topics
  28. Christianity6▲ 45×3 topics
  29. Civil Society6▲ 24×3 topics
  30. Democracy6▲ 7.6×8 topics
  31. NGOs6▲ 28×3 topics
  32. Humanitarianism5▲ 38×2 topics
  33. International Aid5▲ 50×2 topics
  34. Neoliberalism5▲ 6.2×11 topics
  35. Faith-Based Organizations5▲ 74×1 topic
  36. Social Services5▲ 50×1 topic
  37. China4▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Confucianism4▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Spirituality4▲ 18×4 topics
  40. Public Opinion4▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does Drew University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Data Analysis with R, Statistics Education and Methodologies, Religion, Society, and Development and Chinese history and philosophy.

Data Analysis with R10Data Analysis with R: 10 fractional worksStatistics Education and…9Statistics Education and Methodologies: 9 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 5 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 4 fractional worksAcademic integrity and p…2Academic integrity and plagiarism: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksReligious Studies and Spiritual Practices: 2 fractional worksPentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 2 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 2 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceStatistics and ProbabilitySociology and Political ScienceSafety Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Data Analysis with R Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  2. 2 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 9 works
  3. 3 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 2 works
  7. 7 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 2 works
  9. 9 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 2 works
  10. 10 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 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 available19.7%not open80.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.3%domestic only94.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Drew University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher 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 Drew University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00077% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Drew University0.00074% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Drew 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Drew University7.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.9% in 2008.

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