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Ecpi University

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Research works
40
▲ 98% vs 2018-21
Citations
703
17.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Ecpi University

Not ranked overall: Ecpi University is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Ecpi University work in?

In all years, 54% of research at Ecpi University is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (26%), Engineering (17%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 54.0% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 26.0% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 17.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 32.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 9.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEcpi University40fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences32%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science1026.0%
    2. Engineering717.0%
    3. Environmental Science13.5%
    4. Mathematics12.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.7%
    6. Materials Science11.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.2%
    8. Chemistry00.8%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting49.1%
    2. Social Sciences49.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities25.1%
    4. Decision Sciences13.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.4%
    6. Psychology11.8%
    1. Medicine38.3%
    2. Health Professions01.0%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    1. Neuroscience11.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
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: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 3.40× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 1.92× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.91× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.24×1 works
  2. Computer Science3.40×3 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.25×1 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.91×1 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.59×0 works
  6. Neuroscience2.12×0 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.96×0 works
  8. Nursing1.92×0 works
  9. Engineering1.27×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.70×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.63×0 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.62×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.53×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.45×0 works
  16. Medicine0.07×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Ecpi University?

The most cited paper from Ecpi University is "Biochemistry of the Amino Acids" (Kendall Willard. King, Alton Meister, 1957), with 538 citations. Next come "Knowledge-Based Risk Management framework for Information Technology project" (203) and "Do instant messaging interruptions help or hinder knowledge workers’ task performance?" (65).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Biochemistry of the Amino Acids Kendall Willard. King, Alton Meister · AIBS Bulletin Nov 1957 538
2 Knowledge-Based Risk Management framework for Information Technology project Samer Fawaz Alhawari, Louay Karadsheh, Amine Nehari Talet et al. · International Journal of Information Management 31 Aug 2011 203
3 Do instant messaging interruptions help or hinder knowledge workers’ task performance? Gary R. Mansi, Yair M. Levy · International Journal of Information Management 23 Feb 2013 65
4 Use of Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure in Out‐of‐hospital Patients Richard A. Craven, Nici Singletary, Lois A. Bosken et al. · Academic Emergency Medicine Sep 2000 50
5 Hierarchical Heterogeneous Graph Representation Learning for Short Text Classification Yaqing Wang, Song Wang, Quanming Yao et al. · Proceedings of the 2021 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing Conference paperOpen access 2021 48
All 78 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ecpi University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Security, Education, Leadership, Innovation, Gender Differences and Privacy.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning3▲ 3.2×13 topics
  2. Education2▲ 4.0×11 topics
  3. Cloud Computing2▲ 15×3 topics
  4. Innovation2▲ 4.4×8 topics
  5. Deep Learning2▲ 1.78×6 topics
  6. Neural Networks2▲ 3.7×6 topics
  7. Security2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  8. Sustainability2▲ 2.1×6 topics
  9. Leadership1▲ 9.7×4 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency1▲ 3.7×3 topics
  11. Gender Differences1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  12. Privacy1▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Renewable Energy1▲ 3.0×4 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management1▲ 6.0×5 topics
  15. Big Data1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  16. Quality Improvement1▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Student Engagement1▲ 10×5 topics
  18. Public Policy1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  19. Radiology Errors1▲ 115×1 topic
  20. Small and Medium Enterprises1▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Structured Reporting1▲ 115×1 topic
  22. Technology1▲ 5.8×4 topics
  23. Virtualization1▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Ecpi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Natural Language Processing Techniques, Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies and Arts and Performance Studies.

Business, Innovation, and Economy: 1 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 1 fractional worksCybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies: 0 fractional worksArts and Performance Studies: 0 fractional worksFlow Measurement and Analysis: 0 fractional worksNon-Destructive Testing Techniques: 0 fractional worksAviation History and Inn…0Aviation History and Innovations: 0 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 0 fractional worksLaw, logistics, and international trade: 0 fractional worksBig Data and Digital Eco…0Big Data and Digital Economy: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsArtificial IntelligenceInformation SystemsVisual Arts and Performing Arts4 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  2. 2 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  3. 3 Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies Information Systems 0 works
  4. 4 Arts and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  5. 5 Flow Measurement and Analysis Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  6. 6 Non-Destructive Testing Techniques Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Aviation History and Innovations History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  8. 8 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Law, logistics, and international trade Accounting 0 works
  10. 10 Big Data and Digital Economy Information Systems 0 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ecpi University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 98% higher 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 Ecpi University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000042% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Ecpi University0.000038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ecpi University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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