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Fairfield University

In research, Fairfield University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,564 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,596 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,085 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,307
of 22,385 · #5,509 all time
Rank in United States
#723
of 3,332
Research works
3.7k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
51k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.75×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Fairfield University

What is Fairfield 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 #2,564 of 9,585 6.8%280 #2245
Social SciencesField #2,596 of 5,988 6.7%132 #2179
Physical SciencesDomain #5,085 of 10,670 5.4%105 #6628
Health SciencesDomain #6,677 of 9,902 4.4%75 #10094

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fairfield 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#2,245 #2,564
  2. Social Sciences#2,179 #2,596
  3. Physical Sciences#6,628 #5,085
  4. Health Sciences#10,094 #6,677
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 Fairfield University work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Fairfield University is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 360 fractional works · 60.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 167 fractional works · 27.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 60 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 33 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEducation: 23 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 54 fractional works · 8.9% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 49 fractional works · 8.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 18 fractional works · 2.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 47 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 37 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFinance: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 124 fractional works · 20.6% of its workEngineering: 40 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 40 fractional works · 6.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 85 fractional works · 14.2% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFairfieldUniversity601fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences60%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences16727.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting548.9%
    3. Psychology498.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities477.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance376.2%
    6. Decision Sciences71.2%
    1. Engineering406.7%
    2. Computer Science406.7%
    3. Mathematics101.7%
    4. Environmental Science91.4%
    5. Materials Science71.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy50.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.7%
    8. Chemistry40.6%
    9. Energy30.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Medicine518.6%
    2. Health Professions274.4%
    3. Nursing61.1%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology122.0%
    2. Neuroscience122.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
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: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.44× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 2.16× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.69× its world share, 47 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.76× its world share, 54 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.89× its world share, 37 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.67× its world share, 49 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 167 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.89×37 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.76×54 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.69×47 works
  4. Psychology2.67×49 works
  5. Social Sciences2.20×167 works
  6. Nursing2.16×6 works
  7. Health Professions1.68×26 works
  8. Mathematics1.44×10 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.22×7 works
  10. Neuroscience1.20×12 works
  11. Veterinary0.98×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.87×40 works
  13. Energy0.54×3 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×4 works
  15. Engineering0.45×40 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.44×1 works
  17. Medicine0.44×51 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.39×4 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.39×5 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×12 works
  22. Materials Science0.34×7 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×2 works
  24. Environmental Science0.29×9 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×5 works
  26. Dentistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fairfield University?

Ranked on the quality score, David Roberts Winn, Donald E. Gibson and Lisa A. Mainiero lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fairfield University.

  1. 1 David Roberts Winn United States · #181,371 worldwide 13k citations · 246 works
  2. 2 Donald E. Gibson United States · #745,770 worldwide 4.5k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Lisa A. Mainiero United States · #879,907 worldwide 3.1k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Gavriel David Rosenfeld United States · #911,583 worldwide 2k citations · 132 works
  5. 5 Mousumi Bose United States · #1,208,945 worldwide 3.4k citations · 69 works
  6. 6 Lucrecia García Iommi United States · #1,213,934 worldwide 181 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Mark F. Demers United States · #1,300,586 worldwide 745 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Michael R. Andreychik United States · #1,330,795 worldwide 771 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 John R. Miecznikowski United States · #1,528,445 worldwide 1.4k citations · 66 works
  10. 10 Alice McIntyre United States · #1,597,456 worldwide 2.3k citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Fairfield University

What are the most cited papers from Fairfield University?

The most cited paper from Fairfield University is "The Chain of Effects from Brand Trust and Brand Affect to Brand Performance: The Role of Brand Loyalty" (Arjun Chaudhuri, Morris B. Holbrook, 2001), with 6,627 citations. Next come "Final report of the E821 muon anomalous magnetic moment measurement at BNL" (2,521) and "Fundamentals of clinical supervision" (2,102).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Chain of Effects from Brand Trust and Brand Affect to Brand Performance: The Role of Brand Loyalty Arjun Chaudhuri, Morris B. Holbrook · Journal of Marketing Apr 2001 6,627
2 Final report of the E821 muon anomalous magnetic moment measurement at BNL G. W. Bennett et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 7 Apr 2006 2,521
3 Fundamentals of clinical supervision Janine M. Bernard, Rodney K. Goodyear · InSPIRe@Redlands (University of Redlands) Sep 1991 2,102
4 First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way Kazunori Akiyama et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access388 authors May 2022 1,901
5 Why Does Affect Matter in Organizations? Sigal G. Barsade, Donald E. Gibson · Academy of Management Perspectives Feb 2007 1,241
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fairfield University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Social Capital, Entrepreneurship, Monetary Policy, Globalization, Feminism, Gender and Nationalism.

▲ 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. Globalization24▲ 2.0×38 topics
  2. Mental Health20▲ 2.3×28 topics
  3. Social Media19▲ 2.2×21 topics
  4. Social Capital18▲ 5.8×13 topics
  5. Religion18▲ 6.4×20 topics
  6. Education17▲ 1.64×32 topics
  7. Entrepreneurship16▲ 6.7×11 topics
  8. Human Rights16▲ 2.5×24 topics
  9. Identity15▲ 3.4×22 topics
  10. Innovation15▲ 2.4×19 topics
  11. Gender14▲ 4.5×20 topics
  12. Nationalism13▲ 5.0×13 topics
  13. Economic Growth12▲ 2.5×15 topics
  14. Monetary Policy12▲ 8.8×8 topics
  15. Depression12▲ 2.3×13 topics
  16. Feminism12▲ 7.0×10 topics
  17. Colonialism12▲ 4.2×16 topics
  18. Corporate Governance12▲ 2.7×11 topics
  19. History12▲ 2.8×17 topics
  20. Social Justice12▲ 3.2×16 topics
  21. Regulation11▲ 3.5×11 topics
  22. Student Engagement10▲ 4.2×9 topics
  23. Job Satisfaction9▲ 3.5×9 topics
  24. Gender Equality9▲ 5.5×3 topics
  25. Middle East9▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Secularism9▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Memory8▲ 5.7×9 topics
  28. Global Governance8▲ 5.7×9 topics
  29. Hermeneutics8▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Investment Decisions8▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Democracy8▲ 3.8×10 topics
  32. Empire8▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Islamic reform7▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Ottoman Empire7▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Crowdfunding7▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Fintech7▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Engineering Education6▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Totalitarianism6▲ 38×2 topics
  39. Palestine6▲ 17×2 topics
  40. NGOs6▲ 9.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Fairfield University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Islamic Studies and History, FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Italian Fascism and Post-war Society.

Islamic Studies and Hist…7Islamic Studies and History: 7 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, D…7FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 7 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…5Digital Marketing and Social Media: 5 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post…5Italian Fascism and Post-war Society: 5 fractional worksArchaeology and Historical Studies: 4 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks: 4 fractional worksDemographic Trends and G…4Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences: 4 fractional worksNonprofit Sector and Volunteering: 4 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 3 fractional worksFinancial Reporting and …3Financial Reporting and Valuation Research: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsManagement Information SystemsSociology and Political ScienceArcheology4 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  2. 2 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 7 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  5. 5 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 4 works
  6. 6 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 4 works
  7. 7 Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences Gender Studies 4 works
  8. 8 Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 3 works
  10. 10 Financial Reporting and Valuation Research Strategy and Management 3 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 available25.5%not open74.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fairfield University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% 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 Fairfield University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Fairfield University0.0023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fairfield 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Fairfield University8.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.5% in 1999.

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