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Ferris State University

In research, Ferris State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,483 of 14,833 worldwide), Health Sciences (#10,674 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,229 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,122
of 22,385 · #11,930 all time
Rank in United States
#1,843
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Ferris State University

What is Ferris State 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 #8,483 of 14,833 7.3%419
Health SciencesDomain #10,674 of 16,688 8.0%340
MedicineField #10,229 of 14,558 7.7%270
Physical SciencesDomain #13,400 of 17,446 8.6%249
Social SciencesField #7,200 of 9,330 7.2%201
Life SciencesDomain #9,318 of 11,023 5.1%134

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

In 2022-now, 36% of research at Ferris State University is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (16%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 59 fractional works · 35.7% of its workMedicine: 47 fractional works · 28.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 31.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 15.7% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 20.3% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 7.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 12.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFerris StateUniversity165fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences32%

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. Medicine4728.5%
    2. Health Professions106.3%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences2615.7%
    2. Psychology116.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting63.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities53.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Engineering127.0%
    2. Computer Science95.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy52.8%
    4. Mathematics31.7%
    5. Chemistry31.6%
    6. Environmental Science21.3%
    7. Materials Science10.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology106.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology53.1%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics31.7%
    4. Neuroscience20.9%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.07× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.69× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.26× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.40× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.48× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.14× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.69×3 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.07×5 works
  3. Health Professions2.40×10 works
  4. Psychology2.14×11 works
  5. Medicine1.48×47 works
  6. Mathematics1.42×3 works
  7. Nursing1.30×1 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.26×5 works
  9. Social Sciences1.24×26 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.13×10 works
  11. Arts and Humanities1.13×5 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting1.10×6 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.10×4 works
  14. Chemistry0.99×3 works
  15. Computer Science0.67×9 works
  16. Neuroscience0.56×2 works
  17. Engineering0.47×12 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.45×1 works
  19. Dentistry0.32×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.27×2 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.13×1 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Ferris State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Nancy Lynne Hogan, Stephen Eric Nybo and Eric G. Lambert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ferris State University.

  1. 1 Nancy Lynne Hogan United States · #352,805 worldwide 7.1k citations · 135 works
  2. 2 Stephen Eric Nybo United States · #1,636,044 worldwide 1.4k citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Eric G. Lambert United States · #1,675,653 worldwide 1.3k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Ann Gilley United States · #1,995,543 worldwide 1.5k citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Kirk Weller United States · #2,165,798 worldwide 837 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Ali Konieczny United States · #2,239,099 worldwide 166 citations · 424 works
  7. 7 Michael E. Klepser United States · #2,437,392 worldwide 5.7k citations · 166 works
  8. 8 Ilana Arnon United States · #2,636,913 worldwide 734 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 David R. White United States · #2,778,438 worldwide 201 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Namita Giri United States · #2,910,646 worldwide 455 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Ferris State University

What are the most cited papers from Ferris State University?

The most cited paper from Ferris State University is "A Note on a Simple Apparatus for Detecting Neurological Deficit in Rats and Mice**College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 8." (Norris W. Dunham, T.S. Miya, 1957), with 1,721 citations. Next come "Gut Microbiome: Profound Implications for Diet and Disease" (1,138) and "Turmeric and Its Major Compound Curcumin on Health: Bioactive Effects and Safety Profiles for Food, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnological and Medicinal Applications" (1,034).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Note on a Simple Apparatus for Detecting Neurological Deficit in Rats and Mice**College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 8. Norris W. Dunham, T.S. Miya · Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (Scientific ed ) Mar 1957 1,721
2 Gut Microbiome: Profound Implications for Diet and Disease Ronald D. Hills, Benjamin Pontefract, Hillary R. Mishcon et al. · Nutrients Open access 16 Jul 2019 1,138
3 Turmeric and Its Major Compound Curcumin on Health: Bioactive Effects and Safety Profiles for Food, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnological and Medicinal Applications Javad Sharifi‐Rad et al. · Frontiers in Pharmacology Open access 15 Sep 2020 1,034
4 Antidiabetic Potential of Medicinal Plants and Their Active Components Bahare Salehi et al. · Biomolecules Open access 30 Sep 2019 754
5 The impact of job satisfaction on turnover intent: a test of a structural measurement model using a national sample of workers Eric G. Lambert, Nancy Lynne Hogan, Shannon M. Barton-Bellessa · The Social Science Journal Jun 2001 736
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ferris State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Drug Resistance, Inappropriate Medication Use, Polypharmacy, Infectious Diseases, Electric Vehicles and Global Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 2.2×26 topics
  2. Public Health9▲ 3.6×14 topics
  3. Drug Resistance5▲ 11×4 topics
  4. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 7.3×3 topics
  5. Electric Vehicles5▲ 9.8×3 topics
  6. Inappropriate Medication Use5▲ 69×1 topic
  7. Infectious Diseases5▲ 8.6×2 topics
  8. Polypharmacy5▲ 69×1 topic
  9. Global Health5▲ 18×3 topics
  10. Reflective Practice5▲ 15×3 topics
  11. Antimicrobial Stewardship4▲ 61×1 topic
  12. Bacterial Infections4▲ 61×1 topic
  13. Assessment Methods4▲ 25×3 topics
  14. Faculty Development4▲ 33×2 topics
  15. Mental Health4▲ 1.73×14 topics
  16. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.3×9 topics
  17. Healthcare Quality4▲ 22×4 topics
  18. Lithium-ion Batteries4▲ 5.4×3 topics
  19. Competency-Based Education4▲ 25×1 topic
  20. Professional Identity Formation4▲ 35×1 topic
  21. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  22. Student Engagement3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  23. Battery Technology3▲ 6.5×2 topics
  24. Primary Care3▲ 4.9×7 topics
  25. Job Satisfaction3▲ 4.0×7 topics
  26. Meta-Analysis3▲ 3.0×8 topics
  27. Adverse Drug Reactions3▲ 32×3 topics
  28. Gender3▲ 3.2×5 topics
  29. Leadership3▲ 3.4×6 topics
  30. Healthcare-Associated Infections2▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Battery Management Systems2▲ 9.7×1 topic
  32. Career Development2▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Thermal Runaway2▲ 9.7×1 topic
  34. Academic Medicine2▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Charging Infrastructure2▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  37. Social Identity2▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Vehicle-to-Grid2▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Youth2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  40. Nursing Education2▲ 8.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Ferris State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Innovations in Medical Education and Advanced Battery Technologies Research.

Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 5 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 4 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 2 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 2 fractional worksMedical Malpractice and …2Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues: 2 fractional worksPatient Safety and Medication Errors: 2 fractional worksPolicing Practices and Perceptions: 2 fractional worksMentoring and Academic Development: 1 fractional worksPharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions: 1 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthAutomotive Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 5 works
  2. 2 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 4 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Pharmacy 2 works
  7. 7 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  8. 8 Policing Practices and Perceptions Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Mentoring and Academic Development Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Toxicology 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 available26.4%not open73.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ferris State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% 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 Ferris State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Ferris State University0.00090% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ferris State 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 2025Ferris State University4.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.0% in 2010.

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