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Fielding Graduate University

In research, Fielding Graduate University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,469 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,591 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 11.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,748
of 28,054 · #10,083 all time
Rank in United States
#1,301
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
23.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Fielding Graduate University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,469 of 10,521 19.7%132 #2521
Health SciencesDomain #7,591 of 11,982 17.6%64 #6820

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fielding Graduate 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Fielding Graduate University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 11.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 27.5 works11×
  2. PsychologyField · 58.1 works8.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.99× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.09× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.01× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.92× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.88× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.96× its world share, 58 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fielding Graduate University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ruthellen Josselson, Lauren Mizock and Joseph P. Bush lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fielding Graduate University.

  1. 1 Ruthellen Josselson United States · #56,770 worldwide 278 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Lauren Mizock United States · #809,035 worldwide 75 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Joseph P. Bush United States · #1,308,480 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Sandra McPherson United States · #1,530,013 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Fielding Graduate University

Which keywords describe research at Fielding Graduate University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Depression, Stress, Epidemiology, Adolescents, Social Support, Resilience and Coping Strategies.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Mental Health29▲ 8.3×32 topics
  2. Epidemiology18▲ 1.95×46 topics
  3. Depression13▲ 6.1×19 topics
  4. Public Health10▲ 2.8×22 topics
  5. Stress10▲ 11×6 topics
  6. Social Support9▲ 6.7×10 topics
  7. Adolescents9▲ 9.7×7 topics
  8. Resilience8▲ 6.8×11 topics
  9. Risk Factors8▲ 2.9×18 topics
  10. Coping Strategies7▲ 12×3 topics
  11. Quality of Life7▲ 2.1×18 topics
  12. Emotion7▲ 14×6 topics
  13. Genetics6▲ 3.9×9 topics
  14. Health Disparities6▲ 9.9×7 topics
  15. Positive Emotions6▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Prevalence6▲ 6.2×7 topics
  17. Psychological Impact6▲ 7.6×7 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis6▲ 4.1×12 topics
  19. Psychological Resilience6▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Adversity6▲ 34×1 topic
  21. Developmental Perspectives6▲ 34×1 topic
  22. Well-being6▲ 6.2×11 topics
  23. Anxiety6▲ 4.9×8 topics
  24. Emotion Regulation5▲ 7.2×8 topics
  25. Child Development5▲ 5.2×6 topics
  26. Psychological Adjustment5▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Job Satisfaction5▲ 4.6×9 topics
  28. Social Justice5▲ 3.4×13 topics
  29. Health4▲ 4.7×10 topics
  30. Health Outcomes4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  31. Cultural Psychology4▲ 42×3 topics
  32. Neurobiology4▲ 6.9×6 topics
  33. Social Relationships4▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Trauma4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  35. Health Consequences4▲ 5.5×4 topics
  36. Psychometric Evaluation4▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy4▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Emotion Recognition4▲ 7.8×3 topics
  39. Psychopathology3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  40. Stigma3▲ 10.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Fielding Graduate University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Resilience and Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Advanced Causal Inference Techniques and Sleep and related disorders.

Resilience and Mental He…6Resilience and Mental Health: 6 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Causal Inference Techniques: 3 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 3 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…2Migration, Health and Trauma: 2 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 2 fractional worksAging and Gerontology Research: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyStatistics and ProbabilityExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 6 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 3 works
  3. 3 Advanced Causal Inference Techniques Statistics and Probability 3 works
  4. 4 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Health disparities and outcomes Health 2 works
  9. 9 Aging and Gerontology Research Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 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 available41.3%not open58.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fielding Graduate University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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