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Foundation University

In research, Foundation University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,747 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 6.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,601
of 22,385 · #21,954 all time
Rank in Philippines
#107
of 182
Research works
324
▲ 91% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Foundation University

What is Foundation 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 #7,747 of 9,585 4.9%68 #12364

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

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Foundation University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Medicine (14%), Psychology (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 94 fractional works · 54.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 54 fractional works · 31.5% of its workEducation: 35 fractional works · 20.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 19.8% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 14.4% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 17.8% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFoundationUniversity173fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences54%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5431.5%
    2. Psychology1910.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting95.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities74.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.5%
    6. Decision Sciences21.0%
    1. Medicine2514.4%
    2. Health Professions53.2%
    3. Dentistry42.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Computer Science126.9%
    2. Engineering116.1%
    3. Mathematics42.4%
    4. Environmental Science31.7%
    5. Materials Science00.3%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences95.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.4%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Foundation University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 34.9 works6.6×
← 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: 1.06× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.08× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsDentistry: 4.49× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.47× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.62× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.53× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 54 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry4.49×4 works
  2. Psychology3.53×19 works
  3. Social Sciences2.49×54 works
  4. Mathematics2.08×4 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.62×9 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.54×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.47×7 works
  8. Health Professions1.20×6 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.06×9 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.03×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.88×12 works
  12. Medicine0.75×25 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×3 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×1 works
  15. Engineering0.41×10 works
  16. Neuroscience0.38×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.34×3 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  20. Nursing0.13×0 works
  21. Energy0.10×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Foundation University?

Ranked on the quality score, Muhammad Iqbal Saif, Angela Gabrielle Bacang and Sheena Mae T. Comighud lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Foundation University.

  1. 1 Muhammad Iqbal Saif Philippines · #2,101,188 worldwide 428 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Angela Gabrielle Bacang Philippines · #2,591,002 worldwide 12 citations · 13 works
  3. 3 Sheena Mae T. Comighud Philippines · #3,615,861 worldwide 106 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Felipe Sullera Philippines · #3,779,288 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Brando Piñero Philippines · #4,410,911 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Marife Cabajon Philippines · #4,547,083 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Maria Chona Futalan Philippines · #5,077,796 worldwide 32 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Foundation University

What are the most cited papers from Foundation University?

The most cited paper from Foundation University is "Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids" (Tanya M. Teslovich et al., 2010), with 3,706 citations. Next come "The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids" (1,099) and "A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height" (934).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids Tanya M. Teslovich et al. · Nature Open access209 authors Aug 2010 3,706
2 The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids Sarah E. Graham et al. · Nature Open access527 authors 9 Dec 2021 1,099
3 A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height Loïc Yengo et al. · Nature Open access632 authors 12 Oct 2022 934
4 The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits Jihua Chen et al. · Nature Genetics Open access417 authors 31 May 2021 918
5 Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease Ron Do et al. · Nature Genetics Open access263 authors 6 Oct 2013 912
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Foundation University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, E-Learning, Teaching Strategies, STEM Education, Education, Online Learning and Mobile Learning.

▲ 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. Educational Technology15▲ 7.5×16 topics
  2. E-Learning12▲ 7.1×9 topics
  3. Technology Integration12▲ 22×9 topics
  4. Education11▲ 3.6×12 topics
  5. Teaching Strategies9▲ 18×4 topics
  6. Online Learning8▲ 5.8×10 topics
  7. STEM Education8▲ 9.8×8 topics
  8. Mobile Learning7▲ 12×4 topics
  9. Mental Health7▲ 2.9×17 topics
  10. Professional Development7▲ 18×6 topics
  11. 21st Century Skills6▲ 12×4 topics
  12. Meta-Analysis6▲ 6.0×5 topics
  13. Critical Thinking Skills6▲ 19×2 topics
  14. Inclusive Education5▲ 8.5×5 topics
  15. Student Engagement5▲ 7.7×10 topics
  16. Distance Learning5▲ 8.6×4 topics
  17. Digital Literacy5▲ 5.1×7 topics
  18. Gender Differences5▲ 7.6×6 topics
  19. Teacher Professional Development5▲ 18×5 topics
  20. Higher-Order Thinking5▲ 35×1 topic
  21. Instructional Interventions5▲ 35×1 topic
  22. Nursing Education5▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Student Satisfaction4▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Media Literacy4▲ 4.7×5 topics
  25. Google Classroom4▲ 23×1 topic
  26. Teacher Perception4▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Language Teaching4▲ 7.7×3 topics
  28. Mathematical Literacy4▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Leadership4▲ 4.2×8 topics
  30. Online Education4▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Student Motivation3▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Special Education3▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Information Literacy3▲ 7.2×2 topics
  34. Language3▲ 7.2×3 topics
  35. Self-Efficacy3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  36. PISA Assessment3▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Problem-Solving3▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Corpus Linguistics3▲ 7.8×4 topics
  39. Student Perceptions3▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Teacher Preparation3▲ 20×4 topics

Which research topics does Foundation University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Critical Thinking Development, Technology-Enhanced Education Studies, Mathematics Education and Pedagogy and Educational Methods and Media Use.

Education and Critical Thinking Development: 5 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 4 fractional worksMathematics Education and Pedagogy: 3 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 2 fractional worksE-Learning and COVID-19: 2 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 2 fractional worksDeception detection and …2Deception detection and forensic psychology: 2 fractional worksCollaborative Teaching a…2Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion: 2 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…2EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 2 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and R…2Banana Cultivation and Research: 2 fractional works
EducationApplied MathematicsInformation SystemsMedia Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 5 works
  2. 2 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 4 works
  3. 3 Mathematics Education and Pedagogy Applied Mathematics 3 works
  4. 4 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 E-Learning and COVID-19 Education 2 works
  6. 6 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 2 works
  7. 7 Deception detection and forensic psychology Social Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion Education 2 works
  9. 9 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 2 works
  10. 10 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 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 available76.0%not open24.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.1%domestic only59.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Foundation University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 91% 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 Foundation University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Foundation University0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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