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Framingham State University

In research, Framingham State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,186 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,678 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,376
of 22,385 · #5,565 all time
Rank in United States
#1,276
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
39k
28.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Framingham State University

What is Framingham State 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 #7,186 of 9,585 7.2%91 #6783
Physical SciencesDomain #9,678 of 10,670 5.4%61 #8370

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

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Framingham State University is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Medicine (15%), Arts and Humanities (13%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 100 fractional works · 44.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 13.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClassics: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 5.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 64 fractional works · 28.3% of its workMathematics: 22 fractional works · 9.7% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 6.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 17.3% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 15.3% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFramingham StateUniversity226fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences44%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3917.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities3013.4%
    3. Psychology135.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting114.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Mathematics229.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy146.2%
    3. Computer Science114.7%
    4. Engineering83.5%
    5. Environmental Science52.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.0%
    7. Chemistry10.5%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Medicine3515.3%
    2. Health Professions31.2%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology156.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.2%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 8.27× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.78× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.64× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.49× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.94× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics8.27×22 works
  2. Arts and Humanities4.64×30 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.78×14 works
  4. Psychology1.94×13 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.49×11 works
  6. Social Sciences1.35×39 works
  7. Nursing1.34×2 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.22×15 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.04×5 works
  10. Medicine0.80×35 works
  11. Neuroscience0.68×2 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×2 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.60×11 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.58×1 works
  16. Veterinary0.54×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×5 works
  18. Environmental Science0.44×5 works
  19. Health Professions0.44×3 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.39×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.34×1 works
  22. Energy0.32×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.25×0 works
  24. Engineering0.23×8 works
  25. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Framingham State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael A. Kiebish, Emily Yi-Shyuan Chen and Niven R. Narain lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Framingham State University.

  1. 1 Michael A. Kiebish United States · #121,710 worldwide 6.9k citations · 273 works
  2. 2 Emily Yi-Shyuan Chen United States · #447,334 worldwide 2.3k citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Niven R. Narain United States · #450,761 worldwide 4.6k citations · 301 works
  4. 4 Stéphane Gesta United States · #661,651 worldwide 6.8k citations · 131 works
  5. 5 Bennett P. Greenwood United States · #840,304 worldwide 968 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Valerie Bussberg United States · #1,014,074 worldwide 674 citations · 63 works
  7. 7 Martin Tolar United States · #1,180,608 worldwide 2.4k citations · 72 works
  8. 8 Viatcheslav R. Akmaev United States · #1,298,626 worldwide 2.9k citations · 116 works
  9. 9 Anne R. Diers United States · #1,510,852 worldwide 2.4k citations · 125 works
  10. 10 Susan R. Abushakra United States · #1,569,223 worldwide 2.4k citations · 83 works
All ranked researchers at Framingham State University

What are the most cited papers from Framingham State University?

The most cited paper from Framingham State University is "Validation of the Framingham Coronary Heart Disease Prediction Scores" (Ralph B. D’Agostino, Scott M. Grundy, LISA M. SULLIVAN et al., 2001), with 2,119 citations. Next come "Serum Cholesterol, Lipoproteins, and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease" (2,080) and "Factors of Risk in the Development of Coronary Heart Disease—Six-Year Follow-up Experience" (1,841).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Validation of the Framingham Coronary Heart Disease Prediction Scores Ralph B. D’Agostino, Scott M. Grundy, LISA M. SULLIVAN et al. · JAMA Open access 11 Jul 2001 2,119
2 Serum Cholesterol, Lipoproteins, and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease William B. Kannel, WILLIAM P. CASTELLI, TAVIA GORDON et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 1971 2,080
3 Factors of Risk in the Development of Coronary Heart Disease—Six-Year Follow-up Experience William B. Kannel, THOMAS R. DAWBER, ABRAHAM KAGAN et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Jul 1961 1,841
4 Associations of kidney disease measures with mortality and end-stage renal disease in individuals with and without diabetes: a meta-analysis Caroline S. Fox, Kunihiro Matsushita, Mark Woodward et al. · The Lancet ReviewOpen access 23 Sep 2012 1,413
5 Menopause and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease William B. Kannel, MARTHANA C. HJORTLAND, PATRICIA M. McNAMARA et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Oct 1976 1,412
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Framingham State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cantorian-Fractal, E-Infinity Theory, Combinatorics, Permutations, Identity, Religion, Philosophy and Modular Forms.

▲ 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. Cantorian-Fractal10▲ 471×1 topic
  2. E-Infinity Theory10▲ 471×1 topic
  3. Identity8▲ 5.0×17 topics
  4. Globalization8▲ 1.70×19 topics
  5. Combinatorics7▲ 247×1 topic
  6. Permutations7▲ 247×1 topic
  7. Religion7▲ 6.4×11 topics
  8. Gender6▲ 4.9×14 topics
  9. Philosophy6▲ 5.8×10 topics
  10. Literature6▲ 4.6×15 topics
  11. History5▲ 3.4×12 topics
  12. Innovation5▲ 2.3×11 topics
  13. Modular Forms5▲ 59×1 topic
  14. Multiple Zeta Values5▲ 229×1 topic
  15. Cultural Studies5▲ 5.8×11 topics
  16. Colonialism5▲ 4.5×13 topics
  17. Memory5▲ 8.3×9 topics
  18. Society4▲ 9.2×8 topics
  19. Culture4▲ 3.3×8 topics
  20. Technology4▲ 3.3×6 topics
  21. Ethics4▲ 3.3×8 topics
  22. Feminism4▲ 5.5×7 topics
  23. Nationalism4▲ 3.5×8 topics
  24. Alzheimer's Disease3▲ 5.3×6 topics
  25. Geometry3▲ 94×1 topic
  26. Hyperbolic3▲ 94×1 topic
  27. Urban Development3▲ 4.1×8 topics
  28. Autoantibodies3▲ 6.1×4 topics
  29. Neuroinflammation3▲ 4.6×4 topics
  30. Social History3▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Networks3▲ 38×2 topics
  32. Community3▲ 9.6×6 topics
  33. Cultural Impact2▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Cultural Exchange2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  35. Stereotypes2▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Theology2▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Graph Spectra2▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Middle Ages2▲ 46×2 topics
  39. Religious Identity2▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Topological Indices2▲ 64×1 topic

Which research topics does Framingham State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications, Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics, Advanced Mathematical Identities and Mathematics and Applications.

Advanced Mathematical Th…10Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Combinatorial Mathematics: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Identities: 5 fractional worksMathematics and Applicat…3Mathematics and Applications: 3 fractional worksGraph theory and applica…2Graph theory and applications: 2 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…2Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 2 fractional worksByzantine Studies and History: 2 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 2 fractional works
Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsDiscrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsAlgebra and Number TheoryGeometry and Topology4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 10 works
  2. 2 Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 7 works
  3. 3 Advanced Mathematical Identities Algebra and Number Theory 5 works
  4. 4 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 3 works
  5. 5 Graph theory and applications Geometry and Topology 2 works
  6. 6 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 2 works
  9. 9 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  10. 10 Medieval Literature and History Classics 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 available25.3%not open74.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Framingham State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% 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 Framingham State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Framingham State University0.00088% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Framingham 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 2025Framingham State University9.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.3% in 2006.

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