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Freed–Hardeman University

In research, Freed–Hardeman University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,825 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,755 of 5,901 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,319 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence is 4.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,809
of 22,385 · #9,216 all time
Rank in United States
#554
of 3,332
Research works
579
▲ 3958% vs 2018-21
Citations
721
1.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
91%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Freed–Hardeman University

What is Freed–Hardeman 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,825 of 10,670 9.4%341 #4978
EngineeringField #1,755 of 5,901 9.5%149 #4573
Life SciencesDomain #2,319 of 6,403 8.3%93 -
Computer ScienceField #1,831 of 4,417 9.4%100 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,403 of 2,964 8.2%71 -

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

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Freed–Hardeman University is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Computer Science (19%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 342 fractional works · 66.0% of its workEngineering: 148 fractional works · 28.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 53 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 101 fractional works · 19.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 50 fractional works · 9.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 30 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 28 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 94 fractional works · 18.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 71 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 49 fractional works · 9.4% of its workBiophysics: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStructural Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 7.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFreed–HardemanUniversity518fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences66%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences8%

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. Engineering14828.7%
    2. Computer Science10119.5%
    3. Materials Science305.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy285.4%
    5. Environmental Science122.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.4%
    7. Chemistry61.2%
    8. Mathematics50.9%
    9. Energy40.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7113.7%
    2. Neuroscience112.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences81.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    1. Psychology122.2%
    2. Decision Sciences112.1%
    3. Social Sciences101.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting61.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    1. Medicine367.0%
    2. Health Professions30.5%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Freed–Hardeman University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Artificial Intelligence takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 50.0 works4.0×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.57× its world share, 71 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.50× its world share, 101 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.91× its world share, 148 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.64× its world share, 30 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.42× its world share, 28 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 36 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.57×71 works
  2. Computer Science2.50×101 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.42×28 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.13×11 works
  5. Engineering1.91×148 works
  6. Materials Science1.64×30 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.40×3 works
  8. Neuroscience1.32×11 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.90×7 works
  10. Chemistry0.79×6 works
  11. Energy0.77×4 works
  12. Mathematics0.77×5 works
  13. Psychology0.73×12 works
  14. Environmental Science0.47×12 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.43×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×6 works
  17. Medicine0.37×36 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×8 works
  19. Veterinary0.28×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×1 works
  21. Health Professions0.19×3 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.19×3 works
  23. Social Sciences0.15×10 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Freed–Hardeman University?

Ranked on the quality score, Gregory D. Massey, Brian P. Butterfield and Eric C. Munscher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Freed–Hardeman University.

  1. 1 Gregory D. Massey United States · #3,048,910 worldwide 96 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Brian P. Butterfield United States · #3,859,067 worldwide 536 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Eric C. Munscher United States · #4,986,759 worldwide 111 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 W. Edward Osborne United States · #5,259,033 worldwide 40 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Freed–Hardeman University

What are the most cited papers from Freed–Hardeman University?

The most cited paper from Freed–Hardeman University is "Intensity of rehabilitation and length of stay" (W. F. Blackerby, 1990), with 75 citations. Next come "Predicting early death in older adults with cancer" (67) and "Origen in the Likeness of Philo: Eusebius of Caesarea’s Portrait of the Model Scholar" (53).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Intensity of rehabilitation and length of stay W. F. Blackerby · Brain Injury 1990 75
2 Predicting early death in older adults with cancer Rabia Boulahssass et al. · European Journal of Cancer 29 Jun 2018 67
3 Origen in the Likeness of Philo: Eusebius of Caesarea’s Portrait of the Model Scholar Justin Mark Rogers · Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations Open access 15 Feb 2017 53
4 The Principalship: Essential Core Competencies for Instructional Leadership and Its Impact on School Climate Dorrell J. Ross, Jeffry Allen Cozzens · Journal of Education and Training Studies Open access 5 Jul 2016 48
5 Teacher Perceptions of Climate, Motivation, and Self-Efficacy: Is There Really a Connection Shemon J Reaves, Jeffry Allen Cozzens · Journal of Education and Training Studies Open access 11 Oct 2018 46
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Freed–Hardeman University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Molecular Dynamics, High-Throughput, Materials Informatics, Data Mining and Neuromorphic Computing.

▲ 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. Machine Learning68▲ 3.9×36 topics
  2. Deep Learning54▲ 3.0×33 topics
  3. Neural Networks31▲ 3.9×19 topics
  4. Data Mining18▲ 4.7×7 topics
  5. Molecular Dynamics18▲ 20×3 topics
  6. High-Throughput14▲ 47×1 topic
  7. Materials Informatics14▲ 47×1 topic
  8. Biomedical Applications12▲ 1.99×13 topics
  9. Neuromorphic Computing10▲ 17×2 topics
  10. Support Vector Machines10▲ 6.0×6 topics
  11. Anomaly Detection9▲ 5.8×2 topics
  12. Image Processing9▲ 3.9×6 topics
  13. Prediction8▲ 21×3 topics
  14. Protein8▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Field-Effect Transistors8▲ 9.5×2 topics
  16. Graph Convolutional Networks8▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Nonlinear Dynamics8▲ 6.7×2 topics
  18. Robotics8▲ 6.0×4 topics
  19. Thin Films8▲ 7.7×2 topics
  20. Machine Vision7▲ 6.7×4 topics
  21. Neuromorphic Photonics7▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Photonic Reservoir Computing7▲ 42×1 topic
  23. Medicinal Chemistry7▲ 5.1×4 topics
  24. Bayesian Networks7▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Bioinformatics7▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Ferroelectricity7▲ 15×1 topic
  27. Hafnium Oxide7▲ 40×1 topic
  28. Representation Learning7▲ 8.5×2 topics
  29. Data Integration7▲ 7.5×3 topics
  30. Distributed Systems6▲ 7.1×3 topics
  31. Heterogeneous Networks6▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Localization6▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Molecular Docking6▲ 9.7×2 topics
  34. Drug Target Identification6▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Raman Spectroscopy6▲ 6.1×2 topics
  36. Vibrational Spectroscopy6▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Virtual Screening6▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Cell Culture6▲ 9.3×3 topics
  39. Graph Neural Networks6▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Knowledge Graph Embedding6▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Freed–Hardeman University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Machine Learning in Materials Science, Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

Machine Learning in Mate…14Machine Learning in Materials Science: 14 fractional worksNeural Networks and Reservoir Computing: 7 fractional worksFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices: 7 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Graph Neural Networks: 6 fractional worksSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research: 5 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techni…5Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 5 fractional worksMachine Learning in Bioi…5Machine Learning in Bioinformatics: 5 fractional worksvaccines and immunoinfor…4vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches: 4 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Base…4Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 4 fractional works
Materials ChemistryArtificial IntelligenceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringComputational Theory and Mathematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 14 works
  2. 2 Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  3. 3 Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 6 works
  5. 5 Advanced Graph Neural Networks Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  6. 6 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Biophysics 5 works
  7. 7 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  8. 8 Machine Learning in Bioinformatics Molecular Biology 5 works
  9. 9 vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Molecular Biology 4 works
  10. 10 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 4 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 available91.0%not open9.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.6%domestic only98.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Freed–Hardeman University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3958% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Freed–Hardeman University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Freed–Hardeman University0.0084% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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