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Fresno Pacific University

In research, Fresno Pacific University stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,821 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,531
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,991
of 7,310
Research works
211
▼ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Fresno Pacific University

What is Fresno Pacific 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 #10,821 of 14,833 6.3%142

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

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Fresno Pacific University is in Social Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Arts and Humanities (18%), Psychology (18%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 25 fractional works · 66.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 22.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 18.5% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 10.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 18.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 15.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFresno PacificUniversity37fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences67%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences822.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities718.5%
    3. Psychology718.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting26.0%
    5. Decision Sciences00.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Medicine38.2%
    2. Health Professions24.6%
    3. Nursing12.7%
    1. Computer Science25.6%
    2. Environmental Science01.4%
    3. Engineering01.2%
    4. Materials Science00.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    1. Neuroscience25.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.6%
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: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 3.10× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 5.53× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.41× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.03× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.41×7 works
  2. Psychology6.03×7 works
  3. Nursing5.53×1 works
  4. Neuroscience3.10×2 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.87×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.81×8 works
  7. Health Professions1.74×2 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.78×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.72×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×1 works
  11. Medicine0.43×3 works
  12. Environmental Science0.27×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.20×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.17×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×0 works
  17. Engineering0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fresno Pacific University?

Ranked on the quality score, A. Lee Beckstead, Yvonne S. Freeman and Ray Nickson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fresno Pacific University.

  1. 1 A. Lee Beckstead United States · #1,745,398 worldwide 722 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Yvonne S. Freeman United States · #1,789,891 worldwide 1.4k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Ray Nickson United States · #2,154,310 worldwide 116 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Karen D. Crozier United States · #2,400,750 worldwide 50 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 James A. Van Slyke United States · #2,903,788 worldwide 143 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Sherry Muterspaugh Walling United States · #3,069,167 worldwide 559 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Melanie A. Howard United States · #3,206,537 worldwide 28 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Panayotis Coutsoumpos United States · #3,395,918 worldwide 45 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Darin D. Lenz United States · #3,785,383 worldwide 2 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Christopher H. Rosik United States · #4,176,295 worldwide 827 citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at Fresno Pacific University

What are the most cited papers from Fresno Pacific University?

The most cited paper from Fresno Pacific University is "Tomato Fruit Yields and Quality under Water Deficit and Salinity" (Jeff P. Mitchell, Carol Shennan, S.R. Grattan et al., 1991), with 294 citations. Next come "Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls" (150) and "Using cryo-EM to measure the dipole potential of a lipid membrane" (124).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tomato Fruit Yields and Quality under Water Deficit and Salinity Jeff P. Mitchell, Carol Shennan, S.R. Grattan et al. · Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science Open access Mar 1991 294
2 Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls Brian Schultz · Journal for the Study of Judaism 2011 150
3 Using cryo-EM to measure the dipole potential of a lipid membrane Liguo Wang, Pulkit S. Bose, Fred J. Sigworth · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 20 Nov 2006 124
4 Stages of Change, Decisional Balance, and Self-Efficacy across Four Health Behaviors in a Worksite Environment Andrew B. Herrick, William J. Stone, Miles M. Mettler · American Journal of Health Promotion Sep 1997 118
5 Homophobia and conservative religion: Toward a more nuanced understanding. Christopher H. Rosik, Lois K. Griffith, Zenaida Cruz · American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 2007 82
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Which keywords describe research at Fresno Pacific University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Psychology, Religion, Spirituality, Mental Health, Gender, Neuroscience, African Christianity and History.

▲ 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. Psychology3▲ 63×4 topics
  2. Mental Health3▲ 5.8×9 topics
  3. Religion3▲ 17×6 topics
  4. Spirituality3▲ 73×3 topics
  5. Gender2▲ 13×5 topics
  6. Globalization2▲ 3.0×5 topics
  7. Neuroscience2▲ 18×3 topics
  8. African Christianity2▲ 234×2 topics
  9. History2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  10. Well-being2▲ 13×4 topics
  11. Education2▲ 2.7×6 topics
  12. Identity2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  13. Personality Traits2▲ 33×3 topics
  14. Job Satisfaction2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  15. Leadership2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  16. Social Justice2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  17. Emotion1▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Biblical Interpretation1▲ 102×1 topic
  19. Culture1▲ 6.0×3 topics
  20. Employee Engagement1▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Learning Analytics1▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Pentecostalism1▲ 131×1 topic
  23. Philosophy1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  24. Psychological Adjustment1▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Social Support1▲ 5.9×2 topics
  26. Organizational Culture1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  27. Work Engagement1▲ 31×3 topics
  28. Biblical Monotheism1▲ 107×1 topic
  29. Coping1▲ 55×1 topic
  30. Crisis Resolution1▲ 206×1 topic
  31. Development1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  32. Disgust1▲ 99×1 topic
  33. Health1▲ 6.8×1 topic
  34. Hemingway1▲ 565×1 topic
  35. Home Treatment1▲ 206×1 topic
  36. Jewish Society1▲ 107×1 topic
  37. Medicine1▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Moral Judgment1▲ 99×1 topic
  39. Patient Outcomes1▲ 44×2 topics
  40. Psychological Impact1▲ 8.6×5 topics

Which research topics does Fresno Pacific University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Psychiatric care and mental health services and American and British Literature Analysis.

Pentecostalism and Chris…1Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 1 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…1Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 1 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 1 fractional worksAmerican and British Lit…1American and British Literature Analysis: 1 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, …1Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 1 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 1 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 1 fractional worksChristian Theology and M…1Christian Theology and Mission: 1 fractional worksWorkplace Spirituality and Leadership: 1 fractional worksNursing education and management: 1 fractional works
Religious studiesClinical PsychologyLiterature and Literary TheoryHealth3 others

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

  1. 1 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 1 works
  2. 2 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 1 works
  3. 3 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 American and British Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  5. 5 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 1 works
  6. 6 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  7. 7 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  8. 8 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 1 works
  9. 9 Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Demography 1 works
  10. 10 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 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 available22.2%not open77.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fresno Pacific University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% 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 Fresno Pacific University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Fresno Pacific University0.00019% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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