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Friends University

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Research works
117
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
610
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Friends University

Not ranked overall: Friends University is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Friends University work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Friends University is in Social Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (23%), Arts and Humanities (21%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 13 fractional works · 57.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 23.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 21.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 8.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 12.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 34.2% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 31.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKFriendsUniversity22fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences58%

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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences523.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities521.5%
    3. Psychology312.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    1. Medicine731.4%
    2. Health Professions12.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.5%
    1. Engineering01.6%
    2. Environmental Science00.4%
    3. Mathematics00.4%
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: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.63× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 7.44× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.05× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities7.44×5 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.20×0 works
  3. Psychology4.05×3 works
  4. Social Sciences1.84×5 works
  5. Medicine1.63×7 works
  6. Health Professions1.08×1 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×0 works
  9. Mathematics0.31×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×0 works
  11. Engineering0.11×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Friends University?

Ranked on the quality score, Edwina Abbott Cowan, John N. Brzorad and Russell Arben Fox lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Friends University.

  1. 1 Edwina Abbott Cowan United States · #2,701,210 worldwide 114 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 John N. Brzorad United States · #3,086,136 worldwide 412 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Russell Arben Fox United States · #3,618,327 worldwide 161 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Prince Nii Agbedanu United States · #3,891,521 worldwide 353 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Jean M. Robertson United States · #3,904,372 worldwide 108 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Heather M. Stone United States · #3,952,516 worldwide 104 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Stan Harstine United States · #4,304,891 worldwide 2 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Alan D. Maccarone United States · #5,301,315 worldwide 549 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Friends University

What are the most cited papers from Friends University?

The most cited paper from Friends University is "Point, Click, and Cheat: Frequency and Type of Academic Dishonesty in the Virtual Classroom" (Donna Stuber-McEwen, Phillip Wiseley, Susan Hoggatt, 2009), with 148 citations. Next come "Large birds travel farther in homogeneous environments" (65) and "Experienced Teachers’ Planning Practices: a US survey" (63).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Point, Click, and Cheat: Frequency and Type of Academic Dishonesty in the Virtual Classroom Donna Stuber-McEwen, Phillip Wiseley, Susan Hoggatt · Online journal of distance learning administration 15 Sep 2009 148
2 Large birds travel farther in homogeneous environments Marlee A. Tucker et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography 11 Jan 2019 65
3 Experienced Teachers’ Planning Practices: a US survey Deborah Sardo‐Brown · Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy 1990 63
4 Inclusion and Control in Resort Family Businesses: A Developmental Approach to Conflict Ciloue Cheng Stewart, Sharon M. Danes · Journal of Family and Economic Issues Sep 2001 54
5 CLINICIAN IDENTIFIED BARRIERS TO CLINICAL RESEARCH Jonathan G. Sandberg, Lee N. Johnson, Mihaela Robia et al. · Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 2002 48
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Friends University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Theology, Ethics, Meta-Analysis, Social Support, Epidemiology, Health Consequences and Biblical Monotheism.

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Religion2▲ 22×7 topics
  2. Epidemiology2▲ 2.4×10 topics
  3. Theology2▲ 89×3 topics
  4. Ethics2▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Meta-Analysis1▲ 10×2 topics
  6. Health Consequences1▲ 18×2 topics
  7. Social Support1▲ 9.9×4 topics
  8. Biblical Monotheism1▲ 190×1 topic
  9. Jewish Society1▲ 190×1 topic
  10. Emotion Regulation1▲ 15×3 topics
  11. Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency1▲ 257×1 topic
  12. Insomnia1▲ 61×1 topic
  13. Neonatal Jaundice1▲ 257×1 topic
  14. Sleep Duration1▲ 65×1 topic
  15. Social Justice1▲ 7.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Friends University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Neonatal Health and Biochemistry, Sleep and related disorders and Theological Perspectives and Practices.

Biblical Studies and Int…1Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Health and Bioc…1Neonatal Health and Biochemistry: 1 fractional worksSleep and related disord…1Sleep and related disorders: 1 fractional worksTheological Perspectives…1Theological Perspectives and Practices: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Linguistic Studies: 1 fractional worksAttachment and Relationship Dynamics: 0 fractional worksKarl Barth and Christian…0Karl Barth and Christian Theology: 0 fractional worksGlobal Educational Policies and Reforms: 0 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 0 fractional worksEthics in medical practice0Ethics in medical practice: 0 fractional works
Religious studiesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthExperimental and Cognitive PsychologySociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 1 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Health and Biochemistry Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  3. 3 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Theological Perspectives and Practices Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Social Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Karl Barth and Christian Theology Philosophy 0 works
  8. 8 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  10. 10 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 0 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 available25.5%not open74.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.4%domestic only97.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Friends University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Friends University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000087% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Friends University0.00010% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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