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Furman University

In research, Furman University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,257 of 5,988 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,031 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,701 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,405
of 22,385 · #4,071 all time
Rank in United States
#848
of 3,332
Research works
2.5k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
40k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Furman University

What is Furman 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 SciencesField #2,257 of 5,988 9.8%92 #1926
Social SciencesDomain #4,031 of 9,585 8.9%154 #2773
Physical SciencesDomain #6,701 of 10,670 4.9%104 #5195

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Furman 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,926 #2,257
  2. Social Sciences#2,773 #4,031
  3. Physical Sciences#5,195 #6,701
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Furman University work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Furman University is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Medicine (9%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 174 fractional works · 46.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 103 fractional works · 27.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 40 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 31 fractional works · 8.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 27 fractional works · 7.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 117 fractional works · 30.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 9.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 43 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFurman University378fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences46%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences10327.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities318.1%
    3. Psychology277.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.4%
    5. Decision Sciences51.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting30.9%
    1. Environmental Science287.3%
    2. Computer Science215.5%
    3. Engineering195.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences164.3%
    5. Chemistry112.8%
    6. Materials Science102.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy82.0%
    8. Mathematics30.9%
    9. Energy10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Medicine359.2%
    2. Health Professions82.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology174.5%
    2. Neuroscience174.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.73× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.80× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.47× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.92× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.82× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.32× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 103 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.82×31 works
  2. Neuroscience2.73×17 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.72×16 works
  4. Psychology2.32×27 works
  5. Social Sciences2.15×103 works
  6. Chemistry1.80×11 works
  7. Environmental Science1.47×28 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.27×5 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.92×8 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×17 works
  11. Health Professions0.84×8 works
  12. Mathematics0.78×4 works
  13. Materials Science0.73×10 works
  14. Computer Science0.71×21 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×5 works
  16. Medicine0.48×35 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×8 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.46×1 works
  19. Energy0.34×1 works
  20. Engineering0.34×19 works
  21. Veterinary0.32×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×1 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×4 works
  25. Nursing0.25×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Furman University?

Ranked on the quality score, Gilles O. Einstein, Erin J. Wamsley and Jeffrey T. Petty lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Furman University.

  1. 1 Gilles O. Einstein United States · #59,468 worldwide 16k citations · 169 works
  2. 2 Erin J. Wamsley United States · #248,459 worldwide 5.1k citations · 103 works
  3. 3 Jeffrey T. Petty United States · #429,921 worldwide 5.1k citations · 68 works
  4. 4 James L. Guth United States · #455,915 worldwide 4k citations · 165 works
  5. 5 George C. Shields United States · #559,921 worldwide 8.8k citations · 191 works
  6. 6 Greg Springsteen United States · #624,274 worldwide 3.8k citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Shaniece Criss United States · #718,212 worldwide 1.1k citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Douglas F. Rall United States · #854,816 worldwide 2.3k citations · 134 works
  9. 9 Adi D. Dubash United States · #902,352 worldwide 1.6k citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Cinnamon Stetler United States · #913,929 worldwide 3.5k citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Furman University

What are the most cited papers from Furman University?

The most cited paper from Furman University is "Hyperaccumulators of metal and metalloid trace elements: Facts and fiction" (Antony van der Ent, Alan J. M. Baker, Roger D. Reeves et al., 2012), with 1,430 citations. Next come "Chromosome-Wide Mapping of Estrogen Receptor Binding Reveals Long-Range Regulation Requiring the Forkhead Protein FoxA1" (1,415) and "Strategic and automatic processes in prospective memory retrieval: a multiprocess framework" (1,160).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hyperaccumulators of metal and metalloid trace elements: Facts and fiction Antony van der Ent, Alan J. M. Baker, Roger D. Reeves et al. · Plant and Soil Open access 21 May 2012 1,430
2 Chromosome-Wide Mapping of Estrogen Receptor Binding Reveals Long-Range Regulation Requiring the Forkhead Protein FoxA1 Jason S. Carroll, X. Shirley Liu, Alexander S. Brodsky et al. · Cell Open access Jul 2005 1,415
3 Strategic and automatic processes in prospective memory retrieval: a multiprocess framework Mark A. McDaniel, Gilles O. Einstein · Applied Cognitive Psychology 2000 1,160
4 Depression and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Activation: A Quantitative Summary of Four Decades of Research Cinnamon Stetler, Gregory E. Miller · Psychosomatic Medicine 21 Jan 2011 1,124
5 Normal aging and prospective memory. Gilles O. Einstein, Mark A. McDaniel · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition 1990 1,094
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Furman University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Nationalism, Identity, Globalization, Gender, Politics, Democracy and Feminism.

▲ 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. Globalization21▲ 2.8×29 topics
  2. Epidemiology16◆ 1.05×33 topics
  3. Identity16▲ 5.7×21 topics
  4. Religion16▲ 8.9×14 topics
  5. Nationalism15▲ 8.8×11 topics
  6. Climate Change14▲ 1.32×33 topics
  7. Gender13▲ 6.4×20 topics
  8. Sustainability12▲ 1.27×17 topics
  9. Politics12▲ 12×6 topics
  10. History11▲ 4.0×16 topics
  11. Democracy10▲ 7.8×9 topics
  12. Feminism10▲ 9.0×11 topics
  13. Memory10▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Literature10▲ 4.7×20 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation9▲ 6.4×8 topics
  16. Colonialism8▲ 4.8×12 topics
  17. Culture7▲ 3.6×11 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services7▲ 4.8×8 topics
  19. Circadian Rhythms7▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Public Sphere7▲ 33×3 topics
  21. Secularism7▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Land Use Change6▲ 5.7×4 topics
  23. Injury Prevention6▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Atheism6▲ 66×1 topic
  25. Pluralism6▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Emotion6▲ 7.0×7 topics
  27. Society5▲ 7.2×6 topics
  28. Social Identity5▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Consolidation5▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Graph Theory5▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Sleep5▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Athletic Training5▲ 14×2 topics
  33. High-Intensity Interval Training5▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Neural Correlates5▲ 13×6 topics
  35. Intersectionality5▲ 6.6×6 topics
  36. Cold War4▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Postcolonialism4▲ 8.3×8 topics
  38. Race4▲ 10.0×8 topics
  39. Muscle Injuries4▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Sports Injury4▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Furman University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religion and Society Interactions, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Sports injuries and prevention and Sports Performance and Training.

Religion and Society Int…6Religion and Society Interactions: 6 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Re…5Sleep and Wakefulness Research: 5 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…4Sports injuries and prevention: 4 fractional worksSports Performance and T…4Sports Performance and Training: 4 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 3 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Cl…3Atmospheric Ozone and Climate: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Graph Theory Research: 3 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 3 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversi…3Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceCognitive NeuroscienceOrthopedics and Sports MedicineArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  2. 2 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  3. 3 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 3 works
  8. 8 Advanced Graph Theory Research Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  10. 10 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 3 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 available27.8%not open72.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Furman University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower 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 Furman University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Furman University0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Furman 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Furman University7.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.7% in 1999.

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