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Gallaudet University

In research, Gallaudet University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,952 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Developmental and Educational Psychology (Developmental and Educational Psychology is 45.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,937
of 22,385 · #10,072 all time
Rank in United States
#1,676
of 3,332
Research works
1.5k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Gallaudet University

What is Gallaudet 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 #5,952 of 9,585 13.4%105 #4436

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

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Gallaudet University is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (27%), Social Sciences (22%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 124 fractional works · 63.3% of its workPsychology: 54 fractional works · 27.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 40 fractional works · 20.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 21.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 9.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 13 fractional works · 6.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 15.5% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 10.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 11.8% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 9.4% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSensory Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGallaudetUniversity195fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences63%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology5427.5%
    2. Social Sciences4321.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities199.9%
    4. Decision Sciences42.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting20.9%
    1. Computer Science2010.1%
    2. Engineering31.5%
    3. Chemistry21.1%
    4. Mathematics20.9%
    5. Environmental Science10.7%
    6. Materials Science10.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Health Professions157.6%
    2. Medicine84.3%
    1. Neuroscience125.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Gallaudet University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Developmental and Educational Psychology takes 45.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 40.5 works45×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.65× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.87× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.44× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 9.02× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 43 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology9.02×54 works
  2. Neuroscience3.65×12 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.44×19 works
  4. Health Professions2.87×15 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.16×4 works
  6. Social Sciences1.73×43 works
  7. Computer Science1.30×20 works
  8. Mathematics0.80×2 works
  9. Chemistry0.71×2 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.53×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×5 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.47×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×2 works
  14. Medicine0.22×8 works
  15. Materials Science0.19×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.14×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.13×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.10×0 works
  20. Engineering0.10×3 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Gallaudet University?

Ranked on the quality score, Raja Kushalnagar, Christian Vogler and Cara L. Gormally lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gallaudet University.

  1. 1 Raja Kushalnagar United States · #468,204 worldwide 1.9k citations · 121 works
  2. 2 Christian Vogler United States · #572,322 worldwide 3.4k citations · 87 works
  3. 3 Cara L. Gormally United States · #616,294 worldwide 1.8k citations · 40 works
  4. 4 J. M. Pickett United States · #762,405 worldwide 2k citations · 109 works
  5. 5 Laura‐Ann Petitto United States · #848,993 worldwide 3.3k citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Donna M. Mertens United States · #849,508 worldwide 11k citations · 206 works
  7. 7 Scott K. Liddell United States · #877,970 worldwide 4.1k citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Poorna Kushalnagar United States · #914,324 worldwide 2.9k citations · 115 works
  9. 9 Gaurav Mathur United States · #945,352 worldwide 2.7k citations · 78 works
  10. 10 Deborah E. Schooler United States · #1,065,113 worldwide 2k citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Gallaudet University

What are the most cited papers from Gallaudet University?

The most cited paper from Gallaudet University is "Scientific method: Statistical errors" (Regina L. Nuzzo, 2014), with 1,584 citations. Next come "Sign Language Structure: An Outline of the Visual Communication Systems of the American Deaf" (1,424) and "Mitochondrial ribosomal RNA mutation associated with both antibiotic–induced and non–syndromic deafness" (1,197).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Scientific method: Statistical errors Regina L. Nuzzo · Nature Open access 11 Feb 2014 1,584
2 Sign Language Structure: An Outline of the Visual Communication Systems of the American Deaf William C. Stokoe · The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 7 Dec 2004 1,424
3 Mitochondrial ribosomal RNA mutation associated with both antibiotic–induced and non–syndromic deafness Toni R. Prezant, John Varujan Agapian, Marlene C. Bohlman et al. · Nature Genetics Jul 1993 1,197
4 Chasing the Mythical Ten Percent: Parental Hearing Status of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in the United States Ross Edward Mitchell, Michael A. Karchmer · Sign language studies Dec 2004 1,196
5 Transformative Paradigm Donna M. Mertens · Journal of Mixed Methods Research 21 Jun 2007 857
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Gallaudet University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sign Language, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Early Intervention, Neural Correlates, Deaf Children and Gesture.

▲ 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. Sign Language45▲ 382×2 topics
  2. Bilingualism40▲ 150×5 topics
  3. Cognitive Development38▲ 154×2 topics
  4. Language Acquisition38▲ 166×2 topics
  5. Early Intervention37▲ 211×2 topics
  6. Neural Correlates37▲ 191×2 topics
  7. Deaf Children37▲ 707×1 topic
  8. Gesture37▲ 707×1 topic
  9. Social Interaction11▲ 14×5 topics
  10. Deep Learning11▲ 1.57×9 topics
  11. Neural Networks10▲ 3.4×7 topics
  12. Pragmatics10▲ 33×4 topics
  13. Quality of Life10▲ 3.4×9 topics
  14. Gesture Recognition9▲ 64×2 topics
  15. Human-Computer Interaction9▲ 25×4 topics
  16. Depth Sensor9▲ 129×1 topic
  17. Hand Gesture9▲ 129×1 topic
  18. Conversation Analysis7▲ 124×1 topic
  19. Interactional Linguistics7▲ 124×1 topic
  20. Language Development7▲ 28×5 topics
  21. Health Disparities7▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Human Rights7▲ 3.4×11 topics
  23. Cultural Competence6▲ 25×4 topics
  24. Hearing Loss6▲ 26×3 topics
  25. Identity6▲ 4.0×8 topics
  26. Inclusion6▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Intersectionality6▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Quality of Care5▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Speech Perception5▲ 32×3 topics
  30. Language Barriers5▲ 142×1 topic
  31. Medical Interpreters5▲ 142×1 topic
  32. Language Learning5▲ 36×2 topics
  33. Second Language Acquisition5▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Sociolinguistics5▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Captioning4▲ 160×1 topic
  36. Global South4▲ 37×3 topics
  37. Subtitling4▲ 160×1 topic
  38. Feminism4▲ 7.6×5 topics
  39. Neural Plasticity4▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Social Isolation4▲ 9.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Gallaudet University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hearing Impairment and Communication, Hand Gesture Recognition Systems, Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies and Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare.

Hearing Impairment and C…37Hearing Impairment and Communication: 37 fractional worksHand Gesture Recognition Systems: 9 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Com…7Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 7 fractional worksInterpreting and Communi…5Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare: 5 fractional worksSubtitles and Audiovisua…4Subtitles and Audiovisual Media: 4 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 3 fractional worksDisability Rights and Representation: 3 fractional worksTactile and Sensory Interactions: 3 fractional worksAssistive Technology in Communication and Mobility: 2 fractional works
Developmental and Educational PsychologyHuman-Computer InteractionLanguage and LinguisticsGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing Impairment and Communication Developmental and Educational Psychology 37 works
  2. 2 Hand Gesture Recognition Systems Human-Computer Interaction 9 works
  3. 3 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 7 works
  4. 4 Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 Subtitles and Audiovisual Media Language and Linguistics 4 works
  6. 6 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  7. 7 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  8. 8 Disability Rights and Representation Safety Research 3 works
  9. 9 Tactile and Sensory Interactions Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  10. 10 Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility Occupational Therapy 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gallaudet University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% 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 Gallaudet University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00059% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Gallaudet University0.00084% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Gallaudet 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%Gallaudet University10.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.2% in 2016.

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