Georgia Southern University
In research, Georgia Southern University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,790 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,294 of 5,988 worldwide) and Materials Science (#1,428 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistics and Probability, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Computer Science Applications (Statistics and Probability is 5.2× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #3,968 of 22,385 · #2,734 all time
- Rank in United States
- #567 of 3,332
- Research works
- 10k ◆ 1% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 140k 13.9 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 7.8% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.75× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 29% world 40%
- International
- 12% world 18%
What is Georgia Southern University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,790 of 9,585 | 8.3% | 787 | #2233 | |
| Social SciencesField | #2,294 of 5,988 | 9.3% | 395 | #2470 | |
| Materials ScienceField | #1,428 of 2,276 | 13.0% | 60 | #2304 | |
| EngineeringField | #3,744 of 5,901 | 6.6% | 309 | #3556 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #6,353 of 9,902 | 9.2% | 288 | #5710 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #7,255 of 10,670 | 6.7% | 794 | #2669 | |
| PsychologyField | #1,476 of 2,121 | 7.5% | 132 | #1771 | |
| MedicineField | #6,169 of 8,541 | 9.5% | 200 | #6425 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #1,970 of 2,526 | 7.9% | 136 | #1820 | |
| MathematicsField | #826 of 1,051 | 3.3% | 73 | #1158 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Georgia Southern 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.
- Social Sciences#2,233 #2,790
- Social Sciences#2,470 #2,294
- Materials Science#2,304 #1,428
- Engineering#3,556 #3,744
- Health Sciences#5,710 #6,353
- Physical Sciences#2,669 #7,255
- Psychology#1,771 #1,476
- Medicine#6,425 #6,169
- Sociology and Political Science#1,820 #1,970
- Mathematics#1,158 #826
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 Georgia Southern University work in?
In 2022-now, 40% of research at Georgia Southern University is in Physical Sciences, 39% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Engineering (16%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences91040.1%
- Engineering35815.8%
- Computer Science1968.6%
- Environmental Science1024.5%
- Mathematics803.5%
- Materials Science672.9%
- Physics and Astronomy391.7%
- Chemistry291.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences210.9%
- Chemical Engineering110.5%
- Energy60.3%
- Social Sciences88539.0%
- Social Sciences44119.4%
- Psychology1526.7%
- Arts and Humanities1155.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance723.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting693.0%
- Decision Sciences361.6%
- Health Sciences33614.8%
- Medicine23710.4%
- Health Professions863.8%
- Nursing80.4%
- Dentistry40.2%
- Veterinary10.0%
- Life Sciences1406.2%
What does Georgia Southern University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistics and Probability takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 24.9 works5.2×
- Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 27.5 works4.7×
- Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 21.6 works3.9×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Mathematics3.00×80 works
- Psychology2.20×152 works
- Arts and Humanities1.75×115 works
- Decision Sciences1.63×36 works
- Social Sciences1.53×441 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.48×72 works
- Health Professions1.43×86 works
- Chemical Engineering1.39×11 works
- Computer Science1.11×196 works
- Engineering1.05×358 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.94×69 works
- Environmental Science0.90×102 works
- Materials Science0.84×67 works
- Chemistry0.82×29 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.78×39 works
- Nursing0.76×8 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.75×17 works
- Neuroscience0.72×26 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.58×21 works
- Medicine0.54×237 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×45 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×48 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×3 works
- Veterinary0.37×1 works
- Dentistry0.34×4 works
- Energy0.29×6 works
- Mathematics 3.0×
- Psychology 2.2×
- Arts and Humanities 1.8×
- Decision Sciences 1.6×
- Social Sciences 1.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.5×
- Health Professions 1.4×
- Chemical Engineering 1.4×
- Computer Science 1.1×
- Engineering 1.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.9×
- Environmental Science 0.9×
- Materials Science 0.8×
- Chemistry 0.8×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.8×
- Nursing 0.8×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.8×
- Neuroscience 0.7×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.6×
- Medicine 0.5×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.4×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.4×
- Veterinary 0.4×
- Dentistry 0.3×
- Energy 0.3×
Who are the top researchers at Georgia Southern University?
Ranked on the quality score, Xiaojun Wang, Mete Akcaoğlu and Richard J. Hathaway lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Georgia Southern University.
- 1
Xiaojun Wang
United States · #269,638 worldwide 16k citations · 538 works
- 2
Mete Akcaoğlu
United States · #394,815 worldwide 2.3k citations · 91 works
- 3
Richard J. Hathaway
United States · #422,691 worldwide 6.4k citations · 78 works
- 4
Gregory J. Grosicki
United States · #435,435 worldwide 1.7k citations · 134 works
- 5
Lorenza Béati
United States · #483,164 worldwide 7k citations · 142 works
- 6
Li Ma
United States · #496,796 worldwide 5.2k citations · 285 works
- 7
Shaowen Xu
United States · #498,263 worldwide 1.1k citations · 37 works
- 8
Christopher A. Boone
United States · #499,594 worldwide 2.4k citations · 33 works
- 9
Stephen J. Rossi
United States · #610,105 worldwide 4.4k citations · 127 works
- 10
Prakash Bhoi
United States · #710,047 worldwide 1.8k citations · 49 works
Which keywords describe research at Georgia Southern University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Gender, Student Engagement, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Identity and Globalization.
- High-Intensity Interval Training
- Instructional Design
- Learning Analytics
- Teacher Education
- Upconversion Nanoparticles
- Solar Cell Efficiency
- Academic Achievement
- Diversity
- Postcolonialism
- Democracy
- Technology Integration
- Colonialism
- History
- Higher Education
- Social Media
- Identity
- Education
- Public Health
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Mental Health
- Sustainability
- Gender
- Student Engagement
- Educational Technology
- Literature
- Social Justice
- Nationalism
- Religion
- Reflective Practice
- Large-Eddy Simulation
- Race
- Luminescent Materials
- Nanocrystal Synthesis
- Teacher Professional Development
- Injury Prevention
- Chemical Kinetics
- Engineering Education
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
- Machine Learning92▲ 1.22×76 topics
- Epidemiology91◆ 1.01×88 topics
- Deep Learning83◆ 1.06×72 topics
- Globalization61▲ 1.37×67 topics
- Mental Health59▲ 1.81×35 topics
- Public Health52▲ 1.56×42 topics
- Sustainability50◆ 0.90×49 topics
- Education50▲ 1.28×45 topics
- Gender46▲ 3.8×33 topics
- Identity42▲ 2.5×35 topics
- Student Engagement40▲ 4.5×13 topics
- Social Media39▲ 1.23×24 topics
- Educational Technology38▲ 1.40×23 topics
- Higher Education33▲ 2.7×16 topics
- Literature32▲ 2.6×26 topics
- History32▲ 2.0×25 topics
- Social Justice31▲ 2.3×24 topics
- Colonialism28▲ 2.6×27 topics
- Nationalism27▲ 2.6×20 topics
- Technology Integration25▲ 3.5×9 topics
- Religion25▲ 2.4×19 topics
- Democracy24▲ 3.0×15 topics
- Reflective Practice23▲ 5.3×7 topics
- Postcolonialism21▲ 6.5×12 topics
- Large-Eddy Simulation21▲ 4.8×5 topics
- Diversity20▲ 5.0×7 topics
- Race19▲ 6.9×16 topics
- Academic Achievement18▲ 4.6×10 topics
- Luminescent Materials18▲ 11×3 topics
- Solar Cell Efficiency18▲ 7.9×2 topics
- Nanocrystal Synthesis18▲ 17×1 topic
- Upconversion Nanoparticles18▲ 17×1 topic
- Teacher Professional Development17▲ 4.7×4 topics
- Teacher Education17▲ 5.8×6 topics
- Injury Prevention17▲ 6.0×5 topics
- Learning Analytics16▲ 5.9×2 topics
- Chemical Kinetics16▲ 7.7×2 topics
- Instructional Design16▲ 9.1×3 topics
- Engineering Education15▲ 7.8×4 topics
- High-Intensity Interval Training15▲ 6.2×2 topics
Which research topics does Georgia Southern University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials, Sports Performance and Training, Online and Blended Learning and Sports injuries and prevention.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Materials Chemistry 18 works
- 2 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 12 works
- 3 Online and Blended Learning Education 11 works
- 4 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 11 works
- 5 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 10 works
- 6 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 9 works
- 7 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 9 works
- 8 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 9 works
- 9 Glass properties and applications Ceramics and Composites 8 works
- 10 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 8 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Georgia Southern University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Georgia Southern University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0090% in 2024.
Fractional works of Georgia Southern 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.5% in 1999.
Other research institutions in Statesboro
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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