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Georgia Southwestern State University

In research, Georgia Southwestern State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,958 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,837
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,764
of 8,685
Research works
362
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Georgia Southwestern State 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 #6,958 of 16,945 16.0%189

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Georgia Southwestern State 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.46× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.95× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.72× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.09× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.23× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Georgia Southwestern State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Colonialism, Social Capital, Identity, Gender, Eastern Europe, Humanitarianism and International Aid.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Religion5▲ 23×6 topics
  2. Colonialism3▲ 13×3 topics
  3. Identity3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  4. Social Capital3▲ 12×7 topics
  5. Machine Learning2▲ 1.61×7 topics
  6. Gender2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  7. Globalization2▲ 2.2×7 topics
  8. Social Media2▲ 3.0×6 topics
  9. Eastern Europe2▲ 74×2 topics
  10. Human Rights2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  11. Humanitarianism2▲ 65×2 topics
  12. International Aid2▲ 83×2 topics
  13. Nationalism2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  14. Feminism2▲ 13×2 topics
  15. Balkans2▲ 140×1 topic
  16. Conflict2▲ 21×1 topic
  17. Cultural Identity2▲ 6.5×2 topics
  18. Gender Inequality1▲ 22×3 topics
  19. History1▲ 4.2×2 topics
  20. Literature1▲ 5.5×3 topics
  21. War Crimes1▲ 70×2 topics
  22. Cultural Diversity1▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Social History1▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Peacebuilding1▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Australian history1▲ 214×1 topic
  26. Black Studies1▲ 97×1 topic
  27. British imperialism1▲ 214×1 topic
  28. Civil Rights Movement1▲ 97×1 topic
  29. Cybersecurity1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  30. Ethnic Minority Business1▲ 86×1 topic
  31. Faith-Based Organizations1▲ 70×1 topic
  32. Health Equity1▲ 8.6×5 topics
  33. Immigrant Entrepreneurship1▲ 86×1 topic
  34. International Trade1▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Literary Criticism1▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Military Masculinity1▲ 167×1 topic
  37. Modernist Poetry1▲ 310×1 topic
  38. Mythology1▲ 43×2 topics
  39. Race1▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Sexual Violence1▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Georgia Southwestern State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Balkans: History, Politics, Society, Race, History, and American Society, Gender, Security, and Conflict and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy.

Balkans: History, Politi…2Balkans: History, Politics, Society: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…1Race, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksGender, Security, and Conflict: 1 fractional worksMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy: 1 fractional worksPoetry Analysis and Criticism: 1 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 1 fractional worksAustralian History and S…1Australian History and Society: 1 fractional worksPhysical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Contemporary Political Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Cultural StudiesSociology and Political ScienceGender StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory2 others

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

  1. 1 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 2 works
  2. 2 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Gender, Security, and Conflict Gender Studies 1 works
  4. 4 Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Poetry Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  6. 6 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security Hardware and Architecture 1 works
  10. 10 Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics History 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 available24.1%not open75.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.3%domestic only94.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Georgia Southwestern State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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