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Gonzaga University

In research, Gonzaga University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,008 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,137 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,383 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,596
of 22,385 · #5,746 all time
Rank in United States
#875
of 3,332
Research works
3.1k
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.71×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Gonzaga University

What is Gonzaga 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 #4,008 of 9,585 5.9%267 #2302
Social SciencesField #3,137 of 5,988 5.9%128 #2477
Physical SciencesDomain #6,383 of 10,670 6.0%103 #8570

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gonzaga 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#2,302 #4,008
  2. Social Sciences#2,477 #3,137
  3. Physical Sciences#8,570 #6,383
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 Gonzaga University work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Gonzaga University is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 292 fractional works · 59.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 143 fractional works · 29.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 51 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 23 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 58 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPhilosophy: 14 fractional works · 2.8% of its workReligious studies: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 26 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 118 fractional works · 23.9% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 7.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 36 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 57 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKGonzagaUniversity494fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences59%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences14329.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities5811.8%
    3. Psychology428.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting265.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance163.2%
    6. Decision Sciences71.3%
    1. Computer Science377.5%
    2. Engineering367.3%
    3. Environmental Science193.8%
    4. Mathematics102.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences61.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy40.9%
    7. Materials Science20.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    9. Chemistry10.3%
    10. Energy10.2%
    1. Medicine397.8%
    2. Health Professions163.2%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology91.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences81.5%
    3. Neuroscience81.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
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: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.78× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.09× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.66× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.78× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 143 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.09×58 works
  2. Psychology2.78×42 works
  3. Social Sciences2.29×143 works
  4. Mathematics1.78×10 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.66×26 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.52×16 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.37×6 works
  8. Health Professions1.23×16 works
  9. Computer Science0.97×37 works
  10. Neuroscience0.94×8 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.82×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.76×19 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.74×6 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.56×1 works
  16. Nursing0.55×1 works
  17. Engineering0.48×36 works
  18. Medicine0.41×39 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.39×4 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×9 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×8 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×2 works
  23. Energy0.19×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.16×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.14×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Gonzaga University?

Ranked on the quality score, Erik Aver, John C. Tran and Yelin Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gonzaga University.

  1. 1 Erik Aver United States · #413,960 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
  2. 2 John C. Tran United States · #693,477 worldwide 3.3k citations · 90 works
  3. 3 Yelin Zhang United States · #892,191 worldwide 1.2k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Vinai Norasakkunkit United States · #911,292 worldwide 3.8k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Christopher E. Stevens United States · #1,047,335 worldwide 2.7k citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Angela Bruns United States · #1,309,900 worldwide 392 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Adam W. Stivers United States · #1,312,993 worldwide 466 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 A. R. J. Fisher United States · #1,399,649 worldwide 315 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Paul F. Buller United States · #1,447,015 worldwide 2k citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Christina L. Isabelli-García United States · #1,546,317 worldwide 724 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Gonzaga University

What are the most cited papers from Gonzaga University?

The most cited paper from Gonzaga University is "Reengineering Work: Don’t Automate, Obliterate" (Michael M. Hammer, 1990), with 2,866 citations. Next come "Do outside directors monitor managers?" (1,640) and "Software for the frontiers of quantum chemistry: An overview of developments in the Q-Chem 5 package" (1,434).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reengineering Work: Don’t Automate, Obliterate Michael M. Hammer 1990 2,866
2 Do outside directors monitor managers? John Byrd, Kent A. Hickman · Journal of Financial Economics Oct 1992 1,640
3 Software for the frontiers of quantum chemistry: An overview of developments in the Q-Chem 5 package Evgeny Epifanovsky et al. · The Journal of Chemical Physics Open access220 authors 23 Aug 2021 1,434
4 Boundary layer flow of a nanofluid past a stretching sheet with a convective boundary condition Oluwole Daniel Makinde, Abdul Aziz · International Journal of Thermal Sciences 14 Apr 2011 1,197
5 Extended Surface Heat Transfer A. D. Kraus, A Aziz,, James R. Welty et al. · Applied Mechanics Reviews Sep 2001 1,086
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Gonzaga University?

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

▲ 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. Globalization28▲ 2.8×48 topics
  2. Gender20▲ 7.7×22 topics
  3. Religion20▲ 8.8×16 topics
  4. Identity19▲ 5.3×21 topics
  5. Social Media16▲ 2.3×18 topics
  6. Human Rights15▲ 2.9×24 topics
  7. Mental Health13▲ 1.87×22 topics
  8. Social Justice13▲ 4.5×20 topics
  9. Colonialism13▲ 5.5×16 topics
  10. Corporate Governance13▲ 3.5×14 topics
  11. Ethics13▲ 5.1×22 topics
  12. History13▲ 3.7×19 topics
  13. Education12▲ 1.47×29 topics
  14. Nationalism12▲ 5.6×10 topics
  15. Feminism11▲ 7.5×11 topics
  16. Democracy10▲ 5.5×11 topics
  17. Culture9▲ 3.6×13 topics
  18. Literature9▲ 3.4×17 topics
  19. Politics8▲ 6.3×9 topics
  20. Leadership8▲ 3.3×12 topics
  21. Neuroscience8▲ 5.0×10 topics
  22. Political Philosophy7▲ 27×4 topics
  23. Theology7▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Race7▲ 12×8 topics
  25. Public Opinion6▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Community Development6▲ 6.7×4 topics
  27. Civil Society6▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Metaphysics6▲ 27×5 topics
  29. Constitutional Law5▲ 8.1×3 topics
  30. Secularism5▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Biblical Monotheism5▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Jewish Society5▲ 40×1 topic
  33. Violence5▲ 6.8×8 topics
  34. Intellectual Property5▲ 8.4×2 topics
  35. Perception5▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Truth5▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Deliberative Democracy5▲ 13×2 topics
  38. American founding4▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Constitutional government4▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Engineering Education4▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Gonzaga University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Biblical Studies and Interpretation, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Religion, Society, and Development and Legal Systems and Judicial Processes.

Biblical Studies and Int…5Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 5 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …4American Constitutional Law and Politics: 4 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…4Religion, Society, and Development: 4 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judici…4Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 4 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 3 fractional worksCritical Theory and Philosophy: 3 fractional worksPhilosophy and Theoretic…3Philosophy and Theoretical Science: 3 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 3 fractional worksLeadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies: 2 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and…2Classical Philosophy and Thought: 2 fractional works
Religious studiesPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceGender Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 5 works
  2. 2 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  3. 3 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  5. 5 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 3 works
  6. 6 Critical Theory and Philosophy Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Philosophy and Theoretical Science Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies Social Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 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 available30.8%not open69.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gonzaga University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% 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 Gonzaga University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Gonzaga University0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Gonzaga 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Gonzaga University6.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.4% in 1996.

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