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Grand Canyon University

In research, Grand Canyon University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,418 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,320 of 9,902 worldwide) and Education (#1,562 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Safety Research and Education (Safety Research is 20.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,052
of 22,385 · #12,393 all time
Rank in United States
#1,089
of 3,332
Research works
984
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.7k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Grand Canyon University

What is Grand Canyon 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 #4,418 of 9,585 5.3%222 #5187
Health SciencesDomain #7,320 of 9,902 8.9%60 #12895
EducationSubfield #1,562 of 1,930 6.1%62 #1588
Social SciencesField #5,216 of 5,988 5.9%121 #6395

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Grand Canyon 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#5,187 #4,418
  2. Health Sciences#12,895 #7,320
  3. Education#1,588 #1,562
  4. Social Sciences#6,395 #5,216
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 Grand Canyon University work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Grand Canyon University is in Social Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Psychology (12%), Medicine (12%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 291 fractional works · 65.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 162 fractional works · 36.7% of its workEducation: 80 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSafety Research: 25 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 52 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 5.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 16 fractional works · 3.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 34 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 20 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 73 fractional works · 16.5% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 11.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 65 fractional works · 14.7% of its workComputer Science: 42 fractional works · 9.6% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGrand CanyonUniversity442fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences66%

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 Sciences16236.7%
    2. Psychology5211.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities347.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting204.5%
    5. Decision Sciences122.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance112.5%
    1. Medicine5111.5%
    2. Health Professions194.2%
    3. Nursing30.7%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science429.6%
    2. Engineering71.6%
    3. Environmental Science51.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy40.9%
    5. Mathematics40.8%
    6. Materials Science10.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.2%
    2. Neuroscience40.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Grand Canyon University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Safety Research takes 20.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 25.4 works21×
  2. EducationSubfield · 80.4 works6.0×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.66× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.38× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.75× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.89× its world share, 52 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.90× its world share, 162 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.89×52 works
  2. Social Sciences2.90×162 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.75×12 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.66×34 works
  5. Health Professions1.59×19 works
  6. Nursing1.40×3 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.38×20 works
  8. Computer Science1.24×42 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.18×11 works
  10. Mathematics0.69×4 works
  11. Medicine0.60×51 works
  12. Neuroscience0.58×4 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.41×4 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.33×0 works
  15. Veterinary0.28×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×5 works
  17. Environmental Science0.23×5 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×4 works
  19. Engineering0.10×7 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×1 works
  21. Energy0.08×0 works
  22. Dentistry0.08×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Grand Canyon University?

Ranked on the quality score, B. Jean Mandernach, Scott W. Greenberger and Christy Torkildson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Grand Canyon University.

  1. 1 B. Jean Mandernach United States · #933,649 worldwide 1k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Scott W. Greenberger United States · #1,011,587 worldwide 187 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Christy Torkildson United States · #1,352,264 worldwide 237 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Andrew Fournier United States · #1,634,460 worldwide 313 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Anthony M. Acevedo United States · #1,738,187 worldwide 271 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Jason Earl Thomas United States · #2,073,655 worldwide 227 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Amy M. Anderson United States · #2,523,641 worldwide 113 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Zachary Zeigler United States · #2,638,770 worldwide 458 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Pam L. Epler United States · #2,733,516 worldwide 56 citations · 56 works
  10. 10 John Paul Steele United States · #2,763,354 worldwide 548 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Grand Canyon University

What are the most cited papers from Grand Canyon University?

The most cited paper from Grand Canyon University is "Standards for ecologically successful river restoration" (Margaret A. Palmer et al., 2005), with 1,586 citations. Next come "Self-quarantine and weight gain related risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic" (540) and "Research Methods" (267).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Standards for ecologically successful river restoration Margaret A. Palmer et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology Open access 14 Mar 2005 1,586
2 Self-quarantine and weight gain related risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic Zeigler Zachary, Forbes Brianna, Lopez Brianna et al. · Obesity Research & Clinical Practice Open access May 2020 540
3 Research Methods Carrie L. Williams · Journal of Business & Economics Research (JBER) Open access 7 Feb 2011 267
4 The Geometric Classification of Rotator Cuff Tears: A System Linking Tear Pattern to Treatment and Prognosis James F. Davidson, Stephen S. Burkhart · Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery 28 Dec 2009 245
5 The Growth of m-Learning and the Growth of Mobile Computing: Parallel developments Jason G. Caudill · The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Open access 15 Jun 2007 205
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Grand Canyon University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Online Learning, Student Engagement, Big Data, Higher Education, Artificial Intelligence, Educational Technology and Student Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Machine Learning48▲ 3.2×29 topics
  2. Online Learning30▲ 8.3×5 topics
  3. Student Engagement29▲ 16×9 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence28▲ 4.5×14 topics
  5. Big Data28▲ 6.5×9 topics
  6. Educational Technology25▲ 4.8×12 topics
  7. Higher Education24▲ 10×14 topics
  8. E-Learning22▲ 5.3×4 topics
  9. Student Satisfaction19▲ 24×2 topics
  10. Mental Health19▲ 3.0×24 topics
  11. Cognitive Engagement19▲ 62×2 topics
  12. Instructional Design19▲ 56×2 topics
  13. Blended Learning19▲ 31×1 topic
  14. Distance Education19▲ 22×1 topic
  15. Education19▲ 2.5×23 topics
  16. Pedagogy18▲ 8.2×8 topics
  17. Ethics18▲ 8.1×13 topics
  18. Leadership18▲ 8.3×11 topics
  19. Healthcare18▲ 3.5×13 topics
  20. 21st Century Skills17▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Lifelong Learning15▲ 17×6 topics
  22. Discrimination15▲ 16×5 topics
  23. Fairness15▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Accountability14▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Surveillance13▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Well-being13▲ 7.7×9 topics
  27. Algorithmic Bias13▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Transparency13▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Religion12▲ 5.8×11 topics
  30. Heutagogy12▲ 118×1 topic
  31. Self-determined Learning12▲ 118×1 topic
  32. Learning Analytics11▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Health Equity11▲ 8.4×4 topics
  34. Educational Data Mining11▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Massive Open Online Courses11▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Ethical Challenges10▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Technology Integration10▲ 7.4×9 topics
  38. Clinical Decision Support10▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Radiology10▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Diversity10▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Grand Canyon University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Online and Blended Learning, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Educational Leadership and Innovation and Online Learning and Analytics.

Online and Blended Learn…19Online and Blended Learning: 19 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 13 fractional worksEducational Leadership a…12Educational Leadership and Innovation: 12 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…11Online Learning and Analytics: 11 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 10 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 5 fractional worksHigher Education Practis…5Higher Education Practises and Engagement: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence and Performance: 4 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 4 fractional works
EducationSafety ResearchComputer Science ApplicationsHealth Informatics3 others

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

  1. 1 Online and Blended Learning Education 19 works
  2. 2 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 13 works
  3. 3 Educational Leadership and Innovation Education 12 works
  4. 4 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 11 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 10 works
  6. 6 Higher Education Research Studies Education 5 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 5 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 4 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 available49.7%not open50.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.0%domestic only94.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Grand Canyon University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Grand Canyon University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Grand Canyon University0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Grand Canyon 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Grand Canyon University6.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.7% in 2015.

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