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Grand View University

In research, Grand View University stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,526 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,199
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,918
of 7,310
Research works
203
▼ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
927
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Grand View University

What is Grand View 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 #12,526 of 14,833 3.8%122

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

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Grand View University is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Psychology (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 19 fractional works · 54.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 27.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 13.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 9.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 18.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 17.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 8.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKGrand ViewUniversity35fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences55%

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. Social Sciences1027.8%
    2. Psychology513.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities39.6%
    4. Decision Sciences01.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.9%
    1. Engineering25.4%
    2. Chemistry24.5%
    3. Materials Science13.2%
    4. Environmental Science12.8%
    5. Computer Science01.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology412.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.6%
    3. Neuroscience12.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    1. Medicine25.0%
    2. Health Professions13.5%
    3. Nursing00.5%
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: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 2.84× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.31× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.56× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.56×5 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.31×3 works
  3. Chemistry2.84×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.33×4 works
  5. Social Sciences2.20×10 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.43×0 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.36×0 works
  8. Health Professions1.33×1 works
  9. Neuroscience1.27×1 works
  10. Nursing1.14×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.91×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.56×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×0 works
  16. Engineering0.36×2 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.36×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×0 works
  19. Medicine0.26×2 works
  20. Mathematics0.20×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Grand View University?

Ranked on the quality score, Aaron Davenport, Mark A. Slavich and Kevin M. Gannon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Grand View University.

  1. 1 Aaron Davenport United States · #3,019,257 worldwide 64 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Mark A. Slavich United States · #3,559,468 worldwide 123 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Kevin M. Gannon United States · #3,759,924 worldwide 552 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Bonnie L. Hall United States · #4,709,275 worldwide 1.3k citations · 80 works
  5. 5 Adriana J. LaGier United States · #4,964,351 worldwide 222 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 MARK C. MATTES United States · #6,844,936 worldwide 84 citations · 155 works
All ranked researchers at Grand View University

What are the most cited papers from Grand View University?

The most cited paper from Grand View University is "Reasons Registered Nurses Leave or Change Employment Status" (Ellen Strachota, Pamela Normandin, Nancy O Brien et al., 2003), with 267 citations. Next come "A Highly Sensitive Nonenzymatic Glucose Biosensor Based on the Regulatory Effect of Glucose on Electrochemical Behaviors of Colloidal Silver Nanoparticles on MoS2" (64) and "Contact guidance diversity in rotationally aligned collagen matrices" (54).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reasons Registered Nurses Leave or Change Employment Status Ellen Strachota, Pamela Normandin, Nancy O Brien et al. · JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration Feb 2003 267
2 A Highly Sensitive Nonenzymatic Glucose Biosensor Based on the Regulatory Effect of Glucose on Electrochemical Behaviors of Colloidal Silver Nanoparticles on MoS2 Kash Anderson, Benjamin I. Poulter, John Dudgeon et al. · Sensors Open access 5 Aug 2017 64
3 Contact guidance diversity in rotationally aligned collagen matrices Jacob A. M. Nuhn, Anai M. Perez, Ian Christopher Schneider · Acta Biomaterialia Open access 28 Nov 2017 54
4 Evolution of the SARS‐CoV ‐2 proteome in three dimensions (3D) during the first 6 months of the COVID ‐19 pandemic Joseph H. Lubin et al. · Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics Open access 28 Sep 2021 49
5 Durkheim, social capital, and suicide rates across US counties Nicholas Lee Recker, Matthew D. Moore · Health Sociology Review 18 Nov 2015 48
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Grand View University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Intersectionality, Globalization, Mental Health, Gender, Education, Gender Identity, Masculinity and Social Justice.

▲ 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 30 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization3▲ 4.2×7 topics
  2. Education2▲ 4.0×7 topics
  3. Intersectionality2▲ 36×3 topics
  4. Mental Health2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  5. Gender2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  6. Gender Identity2▲ 47×2 topics
  7. Social Justice2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  8. Discrimination1▲ 19×2 topics
  9. Masculinity1▲ 49×2 topics
  10. Social Media1▲ 2.8×5 topics
  11. Cross-Cultural Communication1▲ 43×2 topics
  12. Cultural Identity1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  13. Big Data1▲ 3.6×3 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications1▲ 2.8×4 topics
  15. Cultural Competence1▲ 26×4 topics
  16. Genomics1▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Healthcare1▲ 3.0×5 topics
  18. Colonialism1▲ 6.6×2 topics
  19. Critical Thinking1▲ 26×4 topics
  20. International Relations1▲ 13×2 topics
  21. LGBTQ+1▲ 79×1 topic
  22. Stigma1▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Analysis1▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Corpus Linguistics1▲ 14×1 topic
  25. Intelligence1▲ 69×1 topic
  26. Interculturalism1▲ 244×1 topic
  27. Latin America1▲ 15×1 topic
  28. Qualitative Research1▲ 3.4×3 topics
  29. Religion1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  30. Translation1▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Grand View University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Translation Studies and Practices, Intelligence, Security, War Strategy and Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America.

LGBTQ Health, Identity, …1LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional worksTranslation Studies and …1Translation Studies and Practices: 1 fractional worksIntelligence, Security, War Strategy: 1 fractional worksCultural and Social Stud…1Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 1 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics…1Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 1 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 1 fractional worksTheological Perspectives and Practices: 1 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineeri…1Biomedical and Engineering Education: 1 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 1 fractional worksGender Roles and Identity Studies: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyLanguage and LinguisticsPolitical Science and International RelationsLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 1 works
  3. 3 Intelligence, Security, War Strategy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  5. 5 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 1 works
  6. 6 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 1 works
  7. 7 Theological Perspectives and Practices Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Gender Roles and Identity Studies Gender Studies 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 available44.3%not open55.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.8%domestic only96.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Grand View University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% lower 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 View University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Grand View University0.000087% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Grand View University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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