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Greensboro College

In research, Greensboro College stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,672 of 14,833 worldwide), Health Sciences (#12,268 of 16,688 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,068 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,578
of 22,385 · #11,909 all time
Rank in United States
#2,235
of 3,332
Research works
590
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.3k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Greensboro College

What is Greensboro College 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 #7,672 of 14,833 5.6%258
Health SciencesDomain #12,268 of 16,688 4.6%169
Social SciencesField #7,068 of 9,330 6.7%130

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Greensboro College 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 Greensboro College work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Greensboro College is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Medicine (17%), Health Professions (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 62 fractional works · 50.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 31.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 11.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 27.4% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 16.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 15.1% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKGreensboroCollege121fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences51%

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 Sciences3931.9%
    2. Psychology76.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities75.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance53.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting32.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Medicine2016.7%
    2. Health Professions108.2%
    3. Nursing22.0%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Computer Science76.0%
    2. Engineering43.1%
    3. Environmental Science21.9%
    4. Mathematics21.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    7. Materials Science00.4%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Neuroscience21.7%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.68× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.13× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.87× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 4.13× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.95× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.83× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.01× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.52× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.68×2 works
  2. Nursing4.13×2 works
  3. Health Professions3.13×10 works
  4. Social Sciences2.52×39 works
  5. Veterinary2.02×0 works
  6. Psychology2.01×7 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.95×7 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.83×5 works
  9. Mathematics1.43×2 works
  10. Neuroscience1.03×2 works
  11. Medicine0.87×20 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.82×3 works
  13. Computer Science0.78×7 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.72×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.48×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.45×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.39×2 works
  19. Dentistry0.38×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×2 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×1 works
  22. Engineering0.20×4 works
  23. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  25. Energy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Greensboro College?

Ranked on the quality score, W. Barnes Tatum, Allison L. Palmadessa and Homer M. LeBaron lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Greensboro College.

  1. 1 W. Barnes Tatum United States · #1,248,596 worldwide 218 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Allison L. Palmadessa United States · #1,413,753 worldwide 145 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Homer M. LeBaron United States · #1,568,654 worldwide 892 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Arthur F. Raper United States · #2,163,341 worldwide 534 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Thomas Matyók United States · #2,315,116 worldwide 125 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Willíam B. Hunter United States · #2,795,270 worldwide 405 citations · 74 works
  7. 7 Douglas E. Lemley United States · #3,117,045 worldwide 83 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Jennifer Bird United States · #3,683,807 worldwide 12 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Mary Claire Allison United States · #3,762,455 worldwide 67 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Joti Sekhon United States · #3,772,386 worldwide 131 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Greensboro College

What are the most cited papers from Greensboro College?

The most cited paper from Greensboro College is "Synergy and antagonism in natural product extracts: when 1 + 1 does not equal 2" (Lindsay K. Caesar, Nadja B. Cech, 2019), with 877 citations. Next come "Molecular Targets of the Phytocannabinoids: A Complex Picture" (464) and "Band gap engineered zinc oxide nanostructures via a sol–gel synthesis of solvent driven shape-controlled crystal growth" (429).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Synergy and antagonism in natural product extracts: when 1 + 1 does not equal 2 Lindsay K. Caesar, Nadja B. Cech · Natural Product Reports Open access 2019 877
2 Molecular Targets of the Phytocannabinoids: A Complex Picture Paula Morales, Dow P. Hurst, Patricia H. Reggio · Fortschritte der Chemie Organischer Naturstoffe/Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe/Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products Book chapterOpen access 2017 464
3 Band gap engineered zinc oxide nanostructures via a sol–gel synthesis of solvent driven shape-controlled crystal growth Klinton Davis, Ryan Yarbrough, Michael Froeschle et al. · RSC Advances Open access 2019 429
4 Methylphenidate and dextroamphetamine treatments of hyperactivity: Are there true nonresponders? Josephine Elia, Breck G. Borcherding, Judith L. Rapoport et al. · Psychiatry Research Feb 1991 296
5 Depression in Hospital-Employed Nurses Susan A. Letvak, Christopher J. Ruhm, Thomas P. McCoy · Clinical Nurse Specialist Open access 13 Apr 2012 265
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Greensboro College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Higher Education, Neoliberalism, Internationalization, Marketization, Academic Identity, University Rankings and Diversity.

▲ 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. Globalization13▲ 5.6×23 topics
  2. Higher Education11▲ 17×7 topics
  3. Neoliberalism10▲ 24×9 topics
  4. Internationalization7▲ 97×2 topics
  5. Marketization7▲ 136×2 topics
  6. Academic Identity7▲ 197×1 topic
  7. University Rankings7▲ 197×1 topic
  8. Education4▲ 2.1×14 topics
  9. Diversity4▲ 17×2 topics
  10. Medical Ethics4▲ 23×4 topics
  11. Mental Health3▲ 1.93×13 topics
  12. Social Support3▲ 5.2×5 topics
  13. Student Engagement3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  14. Academic Performance3▲ 30×2 topics
  15. Educational Inequality3▲ 45×2 topics
  16. Ethics3▲ 4.9×9 topics
  17. College Retention3▲ 123×1 topic
  18. First-Generation Students3▲ 123×1 topic
  19. Academic Freedom3▲ 506×1 topic
  20. Political Bias3▲ 506×1 topic
  21. Student Perception3▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Primary Care3▲ 5.7×5 topics
  23. Clinical Trials2▲ 3.1×4 topics
  24. Quality Improvement2▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Social Justice2▲ 3.2×8 topics
  26. Burnout2▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Ethical Climate2▲ 63×1 topic
  28. Moral Distress2▲ 63×1 topic
  29. Nationalism2▲ 4.0×5 topics
  30. Publication Bias2▲ 39×2 topics
  31. Social Movements2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  32. Intersectionality2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  33. Conflict of Interest2▲ 178×1 topic
  34. Pharmaceutical Industry2▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Clinical Practice2▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Patient Engagement2▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Career Development2▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Choosing Wisely2▲ 65×1 topic
  39. Low-Value Care2▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Health Care Utilization2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Greensboro College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education Governance and Development, Higher Education Research Studies, Academic Freedom and Politics and Ethics in medical practice.

Higher Education Governa…7Higher Education Governance and Development: 7 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…3Higher Education Research Studies: 3 fractional worksAcademic Freedom and Pol…3Academic Freedom and Politics: 3 fractional worksEthics in medical practice: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical industry and healthcare: 2 fractional worksHealthcare cost, quality…2Healthcare cost, quality, practices: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 1 fractional worksPrivacy, Security, and Data Protection: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEducationGeneral Health ProfessionsPharmacology2 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Research Studies Education 3 works
  3. 3 Academic Freedom and Politics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  4. 4 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare Pharmacology 2 works
  6. 6 Healthcare cost, quality, practices General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Privacy, Security, and Data Protection Sociology and Political Science 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 available19.4%not open80.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Greensboro College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% 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 Greensboro College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Greensboro College0.00049% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Greensboro College 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 2025Greensboro College4.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.7% in 2016.

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