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Holy Names University

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Research works
103
▼ 80% vs 2018-21
Citations
825
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Holy Names University

Not ranked overall: Holy Names University is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Holy Names University work in?

In all years, 66% of research at Holy Names University is in Social Sciences, 14% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Psychology (11%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 68 fractional works · 66.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 31.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 11.9% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 8.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 7.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 14.4% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHoly NamesUniversity103fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences66%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3231.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities1211.9%
    3. Psychology1110.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting98.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.3%
    6. Decision Sciences21.6%
    1. Medicine109.6%
    2. Health Professions44.0%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    1. Mathematics54.7%
    2. Engineering54.7%
    3. Computer Science22.2%
    4. Environmental Science11.5%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    3. Neuroscience11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.59× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 6.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.90× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.24× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics6.14×1 works
  2. Social Sciences4.24×5 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.90×0 works
  4. Neuroscience2.59×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.77×0 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.16×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.65×0 works
  8. Medicine0.52×1 works
  9. Psychology0.46×0 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×0 works
  11. Engineering0.40×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.31×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.30×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Holy Names University?

Ranked on the quality score, Martin D. Lampert, Kitty Kelly Epstein and Sonya Rapoport lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Holy Names University.

  1. 1 Martin D. Lampert United States · #1,283,573 worldwide 1.3k citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Kitty Kelly Epstein United States · #3,024,743 worldwide 185 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Sonya Rapoport United States · #4,254,598 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Fay Louise Bower United States · #4,937,058 worldwide 170 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Thái Anh Nhan United States · #4,945,011 worldwide 165 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Holy Names University

What are the most cited papers from Holy Names University?

The most cited paper from Holy Names University is "The Role of Learner Subjectivity in Second Language Sociolinguistic Competency: Western Women Learning Japanese" (Michael Siegal, 1996), with 391 citations. Next come "Risky laughter: Teasing and self-directed joking among male and female friends" (289) and "Political skill: Explaining the effects of nonnative accent on managerial hiring and entrepreneurial investment decisions." (121).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Role of Learner Subjectivity in Second Language Sociolinguistic Competency: Western Women Learning Japanese Michael Siegal · Applied Linguistics Sep 1996 391
2 Risky laughter: Teasing and self-directed joking among male and female friends Martin D. Lampert, Susan M. Ervin-Tripp · Journal of Pragmatics 24 Oct 2005 289
3 Political skill: Explaining the effects of nonnative accent on managerial hiring and entrepreneurial investment decisions. Laura Huang, Marcia Frideger, Jone L. Pearce · Journal of Applied Psychology Open access 2013 121
4 The Problem of Revealing How Students Think: Concept Inventories and Beyond Julia I. Smith, Kimberly D. Tanner · CBE—Life Sciences Education Open access Mar 2010 106
5 Classroom sound can be used to classify teaching practices in college science courses Melinda T. Owens et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 6 Mar 2017 92
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Holy Names University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Peacebuilding, Entrepreneurship, Business, Peace, Religion, Gender and Sustainable Development.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Identity8▲ 9.4×14 topics
  2. Peacebuilding6▲ 114×3 topics
  3. Sustainable Development6▲ 5.2×3 topics
  4. Entrepreneurship6▲ 20×2 topics
  5. Business6▲ 210×1 topic
  6. Peace6▲ 256×1 topic
  7. Religion6▲ 9.1×15 topics
  8. Gender5▲ 8.8×13 topics
  9. Globalization5▲ 2.7×16 topics
  10. History5▲ 5.7×12 topics
  11. Politics5▲ 16×6 topics
  12. Education4▲ 3.4×14 topics
  13. Culture4▲ 8.6×7 topics
  14. Colonialism4▲ 7.3×9 topics
  15. Feminism3▲ 12×9 topics
  16. Literature3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  17. Social History3▲ 27×3 topics
  18. Nationalism3▲ 4.8×8 topics
  19. Democracy3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  20. Neoliberalism3▲ 7.2×8 topics
  21. Society3▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Leadership2▲ 7.1×8 topics
  23. Secularism2▲ 21×4 topics
  24. Church History2▲ 34×3 topics
  25. Ethnicity2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  26. Social Support2▲ 4.6×8 topics
  27. Cultural Diversity2▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Numerical Methods2▲ 18×1 topic
  29. Singular Perturbation2▲ 60×1 topic
  30. Fluid-Structure Interaction2▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Race2▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Social Interaction2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  33. Alzheimer's Disease2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  34. Student Engagement2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  35. Civil Society2▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Health Outcomes2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  37. Neurodegenerative Diseases2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  38. Theology2▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Community Development2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  40. Emotional Intelligence2▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does Holy Names University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Educational Policies and Reforms, Critical Race Theory in Education, Education and Technology Integration and Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques.

Global Educational Polic…1Global Educational Policies and Reforms: 1 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in …1Critical Race Theory in Education: 1 fractional worksEducation and Technology…0Education and Technology Integration: 0 fractional worksMathematics Education an…0Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 0 fractional worksDiverse Education Studies and Reforms: 0 fractional worksDifferential Equations and Numerical Methods: 0 fractional worksRace, Identity, and Educ…0Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil: 0 fractional worksSchool Choice and Performance: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics: 0 fractional worksMaterial Science and Thermodynamics: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceEducationNumerical Analysis2 others

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

  1. 1 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Education and Technology Integration Education 0 works
  4. 4 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 0 works
  5. 5 Diverse Education Studies and Reforms Education 0 works
  6. 6 Differential Equations and Numerical Methods Numerical Analysis 0 works
  7. 7 Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 School Choice and Performance Education 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics Computational Mechanics 0 works
  10. 10 Material Science and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 0 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 available22.2%not open77.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Holy Names University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 80% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Holy Names University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000029% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Holy Names University0.000020% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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