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Independence University

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World rank, all time
#31,730
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,688
of 7,310
Research works
127
▼ 72% vs 2018-21
Citations
894
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Independence University

Which fields of science does Independence University work in?

In all years, 41% of research at Independence University is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (24%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 52 fractional works · 40.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 23.7% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 7.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 37 fractional works · 29.0% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 24.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 25.7% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 12.3% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 7.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIndependenceUniversity127fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences41%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3023.7%
    2. Psychology107.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting54.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities32.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.7%
    6. Decision Sciences21.4%
    1. Medicine3124.1%
    2. Health Professions64.8%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Computer Science1612.3%
    2. Engineering107.5%
    3. Environmental Science32.6%
    4. Mathematics32.3%
    5. Materials Science00.4%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.7%
    2. Neuroscience11.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 3.42× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.86× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.86×1 works
  2. Computer Science3.42×4 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.78×1 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.40×1 works
  5. Psychology1.36×1 works
  6. Medicine1.16×4 works
  7. Nursing1.03×0 works
  8. Engineering0.87×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.83×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.80×2 works
  11. Materials Science0.68×0 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.43×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.41×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.25×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Independence University?

Ranked on the quality score, Chaitanya Kulkarni lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Independence University.

  1. 1 Chaitanya Kulkarni United States · #279,633 worldwide 80 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Independence University

What are the most cited papers from Independence University?

The most cited paper from Independence University is "Nearly-linear size holographic proofs" (Olexandr Polishchuk, Daniel A. Spielman, 1994), with 190 citations. Next come "Psychosocial morbidity and its correlates in cancer patients of the Mediterranean area: findings from the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study" (118) and "HANDBOOK OF ANIMAL MODELS OF INFECTION: EXPERIMENTAL MODELS IN ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY" (67).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nearly-linear size holographic proofs Olexandr Polishchuk, Daniel A. Spielman Conference paper 1994 190
2 Psychosocial morbidity and its correlates in cancer patients of the Mediterranean area: findings from the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study Luigi Giuseppe Grassi, Luzia Travado, Francisco Luís Gil Moncayo et al. · Journal of Affective Disorders Open access 28 Sep 2004 118
3 HANDBOOK OF ANIMAL MODELS OF INFECTION: EXPERIMENTAL MODELS IN ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY Oto Zak, Merle E. Sande · Shock Mar 2000 67
4 Why banks should consider ESG risk factors in bank lending? Sarwar Uddin Ahmed, Samiul Parvez Ahmed, Ikramul Hasan · Banks and Bank Systems Open access 10 Aug 2018 55
5 Traffic Congestion in Bangladesh- Causes and Solutions: A study of Chittagong Metropolitan City Robaka Shamsher, Mohammad Abdullah · Asian Business Review Open access 2013 46
All 65 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Independence University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Online Learning, E-Learning, Instructional Design, Student Satisfaction, Distance Education, Cognitive Engagement, Blended Learning and Community of Inquiry.

▲ 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. Online Learning14▲ 24×5 topics
  2. E-Learning12▲ 17×5 topics
  3. Instructional Design12▲ 107×3 topics
  4. Student Satisfaction11▲ 78×2 topics
  5. Distance Education11▲ 62×2 topics
  6. Cognitive Engagement11▲ 113×2 topics
  7. Blended Learning11▲ 90×1 topic
  8. Community of Inquiry11▲ 137×1 topic
  9. Epidemiology6▲ 1.19×35 topics
  10. Machine Learning4▲ 1.53×17 topics
  11. Mental Health4▲ 3.0×13 topics
  12. Education4▲ 2.5×5 topics
  13. COVID-194▲ 4.5×7 topics
  14. Educational Technology4▲ 4.3×7 topics
  15. Teaching Strategies4▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis3▲ 4.9×3 topics
  17. Anxiety3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  18. Depression3▲ 3.1×8 topics
  19. Student Engagement3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  20. Critical Thinking Skills3▲ 22×1 topic
  21. Instructional Interventions3▲ 39×1 topic
  22. Global Burden3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  23. Healthcare Workers3▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Risk Management2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  25. Higher Education2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  26. Motivation2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  27. Pandemic2▲ 3.6×2 topics
  28. Psychological Impact2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  29. Maternal Mortality2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  30. Academic Libraries2▲ 31×3 topics
  31. Quality Assurance2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  32. Quarantine2▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Reflective Practice2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  34. Social Isolation2▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Technology Integration2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  36. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  37. Information Literacy2▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Metacognition2▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Language Development2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  40. Educational Psychology2▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Independence University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Big Data and Digital Economy, Psychedelics and Drug Studies, Cloud Computing and Resource Management and Information and Cyber Security.

Big Data and Digital Eco…0Big Data and Digital Economy: 0 fractional worksPsychedelics and Drug St…0Psychedelics and Drug Studies: 0 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 0 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 0 fractional worksHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies: 0 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 0 fractional worksHydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact: 0 fractional worksWater resources manageme…0Water resources management and optimization: 0 fractional worksReligious Studies and Spiritual Practices: 0 fractional worksTransboundary Water Resource Management: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsClinical PsychologyArcheologyCivil and Structural Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Digital Economy Information Systems 0 works
  2. 2 Psychedelics and Drug Studies Clinical Psychology 0 works
  3. 3 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 0 works
  4. 4 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 0 works
  5. 5 Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Archeology 0 works
  6. 6 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 0 works
  10. 10 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.3%domestic only62.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Independence University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 72% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Independence University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000040% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Independence University0.000058% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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