John Brown University
In research, John Brown University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,447 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#1,581 of 1,896 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,094 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science, Anthropology and Cognitive Neuroscience (History and Philosophy of Science is 7.8× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #14,250 of 22,385 · #9,527 all time
- Rank in United States
- #2,006 of 3,332
- Research works
- 15k ▲ 14% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 389k 25.8 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 9.3% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.66× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 33% world 40%
- International
- 11% world 18%
What is John Brown University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #6,447 of 9,585 | 9.4% | 876 | #6305 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #1,581 of 1,896 | 9.7% | 177 | #2202 | |
| Social SciencesField | #5,094 of 5,988 | 9.4% | 456 | #5073 | |
| Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField | #1,618 of 1,798 | 9.0% | 74 | #2563 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #4,028 of 4,417 | 8.5% | 167 | #3505 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #2,329 of 2,526 | 9.4% | 174 | #3100 | |
| PsychologyField | #1,981 of 2,121 | 8.9% | 109 | #2688 | |
| Political Science and International RelationsSubfield | #1,116 of 1,187 | 9.8% | 66 | #1882 | |
| Health ProfessionsField | #1,791 of 1,895 | 8.6% | 68 | #2928 | |
| Artificial IntelligenceSubfield | #1,780 of 1,862 | 7.5% | 67 | #2271 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where John Brown 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.
- Social Sciences#6,305 #6,447
- Arts and Humanities#2,202 #1,581
- Social Sciences#5,073 #5,094
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance#2,563 #1,618
- Computer Science#3,505 #4,028
- Sociology and Political Science#3,100 #2,329
- Psychology#2,688 #1,981
- Political Science and International Relations#1,882 #1,116
- Health Professions#2,928 #1,791
- Artificial Intelligence#2,271 #1,780
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 John Brown University work in?
In 2022-now, 48% of research at John Brown University is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (12%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences99347.7%
- Social Sciences50824.4%
- Arts and Humanities1999.6%
- Psychology1356.5%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance823.9%
- Decision Sciences381.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting301.4%
- Physical Sciences55926.9%
- Computer Science1939.2%
- Engineering1235.9%
- Physics and Astronomy723.5%
- Environmental Science522.5%
- Mathematics411.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences361.7%
- Materials Science221.1%
- Chemistry110.5%
- Energy60.3%
- Chemical Engineering40.2%
- Health Sciences33916.3%
- Medicine25512.2%
- Health Professions793.8%
- Nursing30.1%
- Veterinary10.1%
- Dentistry10.0%
- Life Sciences1919.2%
What does John Brown University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 24.9 works7.8×
- AnthropologySubfield · 34.3 works5.8×
- Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 68.3 works4.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities3.32×200 works
- Neuroscience2.56×87 works
- Psychology2.13×135 works
- Social Sciences1.93×508 works
- Decision Sciences1.91×38 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.84×82 works
- Mathematics1.66×40 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.56×72 works
- Health Professions1.45×79 works
- Computer Science1.19×192 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.10×36 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.76×16 works
- Medicine0.64×255 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×65 works
- Environmental Science0.51×52 works
- Chemical Engineering0.49×4 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.44×30 works
- Veterinary0.43×1 works
- Engineering0.39×123 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×3 works
- Chemistry0.33×11 works
- Energy0.31×6 works
- Materials Science0.30×22 works
- Nursing0.30×3 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×20 works
- Dentistry0.09×1 works
- Arts and Humanities 3.3×
- Neuroscience 2.6×
- Psychology 2.1×
- Social Sciences 1.9×
- Decision Sciences 1.9×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.8×
- Mathematics 1.7×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.6×
- Health Professions 1.4×
- Computer Science 1.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.8×
- Medicine 0.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.6×
- Environmental Science 0.5×
- Chemical Engineering 0.5×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.4×
- Veterinary 0.4×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.4×
- Chemistry 0.3×
- Energy 0.3×
- Materials Science 0.3×
- Nursing 0.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at John Brown University?
Ranked on the quality score, Charles L. Babcock, Shanon L. Vuglar and Daniel Bennett lead among researchers whose main affiliation is John Brown University.
- 1
Charles L. Babcock
United States · #5,698,290 worldwide 419 citations · 24 works
- 2
Shanon L. Vuglar
United States · #6,094,083 worldwide 61 citations · 22 works
- 3
Daniel Bennett
United States · #6,497,015 worldwide 418 citations · 40 works
- 4
Charles Raith
United States · #6,622,819 worldwide 203 citations · 37 works
- 5
Aminta Arrington
United States · #7,250,101 worldwide 44 citations · 21 works
- 6
Thomas Van Driessche
United States · #7,260,279 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
- 7
Rick Ostrander
United States · #7,330,838 worldwide 101 citations · 31 works
- 8
Charles Pastoor
United States · #7,343,563 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
- 9
K. W. French
United States · #7,375,365 worldwide 487 citations · 36 works
- 10
Preston Neal Jones
United States · #7,494,076 worldwide 15 citations · 31 works
Which keywords describe research at John Brown University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Gender, Colonialism, Globalization, Feminism, Culture, Nationalism and Literature.
- Alcohol Dependence
- Cold War
- Behavioral Interventions
- Educational Inequality
- Postcolonialism
- Discrimination
- Migration
- Society
- Philosophy
- Social Movements
- Race
- Ethics
- Religion
- Neural Networks
- Nationalism
- Public Health
- History
- Machine Learning
- Gender
- Identity
- Globalization
- Deep Learning
- Colonialism
- Mental Health
- Culture
- Literature
- Feminism
- Human Rights
- Economic Growth
- Neoliberalism
- Politics
- Democracy
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Intersectionality
- Neuroscience
- Inequality
- Substance Use Disorders
- Impulsivity
- Perceptual Learning
- Cortical Connectivity
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
- Globalization102▲ 2.5×88 topics
- Identity77▲ 5.1×52 topics
- Deep Learning72◆ 1.01×60 topics
- Gender69▲ 6.1×43 topics
- Colonialism66▲ 6.7×39 topics
- Machine Learning63◆ 0.91×58 topics
- Mental Health61▲ 2.0×35 topics
- History51▲ 3.5×38 topics
- Culture51▲ 4.7×23 topics
- Public Health48▲ 1.57×46 topics
- Literature48▲ 4.2×40 topics
- Nationalism46▲ 5.0×27 topics
- Feminism45▲ 7.3×22 topics
- Neural Networks43▲ 1.34×28 topics
- Human Rights40▲ 1.86×35 topics
- Religion38▲ 3.9×25 topics
- Economic Growth36▲ 2.1×22 topics
- Ethics36▲ 3.4×26 topics
- Neoliberalism32▲ 4.3×24 topics
- Race31▲ 13×16 topics
- Politics31▲ 5.7×16 topics
- Social Movements28▲ 4.5×18 topics
- Democracy27▲ 3.8×19 topics
- Philosophy26▲ 2.9×20 topics
- Psychiatric Disorders25▲ 8.9×4 topics
- Society24▲ 6.1×16 topics
- Intersectionality24▲ 6.0×14 topics
- Migration23▲ 3.2×14 topics
- Neuroscience23▲ 3.5×15 topics
- Discrimination22▲ 5.1×8 topics
- Inequality22▲ 4.7×13 topics
- Postcolonialism21▲ 7.2×17 topics
- Substance Use Disorders18▲ 11×2 topics
- Educational Inequality17▲ 13×3 topics
- Impulsivity16▲ 14×2 topics
- Behavioral Interventions16▲ 9.6×3 topics
- Perceptual Learning16▲ 15×2 topics
- Cold War16▲ 12×5 topics
- Cortical Connectivity16▲ 18×2 topics
- Alcohol Dependence15▲ 17×1 topic
Which research topics does John Brown University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Race, History, and American Society and Healthcare Policy and Management.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 15 works
- 2 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 14 works
- 3 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 12 works
- 4 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 9 works
- 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 8 works
- 6 School Choice and Performance Education 8 works
- 7 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 8 works
- 8 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works
- 9 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 7 works
- 10 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 7 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has John Brown University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 John Brown University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0076% in 2024.
Fractional works of John Brown 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.2% in 2010.
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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