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Johnson C. Smith University

In research, Johnson C. Smith University stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,735 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,356
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,659
of 7,310
Research works
275
▲ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Johnson C. Smith University

What is Johnson C. Smith 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 #10,735 of 14,833 8.3%125

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Johnson C. Smith 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 Johnson C. Smith University work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Johnson C. Smith University is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Computer Science (25%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 29 fractional works · 53.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 25.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 9.0% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 32.6% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 24.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 13.0% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 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: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKJohnson C. SmithUniversity54fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences54%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1425.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting59.0%
    3. Psychology36.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance35.6%
    5. Decision Sciences24.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities23.3%
    1. Computer Science1324.9%
    2. Engineering23.7%
    3. Environmental Science23.3%
    4. Energy00.4%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine36.1%
    2. Health Professions23.3%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
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: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 3.20× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.80× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.51× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.60× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.99× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.51×2 works
  2. Computer Science3.20×13 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.80×5 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.60×3 works
  5. Social Sciences2.01×14 works
  6. Psychology1.99×3 works
  7. Health Professions1.24×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.13×2 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.94×0 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.66×2 works
  12. Energy0.40×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.38×0 works
  14. Medicine0.32×3 works
  15. Engineering0.25×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  19. Nursing0.21×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Johnson C. Smith University?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas B. Priest, Satish C. Bhalla and Sharon D. Raynor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Johnson C. Smith University.

  1. 1 Thomas B. Priest United States · #1,748,693 worldwide 373 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Satish C. Bhalla United States · #1,811,597 worldwide 791 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Sharon D. Raynor United States · #2,645,214 worldwide 92 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Ying Bai United States · #2,934,193 worldwide 1.9k citations · 248 works
  5. 5 Daniel N. Hoffman United States · #3,074,507 worldwide 151 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Felesia Stukes United States · #3,128,275 worldwide 225 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Ying Bai United States · #3,576,719 worldwide 372 citations · 62 works
  8. 8 Munir Hassan United States · #3,663,547 worldwide 50 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Karen L. Butler United States · #4,744,242 worldwide 80 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Matthew M. DeForrest United States · #4,776,928 worldwide 15 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Johnson C. Smith University

What are the most cited papers from Johnson C. Smith University?

The most cited paper from Johnson C. Smith University is "Pedagogical practices and instructional change of physics faculty" (Melissa Dancy, Charles Henderson, 2010), with 296 citations. Next come "Fundamentals of Fuzzy Logic Control — Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy Rules and Defuzzifications" (282) and "Impact of physics education research on the teaching of introductory quantitative physics in the United States" (242).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pedagogical practices and instructional change of physics faculty Melissa Dancy, Charles Henderson · American Journal of Physics 13 Sep 2010 296
2 Fundamentals of Fuzzy Logic Control — Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy Rules and Defuzzifications Ying Bai, Dali Wang · Advances in industrial control Book chapter 2006 282
3 Impact of physics education research on the teaching of introductory quantitative physics in the United States Charles Henderson, Melissa Dancy · Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research Open access 11 Dec 2009 242
4 The Genomics Education Partnership: Successful Integration of Research into Laboratory Classes at a Diverse Group of Undergraduate Institutions Christopher D. Shaffer et al. · CBE—Life Sciences Education Open access Mar 2010 228
5 Cadmium-induced apoptosis in oyster hemocytes involves disturbance of cellular energy balance but no mitochondrial permeability transition Inna M. Sokolova, Stephen Evans, Francis M. Hughes · Journal of Experimental Biology 23 Aug 2004 209
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Which keywords describe research at Johnson C. Smith University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Classification, Corporate Governance, Higher Education, Social Justice and Support Vector Machines.

▲ 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. Deep Learning8▲ 4.1×15 topics
  2. Machine Learning7▲ 3.8×17 topics
  3. Neural Networks6▲ 7.6×12 topics
  4. Classification3▲ 11×4 topics
  5. Corporate Governance3▲ 6.9×6 topics
  6. Social Justice2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  7. Higher Education2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  8. Data Mining2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  9. Support Vector Machines2▲ 12×3 topics
  10. Artificial Neural Networks2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  11. Feature Selection2▲ 16×4 topics
  12. Healthcare2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  13. Mental Health2▲ 2.3×7 topics
  14. Security2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  15. Social Capital2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  16. Internet of Things2▲ 3.3×4 topics
  17. Professional Development2▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Reflective Practice2▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Backpropagation Learning1▲ 33×1 topic
  20. Ensemble Methods1▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Pattern Recognition1▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Resilience1▲ 5.0×3 topics
  23. Self-Organizing Maps1▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Stock Market Prediction1▲ 44×1 topic
  25. Teacher Education1▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Time Series Forecasting1▲ 44×1 topic
  27. Firm Performance1▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Gender Diversity1▲ 62×1 topic
  29. Student Perceptions1▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Student Performance1▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Teaching Methods1▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Decision Trees1▲ 92×2 topics
  33. Developmental Trajectories1▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Electronic Portfolios1▲ 106×1 topic
  35. Imbalanced Data1▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Journal Writing1▲ 106×1 topic
  37. Podcasting1▲ 95×1 topic
  38. Robotics1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  39. SMOTE1▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Student Attendance1▲ 202×1 topic

Which research topics does Johnson C. Smith University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Stock Market Forecasting Methods, Neural Networks and Applications, Gender Diversity and Inequality and Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques.

Stock Market Forecasting…1Stock Market Forecasting Methods: 1 fractional worksNeural Networks and Appl…1Neural Networks and Applications: 1 fractional worksGender Diversity and Inequality: 1 fractional worksImbalanced Data Classification Techniques: 1 fractional worksReflective Practices in Education: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Educational Methods: 1 fractional worksFuzzy Logic and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksDisaster Management and …1Disaster Management and Resilience: 1 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 1 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 1 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchArtificial IntelligenceGender StudiesEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Stock Market Forecasting Methods Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  2. 2 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  3. 3 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 1 works
  4. 4 Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Reflective Practices in Education Education 1 works
  6. 6 Innovations in Educational Methods Education 1 works
  7. 7 Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 1 works
  10. 10 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 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 available23.8%not open76.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Johnson C. Smith University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Johnson C. Smith University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Johnson C. Smith University0.00036% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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